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Scientists unlock key to cancer cell death mystery

An international team of scientists has announced a new advance in the ability to target and destroy certain cancer cells.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

DNA nanorobot triggers targeted therapeutic responses

Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a robotic device made from DNA that could potentially seek out specific cell targets within a complex ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Earliest-yet observation of August SN2011fe supernova nails it: Destroyed star was white dwarf

Last year's discovery of the nearest Type Ia supernova in decades – captured only 11 hours after it exploded – allowed astronomers to finally cinch the identity of the stars behind these explosions, which have become ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Which plants will survive droughts, climate change?

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by UCLA life scientists could lead to predictions of which plant species will escape extinction from climate change.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Astronomical fireworks: On the origins of Type Ia supernova

(PhysOrg.com) -- A little luck and a lot of hard work can really light up the sky.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Researchers use nanoparticles, magnetic current to damage cancerous cells in mice

Using nanoparticles and alternating magnetic fields, University of Georgia scientists have found that head and neck cancerous tumor cells in mice can be killed in half an hour without harming healthy cells.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Why coffee drinking reduces the risk of Type 2 diabetes

Why do heavy coffee drinkers have a lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, a disease on the increase around the world that can lead to serious health problems? Scientists are offering a new solution to ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 9

One supernova type, two different sources

The exploding stars known as Type Ia supernovae serve an important role in measuring the universe, and were used to discover the existence of dark energy. They're bright enough to see across large distances, ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 21 | with audio podcast

Origin of thermonuclear supernova discovered

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have solved a longstanding mystery on the type of star, or so-called progenitor, which caused a supernova seen in a nearby galaxy. The ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Hubble breaks new ground with discovery of distant exploding star

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has looked deep into the distant universe and detected the feeble glow of a star that exploded more than 9 billion years ago. The sighting is the first finding of an ambitious ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Swift narrows down origin of important supernova class

(PhysOrg.com) -- Studies using X-ray and ultraviolet observations from NASA's Swift satellite provide new insights into the elusive origins of an important class of exploding star called Type Ia supernovae. ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Toxic aldehydes detected in reheated oil

Researchers from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU, Spain) have been the first to discover the presence of certain aldehydes in food, which are believed to be related to some neurodegenerative ...

Chemistry / Other

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

New, inexpensive paper-based diabetes test ideal for developing countries

With epidemics of Type 2 diabetes looming in rural India, China and other areas of the world where poverty limits the availability of health care, scientists are reporting development of an inexpensive and ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nano-technology uses virus' coats to fool cancer cells

While there have been major advances in the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of tumors within the brain, brain cancer continues to have a very low survival rate in part to high levels of resistance to treatment. New research ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Efficient preparation of a set of potential glycosidase inhibitors

(Phys.org) -- In many biological and pathological processes, glycosidase enzymes attack glycosidic bonds in carbohydrates, glycoproteins, and glycolipids. The ability to modify or block these processes by ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast