Medicine A Viable Vaccine For Tough Tumors (Medicine) 10 Nov 2020 Biomaterial-based cancer vaccine combines chemo and immunotherapy to treat triple-negative breast cancer in mice. Patients with cancer have multiple treatment options available to them today, but each has its drawbacks.…
Geology… Radioactive Elements may be Crucial to the Habitability of Rocky Planets (Geology /Planetary Science) 10 Nov 2020 Earth-size planets can have varying amounts of radioactive elements, which generate internal heat that drives a planet's geological activity and magnetism. The amount of long-lived radioactive elements incorporated into a…
Neuroscience Printable Ink Guides Cell Growth, Offers Nerve Injury Hope (Neuroscience) 10 Nov 2020 Bioconductive ink uses body's own electricity to guide nerve cell growth. Researchers have developed a neuron-growing ink that uses the body's own electrical signals to precisely guide the growth of…
Astronomy The Universe Is Getting Hot, Hot, Hot, A New Study Suggests (Astronomy) 10 Nov 202010 Nov 2020 Temperature has increased about 10 times over the last 10 billion years. The universe is getting hotter, a new study has found. The study, published Oct. 13 in the Astrophysical…
Food Sweet Taste Reduces Appetite? (Food) 10 Nov 2020 The sweet taste of sugar is very popular worldwide. In Austria and Germany, the yearly intake per person adds up to about 33 and 34 kilograms, respectively. Thus, sugar plays…
PHYSICS Surrey Helps To Produce The World’s First Neutron-rich, Radioactive Tantalum Ions (Physics) 10 Nov 2020 An international team of scientists have unveiled the world's first production of a purified beam of neutron-rich, radioactive tantalum ions. This development could now allow for lab-based experiments on exploding…
Biology High Temperatures Threaten The Survival of Insects (Biology) 10 Nov 2020 Insects have difficulties handling the higher temperatures brought on by climate change, and might risk overheating. The ability to reproduce is also strongly affected by rising temperatures, even in northern…