A malformation illustrates the incredible plasticity of the brain
People born without a corpus callosum do not have a bridge between the two cerebral hemispheres. Neuroscientists from UNIGE have...
Wistar creates a new synthetic DNA vaccine against Powassan virus
Vaccine protects animals against tick-borne Powassan virus, an emerging infectious diseaseCredit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (Oct. 30, 2020) --...
RUDN University chemist developed green method for malaria and leprosy drug production
Credit: RUDN University A chemist from RUDN University suggested an eco-friendly method for the synthesis of dapsone, a substance that...
Nelson awarded $4.5 million to study prevention and treatment of metastatic breast cancer
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Erik Nelson has won a $4.5M Era of Hope Scholar...
Galaxies in the very early universe were surprisingly mature
Credit: Credit: B. Saxton NRAO/AUI/NSF, ESO, NASA/STScI; NAOJ/Subaru Massive galaxies were already much more mature in the early universe than...
Future lake food webs in subarctic have more biomass and contain more omega-3 fatty acids
Credit: Kimmo Kahilainen & Brian Hayden Subarctic regions are facing rapid changes in climate and land-use intensity. An international research...
Dynamic photonic barcodes record energy transfer at the biointerface
Cavity-enhanced radiative energy transfer converts biomolecular information from a single droplet into trillions of distinctive photonic barcodesCredit: Zhou et al.,...
The order of life
A new model that describes the organization of organisms could lead to a better understanding of biological processesCredit: MPIDS /...
Children with asymptomatic brain bleeds as newborns show normal brain development at age 2
Study finds that neurodevelopmental scores and gray matter volumes at age two years did not differ between children who had...
Microbes in the gut could be protective against hazardous radiation exposure
Credit: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--A new study by scientists at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and...
SARS-CoV-2 might attack red marrow and block new erythrocytes formation
Credit: FEFU press office Specialists from the Department of Fundamental Medicine of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) with Russian and...
Cancer patients, clinicians find value in electronic real-time symptom
Credit: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--Both cancer patients and their medical teams found it beneficial when patients...
In a hurry to develop drugs? Here’s your cHAT
Rice chemists pitch 'green' method for making pharmaceutical intermediatesCredit: West Laboratory/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 30, 2020) - Let's call...
Researchers develop a new way to create a spectrum of natural-looking hair colors
Dye uses synthetic melanin to mimic natural hair pigmentationCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. --- We've long been warned of the...