The glowing glands in your throat

VANDERBILT U. (US) — Four small organs—the size of grains of rice—located at the back of the throat glow with a natural fluorescence in the near infrared region of the spectrum. (more…)

Science & Technology - Jun 2, 2011 11:55 - 0 Comments

Stamp turns ‘sponges’ into nanodevices

VANDERBILT (US) — A new stamping technique allows researchers to make a variety of devices from a stiff, sponge-like material filled with incredibly small holes. (more…)

Science & Technology - May 11, 2011 10:01 - 4 Comments

One sniff snuffs out bevy of bugs

VANDERBILT (US) — A forceful insect repellant that is thousands of times more effective than DEET, combats not only malaria-carrying mosquitoes, but pesky flies, moths, and ants as well. (more…)

Science & Technology - May 3, 2011 12:02 - 0 Comments

Less than perfect is better for nanotech

VANDERBILT (US) — Suppressing natural variability to increase reliability works well in some cases, but not so much on the nanoscale. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Apr 18, 2011 14:29 - 0 Comments

No sleep upends nurses’ circadian clock

VANDERBILT (US) — In order to adjust to working the night shift, some nurses stay awake for as many as 12 hours before the shift begins—the worst strategy for adapting their internal clocks. (more…)

Science & Technology - Mar 16, 2011 8:53 - 1 Comment

Laser untangles membrane measurements

VANDERBILT (US) — A new laser technique that can measure interactions between proteins tangled in a cell’s membrane is expected to help in the discovery of new drugs. (more…)

Science & Technology - Feb 3, 2011 12:24 - 0 Comments

Graphene so smooth it sheds water

VANDERBILT (US) — Getting graphene to cast off water is no easy task, but researchers have discovered a way to make water either bead up and run off or spread out in a thin layer on the surface. (more…)

Science & Technology - Dec 17, 2010 10:49 - 2 Comments

Robots in ER? Not just sci-fi

VANDERBILT (US) — The idea of robot assistants that can perform effectively in the often-chaotic environment of the emergency room is not as futuristic as it may seem. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Dec 15, 2010 15:04 - 0 Comments

Blood-sucking superbug prefers humans

VANDERBILT (US) — Staph bacteria feed on blood in order to grow and cause infection and now research finds the microbial vampires have a taste for the human variety. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Dec 8, 2010 13:34 - 1 Comment

Light sets bioclock for winter babies

VANDERBILT (US) — The season in which babies are born appears to have a dramatic and persistent effect on how their biological clocks function. (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 15, 2010 14:35 - 0 Comments

Image gets to heart of mosquito

VANDERBILT (US) — A fluorescent image showing a section of the tube-like mosquito heart magnified 100 times has captured first place in Nikon’s “Small World” 2010 photomicrography competition. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 8, 2010 10:51 - 1 Comment

Extra tool in DNA’s repair kit

VANDERBILT (US) — On a good day about one million bases in the DNA in a human cell are damaged. Now researchers have discovered a fundamentally new way that DNA-repair enzymes detect and fix that damage. (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 8, 2010 10:12 - 0 Comments

On display: Unrivalled liquid crystals

VANDERBILT (US) — A new class of liquid crystals could improve the performance of digital displays used on everything from digital watches to flat panel televisions. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Sep 1, 2010 11:48 - 0 Comments

Mosquitoes sniff out prey with multi-sensors

VANDERBILT (US)—To track human prey, malaria mosquitoes use several different kinds of odor sensors, according to a new study. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jul 12, 2010 10:59 - 8 Comments

How water helps us lose weight

VANDERBILT (US)—Ordinary water—without any additives—does more than just quench thirst. It increases the activity of the sympathetic—fight or flight—nervous system, which raises alertness, blood pressure, and energy expenditure. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jun 28, 2010 11:44 - 0 Comments

Pump out peptides for low-cost drugs

VANDERBILT (US)—A new way to chemically synthesize peptides promises to lower the cost and increase the availability of drugs based on natural compounds. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jun 15, 2010 9:15 - 4 Comments

Impaired insulin signaling links food to mood

VANDERBILT (US)—Defects in insulin action—which occur in diabetes and obesity—could directly contribute to psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jun 2, 2010 16:57 - 0 Comments

Nanosponge delivers better than injection

VANDERBILT (US)—When loaded with an anticancer drug, a delivery system based on a novel material called nanosponge is three to five times more effective at reducing tumor growth than direct injection. (more…)

Top Stories - Jun 21, 2011 11:17 - 0 Comments