Elasticity key to plants and animals’ ability to sting
A new study explains for the very first time the principles behind the design of stings, needles, and spikes in ...
Month: June 2020
Diluting blood plasma rejuvenates tissue, reverses aging in mice
New study suggests that plasma exchange could be the key to unlocking the body's regenerative capacitiesCredit: Image courtesy Irina Conboy ...
A raft that won’t save you
New research investigates the role of lipid rafts in virus infiltrationCredit: Carotenuto, Lunghi et al. PITTSBURGH (June 15, 2020) -- ...
New indication of a link between Alzheimer’s and diabetes
High-resolution 3D model reveals strong similarity in fibril structureCredit: Copyright: Forschungszentrum Jülich/HHU Düsseldorf/Gunnar Schröder Pathological protein clumps are characteristic of ...
Tuberculosis vaccine strengthens immune system
Study by the Universities of Bonn and Nijmegen explains how BCG vaccination reduces susceptibility to infectionsCredit: © University Bonn A ...
Stanford researchers develop artificial synapse that works with living cells
Credit: L.A. Cicero/Stanford News Service In 2017, Stanford University researchers presented a new device that mimics the brain's efficient and ...
A clique away from more efficient networks
Credit: © 2020 KAUST A framework that uses graph theory, which considers how networks are coded, could help make digital ...
£19k government grant to help combat fraudsters as people reveal all on social media
Government funding for a project to educate the public about promoting sensitive personal information on social media,Credit: University of Huddersfield ...
Low physical function increase the risk for bone loss in older hip fracture patients
Acknowledgement of the risk factors is important for bone health and overall recoveryCredit: University of Jyväskylä. Low physical function and ...
A salt solution toward better bioelectronics
Credit: © 2020 KAUST; Heno Hwang Doping is commonly used to improve performance in semiconducting devices but has not previously ...
Researchers discover what’s behind nature’s perhaps largest erection — which is not that big
In the plant kingdom, the sexual organ of a male pollen grain grows up to a thousand times its own ...
Anaerobically disinfect soil to increase phosphorus using diluted ethanol
Credit: Takashi Kunito, Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University Scientists in Japan and the Netherlands have independently ...
Researchers flush out worrying trend of designer drug use
Credit: University of South Australia In a sign that designer drugs are becoming more prevalent in Australia, synthetic cathinones - ...
Diabetic mice improve with retrievable millimeter-thick cell-laden hydrogel fiber
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) results from an ...
Innovative multiple-organ devices for brain diseases
Researcher Carmen Giordano received 2 more grants totalling €280,000 for her work on the microbiota-gut-brain axisCredit: Politecnico di Milano They ...
Magnetic guidance improves stem cells’ ability to treat occupational lung disease
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Results of a study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM) may point ...
Discovery of graphene switch
Credit: JAIST Researchers at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) have successfully measured the current-voltage curve of graphene ...
Parents twice as likely to be concerned about ticks than of mosquitoes
Just 1 in 3 parents use a bug repellent on their child that contains DEET, which is most effective in ...
One minute simultaneous analysis of pungency components in kimchi
The World Institute of Kimchi has developed a high-sensitivity, simultaneous analysis technique for capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin.Credit: The World Institute of ...
Scientists unravel the evolution and relationships for all European butterflies in a first
Credit: Dr Martin Wiemers For the first time, a complete time-calibrated phylogeny for a large group of invertebrates is published ...
