Ancient Siberian genomes reveal genetic backflow from North America across the Bering Sea
The movement of people across the Bering Sea from North Asia to North America is a well-known phenomenon in early...
Mind your Qs: polyQ-binding protein 5 scaffolds the nucleolus
Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) find that PQBP5/NOL10, an intrinsically disordered protein, scaffolds the nucleolus under normal...
Dolphins “shout” over loud underwater noise to complete a cooperative task
Dolphins are social, intelligent animals who rely on whistles and echolocation to hunt and reproduce. This means that noise generated...
Agricultural droughts will continue across water-scarce Central Asia: Study
A severe agriculture drought swept Central Asia in 2021 in its early growing season, causing mass die-offs of crops and...
Half a million lives could be saved yearly by replacing wood and charcoal stoves in Africa
Half a million lives could be saved each year in sub-Saharan Africa by taking action to reduce reliance on traditional...
More stable states of quantum computers
Quantum computers can more rapidly process large amounts of data, because they carry out many computation steps in parallel. The...
New, £8 million Energy Demand Observatory and Laboratory will help UK meet net-zero ambitions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECredit: Image credit: Ian Wallman. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New, £8 million Energy Demand Observatory and Laboratory will help...
New facility at KIT produces carbon out of air
Germany is progressing on its way to climate neutrality – and has to close carbon cycles in its industries as...
Fish-hunting and eating behaviors confirmed in Japanese macaques
Upon further studying using film and sensor cameras, 14 documented cases show these macaques are fishing for sustenance, with an...
Noise from urban environments affects the color of songbirds’ beaks
There is growing concern that anthropogenic noise has various damaging effects on wildlife in urban environments. Urban noise contains a...
An ecofriendly way to convert blue light into UVB
Fukuoka, Japan—An international team of researchers from Japan and Germany has developed a new system that upconverts blue LED light...
Screen-printing method can make wearable electronics less expensive
VANCOUVER, Wash. – The glittering, serpentine structures that power wearable electronics can be created with the same technology used to...
Faster knee for better walking
Osaka, Japan – “Speed or strength, which is more important?” may be a critical question for not only athletes but...
Realtime monitoring with a wearable device reveals IBS-related changes
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a difficult disease to treat, characterized by chronic abdominal pain related to bowel movements, of...
Scientists improve the equation in FDA guidance predicting drug interactions
Drugs absorbed into the body are metabolized and thus removed by enzymes in several organs like the liver. The clearance...
Building the metaverse using digital twins at all scales, states, and relations
Today’s technological development is equivalent to the iterative evolution of applications and ideas: from early graphics to visualization, to HCI,...
Scientists create magno-optomechanical hybrid system with wide tuning range
Different quantum systems, including rare-earth-ion-doped crystals, superconducting circuits, and spins in yttrium iron garnet (YIG) or diamond, have their unique type of quantum...
The ISSCR partners with the São Paulo Research Foundation and the Federal University of São Paulo to deliver stem cell biology course
Skokie, IL – The ISSCR is pleased to partner with the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the Federal University of...
Scientists sequence and annotate majority of Red Perilla’s genome, a step toward harnessing more of its medically valuable bioactive chemicals
Researchers in Japan have generated a high-quality genome assembly of red perilla (Perilla frutescens), a plant most often found in...
Computer models determine drug candidate’s ability to bind to proteins
Combing computational physics with experimental data, University of Arkansas researchers have developed computer models for determining a drug candidate’s ability...
