UMD researchers study metabolism and liver function in embryonic chickens and hatchlings
Findings could improve both animal and human health, providing insights into liver and metabolic disease in animals and humansCredit: Edwin ...
Month: May 2021
Temperature explains why aquatic life more diverse near equator
Findings indicate global warming could reduce biodiversity in tropicsCredit: Adapted from figure in Current Biology / Cell Press The bulging, ...
Defective epithelial barriers linked to two billion chronic diseases
Credit: (Image: Cezmi Akdis) Epithelial cells form the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the human body. This ...
Greater effectiveness in the treatment of arrhythmia with radio frequency energy and catheterization
So demonstrates research resulting from the final year project on the bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering by Sergi Coderch, supervised ...
UVA’s Dr. Michael E. Williams honored nationally for improving lymphoma care
Recognized with National Mantle Cell Lymphoma Leadership AwardCredit: UVA Health For his work to improve patient care and develop new ...
Researchers produce laser pulses with record-breaking intensity
High-intensity pulses allow astrophysical phenomena to be studied in the labCredit: Chang Hee Nam, CoReLS WASHINGTON -- Researchers have demonstrated ...
ECTS Steven Boonen Clinical Research Award presented to Professor Cyrus Cooper
Credit: IOF The International Osteoporosis Foundation is delighted to announce that the European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) has presented the ...
New method boosts syngas generation from biopolyols
Credit: DICP a Photocatalytic biomass conversion is an ideal way of generating syngas (H2 and CO) via C-C bond cleavage, ...
Worth 1000 words: How the world saw Australia’s black summer
The world media reported on Australia's bushfire crisis very differently to the local media, with a greater focus on the ...
Novavax COVID-19 vaccine trial results show efficacy against the B.1.351 variant in SA study
Results from the initial primary analysis of the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine trial conducted by Wits VIDA in SA have been ...
Strange isotopes: Scientists explain a methane isotope paradox of the seafloor
Why methane carbon isotopes in the deep sea behave so differently than expectedCredit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Methane, a chemical ...
Significant progress in lithium-air battery development
Credit: University of Liverpool Research led by the University of Liverpool, in partnership with Johnson Matthey PLC and Loughborough University ...
Slender-snouted Besanosaurus was an 8 m long marine snapper
Paleontologists working in museum collections in Italy, Switzerland, and Germany have identified five additional specimens of a 240-million-year-old ichthyosaur, named ...
New podcast to highlight science and natural history in Alaska
Credit: Vicki Daniels, Geophysical Institute The Alaska Science Pod was created to give voice to the people tackling big scientific ...
Phonon imaging in 3D with a fiber probe
Credit: by La Cavera, S., Pérez-Cota, F., Smith, R.J. et al. Ultrasound is an indispensable tool for the life sciences ...
Researchers find the secret behind maintaining a healthy weight loss
Credit: Karina Kjærgård Kranker. Half of the Danish population have overweight, while 17 percent live with obesity. Worldwide, almost 40 ...
Microalgae biofuels: Changing carbohydrates into lipids
Credit: Kato et al. (2021) A cross-institutional collaboration has developed a technique to repartition carbon resources from carbohydrates to lipids ...
Realization of the highest laser intensity ever reached
The record-breaking laser intensity over 1023 W/cm2 enables us to explore novel physical phenomena occurring under extreme physical conditionsCredit: Institute ...
T-GPS processes a graph with trillion edges on a single computer?
Trillion-scale graph processing simulation on a single computer presents a new concept of graph processingCredit: KAIST A KAIST research team ...
Researchers discover novel non-coding RNAs regulating blood vessel formation
Credit: UEF/ Raija Törrönen Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have discovered previously unknown non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) involved in ...
