Bethesda, MD (Scicasts) – A new approach for immunizing against influenza elicited a more potent immune response and broader protection than the currently licensed seasonal influenza vaccines when tested...

Cambridge, MA (Scicasts) – When studying any kind of population ― people or cells ― averaging is a useful, if flawed, form of measurement. According to the US Census Bureau, the average American...

Corvallis, OR (Scicasts) – Researchers have developed a new drug delivery system that allows inhalation of chemotherapeutic drugs to help treat lung cancer, and in laboratory and animal tests it...

Evanston, IL (Scicasts) – Northwestern University researchers have developed a new method for delivering molecules into single, targeted cells through temporary holes in the cell surface. The...

Columbia, MO (Scicasts) – Cancers of all types become most deadly when they metastasize and spread tumours throughout the body. Once cancer has reached this stage, it becomes very difficult for...

Louisville, KY (Scicasts) – Grapefruits have long been known for their health benefits, and the subtropical fruit may revolutionize how medical therapies like anti-cancer drugs are delivered to...

Philadelphia, PA (Scicasts) – The allure of personalized medicine has made new, more efficient ways of sequencing genes a top research priority. One promising technique involves reading DNA bases...

New York, NY (Scicasts) – In their quest to learn more about the variability of cells between and within tissues, biomedical scientists have devised tools capable of simultaneously measuring dozens...

Orlando, FL (Scicasts) – A team of researchers from several universities – including UCF –has observed a rare quantum physics effect that produces a repeating butterfly-shaped energy spectrum in a...

Cambridge, MA (Scicasts) – Injectable nanoparticles developed at MIT may someday eliminate the need for patients with Type 1 diabetes to constantly monitor their blood-sugar levels and inject...

Berlin, Germany (Scicasts) –  Classical X-ray radiographs provide information about internal, absorptive structures of organisms such as bones. Alternatively, X-rays can also image soft tissues...

Arlington, VA (Scicasts) – The University of Chicago has launched the first secure cloud-based computing system that enables researchers to access and analyze human genomic cancer information...

Heidelberg, Hinxton, Hamburg (Scicasts) – Although we know the tool’s general purpose, it can sometimes be difficult to tell if a specific pair of precision tweezers belongs to a surgeon or a master...

Vienna, Austria (Scicasts) – Harnessing the unique features of the quantum world promises a dramatic speed-up in information processing as compared to the fastest classical machines.

Copenhagen, Denmark (Scicasts) – From microscopes to MRI scanners, imaging technology is growing ever more vital in the world's hospitals, whether for the diagnosis of illness or for research into...

Raleigh, NC (Scicasts) – In a promising development for diabetes treatment, researchers have developed a network of nanoscale particles that can be injected into the body and release insulin when...

Japan (Scicasts) – Metal elements and molecules interact in the body but visualizing them together has always been a challenge.