STIM1 strengthens clotting

STIM1 strengthens clotting

Cancer cells outwit the immune system long before they debut as visible tumors, say Willimsky et al. (page 1687). Despite a wealth of studies, researchers still don't know when the immune system is alerted to the presence of cancer cells or when its response is subverted. Part of the problem stems from the fact that T cell responses in most animal models are tracked only after tumors form. To g...

Trusted Computing Strengthens Cloud Authentication

Cloud computing is a new generation of technology which is designed to provide the commercial necessities, solve the IT management issues, and run the appropriate applications. Another entry on the list of cloud functions which has been handled internally is Identity Access Management (IAM). Companies encounter IAM as security challenges while adopting more technologies became apparent. Trust M...

Schisandra Strengthens Your Liver

Hardship Strengthens Mutual Bonds

Tiny sap-sucking insects that are a scourge to gardeners also have the upside of helping trees survive in seasonally dry forests in Central America. How? Scale insects use carbon they get from Cordia alliodora trees to make sugar-rich ‘‘honeydew’’ for Azteca pittieri ants, which in turn defend the trees against leaf-munching insects. Mutualism is often stronger when resources are scarce, but th...

Heat treatment strengthens human dentin.

The flexural strength of Type I collagen, the major organic component of human dentin, increases with heat. We hypothesized that human dentin can be strengthened by heating, which may help prevent fracture of non-vital teeth after restoration. Beam-shaped dentin specimens were obtained from the crowns of human third molars. The dentinal tubular orientations were arranged to run parallel or perp...