Mechanism that produces rapid acceleration in clicking beetles identified
Credit: Virginia Tech Did you know that fleas, ants, and click beetles are capable of blazingly fast accelerations, with some...
Balancing brain cell activity
Specialized sites within nerve cells are responsible for a rapid balancing of the amount of activity in the brain.Credit: Netherlands...
Researchers develop a new approach to detect pancreatic cancer
Credit: ACS Pharmacol. Transl. Sci. Nov./Dec. 2020 (3, 6), © 2020 American Chemical Society A protein found commonly in human...
Getting shapes into numbers
A mathematical framework enables accurate characterization of shapesCredit: MPI-MP, Jacqueline Nowak In nature, many things have evolved that differ in...
Boosted photocatalysis for hydrogen evolution: Reactant supply thru phosphonate groups
Credit: Copyright © 2020 Yosuke Kageshima, Shinshu University Water splitting research for solar hydrogen production has focused on physical processes...
Climate-related species extinction possibly mitigated by newly discovered effect
According to a new study, future climate-related species extinction could be less severe than predictions based only on the current...
Two-photon polymerization of PEGda hydrogel microstructure with low threshold power with green laser
Credit: by Haoyi Yu, Haibo Ding, Qiming Zhang, Zhongze Gu, and Min Gu Three-dimensional (3D) direct laser writing (DLW) based...
New tool for assessing the benefits, risks and sustainability of the consumption of fish
Researchers from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona) have optimised the website FishChoice, which helps to consume fish and seafood...
Fighting respiratory virus outbreaks through ‘nano-popcorn’ sensor-based rapid detection
Researchers develop novel sensor for the improved detection of influenza A viruses, with high reproducibilityCredit: Arek Socha from Pixabay Viral...
Fish sex organs boosted under high-CO2
Credit: Southern Seas Ecology Laborator Research from the University of Adelaide has found that some species of fish will have...
Teamwork in a molecule
Chemists at University of Jena (Germany) harness synergy effect of galliumCredit: Jens Meyer/University of Jena "Such reactions are usually carried...
How cells ‘eat’ their own fluid components
Credit: Nature Autophagy is a fundamental cellular process by which cells capture and degrade their own dysfunctional or superfluous components...
For some, GI tract may be vulnerable to COVID-19 infection
People with Barrett's esophagus have SARS-CoV-2 receptors in upper GI tractCredit: Washington University School of Medicine No evidence so far...
On the trail of active ingredients from marine yeasts
Red yeast from deep-sea sediment shows anticancer and antibacterial propertiesCredit: L. Büdenbender, GEOMAR. 20 January 2021/Kiel. Numerous natural products are...
New technique to fast-track pain research
Pioneering sensory neuron replicationCredit: Flinders Foundation Scientists have for the first time established a sensory neuron model able to mass-reproduce...
Gold nanoparticles more stable by putting rings on them
Credit: Yubo Wang, Takuya Yamamoto Hokkaido University scientists have found a way to prevent gold nanoparticles from clumping, which could...
School-made lunch ‘better’ for children
Universal meals can be more healthy - expertsCredit: Flinders University Packing a lunchbox with fruit, sandwiches, and snacks is common...
Well-built muscles underlie athletic performance in birds
Size of muscle fibres predicted flight performance in the wildCredit: IMAGE CREDIT: Kristen Lalla Muscle structure and body size predict...
Late rainy season reliably predicts drought in regions prone to food insecurity
New indicator could help mitigate food insecurity in Sub-Saharan AfricaCredit: Shukla et al, PLOS ONE 2021 (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) The...
Internet and freedom of speech, when metaphors give too much power
Since 1997, when the US supreme court metaphorically called the Internet the free market of ideas, attempts at regulation have...
