Scientists have designed a way to use microscopic capsules made out of DNA to deliver a payload of tiny molecules directly into a cell. The technique gives scientists an opportunity to understand certain interactions among cells that have previously been hard to track.
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With electricity comes TV By Jessica Hamzelou For the first time, researchers have shown in a randomised trial that looking at photos of thin women is enough to shape a person’s beauty ideals. It has long been thought that images of slender women in the media influence what people find […]
Two species of songbirds that once made a home in the Bahamas likely became extinct on the islands because of rising sea levels and a warmer, wetter climate, according to a new study. The study presents a historical view of how climate change and the resulting habitat loss can affect […]
A new framework giving imaging practitioners the ability to optimize pediatric patients’ care for tailoring radiation doses for accurate imaging tasks.
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has finalized a list of exclusion zones for two types of advanced remote sensing technologies that could help end a long-running logjam for licensing of commercial systems using those techniques. In a presentation at an Aug. 24 meeting of the Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing […]
WASHINGTON — An antenna-pointing error that’s proving difficult to fix has prompted PT Telkom Indonesia to migrate customers off of its oldest operational satellite. The state-owned satellite operator said Aug. 26 that Telkom-1, an 18-year-old satellite three years past its design life, lost antenna lock the day before, disrupting service […]
Along with their senses, scientists believe migrating birds use Earth’s magnetic field to find their way (AFP Photo/DAVID MCNEW) More Paris (AFP) – At least one species of sea-faring bird uses its sense of smell to navigate over ocean waters, according to a novel experiment described in a study released […]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the drug technically known as 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) could have extremely positive affects on sufferers of PTSD. The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) announced the FDA’s approval and now state trials will soon begin in the US to determine just how […]