Human Brain Project: Researchers outline in Science how brain research makes new demands on supercomputing
“Understanding the brain in all its complexity requires insights from multiple scales – from genomics, cells and synapses to the ...
Earliest evidence of humans decorating jewellery in Eurasia
Upon their dispersals in Central and Western Europe by around 42,000 years ago, groups of Homo sapiens started to manipulate ...
Doing photon upconversion a solid—Crystals that convert light to more useful wavelengths
Solid-solution organic crystals have been brought into the quest for superior photon upconversion materials, which transform presently wasted long-wavelength light ...
Unveiling the hidden cellular logistics of memory storage in neurons
Exploring the mechanisms involved in sleep-dependent memory storage, a team of University of Michigan (U-M) cellular biologists found that RNAs ...
Hypoxia tolerance: naked mole-rats may provide secret to low oxygen survival
Researchers at the University of Ottawa have discovered how the naked mole-rat can save energy in hypoxia and survive in ...
Researchers find new target to combat lung disease
Research led by the Centenary Institute and University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has identified a small RNA molecule called microRNA-21 ...
Study: Exercising at the start of fast can help people reach ketosis 3.5 hours faster
With Thanksgiving just a day away — and the most anticipated meal of the year already in the works — ...
New study shows electric fields can improve the efficiency of wastewater purification
Ammonia is one of many pollutants present in wastewater and can be toxic for marine and terrestrial life. Therefore, in ...
Sun compass on demand
Monarch butterflies are famous for their annual long-distance migration, which takes them over several thousand kilometres from the north of ...
How the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis secretes and trafficks its only known exotoxin
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Six years ago, Michael Niederweis, Ph.D., described the first known toxin of the deadly pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...
Social media firms can tackle wildlife trade
Wildlife trading on social media is a complex issue – but tech firms can take steps to tackle it, according ...
Enhancing the workhorse: Artificial intelligence, hardware innovations boost confocal microscope’s performance
WOODS HOLE, Mass. – Since artificial intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky patented the principle of confocal microscopy in 1957, it has ...
Sugar could help repair artificial human joints
A sugar-containing polymer coating could one day help repair artificial joint implants, like hip replacements, when they are damaged through ...
We might not know half of what’s in our cells, new AI technique reveals
Most human diseases can be traced to malfunctioning parts of a cell — a tumor is able to grow because ...
Prostate cancer organoids open path to precision oncology
A multi-institutional team of investigators led by bioengineer Ankur Singh has developed research tools that shed new light on a virtually untreatable ...
Immune cell receptor and ligand regulation: A therapeutic avenue for inflammatory diseases
Immune cells play a key role in mediating inflammatory responses. Dysregulation in signaling mechanisms that operate across immune cells can ...
International Osteoporosis Foundation launches University Network
The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) is the world’s largest non-governmental organization dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of osteoporosis, ...
For the first time, DNA and proteins sensed by de novo-designed nanopore
Researchers in Japan have designed the first bottom-up designed peptides, comprising chains of amino acids, that can form artificial nanopores ...
Research at MDI Biological Laboratory sheds new light on effects of dietary restriction
BAR HARBOR, MAINE – In new research, Aric N. Rogers, Ph.D., who studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms of aging at the MDI Biological ...
Microbes can provide sustainable hydrocarbons for the petrochemical industry
If the petrochemical industry is ever to wean itself off oil and gas, it has to find sustainably-sourced chemicals that ...
