A compound with potential as a treatment for ALS has gained further promise in a new study that showed it improved the condition of mice whose motor neurons had been damaged by an environmental toxin ...

A research team at the University of Arizona College of Medicine–Tucson is developing a drug that works in combination with copper to kill bacteria, including those that cause MRSA, a type of staph ...

In the world's waterways, fish are confronted with endless challenges. For example, they have to defend themselves from predators, evade capture, compete with others for food, deal with the impact of ...

An interdisciplinary team of scientists from KU Leuven, the University of Bremen, the Leibniz Institute of Materials Engineering, and the University of Ioannina has succeeded in killing tumor cells in ...

Chemists have now synthesized a molecule that can perform the function of a computing unit in a quantum computer. Quantum computers could vastly increase the capabilities of IT systems, bringing major ...

Copper released into the environment from fungicides, brake pads, antifouling paints on boats and other sources may be contributing significantly to stratospheric ozone depletion, according to a new ...

A team of scientists led by Hendrik Schön at Bell Labs has induced superconductivity in a copper oxide compound by applying an electric field which generated holes at the gate insulator interface. “To ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - A compound with potential as a treatment for ALS has gained further promise in a new study that showed it improved the condition of mice whose motor neurons had been damaged by an ...