Regular social engagement linked to healthier brain microstructure in older adults
Credit: Sheila Davis/UPMC PITTSBURGH, Oct. 19, 2020 - Older people who report greater levels of social engagement have more robust ...
What lies between grey and white in the brain
Making the superficial white matter visible in the living human brainCredit: MPI CBS Traditionally, neuroscience regards the brain as being ...
The right cells in the right spot
Neurons in a visual brain area of zebrafish are arranged as a map for catching preyCredit: MPI of Neurobiology / ...
Two Nobel Prize wins for Max Planck Society
Emmanuelle Charpentier honoured with the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Reinhard Genzel wins Nobel Prize in PhysicsCredit: MPG This year, ...
Three new trans-Atlantic research teams to study hard-to-treat childhood cancers
Research funded by Stand Up To Cancer and Cancer Research UK aims to increase innovative and effective approaches to treating ...
Exercise and nutrition regimen benefits physical, cognitive health
12-week double-blind control trial in 148 Air Force airmenCredit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers studied the ...
Tapping secrets of Aussie spider’s unique silk
Silk so robust potential new genetic material toutedCredit: Professor Mark Elgar, the University of Melbourne An international collaboration has provided ...
CBD helps reduce lung damage from COVID by increasing levels of protective peptide
Credit: Kim Ratliff, Production Coordinator, Augusta University One way CBD appears to reduce the "cytokine storm" that damages the lungs ...
New study shows how complex metabolism may have self-assembled from simple precursors
New research shows that simple environmental reactions can form reactive thioesters similar to those used in modern biology to transduce ...
Creating perfect edges in 2D-materials
Credit: Alexander Ericson/Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology Ultrathin materials such as graphene promise a revolution in nanoscience and technology. Researchers ...
Early-arriving endangered Chinook salmon take the brunt of sea lion predation
Credit: LE Baskow The Columbia River is home to one of the West Coast's most important Chinook salmon runs. Through ...
Mystery over decline in sea turtle sightings
Credit: Rod Penrose, MEM The number of sea turtles spotted along the coasts of the UK and Ireland has declined ...
Losing flight had huge benefits for ants, finds new study
Credit: Philip Gronski Ants are one of the most successful groups of animals on the planet, occupying anywhere from temperate ...
Molecular design strategy reveals near infrared-absorbing hydrocarbon
Credit: Norihito Fukui Nagoya University researchers have synthesized a unique molecule with a surprising property: it can absorb near infrared ...
Echo from the past makes rice paddies a good home for wetland plants
Geography before human land use impacts how well plant species are retainedCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from ...
New research comparing HIV medications set to change international recommendations
Credit: University of British Columbia A new study by UBC researchers is set to change international treatment recommendations for people ...
‘Classified knots’: uOttawa researchers create optical framed knots to encode information
Credit: University of Ottawa In a world first, researchers from the University of Ottawa in collaboration with Israeli scientists have ...
Viral ‘molecular scissor’ is next COVID-19 drug target
Coronavirus uses enzymatic cutter for virus production and to disable essential immune proteinsCredit: Image courtesy Shaun K. Olsen, PhD, laboratory ...
Those funky cheese smells allow microbes to ‘talk’ to and feed each other
Researchers discover that bacteria that ripen cheese respond to the volatile gases produced by cheese fungiCredit: Adam Detour MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. ...
Enzymatic DNA synthesis sees the light
Controlling a DNA-synthesizing enzyme with photolithographic methods from the computer chip industry facilitates multiplexed writing and storage of digital data ...