RNA regulation is crucial for embryonic stem cell differentiation
Credit: Will Garland/AU Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are distinguished by their dual ability to self-renew and their potential to differentiate, ...
Month: November 2019
The first high-speed straight motion of magnetic skyrmion at room temperature demonstrated
Credit: Takaaki Dohi and Shunsuke Fukami Researchers at Tohoku University have, for the first time, successfully demonstrated a formation and ...
CUHK Faculty of Engineering develops browser-based analysis framework observer
Detecting malicious click interception and mitigating web security threatCredit: The Chinese University of Hong Kong To investigate the problem of ...
Researchers develop a database to aid in identifying key genes for bacterial infections
BacFITBase helps identify therapeutic targets for the production of new antibioticsCredit: UAB Infectious diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms capable ...
Scientists use catalysts to destroy cancerous cells from within
Credit: UGR Divulga Using "Trojan horses" to combat cancer from within the tumour cells themselves without damaging healthy tissues is ...
New analytical screening tools for the detection of cardiovascular disease
Presented in a study by Mariana Nogueira and Mathieu De Craene, within the framework of the CardioFunxion project, led by ...
Rare gas find solves puzzle of Southern Africa’s soaring landscape
Credit: Stuart Gilfillan The discovery of gases released from deep beneath the Earth's crust could help to explain Southern Africa's ...
Complex organ models grown in the lab
Credit: Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology In 2006, Japanese researchers came up with a new way of creating pluripotent ...
25 years of learning to combat cervical cancer
Credit: (A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (2018). Volume 68, Issue: 6, Pages: 394-424. doi: 10.3322/caac.21492) According to the World Health ...
Clean carbon nanotubes with superb properties
Scientists at Aalto University, Finland, and Nagoya University, Japan, have found a new way to make ultra-clean carbon nanotube transistors ...
Deep-sea bacteria copy their neighbors’ diet
A new group of symbiotic bacteria living with deep-sea mussels surprises with the way they fix carbon.Credit: Max Planck Institute ...
Simultaneous measurement of biophysical properties and position of single cells in a microdevice
Credit: SUTD Tracking the lateral position of single cells and particles plays an important role in evaluating the efficiency of ...
Cellular calpain proteases can cleave the enteroviral polyprotein
Research highlights the potential of calpain inhibitor as an antiviral against enterovirusesCredit: The University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Despite their prevalence, ...
Atoms don’t like jumping rope
Scientists have removed an important obstacle to the practical use of nanooptical traps.Credit: Mathieu L. Juan By controlling individual atoms, ...
Konstanz scientists among the world’s most influential
Credit: Gabriel Miller and Tobit Dehnen Two collective behaviour researchers, Professor Iain Couzin and Dr Damien Farine, have been named ...
New species of seaweed uncovered by genetic analyses
Credit: Kobe University Genetic analyses have revealed remarkably higher species diversity in common red seaweed than previously assumed. It was ...
Be aware of potential complications following tongue-tie surgery in babies
Credit: University of Otago Complications following a procedure to treat tongue-tie in babies are occurring that can result in admission ...
Development of magneto-optic effect measurement device using dual-comb spectroscopy
New tools for polarization and spectroscopic measurement and material developmentBlock diagram of Faraday effect measurement system using dual-comb spectroscopy. Professor ...
MU researchers describe catatonia in Down syndrome
First longitudinal study highlights positive responses to established catatonia therapiesCredit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - Down syndrome, due to ...
‘Face blindness’ may involve a failed brain network, and could shed light on autism
Study of 44 people with prosopagnosia after stroke details brain areas involved in face processing; new work will investigate face ...
