Diagnostic breakthrough: ‘Shaking piglets’ attributed to previously unidentified virus

Symptoms of tremors and shaking in newborn piglets are not a sign that the animals are…

Researchers achieve major breakthrough in flexible electronics

Semiconductors, which are the very basic components of electronic devices, have improved our lives in many…

Researchers achieve major breakthrough in flexible electronics

Semiconductors, which are the very basic components of electronic devices, have improved our lives in many…

Researchers discover self-assembling 2D and 3D materials

Self-assembly of matter is one of the fundamental principles of nature, directing the growth of larger…

High-resolution pH imaging elucidates energy mechanisms in creating bacterial flagella

Researchers have developed methods to detect pH in vivo, and elucidate phenomena driving protein export in…

Researchers quantify in high speed a viper’s strike in nature for the first time

The antagonistic predator-prey relationship is of interest to evolutionary biologists because it often leads to extreme…

Clean-fuel cookstoves may improve cardiovascular health in pregnant women

Replacing biomass and kerosene cookstoves used throughout the developing world with clean-burning ethanol stoves may reduce…

Reducing the radioresistance of cancer

Some cancer cells are protected from radiation therapy through an interaction of interleukin-6 with the Nrf2-antioxidant…

New urine test can quickly detect whether a person has a healthy diet

A urine test has been developed that measures the health of a person's diet. This test…

Trial finds oral iron drug safe, effective for treating anemia in kidney disease patients

In a phase 3 trial of patients with chronic kidney disease, 52.1% of patients receiving oral…