The latest issue of the Hastings Center Report features articles on “medicalized” weapons that temporarily incapacitate targets, sharing the benefits …Click Here to Read More
Sweet success for sustainable biofuel research
[NEWS] Contact: Tracey Jewitt press.office@bbsrc.ac.uk 44-017-934-14694 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Scientists have found a way to increase fermentable sugar stores in plants which could lead to plant biomass being easier to convert into eco-friendly sustainable biofuels. Their research is highlighted in the latest is…
Scientists achieve first rewire of genetic switches
[NEWS] Contact: Alex Waddington alex.waddington@manchester.ac.uk 01-612-758-387 University of Manchester Researchers in Manchester have successfully carried out the first rewire of genetic switches, creating what could be a vital tool for the development of new drugs and even future gene therapies. A team of scientists from …
Superconducting hydrogen?
[NEWS] Contact: Dave Mao h.mao@gl.ciw.edu 202-478-8960 Carnegie Institution Washington, D.C. – Physicists have long wondered whether hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe, could be transformed into a metal and possibly even a superconductor – the elusive state in which electrons can flow without resistance. They have speculated that under cer…
How ‘random’ lasers work
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Contact: Lee Siegel leesiegel@ucomm.utah.edu 801-581-8993 University of Utah Natural cavities act like mirrors in light-emitting plastics SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 24, 2010 – When University of Utah scientists discovered a new kind of laser that was generated by an electrically conducting plastic or polymer, no…
Neuron connections seen in 3-D
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Contact: SINC info@plataformasinc.es 34-914-251-820 FECYT – Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, in Germany, led by the Spanish physicist Rubén Fernández-Busnadiego, has managed to obtain 3D images of the vesicles and filaments involved in co…