In Huntington’s disease, traffic jams in the cell’s control center kill brain cells

Working with mouse, fly and human cells and tissue, researchers report new evidence that disruptions in…

Deadly nanoparcel for cancer cells

Most tumors contain regions of low oxygen concentration where cancer therapies based on the action of…

High temperature step-by-step process makes graphene from ethene

An international team of scientists has developed a new way to produce single-layer graphene from a…

Circadian clock changes can alter body’s response to diet

Changing the circadian clock in mouse liver can alter how the body responds to diet and…

Bravery may cost fish their lives

Fish that show bravery often become prey themselves, whereas shyer individuals survive to a greater extent.…

Improving control of age-related obesity

The function and distribution of adipose tissue in the body change during the course of life.…

Potential predictor of glaucoma damage identified

A biomarker that appears linked to damage to cells in the retina of the eye has…

New self-sustained multi-sensor platform for environmental monitoring

A research team has engineered a self-sustaining sensor platform to continuously monitor the surrounding environment without…

‘Smart contact lens sensor’ for diabetic and glaucoma diagnosis

A research team has proposed the possibility of in situ human health monitoring simply by wearing…

First one bit chemical memory unit: The ‘chit’

In classical computer science information is stored in bits, in quantum computer science -- in quantum…