New membrane efficiently separates mirrored molecules
Credit: Image by CUI Jie Prof. LIU Bo and colleagues at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)...
An ion channel with a doorkeeper: The pH of calcium ions controls ion channel opening
Biochemists identified the structure of a ring located at the opening of the TRPML2 ion channel that can be blocked...
A further step towards reliable quantum computation
Physicists develop new method to prove quantum entanglement Quantum computation has been drawing the attention of many scientists because of...
Video games offer clues to help curb animal disease outbreaks
As Asia and Europe battle African swine fever, University of Vermont research shows how farmers' risk attitudes affect the spread...
Exposure to air pollution in India is associated with more hypertension in women
Long-term exposure to air pollution has been previously associated with a higher risk of hypertension in high-income countries, where air...
Lifelong ill-health after exposure to chemical weapons
Credit: Siri Sjolin People exposed to chemical warfare agents (CWAs) often incur chronic damage to their lungs, skin and eyes,...
HKBU discovers mechanisms underlying early life stress and irritable bowel syndrome
Researchers from the School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have found that the abnormal rise...
LSU Health research to study link between obesity and breast cancer in real time
New Orleans, LA - Frank Lau, MD, Associate Professor in the Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at LSU Health...
Conceptual model can explain how thunderstorm clouds bunch together
Credit: Jan Härter Understanding how the weather and climate change is one of the most important challenges in science today....
(Not only) the wind shows the way
Credit: Chris Collingridge The South African dung beetle Scarabaeus lamarcki has - to put it mildly - an interesting technique...
‘M-RISE’ research program aims to prevent brain damage caused by cardiac arrest
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Mich. - For the more than 350,000 Americans that experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each...
Review emphasizes the power of simple physical models for complex protein machines
Credit: Kanazawa University The living cell can be viewed as a factory where protein machines are in charge of various...
Intelligent testing could save lives by defusing ticking time bomb of liver disease
A new way of detecting liver disease decades before it can become fatal has been developed by a team of...
Women exposed to common antibacterial chemical more likely to break a bone
First study of its kind links triclosan to human bone health WASHINGTON--Women exposed to triclosan are more likely to develop...
Star tours
Astronomy bot speeds up search for Jupiter's twinsCredit: ESO/M. Kornmesser Astronomers have a new tool in their search for extraterrestrial...
Researchers model how octopus arms make decisions (+ video)
New research presented at the 2019 Astrobiology Science Conference in Bellevue, Wa.Credit: Dominic Sivitilli/ University of Washington BELLEVUE, WA--Researchers studying...
Preconceptional and prenatal exposure to paternal smoking affects semen quality of adult sons
Large population study finds lower sperm counts and concentrations than in sons of non-smokers Vienna, 25 June 2019: The adverse...
NIH launches large TB prevention trial for people exposed to multidrug-resistant TB
Study will compare delamanid to isoniazid for preventing TB disease in at-risk contactsCredit: NIAID A large clinical trial to assess...
No cell is an island
LJI team finds that 'doublet' immune cells are much more common--and more important in disease--than previously thoughtCredit: Dr. Yunmin Jung,...
Study in nutrients shows important role choline and DHA play in infant brain and eye health
WEST HILLS, Calif. (June 25, 2019) - Pharmavite LLC, the makers of Nature Made vitamins, minerals and supplements, announced the...
