How new plant cell walls change their mechanical properties after cell division
Scientists reveal new plant cell walls can have significantly different mechanical properties compared to surrounding parental cell walls, enabling cells ...
£300,000 award for Quinas Technology to commercialize revolutionary universal computer memory ULTRARAM™
Lancaster University spinout company Quinas Technology Ltd. has been awarded £300,000 from Innovate UK to commercialise the universal computer memory ...
Data-driven regional ocean models essential for planning
By incorporating fine-grained regional data with a high-resolution ocean model, KAUST researchers have developed the first precise historical reconstruction of ...
Study on mysterious Amazon porcupine can help its protection
Porcupines of the genus Coendou are arboreal, herbivorous, nocturnal rodents distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. Most ...
Water makes all the difference
In order to fulfil their function, biological cells need to be divided into separate reaction compartments. This is sometimes done ...
A hygiene program for chromosomes
Even the remarkably familiar can sometimes yield new discoveries: researchers at ETH Zurich recently identified a previously unknown compartment in ...
Ancient architecture inspires a window to the future
A centuries-old technique for constructing arched stone windows has inspired a new way to form tailored nanoscale windows in porous ...
Overlooked parts of proteins revealed as critical to fundamental functions of life
According to textbooks, proteins work by folding into stable 3D shapes that, like Lego blocks, precisely fit with other biomolecules.Credit: ...
2023 Farinella Prize awarded to Federica Spoto and Diego Turrini
Dr Federica Spoto, of the Minor Planet Centre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and Dr Diego Turrini, of the National Institute ...
Plant chloroplasts promise potential therapy for Huntington’s disease
Researchers at the University of Cologne’s CECAD Cluster of Excellence for Aging Research and the CEPLAS Cluster of Excellence for ...
CfA-SwRI heliophysics mission selected for Phase A mission definition study
SAN ANTONIO — October 2, 2023 — NASA has selected a new SwRI-managed heliophysics mission focused on investigating the Sun’s ...
Nerve cells can detect small numbers of things better than large numbers of things
When two, three or four apples are placed in front of us, we are able to recognize the number of ...
Why you can’t recycle your pants — until now (video)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2023 — Have you ever actually recycled a pair of pants or an old T-shirt? You might ...
Immune cell map reveals origin of subcellular response to microbes, researchers report
The first line of defense in our immune systems are white blood cells, 40% to 70% of which are neutrophils. ...
Differences in mortality rates for fatal cerebral haemorrhage between Finnish university hospitals
Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is one of the most dangerous cerebrovascular disorders, with as many as 40% of patients dying within ...
Examining the superconducting diode effect
A collaboration of FLEET researchers from the University of Wollongong and Monash University have reviewed the superconducting diode effect, one ...
To Eat or Not to Eat: Targeting autophagy to enhance memory immune responses
Osaka, Japan – Memory B cells depend on autophagy for their survival, but the protein Rubicon is thought to hinder ...
Pheromones influence death feigning behavior in beetles
Predation is a driving force in the evolution of anti-predator strategies, and death feigning, characterized by immobility in response to ...
New tool reveals how drugs affect men, women differently — and will make for safer medications
UVA Health researchers have developed a powerful new tool to understand how medications affect men and women differently, and that ...
FAU Engineering study employs deep learning to explain extreme events
Identifying the underlying cause of extreme events such as floods, heavy downpours or tornados is immensely difficult and can take ...
