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Element 113, Discovered By Asian Scientist, Made Official On New Year’s Eve
Element 113 is the first element on the periodic table to be discovered by an Asian scientist.
Splitting Germs To Double Teeth
Cutting a tooth germ in two results in two usable adult teeth, albeit at only half the size.
Plastic Solar Cells Move Closer To Commercialization
Flexible and lightweight polymer-based solar cells are now one step closer to reality, having been made more efficient.
Diagnosing & Staging Liver Cancer Non-Invasively
Capturing fragments of tumor DNA from the bloodstream allows scientists to diagnose liver cancer without the need for invasive biopsies.
Osamu Shimomura Celebrated In Special Issue Of SPIE Journal
Professor Omura Shimomura isolated the green fluorescent protein from jellyfish, which revolutionized light microscopy and light-activated study.
Retroviral RNA Contributes To Liver Cancer
Researchers have discovered that wrongly activated non-coding RNA play a role in the development of liver cancer.
Manipulating Wrinkles To Turn Graphene Into A Semiconductor
Structurally introducing tiny wrinkles to the surface of graphene can turn it into a semiconductor material, scientists say.
Blocking Differentiation Brings Stemness
By overexpressing the transcription factor Id3, researchers were able to block differentiation and keep blood stem cells in a self-renewing state.
Social Threat Contexts Mapped To Cortical Networks
Communication networks, and not single cells or brain regions, are responsible for contextual processing in primate brains.
