After a day hiking in the forest, the last thing a person wants to discover is a tick burrowing into their skin. Days after plucking off the bloodsucking insect, the hiker might develop a rash resembling a bull's-eye, a tell-tale sign of Lyme...
Dec 18, 2019
While DNA sequencing is a useful tool for determining what's going on in a cell or a person's body, it only tells part of the story. Protein sequencing could soon give researchers a wider window into a cell's workings. A new study d...
Dec 18, 2019
A brand-new technique of gene therapy was reported on December 16, 2019, in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering. The scientists made use of the potential of human cells to produce biological nanoparticles chockful of edited genes, so that th...
Dec 17, 2019
Researchers have developed a new nanocellulose-based material that has outstanding air filtration performance.
Dec 17, 2019
The interference between two photons could connect distant quantum processors, enabling an internet-like quantum computer network.
Dec 17, 2019
An emerging technology involving tiny particles that absorb light and turn it into localized heat sources shows great promise in several fields, including medicine. For example, photothermal therapy, a new type of cancer treatment, involves aiming...
Dec 17, 2019
Pathogens can use a range of toxins to damage their host organism. Bacteria, such as those responsible for causing the deadly Plague, use a special injection mechanism to deliver their poisonous contents into the host cell.
Dec 17, 2019
An emerging technology involving particles that absorb light and turn it into localized heat sources shows great promise in several fields, including medicine. This heating must be carefully controlled however, and the ability to monitor temperatu...
Dec 17, 2019
'Tiny silver brains' could have long-term implications for more powerful, energy-efficient computing.
Dec 17, 2019
Researchers have discovered a novel system to generate an artificially enveloped oncolytic adenovirus to direct the immune response against cancer.
Dec 17, 2019
