Treatment of Alzheimer’s disease using chemically exfoliated WS2 nanosheets...
Herein, chemically exfoliated 2D WS2 nanosheets were employed to strongly inhibit Aβ aggregation. Intriguingly, by using unique high NIR absorption property of WS2, the preformed amyloid aggregates...
View ArticleFlexible Si/PEDOT:PSS hybrid solar cells
Flexible Si/PEDOT:PSS hybrid solar cells are of great importance in the real-world applications of the next-generation portable electronics, because of their lightweight, low production costs and...
View ArticlePolyU develops highly sensitive biosensor for measuring glucose in saliva
Recently, researchers in the Department of Applied Physics of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have successfully developed an ultra-sensitive transistor-based biosensor which could detect...
View Article'Liquid biopsy' predicts resistance in prostate cancer patients
Using an approach known as 'liquid biopsy,' which scans blood for traces of tumor DNA, researchers have uncovered genetic mutations that may be driving drug resistance in a subset of prostate cancer...
View ArticleSpecial issue: Results from MAVEN
This special issue of Science features four exciting papers highlighting results of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission to Mars, designed to study the upper atmosphere,...
View ArticleGut microbiome drives success of immunotherapy
It is not well understood why some patients respond well to immunotherapy while others do not, but two new studies provide evidence that the gut microbiome can play a role.
View ArticleVitamin C stresses and kills mutant cancer cells
Colorectal cancer cells with certain mutations “handle” vitamin C differently than other cancer cells, and this difference ultimately kills them, a new study shows.
View ArticleCompound 'dissolves' protein clumps that cause cataracts
Identification of a compound that reduces the “cloudiness” associated with cataracts could lead to a new therapeutic for this common age-related eye disorder.
View ArticleNTU sets up Sino-Singapore International Joint Research Institute
Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) is setting up a joint research institute in Guangzhou, China that aims to develop new technologies ranging from electric vehicles and sustainable urban...
View ArticleObtaining high-quality labels by crowdsourcing
Crowdsourcing makes it possible to hire voluntary workers in the internet to label large-scale data by offering them small monetary payments. Now researchers in Nanjing University have provided...
View ArticleShared financial incentives for physicians and patients result in improved...
In a study examining the effect of financial incentives to improve lipid levels among patients in primary care practices, shared financial incentives for physicians and patients, but not incentives to...
View ArticleStudy examines prevalence of ‘silent’ heart attacks in population
In a multiethnic, middle-aged and older study population, the prevalence of myocardial scars (evidence of a heart attack) was nearly 8 percent, of which nearly 80 percent were unrecognized by...
View ArticleChemical dispersants and oil degradation
Researchers report that chemical dispersants can inhibit oil degradation by microbes following spills. In response to marine oil spills, such as the 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of...
View ArticleNoninvasive prenatal genetic testing
Researchers report the detection of fetal DNA duplications and deletions in maternal plasma DNA. Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) uses sequencing of fetal DNA in maternal blood plasma to screen for...
View ArticlePast abrupt climate warming and desert wetlands
Abrupt climate change can trigger drought and lead to the collapse of fragile ecosystems that rely on stable water sources within arid environments, a study suggests.
View ArticleTracking influenza outbreaks
Researchers report a method that substantially improves previous efforts for tracking influenza outbreaks using online search data. The ability to prepare for and respond to influenza outbreaks...
View ArticleDengue transmission by asymptomatic individuals
Researchers report that asymptomatic people could transmit dengue virus to mosquitoes. By some estimates, in three-quarters of the total dengue infections per year, the virus is detectable in blood,...
View ArticleAlso of interest from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Based on a series of experiments with 264 individuals who played the roles of producers and consumers in an asset market scenario, researchers report that when sellers are able to produce new asset...
View ArticleNanostructure and mechanical properties of the osteocyte LCN-associated bone...
In this work, we show the feasibility to apply quantitativenanomechanical mapping to characterize hard heterogeneousbiomaterials on nanoscale.It has been demonstrated that LCN associated bone matrix...
View ArticleDesign public key cryptosystem to post-quantum computation
Quantum algorithms have serious threat for public key cryptography. A study proves that there is no polynomial sizes quantum circuits for computing all Boolean functions. Public key cryptography is...
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