Gene therapy method developed to target damaged kidney cells

Research has shown, in mice, that genetic material can be delivered to damaged cells in the…

Exciton limits are meant to be broken: OLED surpasses 100 percent exciton production efficiency

Researchers have demonstrated an OLED that uses singlet fission to boost the percentage of excitons created…

Opioid epidemic responses overlook gender

Health experts warn that current efforts to confront the growth of opioid addiction and overdose deaths…

Age and education affect job changes

New research reveals that people are more likely to change jobs when they are younger and…

Progress in addressing a severe skin disease that affects dogs and humans

Both dogs and humans can suffer from ichthyosis, a disorder in which the skin becomes very…

Berry-gorging bears disperse seeds through scat and feed small mammals

Mice and voles scurry to bear scats to forage for seeds, finding nutritional value in the…

New software designed for rapid, automated identification of dendritic spines

Researchers have released open source software, connecting and building the neuroscience coding community. The software has…

Nanofiber-based wound dressings induce production of antimicrobial peptide

Nanofiber-based wound dressings loaded with vitamin D spur the production of an antimicrobial peptide, a key…

An aggressor is not necessarily a bully — and the distinction matters

There is a difference between general aggressive behavior and bullying. They are not the same thing…

Implanting diamonds with flaws offers key technology for quantum communications

Diamonds are prized for their purity, but their flaws might hold the key to a new…