Month: December 2020

Credit: OIST Research conducted in the Light-Matter Interactions for Quantum Technologies Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology ...

Scientists find out how nutrition affects the recovery of patients after cardiac surgery

People with valvular heart disease have appeared to be at risk.Credit: SPbU Nutrients are the structural components of food that ...

Skoltech releases a new book, The Forefront of Physics

Credit: Timur Sabirov/Skoltech The book comes as the second part of Skoltech's two-volume edition, Mathematics and Physics: Two Perspectives, One ...

Primordial black holes and the search for dark matter from the multiverse

Credit: Kavli IPMU The Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) is home to many ...

High-speed atomic force microscopy takes on intrinsically disordered proteins

Credit: Kanazawa University Our understanding of biological proteins does not always correlate with how common or important they are. Half ...

Astrocytes eat connections to maintain plasticity in adult brains

Credit: KAIST Developing brains constantly sprout new neuronal connections called synapses as they learn and remember. Important connections -- the ...

Human-made landscape promotes coexistence of two normally separated Andean warblers

Two Andean warbler species that typically occur at different elevations and hunt by tricking insects to escape can co-occur at ...

Protein tells developing cells to stick together

Credit: Tohoku University Tohoku University scientists have, for the first time, provided experimental evidence that cell stickiness helps them stay ...

Kobe University and Sysmex conducted clinical evaluation of the ELISPOT method: A new test for COVID

Report on T cell immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in the Japanese populationCredit: Sysmex/Kobe University Kobe University (Location: Kobe, Japan; President: Hiroshi ...

Discovery of aging mechanism for hematopoietic stem cells

Limited rejuvenation of aged hematopoietic stem cells in young bone marrow nicheCredit: ©Atsushi IWAMA, The Institute of Medical Science, The ...

International research team calls for ‘glocal’ approach to help mitigate flooding damage

Credit: Advances in Atmopheric Sciences Large-scale global forecasting and on-the-ground observations need to meld into one system to better predict ...

Eavesdropping on the pH levels inside the brain

Credit: Tohoku University Researchers at Tohoku University have developed the first all-in-one miniature pH probe for real-time investigations of intrinsic ...

Early mammal with remarkably precise bite

Researchers investigate teeth of a small carnivorous mammal that are almost 150 million years oldCredit: © Thomas Martin, Kai R. ...

Atomic-scale nanowires can now be produced at scale

Capturing 40 years of climate change for an endangered Montana prairie

Though cooler and wetter springs drive an increase in grass production compared to 1978 levels, hotter summers mean all that ...

Breaking bad: how shattered chromosomes make cancer cells drug-resistant

Researchers find that the phenomenon of chromothripsis results in rearranged genomes and extra-chromosomal DNA that helps mutated cells not only ...

Turning the heat down: Catalyzing ammonia formation at lower temperatures with ruthenium

Credit: Tokyo Tech Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth. While about 80% of earth is nitrogen, it is ...

Sex Differences in Death After Stroke

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 22, 2020--Women were 39% more likely to die by 1 ...

Remarkable new species of snake found hidden in a biodiversity collection

Waray Dwarf Burrowing Snake occupies its own branch on snake tree of lifeCredit: University of Kansas LAWRENCE -- To be ...

Scientists identify new gene involved in autism spectrum disorder