Nanoparticles target and kill cancer stem cells that drive tumor growth
After two hours, special nanoparticles accumulated in cancer cells (red and yellow) in mice and destroyed most of the tumor within a day (right).
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Surprising link between blood sugar, brain cancer found
Glioma is one of the most common types of cancerous tumors originating in the brain.
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New research further illuminates the surprising...
Take a coffee or tea break to protect your liver
Using data from the Rotterdam Study researchers determined that frequent coffee and herbal tea consumption were inversely related with liver stiffness but not steatosis...
High tunability of 2-D material
From left: Kaiyuan Yao, Nick Borys, and P. James Schuck, seen here at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry, measured a property in a 2-D material...
Stretchable biofuel cells extract energy from sweat to power wearable devices
The biofuel cell can stretch and flex, conforming to the human body.
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A team of engineers has developed stretchable fuel...
Accretion-powered pulsar reveals unique timing glitch
Composite image of the X-ray pulsar SXP 1062 surrounded by the supernova remnant. The false-color image combines X-ray (blue) and optical data (oxygen: green,...
Mobile women were key to cultural exchange in Stone Age and Bronze Age Europe
4,000 years ago, European women traveled far from their home villages to start their families, bringing with them new cultural objects and ideas.
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Newly-discovered semiconductor dynamics may help improve energy efficiency
The atomic structure of a tiny semiconductor is X-rayed.
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Researchers examining the flow of electricity through semiconductors...
Something to sneeze about: Democratic voting in African wild dog packs
A pack of African wild dogs shares an impala.
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Scientists studying African wild dogs in Botswana have found members of this endangered species...
Clever cockatoos bend hooks into straight wire to fish for food
Goffin's cockatoo bending a hook into wire.
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In the early 2000s the New Caledonian crow Betty in Oxford shocked the world when she...
Humans still evolving, large-scale study of genetic data shows
New research finds that the genetic variants linked to Alzheimer's disease and heavy smoking are less frequent in people with longer lifespans, suggesting that...
