SAGE’s 10-year impact awards honor research with influence 10 years after publication

Authors of three scientific papers–two from the social and behavioral sciences (SBS) and one from science, technology, and medicine (STM)–are receiving SAGE Publishing’s second annual 10-Year Impact Awards. The awards recognize the authors of papers published in SAGE Journals 10 years prior that have since received the most citations of all studies published the same…

New studies identify how tuberculosis destroy the lungs and how to protect them

IMAGE: Detail from an image of the 3D ’tissue like’ culture system developed at the University of Southampton. view more  Credit: University of Southampton Two new studies have cast unprecedented light on disease processes in tuberculosis, identifying key genetic changes that cause damage in the lungs and a drug treatment that could speed up recovery. Tuberculosis…

Scientists explain the crucial role of motor proteins in cell division

Proper chromosome segregation into two future daughter cells requires the mitotic spindle to elongate in anaphase. However, although some candidate proteins are implicated in this process, the molecular mechanism that drives spindle elongation in human cells has been unknown, until now! Researchers at the Croatian Ruđer Bošković Institute (RBI) have discovered the exact molecular mechanism…

New Web Tool Fights Antibacterial Resistance

In 1943, two scientists named Max Delbrück and Salvador Luria conducted an experiment to show that bacteria can mutate randomly, independent of external stimulus, such as an antibiotic that threatens a bacterial cells’ survival. Today the Luria-Delbrück experiment is widely used in laboratories for a different purpose–scientists use this classic experiment to determine microbial mutation…