IPK scientists discover gene that ensures slim inflorescence shape of barley
Credit: Photo: Nadja Sonntag The "spikelet meristem" (SM) plays a central role during the development of the grass inflorescence. Meristems ...
Month: October 2020
HIV epidemic: Successful use of self-tests in rural Africa
Credit: University of Basel / Swiss TPH, Alain Amstutz Despite significant progress in prevention and therapy, millions of people still ...
Making disorder for an ideal battery
Manufacturing safer, more powerful batteries that use geopolitically stable resources requires solid electrolytes and replacing lithium with sodium. A chemical ...
Age does not contribute to COVID-19 susceptibility
Credit: Ryosuke Omori, Ryota Matsuyama, Yukihiko Nakata, Scientific Reports, October 6, 2020 Scientists have estimated that the age of an ...
Carnivores living near people feast on human food, threatening ecosystems
Credit: Phil Manlick. Photo credits (Left to Right): Flickr/Tambako the Jaguar/Renee Grayson and Wikimedia Commons/United States National Park Service/United States ...
New mechanism affecting nerve impulses discovered
Credit: Anna Nilsen/Linköping University Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have discovered a new mechanism by which substances can open a ...
Primates aren’t quite frogs
Spinal modules in macaques can independently control forelimb force direction and magnitudeCredit: The National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Japan ...
Chemists create new crystal form of insecticide, boosting its ability to fight mosquitoes and malaria
Researchers use a simple, inexpensive technique to develop a new fast-acting form of deltamethrin that may help with growing insecticide ...
Tetrahedra may explain water ‘s uniqueness
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science at ...
Mass loss driven shape evolution model unveils formation of flattened ‘snowman’ (486958) Arrokoth
Credit: ZHANG Xuan from PMO The small Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth, encountered by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft on Jan ...
Revealing the reason behind jet formation at the tip of laser optical fiber
Credit: Junnosuke Okajima, Tohoku University When an optical fiber is immersed in liquid, a high temperature, high speed jet is ...
To protect nature’s benefits, focus on people
Credit: Luis Del Rio/Pexels To calculate the true value of a forest, we need to know how people benefit from ...
Damaged muscles don’t just die, they regenerate themselves
A new mechanism for muscle stem cell activationSingle myofibers were isolated from mouse muscle tissue in a suspension cell culture. ...
Fuels, not fire weather, control carbon emissions in boreal forest
Credit: Victor Leshyk, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society As climate warming stokes longer fire seasons and more severe fires ...
Sapphires show their true colors: Not water-loving
Credit: ©Science China Press In 1805, Thomas Young took the mechanical equilibrium at the solid/liquid/gas three-phase contact line into consideration ...
Enzyme SSH1 impairs disposal of accumulating cellular garbage, leading to brain cell death
University of South Florida Health neuroscientists discover a defect early in autophagy that may help develop SSH1 inhibitors to treat ...
Skeletal muscle development and regeneration mechanisms vary by gender
The functional importance of estrogen receptor betaCredit: Associate Professor Yusuke Ono Researchers at Kumamoto University, Japan generated mice lacking the ...
Multi-state data storage leaving binary behind
Stepping 'beyond binary' to store data in more than just 0s and 1sCredit: Pixabay: Akela999 Electronic data is being produced ...
Dual checkpoint blockade promising as pre-surgical approach for certain patients with localized bladder cancer
Phase I trial first to evaluate neoadjuvant combination immunotherapy for cisplatin-ineligible patients with high-risk diseaseCredit: The University of Texas MD ...
Studying the sun as a star to understand stellar flares and exoplanets
Credit: ISAS/NAOJ New research shows that sunspots and other active regions can change the overall solar emissions. The sunspots cause ...
