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How does the prion protein clump? DNA-modulated liquid droplets may explain
Brazilian scientists have found that prion proteins form liquid droplets that can turn into a solid and toxic state, and...
NASA’s infrared analysis of Tropical Storm Sebastien sees wind shear
Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Storm Sebastian continued to move in a northeasterly direction through the North Atlantic Ocean as NASA's Aqua...
Combination of immunotherapy and VEGF inhibitor improves survival in HCC
ESMO Asia Congress 2019Credit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Singapore, 23 November 2019 - Combination therapy with the PD-L1...
Wendy’s named 2019-2020 HRM Impact Award Winner
SHRM, SIOP, and their foundations to award organizations that are improving Human Resource management practicesCredit: The Society for Industrial and...
Sophia Maurasse, M.D., wins prestigious National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year Award
Schwartz Center recognizes Maurasse for her extraordinary work with complicated, challenging, difficult-to-reach patientsCredit: McLean Hospital McLean Hospital's Sophia L. Maurasse,...
How the brain decides to punish or not
Meta analysis identifies areas responsible for punishment decisionsCredit: Oksana Zinchenko, 'Brain Responses to Social Punishment: a Meta-Analysis.' Sci Rep 9,...
Department of Defense awards grant to Stephenson researcher for lung cancer study
Credit: OU Medicine OKLAHOMA CITY - Cancer researchers operate from a fundamental premise: Tumor cells are very smart. Because of...
Is centenarian democratization our near future?
Jean-Pierre Fillard's Longevity in the 2.0 World: Would Centenarians Become a Commonplace?Credit: World Scientific Have you ever wondered how does...
A model will help to understand the solar dynamics
Credit: Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) An international group of scientists, in cooperation with a research scientist from Skoltech, has developed...
Interaction with fungus containing N2-fixing endobacteria improves rice nitrogen nutrition
Nitrogen nutrition improved in rice by interaction with rhodotorula mucilaginosa and its N2-fixing endobacteriaCredit: Karnelia Paul, Mayurakshi Nag, and Anindita...
New electrodes could increase efficiency of electric vehicles and aircraft
Credit: Texas A&M Engineering The rise in popularity of electric vehicles and aircraft presents the possibility of moving away from...
DNA repeats — the genome’s dark matter
First direct analysis of pathogenic sequence repeats in the human genomeCredit: MPI f. Molecular Genetics/ Pay Gießelmann Expansions of DNA...
Dangerous bacteria communicate to avoid antibiotics
Credit: University of Copenhagen A bacterial infection is not just an unpleasant experience - it can also be a major...
Research shows old newspapers can be used to grow carbon nanotubes
Newspapers provide a green, economical way to produce carbon nanotubesCredit: Rice University A research collaboration between Rice University and the...
Caught in afterglow: 1st detection of Inverse Compton emission from dying gamma-ray burst
Researchers from the Centre for Astro-Particle Physics (CAPP) within the Department of Physics at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) collaborate...
Scientists reveal the dominant role of quenched disorder on complex oxide nanowires
Credit: ©Science China Press The semiconductor industry has been developed for more than 40 years following the Moore's Law. With...
Bridging surface plasmon polaritons and the digital world
Credit: ©Science China Press Digital coding and digital modulation technologies are important cornerstones of modern information science and technology, but...
Fast ionic transport interphase for stable Mg metal anodes in conventional electrolyte
Credit: ©Science China Press In recent years, rechargeable magnesium batteries (RMBs) have attracted a growing number of researchers in the...
Clean air research converts toxic air pollutant into industrial chemical
Credit: The University of Manchester A toxic pollutant produced by burning fossil fuels can be captured from the exhaust gas...
Filaments that structure DNA
Credit: Robert Grosse They play a leading role not only in muscle cells. Actin filaments are one of the most...
