The fate of drug discovery in academia; dumping in the publication landfill?
“ fruitful efforts to bring more drugs from bench to bedside could only be possible if we do not leave ...
Year: 2024
Petrina Kamya, Ph.D., Head of AI Platforms at Insilico Medicine, presents at BIO CEO & Investor Conference
Petrina Kamya, PhD, Head of AI Platforms and President of Insilico Medicine Canada, will present at the BIO CEO & ...
Argonne’s Lin X. Chen receives the Mildred Dresselhaus Guest Professorship Award from the University of Hamburg
Lin X. Chen, a chemist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, has received the Senior Prize as ...
European research grant facilitates production of valuable fuels and chemicals using microbial cell factories
Kaspar Valgepea, Associate Professor of Gas Fermentation Technologies at the University of Tartu, will advance understanding of gas-consuming bacteria, supported ...
Smells like evolution: Fruit flies reveal surprises in chemical sensing
A new study in Nature Communications unveils the hidden world of sensory evolution in fruit flies. By delving into the ...
Brazilian researcher helps describe a novel species of jellyfish discovered in a remote location in Japan
A gelatinous animal with a diameter of about 10 cm and a red stomach resembling the Cross of St George ...
Discovered how to predict whether patients with leukemia will be sensitive to epigenetic drugs
Alterations in the chemical modifications that control gene expression, known as Epigenetics, have proven to be one of the most ...
AIP Publishing, the American Physical Society and IOP Publishing create new ‘Purpose-Led Publishing’ coalition
AIP Publishing, the American Physical Society, and IOP Publishing have joined forces to create Purpose-Led Publishing (PLP), a new coalition ...
Watching the enzymes that convert plant fiber into simple sugars
This work was adapted from articles by Elizabeth Boatman and Emily C. Dooley. Credit: Hoi-Ying Holman/Berkeley Lab This work was adapted from ...
Revolutionizing batteries: Coffee grounds power high-performance sodium-ion anodes
In a study recently published in the KeAi journal Carbon Resources Conversion, a team of researchers from Kazakhstan and South ...
New research finds that dust in atmosphere is feeding algae in mountain lakes
Credit: Patrick Strong Journal Global Change Biology DOI 10.1111/gcb.17055 Method of Research Experimental study Subject of Research Not applicable Article ...
Bullied teens’ brains show chemical change associated with psychosis
Researchers have found that adolescents being bullied by their peers are at greater risk of the early stages of psychotic ...
Unveiling the generation principles of charged particles ‘trion’ in 2D semiconductor
Two-dimensional semiconductors, heralded as the next generation in semiconductor technology, are characterized by their single atomic layer thickness. Due to ...
Distance education during pandemic led to less care for mental ill health
Upper secondary school students were less likely to seek help for mental ill health when they were forced to study ...
Unlocking precision medicine for inflammatory bowel disease
The prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), encompassing ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), is rapidly increasing worldwide, affecting ...
Ultra-sensitive lead detector could significantly improve water quality monitoring
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed an ultra-sensitive sensor made with graphene that can detect extraordinarily ...
Ammonia attracts the shipping industry, but researchers warn of its risks
Switching to ammonia as a marine fuel, with the goal of decarbonisation, can instead create entirely new problems. This is ...
Number of shark bites consistent with recent trends, with small spike in fatalities
There was an increase in the number of unprovoked shark attacks worldwide and an uptick in fatalities in 2023 compared ...
Down to the core of poxviruses
A recent re-emergence and outbreak of Mpox brought poxviruses back as a public health threat, underlining an important knowledge gap ...
Improving climate predictions by unlocking the secrets of soil microbes
Climate models are essential to predicting and addressing climate change, but can fail to adequately represent soil microbes, a critical ...