Tag «Scientists»

NTU Singapore scientists devise ‘Trojan horse’ approach to kill cancer cells without using drugs

Cancer cells are killed in lab experiments and tumour growth reduced in mice, using a new approach that turns a nanoparticle into a ‘Trojan horse’ that causes cancer cells to self-destruct, a research team at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has found. The researchers created their ‘Trojan horse’ nanoparticle by coating it with …

MICRO-CHIPPED BEES HELP SCIENTISTS TACKLE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY ISSUES, WORLD HUNGER      

Experts at Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture state collaboration and innovation will ensure safe crop pollination   Abu Dhabi, 17 February 2016:  As the rapidly declining bee population continues to threaten the world’s nutritional standards, farming industries and food security at large, scientists at the Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture (GFIA) have outlined …

Consistency of Earth’s magnetic field history surprises scientists

Washington, D.C.—Earth’s magnetic field is generated by the motion of liquid iron in the planet’s core. This “geodynamo” occasionally reverses its polarity—the magnetic north and south poles swap places. The switch occurs over a few thousand years, and the time between reversals can vary from some tens of thousands to tens of millions of years. …

Going Beyond the Lab:  ASEAN-U.S. Science and Technology Fellowship Integrates Scientists into Policymaking

JAKARTA, May 4, 2015 –  The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Committee on Science and Technology and the U.S. Mission to ASEAN today announced a second group of fellowships to ASEAN scientists to further drive policy debates and data-based decision making to address some of the region’s most challenging development issues. The 2015 ASEAN-U.S. …

New Life Sciences Research Reveals Early Stage Treatments to Help Scientists in the Fight against Ebola

Thomson Reuters disease profile provides greater understanding of key Ebola treatments in the drug pipeline and experimental therapies approaching development 08/18/2014 PHILADEPHIA, PA – The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world leader in intelligent information for businesses and professionals, released a comprehensive disease profile on Ebola Virus Disease that includes a …

MAD: Scientists shed light on braking mechanisms in cellular signaling

Stanford, CA— A team of researchers studying a flowering plant has zeroed in on the way cells manage external signals about prevailing conditions, a capability that is essential for cells to survive in a fluctuating environment. Researchers at UC Berkeley, the Plant Gene Expression Center, UC San Francisco, and the Carnegie Institution for Science identified …

Pawan Kumar Ruia: Vision 2 lakh Crores – Kathakali Nandi

Poets, politicians, bureaucrats, scientists, sportspersons … the St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata has given the world some of her brightest sons and daughters. Achievers, whose exploits are the content of endless tales, of ballads extolling virtues for successive generations to take lessons from. However, the story of an army of Xaverians, who, armed with their B.Com …

Scientists Need to be a Good Communicator too- R.K.Pachauri

Scientists of today needs to be a good communicator too. And the need of hour is that we should work for the option of going bio-economic to save our environment. With these words Dr. R.K. Pachauri, Director General TERI, New Delhi today began the plenary lectures in the N.Borlaug Session on Sustainability Science & Climate …