Discovery of important molecular mechanism of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Credit: Alessandra Bolino, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is the most common form of inherited neuropathies. A genetic ...
Month: June 2020
When cancer cells can’t make their own fat, they eat more of it
Cancer cells rewire their metabolism to compensate for a halt in fat production by importing more fat molecules from their ...
Single-cell yolk-shell capsules with high biological activity and stability
Credit: ©Science China Press Recently, the value of the global market for microbes and microbial products is continuously increasing. However, ...
Viewing the topology of thermonuclear reaction in nuclear landscape from the network perspective
Credit: ©Science China Press How is the universe formed? What's the mechanism of the nucleosynthesis of lighter nuclei to heavier ...
Novel eco-friendly electrochemical reaction can synthesize useful semiconductor materials
Scientists report the first instance of an electrochemical reaction that produces thienoacenes, useful materials used in organic semiconductorsCredit: 2020 Okayama ...
First systematic report on the tug-of-war between DNA damage and repair
Genomic analysis of mutations show the complex interplay between DNA damage and faulty repair systems -Credit: IBS A collaborative project ...
Titanium oxide-based hybrid materials promising for detoxifying dyes
A paper by Kazan Federal University saw light in New Journal of ChemistryCredit: Kazan Federal University Photoactive materials have become ...
Recycling old genes to get new traits — How social behavior evolves in bees
Credit: Callum Kingwell A team working at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) found evidence to support a long-debated mode ...
Researchers advance fuel cell technology
Credit: WSU Washington State University researchers have made a key advance in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) that could make ...
Protected areas worldwide at risk of invasive species
Credit: Professor Tim Blackburn, UCL Protected areas across the globe are effectively keeping invasive animals at bay, but the large ...
Newly identified gene reduces pollen number of plants
Credit: Misako Yamazaki Already in the 19th century Charles Darwin recognized that the number of male gametes - pollen for ...
Open Wearables Initiative (OWEAR) releases open source software and datasets database for wearable and connected health technologies
Credit: Open Wearables Initiative Shimmer Research, a global leader in wearable technology for research applications, today announced that the Open ...
Researchers develop 3D-printable material that mimics biological tissues
Credit: N/A Biological tissues have evolved over millennia to be perfectly optimized for their specific functions. Take cartilage as an ...
Ground-breaking research makes childhood vaccines safe in all temperatures
University of Bath Press ReleaseCredit: University of Bath Vaccines are notoriously difficult to transport to remote or dangerous places, as ...
JNCCN: Many hospitalized people with advanced cancer struggle with important daily tasks
Researchers at Mass General Cancer Center discover 40.2% of advanced cancer patients with unplanned hospitalizations experienced functional impairment, which correlated ...
Artificial brains may need sleep too
States that resemble sleep-like cycles quell the instability that comes with uninterrupted self-learning in artificial analogs of brainsCredit: Los Alamos ...
New research shows how complex chemistry may be relevant to origins of life on Earth
A popular model suggests life on Earth began with RNA. A recent study reveals how RNA precursors can arise from ...
Engaging in family meals starts with healthy family communication
Patients in weight management or weight loss programs were more likely to eat family meals together when they had good ...
Climate change has degraded productivity of shelf sea food webs
Credit: Claire Widdicombe A shortage of summer nutrients as a result of our changing climate has contributed to a 50% ...
Great white shark diet surprises scientists
Understanding how sharks feed is vital for managing human interactionsCredit: Richard Grainger/University of Sydney The first-ever detailed study of the ...
