Researchers at ETH Zurich have created a new type of foam made of real gold. It is the lightest form ever produced of the precious metal: a thousand times lighter than its conventional form... Read more
Researchers may have found a way to slow down or prevent memory problems that arise in old age and which can become devastating in patients with dementia. The fresh hope comes from a series... Read more
In tests using animals, drug successfully seeks and disarms toxic clumps of proteins responsible for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s An international team of more than 18 research groups has dem... Read more
A potential breakthrough in techniques to develop drugs to treat diseases as diverse as cancer and Alzheimer’s has been reported by chemists at the University of Leicester in the UK. T... Read more
Experimental therapy stopped the metastasis of breast and ovarian cancers in lab mice, pointing toward a safe and effective alternative to chemotherapy. A team of Stanford researchers has de... Read more
Squid tentacles are loaded with hundreds of suction cups, or suckers, and each sucker has a ring of razor-sharp “teeth” that help these mighty predators latch onto and take down prey. In a s... Read more
Scientists have identified a set of 10 proteins in the blood which can predict the onset of Alzheimer’s, marking a significant step towards developing a blood test for the disease. The study... Read more
Stanford bioengineers have invented a way to observe and report on the behavior of family of signaling proteins as they go about their crucial work inside living cells. Think of the human bo... Read more
New light-sensitive protein enables simpler, more powerful optogenetics. Optogenetics, a technology that allows scientists to control brain activity by shining light on neurons, relies on li... Read more
“If we are successful, we will have discovered a gold mine for drug discovery” A study by the scientists Xavier Salvatella and Modesto Orozco at IRB Barcelona reveals the existence of... Read more
Immunizations could be administered within minutes where and when a disease is breaking out. Vaccines combat diseases and protect populations from outbreaks, but the life-saving technology l... Read more
Potential uses for dental, from implants to craniofacial defects Researchers at the University of Iowa have created a bio patch to regenerate missing or damaged bone by putting DNA into a na... Read more
Combination of technologies could reduce the number of early trial compounds from millions to hundreds, potentially shaving years off the discovery-development programme. A unique computer t... Read more
Crickets are a delectable, affordable, and environmentally friendly protein source already eaten in some parts of the world. Now the trick is producing them for the masses. His wife once thr... Read more
Using human pluripotent stem cells and DNA-cutting protein from meningitis bacteria, researchers from the Morgridge Institute for Research and Northwestern University have created an efficie... Read more
