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The finding should generate excitement in medical facilities around the world   The solution to the global shortage in the supply of crucial medical isotopes – a scarcity pegged to problems at Ontario’s aging Chalk River nuclear reactor – may be lying in the basements of Canadian hospitals. The 54-year-old facility, set to close in

A more diverse cropping landscape would mean viable farms, healthier diets and a steadier food system. FROM where I sit on the north end of America’s grain belt, I can almost hear the corn popping to the south of me. The drought threatens to drive up global corn prices beyond their level in 2007-8, when

This achievement opens up an exciting new area of research with the potential to bring about a huge breakthrough in regenerative medicine Human colon stem cells have been identified and grown in a petri dish in the lab for the first time. This achievement, made by researchers of the Colorectal Cancer Lab at the Institute

Currently, no cure exists for Alzheimer’s disease, the devastating neurological disease affecting more than 5 million Americans. But scientists are now reporting new progress on a set of compounds, initially developed for cancer treatment, that shows promise as a potential oral therapy for Alzheimer’s. Their study appears in ACS’ Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Carlo Ballatore, Kurt

The identification of horse meat adulterating others as beef meat is possible thanks to an electrochemical biosensor developed by the Complutense University of Madrid which is able to recognize a DNA fragment virtually unchanged in the more than 4,500 mitochondrial genomes of horses sequenced and absent in the rest of species of mammals. “Thus, it

What if someone told you that 100 percent of the world’s energy could come from renewable fuels in just 20 to 40 years* using existing technology … … And that the annual costs of powering our cars and homes with wind, water, solar and hydrogen would be little more than what using conventional fuels costs today?

Specially designed for treatment of ‘glue ear’ condition common in children, CLiKX cuts treatment time and cost A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a novel handheld device, known as CLiKX, for the treatment of a condition called Otitis Media with Effusion (OME), or ‘glue ear’, which is the

Researchers develop highly efficient, solution-processed fluorescence organic light-emitting diodes using “Pure-organic” emitters A team led by Prof. Tae-Woo Lee (Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering) at POSTECH have fabricated highly-efficient, solution-processed fluorescence organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) using pure-organic thermally-activated delayed-fluorescence (TADF) emitters. The research was published in Advanced Materials journal. This research is selected as

‘Innovation economics‘ is propelling a global hunt for inventions that can extend the frontiers of renewable generation. First comes invention then comes prosperity. That’s the theory of ‘innovation economics,’ a relatively new doctrine that underlies today’s worldwide race to discover energy’s next game changer and is triggering some intriguing tinkering in renewable energy. Will one

What happens after you flush the toilet is becoming a big deal. In a just-published article in the science journal v, Arizona State University water treatment expert Bruce Rittmann and two colleagues propose a paradigm-shifting change in the treatment of wastewater, a shift they say could have a dramatic global impact. They outline ways to