Science and engineering

MIT researchers have devised a way to make tumor cells more susceptible to certain types of cancer treatment by coating the cells with nanoparticles before delivering drugs.

Selectively blocking immune cells can prevent formation of scar tissue around medical devices.

Novartis provides update on Phase III study of RLX030 (serelaxin) in patients with acute heart failure

Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) and Ormat Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ORA) today announced that the first unit of the Sarulla geothermal power plant, one of the world's largest power plants, located in Indonesia's North Sumatra, has commenced commercial operation

Apple today announced that Swift Playgrounds, a revolutionary app for iPad that helps students learn to code, is now available in five new languages.

KAMAZ PTC (part of Rostec State Corporation) summed up the results of the traditional annual contest on invention and rationalization.

Cytokinetics, Inc. (Nasdaq:CYTK) today announced that additional results from COSMIC-HF, a Phase 2 trial evaluating omecamtiv mecarbil in patients with chronic heart failure, were presented by Tor Biering-Sørensen

IBM today announced the launch of the IBM Cloud for Financial Services to offer the essential building blocks for the creation of financial services apps on the IBM Cloud.

IBM today announced the world’s first blockchain-based green asset management platform based on the open source, openly governed Hyperledger Fabric.

“History does not repeat itself, but it does instruct.” With those words Yale historian Timothy Snyder introduced readers to his new book, “On Tyranny: 20 Lessons from the 20th Century.”

Toshiba announces the results of field tests of electric buses charged with its wireless rapid rechargeable battery system

Over the next century, southern Africa will see widespread decreases in maize production.

The East China Plains (ECP) region experienced the worst haze pollution on record for January in 2013.

AMD today announced Ryzen™ 5 desktop processors will launch worldwide on April 11, 2017, offering disruptive price-to-performance for gamers and creators.