Sink traps are surprising source of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in ICU
During a nationwide outbreak of healthcare-associated infections of an antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a hospital traced repeated infections of patients in its intensive care unit (ICU)...
New spheres trick, trap and terminate water contaminant
Scientists have enhanced micron-sized titanium dioxide particles to trap and destroy BPA, a contaminant in water with health implications. The robust particles can be...
Living organisms find a critical balance
Biologists know a lot about how life works, but they are still figuring out the big questions of why life exists, why it takes...
Part-organic invention can be used in bendable mobile phones
Engineers have invented a semiconductor with organic and inorganic materials that can convert electricity into light very efficiently, and it is thin and flexible...
Research affirms the power of ‘we’
New research has greatly magnified the body of evidence asserting that the pronouns we use foretell good relationship outcomes.
New details of HIV life cycle
The discovery of a small molecule that plays an important part of the HIV life cycle may lead to the development of new treatments...
New cancer vaccine platform a potential tool for efficacious targeted cancer therapy
Researchers have discovered a solution in the form of a cancer vaccine platform for improving the efficacy of oncolytic viruses used in cancer treatment.
Universal vaccine platform that’s cheaper and shelf stable
Researchers have developed less expensive way to produce vaccines that cuts the costs of vaccine production and storage by up to 80 percent without...
Typical mutations in children of radar soldiers
The offspring of radar soldiers exposed to high doses of radiation during their service experience more genetic alterations than families without radiation exposure.
Scientists get the drop on the cell’s nucleus
A team of physicists has devised a novel strategy that uses naturally occurring motions inside the human cell nucleus to measure the physical properties...