TOKYO, Feb 6 – Japanese and German researchers have independently synthesized a new class of silicon-based compounds that could expand the element’s role beyond semiconductors and industrial materials. A team led by Professor Takeaki Iwamoto…
Site of asteroid impact changed the history of…
An asteroid, also known as the Chicxulub Impactor, hit Earth some 66 million years ago, causing a crater 180 km wide. The impact of the asteroid heated organic matter in rocks and ejected it into…
Breeding highly productive corn has reduced its ability…
[caption id="attachment_13613" align="alignnone" width="646"] Natalia de Leon takes notes on experimental corn plots at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station. By measuring populations of corn plants across North America, de Leon and colleagues could test…
HKBU Chinese medicine scholars develop innovative targeted delivery…
Chinese Medicine scholars at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have succeeded in developing a novel targeted delivery system for CRISPR/Cas9 to achieve therapeutic genome editing of VEGFA in osteosarcoma (OS). [caption id="attachment_13610" align="alignnone" width="600"] Preparation…
New theory could open potent new applications for…
[caption id="attachment_13604" align="alignright" width="634"] UW–Madison electrical engineers have devised a new fundamental understanding that someday could lead to vast improvements in such things as the strength of cellphone signals. PIXABAY[/caption] One bar, two bars —…