Discovery could reduce nuclear waste with improved method to chemically engineer molecules

A new chemical principle has the potential to revolutionize the creation of specially engineered molecules whose…

Rare genetic cause of peritoneal mesothelioma points to targeted therapy

Investigators have uncovered a new genetic cause of mesothelioma: a genetic rearrangement in the ALK gene,…

One vaccine injection could carry many doses

A new 3-D fabrication method has been developed that can create a new type of drug-carrying…

Old fish few and far between under fishing pressure

A new study has found that, for dozens of fish populations around the globe, old fish…

Huge genetic diversity among Papuan New Guinean peoples revealed

The first large-scale genetic study of people in Papua New Guinea has shown that different groups…

Insulin therapy initially declined and delayed by an average of two years

Thirty percent of type 2 diabetic patients don't begin insulin when it's initially recommended, with the…

Tiny fighters in sediments determine success of invasive marine plants

Armies of microbes that are invisible to the naked eye battle it out to determine whether…

Obese inducing brain mechanism

Medical researchers have demonstrated that the protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type J (PTPRJ) inhibits leptin signaling…

Synaptic receptor mobility: Discovery of a new mechanism for controlling memory

A new mechanism has been discovered for storing information in synapses and a means of controlling…

The return of the comet-like exoplanet

Astronomers have focused the Hubble Space Telescope on an exoplanet that had already been seen losing…