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Nanocarriers for cancer drug delivery
Biomaterials Science - 5 Jun 2015 14:07
Chen et al. discuss the emerging antitumor applications of extracellularly reengineered polymeric nanocarriers. Chen et al. write an informative and interesting review on the methods by which nanoparticle drug delivery v...
Huge Beached Oarfish Sports 7-Foot-Long Ovaries
Live Science - 5 Jun 2015 13:38
A stroll on the beach turned strange for two co-workers this week when they stumbled upon a giant (and newly deceased) deep-sea creature that had made its way ashore.
A Manned Mission to Mars: How NASA Could Do It
Live Science - 5 Jun 2015 05:50
NASA could land astronauts on the Red Planet by 2039 without breaking the bank, provided the space agency takes a stepwise approach that includes a manned 2033 trip to the Mars moon Phobos, according to the research.
1 Pinprick Test Could Detect Hundreds of Viruses
Live Science - 5 Jun 2015 00:24
A new test could use just a small amount of your blood to reveal a slew of the viruses that have ever infected you.
Deadly Melanoma May Not Show Up as a Mole
Live Science - 5 Jun 2015 21:54
A new study finds that the sometimes-deadly skin cancer melanoma usually arises in normal skin, where there is no dark spot or sign of cancer until the melanoma suddenly shows up.
Say Cheese: Rare Striped Rabbit Photographed
Live Science - 5 Jun 2015 21:26
A rare striped rabbit, seen only a handful of times, has peeked out of its tropical forest home, and a graduate student got the chance of a lifetime, holding and photographing the little guy.
Triceratops' Teeth Turned Into Slicing Machines While Chewing
Live Science - 5 Jun 2015 20:15
Triceratops is known for its distinguished trio of horns, but the dinosaur's teeth are just as distinctive, a new study finds.
These Triceratops Teeth Could Still Bite Today | Video
Live Science - 5 Jun 2015 20:13
When Gregory Erickson and Brandon Krick cut open 66 million-year-old Triceratops fossil teeth they found five different well-preserved tissue types.
Exponential Finance: This Startup Lets Anyone Send Digital Cash Without a Bank
Singularity Hub - 5 Jun 2015 19:00
Come to Singularity Hub for the latest from the frontiers of finance and technology as we bring you coverage of Singularity University and CNBC's Exponential Finance conference. Today there are 6.8 billion cell...
Monkeys' cosy alliance with wolves looks like domestication
New Scientist - 5 Jun 2015 18:33
Troops of gelada monkeys in Ethiopia are unfazed by wolves wandering through to hunt rodents, but is one domesticating the other just as humans did with dogs?
Moving sector walls on the nano scale
Phys.org - 5 Jun 2015 18:22
Scientists at ETH Zurich are able to visualize and selectively modify the internal order of an intensively researched class of materials known as multiferroics. This opens the door to promising applications in electronic...
Next-generation illumination using silicon quantum dot-based white-blue LED
e! Science News - 5 Jun 2015 17:35
A Si quantum dot (QD)-based hybrid inorganic/organic light-emitting diode (LED) that exhibits white-blue electroluminescence has been fabricated by Professor Ken-ichi SAITOW (Natural Science Center for Basic Research and...
Look Out, Scientists! AI Solves 100-Year-Old Regeneration Puzzle
Live Science - 5 Jun 2015 17:15
An artificial intelligence (AI) system has solved a puzzle that has eluded scientists for more than 100 years: how a tiny, freshwater flatworm regenerates its body parts.
Rogue wave ahoy! New technique can predict surprise sea threat
New Scientist - 5 Jun 2015 17:12
Massive ocean waves that seem to come from nowhere endanger ships and oil platforms, but now there is a way to see them coming
The most accurate quantum thermometer
Phys.org - 5 Jun 2015 17:00
Scientists have defined the smallest, most accurate thermometer allowed by the laws of physics--one that could detect the smallest fluctuations in microscopic regions, such as the variations within a biological cell.
Exponential Finance: Ray Kurzweil Stresses Humanity's 'Moral Imperative' in Developing Artificial Intelligence
Singularity Hub - 5 Jun 2015 16:45
Come to Singularity Hub for the latest from the frontiers of finance and technology as we bring you coverage of Singularity University and CNBC's Exponential Finance conference. "Technology is a double-edged sword...ever...
Punk rock sea slug spotted in Australia
New Scientist - 5 Jun 2015 16:11
Some look like punks, others like clowns. A seasonal census is uncovering a wide variety of sea slug species in a biodiversity hotspot
Researchers simulate behavior of 'active matter'
e! Science News - 5 Jun 2015 15:33
From flocks of starlings to schools of fish, nature is full of intricate dynamics that emerge from the collective behavior of individuals. In recent years, interest has grown in trying to capture similar dynamics to make...
The Tour de France--In Terms of Jelly Donuts
Physics Buzz - 5 Jun 2015 15:29
(Inside Science Currents Blog) -- With today being National Donut Day, and this year's Tour de France coming up in the next month, I recalled how a late MIT physicist known for his work in the Manhattan Project once comb...
Meet the Guy Who Fake-Dissected a T. Rex
Live Science - 5 Jun 2015 15:26
Tyrannosaurus rex may be long gone from this Earth, but that won't stop special-effects gurus and enthusiastic paleontologists from dissecting one. Live Science talked to one such paleontologist, Matthew Mossbrucker.
Gory Guts: Photos of a T. Rex Autopsy
Live Science - 5 Jun 2015 15:26
Tyrannosaurus rex got first-rate autopsy service from a team of experts that literally dove into the belly of the beast to determine its likely cause of death.
Steady to a fault
Symmetry Magazine - 5 Jun 2015 15:00
How do accelerators survive in some of the most earthquake-prone regions on Earth? Perhaps you’ve seen the trailer for San Andreas, a movie in which a massive quake rocks northern California, toppling skyscrapers and p...