Ultrabright Synchrotron Radiation Opens up New Research Frontiers

Proteomics technique opens new frontiers in mobilome research

A large proportion of the genome of most eukaryotic organisms consists of highly repetitive mobile genetic elements. The sum of these elements is called the "mobilome," which in eukaryotes is made up mostly of transposons. Transposable elements contribute to disease, evolution, and normal physiology by mediating genetic rearrangement, and through the "domestication" of transposon proteins for c...

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Research frontiers in magnetic materials at soft X-ray synchrotron radiation facilities

Current and anticipated future research frontiers in magnetism and magnetic materials are discussed from a perspective of soft X-ray synchrotron utilization. Topics covered include dimensionality (including e!ects of spatial dimensions and di!ering time scales), magneto-electronics, structure/property relationships, and exploratory materials, with an emphasis on challenges that limit the unders...

A new pathway opens up on the study of lymphangiogenesis

Under the direction of Professor Agnès Noël, a team of scientists at the GIGA-Cancer research center of the University of Liège has developed, in collaboration with other European laboratories, a new lymphoangiogenesis model which could lead, among other things, to a better understanding of cancer cell dissemination (metastases). This finding is the subject of an article published in the renown...

Exposure to Mobile Phone Radiation Opens New Horizons in Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment

Alzheimer’s disease, the most common type of dementia and a progressive neurode-generative disease, occurs when the nerve cells in the brain die. Although there are medications that can help delay the development of Alzheimer’s disease, there is cur-rently no cure for this disease. Exposure to ionizing and non-ionizing radiation may cause adverse health effects such as cancer. Looking at th...