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Vault nanoparticles engineered at UCLA show promise for cancer treatment and possible HIV cure
A multidisciplinary team of scientists from UCLA and Stanford University has used a naturally occurring nanoparticle called a vault to…
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Satellites peer into rock 50 miles beneath Tibetan Plateau
Gravity data captured by satellite has allowed researchers to take a closer look at the geology deep beneath the Tibetan…
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Ants are capable of complex problem-solving strategies that could be widely applied as optimization techniques.…
Gene Expression Signature Identifies Patients at Higher Risk for Cardiovascular Death
Georgia Tech Professor Gregory Gibson poses with a chart showing death rate differentials between two…
Engineering a Better Way to Rebuild Bone Inside the Body
Researchers bound the most clinically-used growth factor, BMP-2, with microparticles of the drug…
Pain killers may improve health of diabetics and the obese
Blocking a pain receptor in mice not only extends their lifespan, it also gives them…
Discovery of how Taxol works could lead to better anticancer drugs
UC Berkeley scientists have discovered the extremely subtle effect that the prescription drug Taxol has…