Thermophoretic Effects On Capillary Transport Of Nanofluids
Nanofluid is a dilute suspension of particles, varying in size from 1 nm to 100 nm, suspended in a base fluid (e.g. water). Compared to…
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A New Strategy To Induce Regression Of Advanced K-RAS/TRP53 Mutant Lung Tumors
A study conducted by researchers from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (Centro Nacional de Investigadores Oncológicas) (CNIO), shows that elimination of c-RAF by genetic…
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Microbes: The Right Target To Feed The World And Protect Nature?
In agriculture, nitrogen (N) is one of the most important nutrients to improve plant growth and is applied in the form of fertilizer. Plants can…
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Testing Two Materials As Potential Cometary And Asteroid Analogs
The advent of newspace and commercial space (SpaceX, Blue Origin, etc.) in the early 2000s has brought about the resurgence of the decades-old concept of…
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Habitability: An Atmospheric Consequence?
More than 3000 planets outside our Solar system have been discovered. Around 20 of them are “Goldilocks planets,” planets that orbit the region surrounding a…
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Novel Methods To Minimize Coal Dust Exposure
Coal dust pneumoconiosis is the number one killer of coal miners in China. According to the National Occupational Disease Report released by the National Health…
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Fragment Size Distribution As A Smoking Gun Of Asteroid Family Formation
Among the asteroids, small worlds orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, we find those genetically related to each other. They are members of the…
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Feline Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation: An Alternative To Promote Reproduction In Endangered Species
Cryobiology is the study of life at subzero temperatures. But our interest in it is other than creating new lifestyles for survival in glacial environments….
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Family Feuds: The Consequences Of Mass Eviction In Banded Mongooses
Family feuds, sibling squabbles, and rows with relatives. Sound familiar? We all know that families can be the source of great conflict as well as…
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When Brain Bleeds Glutamate: A New Perspective On Alzheimer’s Disease
Deposition of amyloid beta (Aβ) plaques in the brain is the most acknowledged feature of Alzheimer’s disease. Despite decades of research, debate persists over the…
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Sex And The Placebo Effect: Women Learn, And Men Just Listen!
The placebo effect describes the improvement of symptoms in a clinical trial of a new therapy, e.g. a new drug, where some patients receive an…
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