
Advanced Biological Computer Developed
Using only biomolecules,
scientists have developed
and constructed an advanced
biological transducer, a
computing machine capable of
manipulating genetic codes,
and using the output as new
... > full story

New Filtration Material Could Make Petroleum Refining Cheaper, More Efficient
A newly synthesized material
might provide a dramatically
improved method for
separating the
highest-octane components of
... > full story

Stitching Defects Into World’s Thinnest Semiconductor
Researchers have grown
high-quality crystals of
molybdenum disulfide, the
world's thinnest
semiconductor, and studied
how these crystals stitch
... > full story

Chemists Find New Compounds to Curb Staph Infection
In an age when microbial
pathogens are growing
increasingly resistant to
the conventional antibiotics
used to tamp down infection,
scientists have synthesized
... > full story
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Hormone Levels May Provide Key to Understanding Psychological Disorders in Women
May 24, 2013 Women at a particular stage in their monthly menstrual cycle may be more vulnerable to some of the psychological side-effects associated with stressful experiences, according to a study from ... > full story -
Technique to Detect Breast Cancer in Urine Developed
May 23, 2013 Medical researchers have developed a new screening method that uses urinalysis to diagnose breast cancer – and determine its severity – before it could be detected with a ... > full story -
Scientists Discover How Rapamycin Slows Cell Growth
May 23, 2013 University of Montreal researchers have discovered a novel molecular mechanism that can potentially slow the progression of some cancers and other diseases of abnormal growth. In the May 23 edition ... > full story -
New Mechanism for Estrogen Suppression of Liver Lipid Synthesis
May 23, 2013 By discovering the new mechanism by which estrogen suppresses lipid synthesis in the liver, endocrinologists have revealed a potential new approach toward treating certain liver ... > full story -
New Screening Approach Uncovers Potential Alternative Drug Therapies for Neuroblastoma
May 23, 2013 Nearly two-thirds of patients with high-risk neuroblastoma -- a common tumor that forms in the nerve cells of children -- cannot be cured using tumor-killing cancer drugs. A new study reveals a new ... > full story -
What the Smallest Infectious Agents Reveal About Evolution
May 23, 2013 Radically different viruses share genes and are likely to share ancestry, according to new research. The comprehensive phylogenomic analysis compares giant viruses that infect amoeba with tiny ... > full story -
Tests Lead to Doubling of Fuel Cell Life
May 22, 2013 Researchers working to improve durability in fuel cell powered buses have discovered links between electrode degradation processes and bus membrane durability. The team is quantifying the effects of ... > full story -
Fast New, One-Step Genetic Engineering Technology
May 22, 2013 A new, streamlined approach to genetic engineering drastically reduces the time and effort needed to insert new genes into bacteria, the workhorses of biotechnology, scientists are reporting. The ... > full story -
Detecting Mirror Molecules: New Technique Reliably Tells Left-Handed from Right-Handed Variant of a Compound
May 22, 2013 Physicists have developed a novel technique that can detect molecular variants in chemical mixtures -- greatly simplifying a process that is one of the most important, though time-consuming, ... > full story -
Tropical Upper Atmosphere 'Fingerprint' of Global Warming
May 22, 2013 The winds of the quasibiennial oscillation in the tropical upper atmosphere have greatly weakened at some altitudes over the last six decades, according to a new study. The finding is consistent with ... > full story
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