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Mysterious hydrogen-free supernova sheds light on stars’ violent death throes
Credit: Kavli IPMU / Aya Tsuboi A curiously yellow pre-supernova star has caused astrophysicists to re-evaluate what's possible at the...
Release of drugs from a supramolecular cage
Hot paper in Angewandte ChemieCredit: HHU / Robin Küng How can a highly effective drug be transported to the precise...
First detailed look at how charge transfer distorts a molecule’s structure
Charge transfer is highly important in most areas of chemistry, including photosynthesis and other processes in living things. A SLAC...
HKUST scientists discover how antibiotics target bacterial RNAP to inhibit its gene transcription
Credit: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The emergence and spread of new forms of resistance remains a...
Superconductivity, high critical temperature found in 2D semimetal W2N3
Credit: Davide Campi @EPFL Superconductivity in two-dimensional (2D) systems has attracted much attention in recent years, both because of its...
Focused ultrasound enables precise noninvasive therapy
Credit: College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University's He Lab is focusing on noninvasive neuroengineering solutions that not...
New partnership to develop a new ultra-fast test for COVID-19 antibodies
The University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories, and Techcyte Inc. announced today that they have formed a partnership to develop NanoSpot.AI,...
Scroll’n’roll — nanomaterials towards effective photocatalytic pollution treatment
Credit: Source: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski We live in times when among the most limited and precious resources on Earth...
Ancient DNA reveals origin of first Bronze Age civilizations in Europe
Finding shed light on role of migration in Neolithic to Bronze Age transition and emergence of Indo-European languagesCredit: Ephorate of...
SMART evaluates impact of competition between autonomous vehicles and public transit
The study conducted in Singapore determined benefits of competition and the potential impact for future urban cities and transport systemsCredit:...
Elegant constrictions in a cellular kill switch
Credit: © 2021 KAUST; Anastasia Serin The inner workings of a "self-destruct switch" present on human cells that can be...
Robotic flexing: biologically inspired artificial muscles made from motor proteins
Scientists develop a 3D printing-compatible strategy to actuate millimeter-scale robots using genetically modified biomolecular machineryCredit: Yuichi Hiratsuka from JAIST. Ishikawa,...
Water flora in the lakes of the ancient Tethys Ocean islands
New biogeographical affinities in Cretaceous floraCredit: Cretaceous Research A study published in Cretaceous Research expands the paleontological richness of continental...
Tübingen study raises hope for effective malaria vaccine
Credit: Universität Tübingen / Paul Mehnert Sanaria® PfSPZ-CVac" is a live vaccine consisting of infectious Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria parasites...
A surprising discovery: Bats know the speed of sound from birth
Bats' "supersense" of timeCredit: Tel Aviv University A new Tel Aviv University study has revealed, for the first time, that...
New Monarch butterfly breeding pattern inspires hope
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. -- A count of the Western Monarch butterfly population last winter saw a staggering drop in numbers,...
Tracking down the tiniest of forces: How T cells detect invaders
T cells use their antigen receptors like sticky fingers -- a team from TU Wien and MedUni Vienna was able...
UBCO cardiovascular researcher urges women to listen to their hearts
Ignoring medical symptoms can lead to stroke, dementia, early deathCredit: UBCO A UBC Okanagan researcher is urging people to learn...
Probing protein’s role in cell biology to understand how it might fight cancer
A team of researchers sets out to discover the connections that lie at the heart of a protein that might...
Cryptic sense of orientation of bats localised: the sixth sense of mammals lies in the eye
Credit: Photo by Oliver Lindecke Mammals see with their eyes, hear with their ears and smell with their nose. But...
