A new research center based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities of the future which will revolutionize urban life. The Centre for Integrated Sensing and Communication Enabling Cognitive…
Early Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells May Not Be…
[caption id="attachment_6786" align="alignright" width="281"] The epithelial to mesechymal stem cell state was first discovered in embryos. The belief it was responsible for metastasis is being re-thought. (Source: Wikimedia)[/caption] Metastatic breast cancer cells that spread to…
Color-changing bandage could aid in the fight against…
[caption id="attachment_6782" align="alignright" width="688"] The dressing responding to the presence of bacterial toxins (Image: University of Bath)[/caption] A new ‘smart’ wound dressing developed at the University of Bath in England could aid in the fight…
Tomatoes with more sweetness
Scientists from Tohoku University in Japan have developed a method to produce sweeter, well-growing tomatoes. Previous research has shown that the sugar sucrose plays a role in controlling key fruit genes involved in sugar metabolism.…
Sentinel-3A on its way
[caption id="attachment_6774" align="alignright" width="305"] Sentinel-3 over ocean and ice[/caption] The latest satellite for the European Commission’s Copernicus environmental programme has left France bound for the Plesetsk launch site in Russia and launch late next month.…