EMBL survey studies effects of COVID-19 pandemic on life scientists
Credit: EMBL Jan Korbel and Oliver Stegle, both group leaders at EMBL Heidelberg, have performed a survey of fellow life ...
Month: June 2020
This enigmatic protein sculpts DNA to repair harmful damage
Scientists have determined how a protein called XPG binds to and reshapes damaged DNA, illuminating its role in averting genetic ...
What does the “love hormone” do? It’s complicated
A study of mice in a semi-natural setting shows how the hormone oxytocin can amplify aggression as well as friendlinessCredit: ...
New article clarifies details of COVID-19 respiratory transmission
Credit: ATS June 22, 2020-- In a new article, scientists provide an exhaustive, evidence-based review of how COVID-19 droplets from ...
Biologists unravel tangled mystery of plant cell growth
Insight could lead to bigger crops and better yieldsCredit: Carolyn Rasmussen/UCR When cells don't divide into proper copies of themselves, ...
Online program improves insomnia in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors
Participants also reported improvements in quality of life; Program helps survivors correct maladaptive sleep habits that sometimes develop during cancer ...
Which came first?
An experiment in recreating primordial proteins solves a long-standing riddleCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science What did the very first proteins ...
Preventing lithium loss for high-capacity lithium-ion batteries
A novel pretreatment strategy resolves a long-standing issue of silicon anode materials. This solution-based strategy enables simple and safe processing ...
Breakthrough discovery to transform prostate cancer treatment
Credit: Hayley Schultz/UniSA A novel formulation of the prostate cancer drug abiraterone acetate - currently marketed as Zytiga - will ...
Shining light on a malignant lung cancer
A near-infrared light treatment could help manage a rare form of lung cancerCredit: Kazuhide Sato Treating a rare type of ...
A new social role for echolocation in bats that hunt together
Credit: Irene Mendez Cruz Searching for food at night can be tricky. To find prey in the dark, bats use ...
NASA observes large Saharan dust plume over Atlantic ocean
Credit: Credits: NASA Worldview NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite observed a huge Saharan dust plume streaming over the North Atlantic Ocean, ...
ORNL launches rapid access licensing program to speed up COVID-19 solutions
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has launched a ...
How tear gas affects your body (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 19, 2020 -- 2-Chlorobenzalmalononitrile, better known as CS gas, is one of the ...
New book shows meditation can aid governmental efforts to bring peace and heal divisions
Author to present An Antidote to Violence at All Party Parliamentary Group on Indian Traditional Sciences during International Day of ...
Old drug standards delay new drug approvals
Credit: University of Texas at Austin. AUSTIN, Texas － During the next year, the Food and Drug Administration will review ...
Is teleportation possible? Yes, in the quantum world
Quantum teleportation is an important step in improving quantum computingCredit: University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster "Beam me ...
Human activity on rivers outpaces, compounds effects of climate change
Credit: Photo courtesy Jim Best CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The livelihoods of millions of people living along the world's biggest river ...
Fantastic muscle proteins and where to find them
Credit: Jacobo Lopez Carballo, Gotthardt Lab, MDC Researchers at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association ...
Geologists shed light on the tibetan plateau origin puzzle: an open-and-shut perspective
Scientists suggest a new 'opening-closing' tectonic theory to explain the origin of the Tibetan PlateauCredit: Earth Science Frontiers Earth's geographical ...
