New route of assembly and ionic channel traffic in cardiac cells
Ionic channels: frontiers in cell membranesCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Ionic channels -integral proteins in the cell membrane- are essential in...
New discovery settles long-standing debate about photovoltaic materials
Credit: US Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory Scientists have theorized that organometallic halide perovskites-- a class of light harvesting "wonder"...
A key brain region for controlling binge drinking has been found
The unique intersection in the brain between the stress system and binge drinking may be the key to controlling the...
Cancer drug resistance study raises immune red flags
Inhibiting cancer drug resistance gene MDR1 may come at a cost to immune responseCredit: Scott Wiseman for Scripps Research JUPITER,...
Valorizing wastewater can improve commercial viability of biomass oil production
Credit: College of ACES, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. ¬- Oil produced from biomass can provide a sustainable alternative to...
Texas A&M researchers uncover the art of printing extremely hard steels flawlessly
Results from the collaboration with scientists from the Air Force Research Laboratory could have applications in the aerospace, automotive and...
Virginia Tech’s fog harp harvests water even in the lightest fog
Credit: Virginia Tech What do you get when you cross a novel approach to water harvesting with a light fog?...
Under pressure: New bioinspired material can ‘shapeshift’ to external forces
Credit: Pam Li/Johns Hopkins University Inspired by how human bone and colorful coral reefs adjust mineral deposits in response to...
Overuse of emergency room reducible through primary care relationship
Credit: University of Kansas LAWRENCE, KANSAS -- David Slusky keeps hearing the same comments from other parents who are isolating...
COVID-19 possibly striking more children than expected
Credit: mvps.org The number of children infected with the coronavirus is far more extensive than what is currently reported --...
New nanocarrier drug delivery technology crosses the blood-brain barrier
Credit: Professor Sumio Ohtsuki A Japanese research team has developed a cyclic peptide (a chain of amino acids bonded circularly)...
Earth Day alert to save our frogs
Study warns of amphibian conservation shortfallsCredit: Kate Mason With climate action a theme of Earth Day 2020 (22 April 2020),...
Trade friction: Adaptiveness of swarms of complex networks
Credit: Copyright© 2020 Springer Nature Trade friction between industries involved in information communication technology (ICT) have become apparent in recent...
3D models of mountain lakes with a portable sonar and airborne laser
Credit: J. Fernández-Lozano/ R. Andrés-Bercianos The information of the territory provided by the laser technology from an airplane can be...
The origin of feces: coproID reliably predicts sources of ancient poop
New method of discerning sources of ancient feces makes this archaeological find far more informativeCredit: Jada Ko, courtesy of the...
Lactic acid bacteria present in kimchi cabbage and garlic carry out the fermentation
Identification of the origin source and the fermentation characteristics of lactic acid bacteria responsible for kimchi fermentationCredit: World Institute of...
KIST and UNIST joint research team develop a high-capacity battery material using salmon DNA
Stabilizing the surface of over-lithiated layered oxides using DNA from salmon and carbon nanotubes. Improved catalyst performance and lifespan found...
How did an ancient plant from Latin America become Asia’s second-most-important cash crop?
Valued at dining room tables and factory floors alike, cassava is worth about $10 billion in Asia. The continued growth...
WVU-engineered intubation boxes to help reduce risk to clinicians during COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: West Virginia University A global pandemic, a worried wife and a campus that, like its home state, is full...
Solving the puzzle of Mitchell disease
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine When a patient with puzzling neurological symptoms enrolled in the Undiagnosed Diseases Network, researchers led...
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