Posted by Umar on March 15, 2011 ·
The protein Cop1 has –for a long time – been seen as an attractive drug target for cancer. But Leuven – Jean-Christophe Marine (VIB, K.U.Leuven) strongly argues against the use of Cop1-inhibitory drugs. Jean-Christophe Marine found out that Cop1 acts as a tumor suppressor, and thus inhibits tumor formation. His new data will have direct implications for the development of cancer drug [...]
Posted by Umar on March 11, 2011 ·
Space.com has reported the final landing of space shuttle Discovery in Florida before the spacecraft retires is not the only an ending for NASA’s shuttle program. The mission also delivered the final American piece of the multinational puzzle that is the International Space Station.
Their new milestone delivered the final room to the International Space Station. While there are still [...]
Posted by Umar on March 7, 2011 ·
An intelligent team of researchers from the Swinburne University along with the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology have successfully demonstrated a reversal of the Optical “Doppler Effect” which gives hope to the development of “invisibility cloak” technology.
The Doppler effect also known as the Doppler shift is the change in frequency of a wave for an observer moving relative [...]
Posted by Umar on March 7, 2011 ·
In a recent research Scientists from the Nation Institute for Material Science have found that immersing pellets of an iron-based compound in heated alcoholic beverages for 24 hours greatly increase superconducting ability.
Iron-based compounds usually become superconductive after being exposed to air. This process however can take up to several months. This study demonstrated that superconductivity [...]
Posted by Humza on March 3, 2011 ·
A new study has published the discovery of two new species of stingrays. These species were found in the upper Amazon.
The research was spread over 10 years and conducted by an Lovejoy, an associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UTSC, and Marcelo Rodrigues de Carvalho of the University of Sao Paolo. Their work in the Upper Amazon confirmed the new genus, Heliotrygon, and the two [...]