Sex-specific Alzheimer’s treatment could benefit males over females
University of Ottawa research in mice highlights sex-specific difference that could prevent certain treatments from working in females, signaling caution ...
Month: December 2020
The quest for carbon capture: WVU engineer explores the ways through four federally-funded projects
Credit: Paige Nesbit/WVU One silver lining to COVID-19 restrictions, based on a recent report, is a 2.4 billion-ton plummet in ...
Looking for dark matter near neutron stars with radio telescopes
Credit: Credit: Kavli IPMU In the 1970s, physicists uncovered a problem with the Standard Model of particle physics--the theory that ...
Young people regarded COVID-19 as a threat to the older generation but not to themselves
Credit: NTU Singapore At the start of the pandemic, young Singaporeans regarded COVID-19 as a threat to the older generation ...
Discovery: How Colorado potato beetles beat pesticides
Epigenetic changes, passed to new generations, may solve paradox of rapid resistanceCredit: Lily Shapiro The Colorado potato beetle is a ...
Traditional model for disease spread may not work in COVID-19
Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University photographer AUGUSTA, Ga. (Dec. 21, 2020) - A mathematical model that can help project the ...
Cellular exclusion of mitochondria protects cells from damage
Researchers from Osaka University identify a novel mechanism by which cells turn over mitochondria and maintain cell healthCredit: Osaka University ...
The Achilles’ heel of cancer stem cells
Credit: Birchmer Lab, MDC Since colonoscopies were introduced in Germany for early cancer detection, the number of diagnoses of advanced ...
Study examines attitudes toward non-native birds
Researchers say citizen-science projects could play an important roleCredit: Judy Lyle, courtesy Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ithaca. N.Y.--A new study ...
Big step with small whirls
Skyrmions -- the basis for a completely new computer architecture?Credit: Empa Many of us may still be familiar with the ...
Researchers identify a rare genetic bone disorder through massive sequencing methods
They have used precision medicine to uncover and treat new skeletal disordersCredit: University of Malaga Researchers of the "Cell Biology ...
Prostate cancer regulator plays role in COVID-19, providing a promising treatment lead
Clinical trials underway are testing whether drugs that target the androgen receptor -- successful in controlling prostate cancer -- could ...
Researchers illuminate neurotransmitter transport using X-ray crystallography and molecular simulations
Credit: Depositphotos Scientists from the MIPT Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases have joined forces with ...
Brain stem cells divide over months
Credit: UZH Stem cells create new nerve cells in the brain over the entire life span. One of the places ...
Brazilian researcher experiments with electron-plasma interactions
The study could help upgrade satellite communications equipmentCredit: Meirielen Caetano de Sousa/USP A paper on research conducted by Meirielen Caetano ...
Scientists develop the first virtual model of a new Moscow metro station in Russia
Credit: NUST MISIS Scientists from the NUST MISIS Mining Institute have proposed a new approach to urban space design, presenting ...
Crikey! Massive prehistoric croc emerges from South East Queensland
Credit: The University of Queensland A prehistoric croc measuring more than five metres long - dubbed the 'swamp king' - ...
New model reveals previously unrecognized complexity of oceanic earthquake zones
University of Tsukuba researchers have developed a state-of-the-art model, which has revealed major complexity in rupture processes even in simple ...
Corona: How the virus interacts with cells
Credit: SCIGRAPHIX / S. Westermann SARS-CoV-2 infections pose a global threat to human health and a formidable research challenge. One ...
Optoelectronic devices that emit warm and cool white light
Credit: © 2020 KAUST The advantages of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), such as their tiny size, low cost and excellent power ...
