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A novel DNA vaccine design improves chances of inducing anti-tumor immunity
Credit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (Feb. 24, 2017) -- Scientists at The Wistar Institute and Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. have devised a novel DNA vaccine approach through molecular desig..
Princeton-Intel collaboration breaks new ground in studies of the brain
Early this year, about 30 neuroscientists and computer programmers got together to improve their ability to read the human mind. The hackathon was one of several that researchers from Princeton Univ..
Decoding the genome’s cryptic language
Credit: Victor O. Leshyk Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new tool to identify interactions between RNA and DNA molecules. The tool, called MARGI (Mapping RNA..
New pop-up strategy inspired by cuts, not folds
Credit: (Image courtesy of Ahmad Rafsanjani/Harvard SEAS) Origami-inspired materials use folds in materials to embed powerful functionality. However, all that folding can be pretty labor intensive. N..
Breakthrough with a chain of gold atoms
Credit: Created by Enrique Sahagun Heat transport is of similar fundamental importance and its control is for instance necessary to efficiently cool the ever smaller chips. An international team in..
Squishy supercapacitors bathed in green tea could power wearable electronics
Wearable electronics are here -- the most prominent versions are sold in the form of watches or sports bands. But soon, more comfortable products could become available in softer materials made in par..
Making sodium-ion batteries that last
Lithium-ion batteries have become essential in everyday technology. But these power sources can explode under certain circumstances and are not ideal for grid-scale energy storage. Sodium-ion batterie..
What’s holding up CRISPR-based cures
The gene-editing tool called CRISPR that can quickly and cleanly remove specific pieces of DNA has revolutionized biotechnology. Many researchers believe the technique could end thousands of ailments...
Metal-organic frameworks used as looms
Credit: Image: KIT Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have made major progress in the production of two-dimensional polymer-based materials. To produce cloths from monomolecular..
Is a stretchable smart tablet in our future?
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Engineering researchers at Michigan State University have developed the first stretchable integrated circuit that is made entirely using an ..
The researchers created a tiny laser using nanoparticles
Credit: Antti Paraoanu Researchers at Aalto University, Finland are the first to develop a plasmonic nanolaser that operates at visible light frequencies and uses so-called dark lattice modes. The..
Asian scientist launches Asia’s first supercomputing magazine
Credit: Asian Scientist Publishing Pte Ltd Singapore (Jan. 3, 2017) - Singapore-based publisher Asian Scientist Publishing Pte Ltd has launched Supercomputing Asia, a new print title dedicated to tr..
Future ‘smart cities’ should be super-connected, green and resilient
Credit: Walid Saad/Virginia Tech When Superstorm Sandy lashed New Jersey in 2012, Narayan B. Mandayam lost power in his East Brunswick home for five days. The power outage also affected cellular s..
The end of biotechnology as we know it
Credit: acib If there were no biotechnology, the world would stand still. "Biotechnologically derived drugs dominate therapy with eight of the top ten best-selling drugs are produced using biotech ..
Toward ‘greener,’ inexpensive solar cells
This news release was issued on 28-Sept-2016 Solar panels are proliferating across the globe to help reduce the world's dependency on fossil fuels. But conventional panels are not without envir..
CU Boulder engineers transform brewery wastewater into energy storage
University of Colorado Boulder engineers have developed an innovative bio-manufacturing process that uses a biological organism cultivated in brewery wastewater to create the carbon-based materials ne..
USU aerospace engineer creates free 3-D aircraft design software
Credit: USU LOGAN, UTAH, Oct. 6, 2016 - As interest in small autonomous aerial vehicles and their applications continues to expand, a Utah State University aerospace engineer is offering the public..
How do birds dive safely at high speeds? New research explains.
Credit: Sunny Jung/Virginia Tech To surprise their prey, some species of seabirds dive into the water at speeds greater than 50 miles per hour. A human diver entering the water that fast would likely..
Absolute structure determination: Pushing the limits
Credit: A.L. Spek It was the Softenon disaster that made the pharmaceutical industry fully aware of the importance of knowing the enantiomeric purity and chirality of drugs and their metabolites. Thi..
Non-toxic solvent removes barrier to commercialization of perovskite solar cells
Scientists at Oxford University have developed a solvent system with reduced toxicity that can be used in the manufacture of perovskite solar cells, clearing one of the barriers to the commercialisati..