Light shines on chemical production method
Credit: Yujiro Hoshino, Yokohama National University A team of researchers from Japan has demonstrated a light-based reaction that yields high ...
Month: August 2020
Diverse amyloid structures and dynamics revealed by high-speed atomic force microscopy
Credit: Kanazawa University In the human body, proteins sometimes occur in fibrillar aggregates called amyloids. Although certain amyloids are known ...
Study: Oriole hybridization is a dead end
Scientists say Baltimore and Bullock's Orioles are not mergingCredit: Bryan Calk, Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ithaca, NY--A half-century ...
Iron-rich meteorites show record of core crystallization in system’s oldest planetesimals
To truly understand what makes our planet capable of sustaining life, and to look for habitable worlds elsewhere, it is ...
Alteration of calcium channel signaling may explain mechanism of autism spectrum disorder
How does the G406R single point mutation of the Cav1.2 channel affect cellular processes that could lead to a multifactorial ...
Drug discovery: First rational strategy to find molecular glue degraders
Credit: © Cristina Mayor-Ruiz / CeMM Despite enormous efforts to advance traditional pharmacology approaches, more than three quarters of all ...
The six strains of SARS-CoV-2
Credit: Frontiers in Microbiology The virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, presents at least six strains. Despite its mutations, the ...
Raising the bar on disability care
Spotlight on two-way respect during COVID-19, and beyondCredit: Flinders University Encouraging paid workers to employ the 'right kind' of respectful ...
New species of fungus sticking out of beetles named after the COVID-19 quarantine
Credit: André De Kesel A major comprehensive study on Herpomycetales and Laboulbeniales, two orders of unique ectoparasitic fungi associated with ...
Surprisingly young galaxy breaks low-oxygen record
Rare, extremely metal-poor nearby galaxy discovered with machine learningCredit: Credit: NAOJ/Kojima et al. Maunakea, Hawaii - Astronomers using two Maunakea ...
Novel magnetic stirrer speaks to lab equipment
Credit: Credit: WMG, University of Warwick A current problem for a wide range of chemists is when stirring a solution ...
Scientists led by NTU Singapore identify new catalysts for more efficient water splitting
Research offers promise for wider adoption of water splitting to produce hydrogen fuelCredit: NTU Singapore A team of scientists led ...
Dingoes have gotten bigger over the last 80 years – and pesticides might be to blame
The average size of a dingo is increasing, but only in areas where poison-baits are used, a collaborative study led ...
Sweet-taste perception changes as children develop
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Compared with adults, children and adolescents are less sensitive to the ...
RSV vaccination of pregnant women could prevent pneumonia in babies
Immunizing pregnant women with a potential vaccine against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) could prevent the most common cause of pneumonia ...
Cold-sensitive staphylococci reveal a weakness
Credit: @ UNIGE "Staphylococcus aureus" - also known as "golden staph" - has the ability to develop in highly variable ...
Mathematical modeling revealed how chitinase, a molecular monorail, obeys a one-way sign
Credit: NINS/IMS Biomolecular motors in cells generate unidirectional motion, consuming chemical energy gained by, for example, hydrolysis of ATP. Elucidation ...
A photonic device comes to the aid of COVID-19 patients
Credit: H. Parc Taulí Few could have foreseen the considerable impact that SARS-CoV-2 has had so far and is still ...
Novel approach improves graphene-based supercapacitors
Meeting growing demand for increased storage capacityCredit: Dawei Su Demand for integrated energy storage devices is growing rapidly as people ...
Exciton Science to boost industry collaboration
The ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science is set to expand its productive and impactful collaboration with the renewable ...
