Study: Powerful method probes small-molecule structures — (Details)
Small molecules -- from naturally occurring metabolites and hormones to synthetic medicines and pesticides -- can have big effects on living things. But...
Study: A newly discovered, naturally low-caffeine tea plant — (Details)
Tea drinkers who seek the popular beverage's soothing flavor without its explosive caffeine jolt could soon have a new, naturally low-caffeine option. In...
Study: Can stimulating the brain treat chronic pain? — (Details)
For the first time, researchers at the UNC School of Medicine showed they could target one brain region with a weak alternating current...
Study: Minimally invasive patch delivers exact doses directly into cells, lessens pain, toxicity —...
Purdue University researchers have developed a new flexible and translucent base for silicon nanoneedle patches to deliver exact doses of biomolecules directly into...
Study: Scientists find how the enzyme AMPK, largely thought to suppress cancer, actually helps...
Long thought to suppress cancer by slowing cellular metabolism, the protein complex AMPK also seemed to help some tumors grow, confounding researchers. Now,...
Study: Do kitchen items shed antimicrobial nanoparticles after use? (Details)
Because of their antimicrobial and antifungal properties, silver nanoparticles measuring between one and 100 nanometers (billionth of a meter) in size, are being...
Study: Embryos ‘remember’ the chemicals that they encounter — (Details)
We all start out as a clump of identical cells. As these cells divide and multiply, they gradually take on distinct identities, acquiring...
Study: The chemical tricks of our blood — (Details)
The job of hemoglobin in our body seems to be quite simple: It transports oxygen molecules through our bloodstream. But this only works...
Study: Scientists’ newfound ability to create these components could lead to constructing entirely novel,...
For the first time, scientists have created, from scratch, self-assembling protein filaments.
These were constructed from identical protein subunits that snap together spontaneously to...
Study: New approach for testing for ALS may be useful to reverse debilitating disease...
Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists have shown that mutations in specific genes that destroy motor neurons and thereby cause the devastating effects...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
