Computer modeling reveals behavior of individual lipid molecules
Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Lipids are essential building blocks of cell membranes, which control the exchange of substances and ...
Month: May 2020
FDA approves first at-home saliva collection test for coronavirus
Emergency authorization granted to pioneering Rutgers lab and collaboratorsCredit: David Sokolowski Rutgers' RUCDR Infinite Biologics received an amended emergency use ...
COVID-19 and the role of tissue engineering
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 7, 2020--Tissue engineering has a unique set of tools and ...
How to manipulate light on the nanoscale over wide frequency ranges
Credit: (Source: University of Oviedo) An international team led by researchers from the University of Oviedo and the Centre for ...
Protein shredder regulates fat metabolism in the brain
Study by the University of Bonn clarifies unusual connectionCredit: © AG Walter/Uni Bonn A protein shredder that occurs in cell ...
Ancient DNA paints genetic portrait of Andes civilizations
Credit: from Pixabay An international team of researchers including the University of Adelaide, has completed the first large-scale study of ...
Life-Saving Lullabies warn against the dangers of COVID-19 to African women
...and now New York wants to hear them!Credit: University of Huddersfield RESEARCHERS at the University of Huddersfield are harnessing the ...
Clemson scientist receives $455K NSF grant to study how flowers adapt to heat and cold
Matthew Koski, an assistant professor at Clemson, will advance his research with a 3-year, $455,000 grant from the National Science ...
Like a molecular knob: That is how a gene controls the electrical activity of the brain
Studying two rare genetic diseases, new research published on Cerebral Cortex sheds light on the ability of Foxg1 to regulate ...
Stretched beyond the limits
Mechanical stress can cause fatigue not only in synthetic materials, but also in mammalian tissues like collagen.Credit: Photo: HITS It ...
Perspiration problems? No sweat!
Researchers generate immortalized human eccrine sweat gland myoepithelial cellsCredit: Osaka University Solving sweat-related concerns that occur in daily life, such ...
NTU Singapore scientists develop sustainable way to extract chitin from prawn shells
Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a green way to create chitin, by ...
A pioneering study into the description of the architecture of a new standard for telecommunications
esented by members of the Wireless Networking and AI&ML research groups, led by the researchers Boris Bellalta and Anders Jonsson ...
Computer vision helps SLAC scientists study lithium ion batteries
Credit: Image courtesy Yijin Liu/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Lithium-ion batteries lose their juice over time, causing scientists and engineer to ...
Scientists have created new nanocomposite from gold and titanium oxide
Scientists use lasers and gold particles to turn titanium oxide into nanocomposite for photocatalystsCredit: ITMO.News Oxides of different metals often ...
Prehistoric sea creatures evolved pebble-shaped teeth to crush shellfish
CT scans of rounded teeth help explain how this order of marine reptiles took over the oceansCredit: Ryosuke Motani et ...
First simulation of a full-sized mitochondrial membrane
New algorithm links different scales, bringing simulated cell a step closerCredit: Marrink Lab, University of Groningen Scientists from the University ...
How a molecular ‘alarm’ system in plants protects them from predators
Scientists uncover how oral secretions of the cotton leaf worm trigger defense responses in a plantCredit: Tokyo University of Science ...
Tran receives scholarship honoring women in higher education
Credit: Augusta University Photography (Phil Jones) AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 8, 2020) - Lynn Tran, a student in the University System ...
Newly discovered mechanism can explain increased risk of dementia
Credit: Taher Darreh-Shori Millions of people around the world use acid suppressants called proton pump inhibitors for conditions like heartburn, ...
