Scientists resurrect ‘forgotten’ genus of algae living in marine animals
Credit: Matthew R. Nitschke UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- In the late 1800s, scientists were stumped by the "yellow cells" they ...
Month: July 2021
A remote laboratory for performing experiments with real electronic and communications equipment
Hundreds of students have used this technological solution in the UOC's Faculty of Computer Science, Multimedia and TelecommunicationsCredit: UOC Laboratories ...
Rewiring the adult brain — Scanning the mind of a blind Batman reveals that novel maps can emerge in the adult brain
Research reveals a new form of brain plasticity -- formation of 'topographic maps' in the wake of an unusual sensory ...
Humboldt Professorship for artificial intelligence for Bielefeld University
Computer scientist Yaochu Jin receives Germany's highest international research awardCredit: Photo: Pei An Bielefeld University has been awarded its second ...
Chasing the cells that predict death from severe COVID-19
Gladstone scientists have uncovered T-cell signatures that may help understand why some people succumb to severe COVID-19 while others recoverCredit: ...
RUDN University chemists synthesize biodiesel from jatropha curcas plant
Credit: RUDN University RUDN University chemists have proposed a new method of producing fuel from Jatropha Curcas, a poisonous tropical ...
Novel microscopy method at UT Southwestern provides look into future of cell biology
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center What if a microscope allowed us to explore the 3D microcosm of blood vessels, nerves, ...
Beam steering angle expander with two liquid crystal polymeric diffractive optical elements
Credit: by Ziqian He, Kun Yin, and Shin-Tson Wu Flat optics based on patterned liquid crystals (LCs) has recently received ...
A crystal made of electrons
Credit: ETH Zurich Crystals have fascinated people through the ages. Who hasn't admired the complex patterns of a snowflake at ...
Extracellular matrix guides growth and function of epithelial cells
Credit: Johanna Englund Scientists at the University of Helsinki have found an essential factor from the extracellular matrix that regulates ...
Catalyzing the conversion of biomass to biofuel
Water in zeolites saves energy in the conversion of biomass into biofuelCredit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM Zeolites are extremely porous ...
Humboldt professorships 2022
The neurobiologist Catherina Becker strengthens CRTD as new research group leaderCredit: privat Regeneration of the central nervous system, including the ...
Good food in a nice setting: wild bees need diverse agricultural landscapes
Research team investigates influence of different mass-flowering crops on pollinatorsCredit: N Beyer Mass-flowering crops such as oilseed rape or faba ...
From meadow to plate: The cultured meat that replaces animals with grass
An affordable lab system that uses grass blades to turn cells into cultured meat has been developed at the University ...