Hyperactive immune system gene causes schizophrenia-like changes in mice
Credit: Rhushikesh A. Phadke Excessive activity of an immune system gene previously linked to schizophrenia reproduces neural and behavioral aspects...
Study weighs deep-sea mining’s impact on microbes
Credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The essential roles that microbes play in deep-sea ecosystems are at risk from the potential...
Exosomes promote remarkable recovery in stroke
Credit: Andrew Davis Tucker It's been almost a quarter century since the first drug was approved for stroke. But what's...
Colloidal quantum dot laser diodes are just around the corner
Researchers reach a critical milestone on the path to versatile colloidal quantum dot laser diodes by successfully demonstrating a quantum...
Not so fast: Some batteries can be pushed too far
Rice engineers find overabundance of intentional defects can cause battery cathodes to failCredit: Mesoscale Materials Science Group/Rice University HOUSTON -...
University of Ottawa tool to democratize nanopore research
Credit: T.-Cossa Lab, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa A nanopore is a tiny hole in a thin membrane with...
Tomohiro Nishijima earns The Oncologist’s Young Investigator Award
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC -Tomohiro Nishijima, M.D., was awarded The Oncologist's 2nd Annual Young Investigator Award for his research...
New parasitoid wasp species discovered in the Amazon — can manipulate host’s behavior
Credit: Kari Kaunisto A research group from the Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku studies the diversity of parasitoid...
Robotic gripping mechanism mimics how sea anemones catch prey
The doughnut-shaped, plastic rubber device crimps its skin to latch onto anything from cloth to beakers filled with liquid.Credit: Weifeng...
Scientists hope to defeat infections after discovering bacterial espionage
Credit: Copyright: Kristjan Teedema/Postimees/Scanpix University of Tartu scientists hope create a solution for chronic infections that do not respond to...
Final images from Cassini spacecraft
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/A. Bader (Lancaster University). Researchers are busy analysing some of the final data sent back from the...
New E. coli-infecting bacteriophage introduced in PHAGE
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 14, 2020--A new coliphage - a bacteriophage that infects and...
Galactic gamma-ray sources reveal birthplaces of high-energy particles
Researchers with the joint US-Mexico-European HAWC Observatory have identified a host of galactic sources of super-high-energy gamma raysCredit: Los Alamos...
Neither fishing tales nor sailor’s yarn
Collectively, environmental stakeholders are just as smart as scientific expertsCredit: Photo: Florian Moellers How can the complex relationships between wildlife,...
NASA-NOAA satellite imagery reveals a weaker Tropical Cyclone Claudia
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Storm Claudia now has two factors against...
New small molecule to treat Alzheimer’s disease and Dravet syndrome
New study shows potentiating a subset of NMDA receptors may be beneficial in Alzheimer's disease and Dravet syndrome.Credit: Lauren Bayless,...
Researchers develop tool to identify molecular receptors in worms
Findings published in Royal Society of Chemistry journal could speed up neuroscience researchCredit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - January...
Journal of Parkinson’s Disease welcomes new Co-Editor-in-Chief Bastiaan R. Bloem
Credit: Journal of Parkinson's Disease Amsterdam, NL, January 14, 2020 - The Journal of Parkinson's Disease (JPD) is pleased to...
Endocrine Society awards Baxter Prize to diabetes treatment entrepreneur
Researcher Daniel J. Drucker honored for innovation in hormone science, medicineCredit: Endocrine Society Researcher Daniel J. Drucker has been awarded...
Intestine-chip populated with organoids demonstrates superior function vs. organoids alone
Emulate's Duodenum Intestine-Chip provides a robust system for preclinical drug assessment of drug transport, metabolism, and drug-drug interactions in the...
