Researchers uncover mechanism for cancer-killing properties of pepper plant
Dr. Westover's lab used X-ray crystallography to create this molecular model of piperlongumine. Credit: UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have uncovered the chemical...
Tiny laser created using nanoparticles
The researchers at Aalto University have made an array of nanoparticles combined with dye molecules to act as a tiny laser. The lasing occurs...
Inflammation halts fat-burning
Prof. Alexander Pfeifer from the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Bonn.Credit: Barbara Frommann/Uni Bonn
Immune responses prevent conversion into slimming cells
Scientists...
The enzyme that makes physical activity healthy
Physical activity benefits diabetics and others with insulin resistance. One of the reasons is that a single bout of physical activity increases the effectiveness...
New study estimates frequency of volcanic eruptions
Credit: University of Leeds
Holidaymakers concerned about fresh volcanic eruptions causing flight-disrupting ash clouds might be reassured by a study setting out the first reliable...
How to 3-D print your own sonic tractor beam
Levitating a 3cm diameter expanded polysterine sphere with a DIY portable tractor beam. Credit: Asier Marzo
Last year Asier Marzo, then a doctoral student at...
The beating heart of solar energy
This is the first real-life study to provide data on the potential of powering medical implants with solar cells.Credit: Lukas Bereuter
The notion of using...
Think chicken: Think intelligent, caring and complex
This study concludes that chickens are behaviorally, cognitively and emotionally complex individuals.Credit: Farm Sanctuary
Chickens are not as clueless or "bird-brained" as people believe them...
Random access memory on a low energy diet: Researchers develop basis for a novel...
The prototype of an antiferromagnetic magnetoelectric memory chip, which was invented by researchers from Dresden and Basel. It consists of a thin layer of...
First experimental proof of a 70 year old physics theory
Simplified representation of the 2D magnetic phase transition. Credit: Institute for Basic Science
PARK Je-Geun, Associate Director at the Center for Correlated Electron Systems and...
For the First Time, Researchers Identify Key Proteins That May Make Zika So Deadly
Scientists Identify Seven Proteins as Likely Suspects
Until it burst onto the scene earlier this year, Zika was an obscure, little-known virus. As a result,...
