The University of Osaka researcher shows that solid-state hysteresis can be described using thermodynamic state variables When the input variable X is changed as X0→X1→X0, the response Y of the system varies as A→B→C →D→A.…
35 US States Sue British Drugmaker Over Opioid…
Thirty-five states and the District of Columbia filed an antitrust lawsuit Thursday alleging that British drugmaker Indivior tried to keep cheaper, generic versions of Suboxone off the market, California's attorney general announced. The complaint filed…
A marriage made in sunlight: Invention merges solar…
[caption id="attachment_10131" align="alignnone" width="600"] This solar-charged device directly transfers energy from sunlight into a liquid battery and stores it in the container at lower right. During the discharge cycle, electricity leaves the device through electrodes…
Response to Common Schizophrenia, Bipolar Drug Dictated by…
A drug prescribed to many patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder may decrease negative symptoms for people with a certain variant of the COMT gene, suggests a new study from researchers at Columbia University Medical…
Self-assembled nanostructures hit their target
A biocompatible nanomaterial that can be controlled with light finds a use in gene delivery. [caption id="attachment_10125" align="alignright" width="300"] The self-assembled biocompatible nanomaterial delivers the miRNA into the cell and then releases it when struck…