Bern and Fribourg researchers identify neurons responsible for rapid eye movements/REM during sleep
Credit: Courtesy of Carolina Gutierrez Herrera REM - Rapid Eye Movement - is not only the name of a successful ...
The Quantum Information Edge launches to accelerate quantum computing R&D
Credit: (Credit: sakkmesterke/Shutterstock) A nationwide alliance of national labs, universities, and industry launched today to advance the frontiers of quantum ...
UTHealth’s Cynthia Ju awarded NIH grants for liver injury research
Credit: UTHealth Tiny solutions are being sought for big liver problems by a scientist at McGovern Medical School at The ...
Bark beetles control pathogenic fungi
Credit: Gernot Kunz Bark beetles control Ants and honeybees share nests of hundreds or thousands of individuals in a very ...
Developing drugs that activate defences against tumours
Bielefeld University to coordinate European research networkCredit: Photo: Bielefeld University Doctors treat tumours mainly through surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. Over ...
Berlin’s bright sky isn’t a bat’s thing
Credit: ISS047-E-29989 courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis People can hardly imagine a city without night-time street lighting. But ...
Prospective memory key to performance of everyday life activities in multiple sclerosis
Kessler Foundation MS researchers identify deficits in time-based prospective memory as factors adversely affecting performance of everyday life activitiesCredit: Kessler ...
Permanent predator-prey oscillations
Research elucidates fundamental ecological concept of predator-prey interactionsCredit: Guntram Weithoff/ University of Potsdam Predator-prey cycles are among the fundamental phenomena ...
How plant metabolites affect the ecosystem
German Research Foundation (DFG) funds new research unitCredit: Photo: Bielefeld University Plants are often very individual when it comes to ...
Less abundant species of animals and plants are organised in ghettos to survive
Credit: Bruno Glätsch An international research team in which Spanish experts participate has shown that sparse species are associated spatially ...
What will you do with your body after you die? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2019 -- After you die, your body has quite a few options ...
Telomere research at Marshall published in Nature Communications
Credit: Marshall University HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Findings from a recent research project, conducted by a Marshall University scientist and assistant ...
Electron pulser for ultrafast electron microscopy wins 2019 R&D 100 award
This low-cost laser-free device can be retrofit into conventional transmission electron microscopes to image the dynamic behaviors of energy and ...
Ecological impacts of palm stearin spill to the coastal ecosystem
HKU marine ecologists reveal ecological impacts of the accidental palm stearin spill to the coastal ecosystem of Hong KongCredit: @The ...
Russian scientists have found a way to make laser optics more effective and cheaper
The research team of the IKBFU developed a fundamentally new method of manufacturing laser optics, which is based on the ...
Strong change of course for muscle research
New subtype of muscle stem cells that can be used in the development of gene therapiesCredit: Spuler lab, MDC Anyone ...
AI system for Minecraft: MIPT team wins MineRL international contest
Credit: - Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have dominated the MineRL contest. They proposed a new ...
IKBFU Scientists study molecular elements effective in countering malaria
The scientists research a building block of organic molecules needed for medical chemistry development -- spirocycles in nature is an ...
Corpus luteum cells of cats successfully cultivated and comprehensively characterized
Another milestone in the elucidation of the phenomenon of long-lived corpus lutea in lynxesCredit: Iberian Lynx Ex-situ Conservation Programme The ...
New study shows how patients’ health values can impact vital pelvic floor treatment
The value women put on health has direct effect on treatment outcomesCredit: Swansea University Researchers and health professionals in Swansea ...
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