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5 articles from ScienceDaily
New way to target cancer's diversity and evolution
- ScienceDaily
- 19/9/14 01:14
Scientists have revealed close-up details of a vital molecule involved in the mix and match of genetic information within cells -- opening up the potential to target proteins of this family to combat cancer's diversity and evolution.
Predicting risk of heart failure for diabetes patients with help from machine learning
- ScienceDaily
- 19/9/14 01:14
A new study unveils a new, machine-learning derived model that can predict, with a high degree of accuracy, future heart failure among patients with diabetes.
New vibration sensor detects buried objects from moving vehicle
- ScienceDaily
- 19/9/14 01:14
Researchers will report a new laser-based sensor that effectively detects buried objects even while the detector is in motion. This new device offers a significant improvement over existing technologies, which cannot be operated on the go and lose accuracy in the presence of external sources of sound or vibration.
How microtubules branch in new directions, a first look in animals
- ScienceDaily
- 19/9/14 01:14
Cell biologists say they have, for the first time, directly observed and recorded in animal cells a pathway called branching microtubule nucleation, a mechanism in cell division that had been imaged in cellular extracts and plant cells but not directly observed in animal cells.
Ancient Australia was home to strange marsupial giants, some weighing over 1,000 kg
- ScienceDaily
- 19/9/14 01:14
Palorchestid marsupials, an extinct group of Australian megafauna, had strange bodies and lifestyles unlike any living species.