Science

New method uses ultraviolet light to control fluid flow and organize particles

Jan 22, 2019 PM EST

A new, simple, and inexpensive method that uses ultraviolet light to control particle motion and assembly within liquids could improve drug delivery, chemical sensors, and fluid pumps.

Ancient climate change triggered warming that lasted thousands of years

Jan 22, 2019 AM EST

A rapid rise in temperature on ancient Earth triggered a climate response that may have prolonged the warming for many thousands of years, according to scientists.

Scientists find old antibiotic may selectively kill dangerous skin cancer cells

Oct 05, 2018 PM EDT

An old antibiotic, called nifuroxazide, could selectively kill dangerous cells within melanomas, the deadliest type of skin cancer, scientists from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine at the University of E..

Scientists use prenatal testing samples to complete the largest genetic study yet in China

Oct 05, 2018 PM EDT

Researchers have sequenced the genomes of over 140,000 women in China, the largest-scale genetic analysis of Chinese people to date, using data from non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) to assemble a representative sample of the whole population.

Light makes Rice University catalyst more effective

Oct 05, 2018 PM EDT

Rice University nanoscientists have demonstrated a new catalyst that can convert ammonia into hydrogen fuel at ambient pressure using only light energy, mainly due to a plasmonic effect that makes the catalyst more efficient.

Scientists get the drop on the cell's nucleus

Oct 05, 2018 PM EDT

A team of physicists has devised a novel strategy that uses naturally occurring motions inside the human cell nucleus to measure the physical properties of the nucleus and its components.

Nanopore technology with DNA computing easily detects microRNA patterns of lung cancer

Oct 05, 2018 PM EDT

Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) is very aggressive, since the cancer cells not only quickly grow but also easily spread to entire body.

Typical mutations in children of radar soldiers

Oct 05, 2018 AM EDT

The offspring of radar soldiers exposed to high doses of radiation during their service experience more genetic alterations than families without radiation exposure.

A new milestone in laboratory grown human brain tissue

Jul 25, 2018 PM EDT

A cutting-edge laboratory technique that turns human stem cells into brain-like tissue now recapitulates human brain development more accurately than ever,taken the organoid system and added the third major cell type in the central nervous system--ol..