Fungal compound inhibits important group of proteins
Zebrafish embryos elucidate unknown effect for cercosporamideCredit: Jelmer Hoeksma, copyright Hubrecht Institute Researchers in the group of Jeroen den Hertog,...
AI technology can predict vanadium flow battery performance and cost
Credit: LI Tianyu Vanadium flow batteries (VFBs) are promising for stationary large-scale energy storage due to their high safety, long...
MarrowQuant: A new digital-pathology tool
Credit: Olaia Naveiras (EPFL) The bone marrow is the soft tissue inside our bones. Its main role is to produce...
Discovery of large family of two-dimensional ferroelectric metals
Credit: ©Science China Press It is usually believed that ferroelectricity can appear in insulating or semiconducting materials rather than in...
AI learns to trace neuronal pathways
Credit: Mitra lab/CSHL, 2020 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientists have taught computers to recognize a neuron in microscope images...
Recording thousands of nerve cell impulses at high resolution
Credit: ETH Zurich / Xinyue Yuan For over 15 years, ETH Professor Andreas Hierlemann and his group have been developing...
Helium, a little atom for big physics
Credit: Authors Helium atom precision measurements and calculations have a history of nearly a century. In the 1960s, theorists discovered...
Bird brains are surprisingly complex
Innovative microscopy method reveals unexpected similarities between mammals and birdsCredit: Copyright: HHU Düsseldorf / Herold et al. Some birds can...
Stable supramolecular structure system to identify activity origin of CO2 electroreduction
Credit: Authors CO2 electroreduction reaction driven by renewable electricity is an effective way to reduce the concentration of CO2 in...
Lipids, lysosomes, and autophagy: The keys to preventing kidney injury
A team of researchers led by Osaka University unravel a tangle of pathways involving calcium, lipids, and the degradation of...
Inside mitochondria and their fascinating genome
Credit: EPFL / Alain Herzog Mitochondria are present in all eukaryotic cells: in our cells, in mammalian cells, in the...
Scientists explored optimal shapes of thermal energy storages
Scientists have studied a correlation between the shape of thermal energy storages and their efficiencyCredit: Karsten Würth, Unsplash Scientists from...
Surplus sugar helps whiteflies detoxify plant defenses
This pest insect uses sugar from its food to prevent the activation of the mustard oil bomb in cruciferous plantsCredit:...
Dentists from RUDN University presented a new classification of root canal shape changes
Credit: RUDN University Individual characteristics of the shape and cross-section of the root canal are one of the main issues...
COVID-19: Saliva tests could detect silent carriers
Credit: Isao Yokota et al., Clinical Infectious Diseases, September 25, 2020 Testing self-collected saliva samples could offer an easy and...
Research confirms link between sleep apnea and Alzheimer’s disease
Study finds identical signs of brain damage in sleep apnea and Alzheimer'sCredit: RMIT University New research has confirmed long-suspected links...
Sentinels of ocean acidification impacts survived Earth’s last mass extinction
Credit: Katja Peijnenburg, Erica Goetze, Deborah Wall-Palmer, Lisette Mekkes. Two groups of tiny, delicate marine organisms, sea butterflies and sea...
Genetic differences in body fat shape men and women’s health risks
Credit: Courtesy Civelek lab New research is revealing how genetic differences in the fat in men's and women's bodies affect...
Scientists kill cancer cells by ‘shutting the door’ to the nucleus
Proof-of-concept study shows that stopping the construction of nuclear pore complexes selectively kills cancer cellsCredit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery...
Cement-free concrete beats corrosion and gives fatbergs the flush
Researchers from RMIT University have developed an eco-friendly zero-cement concrete, which all but eliminates corrosionCredit: Copyright Museums Victoria, Photographer: Rob...
