Chemistry
Turning a dangerous toxin into a biosensor
Credit: Chan Cao, EPFL Some types of bacteria have the ability to punch holes into other cells and kill them....
Salt helps proteins move on down the road
Rice chemists identify hidden aspects of protein-separation process to simplify drug manufactureCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 28, 2019)...
Compact depth sensor inspired by spiders
Metalens sensor could be used for microrobotics, augmented reality, wearable devicesCredit: (Video courtesy of Qi Guo and Zhujun Shi/Harvard University)...
Extinction of cold-water corals on the Namibian shelf due to low oxygen contents
New study now published in the journal GeologyCredit: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen They were...
Soft double gyroids are unique, but imperfect, crystals
Rice materials scientists detail unexpected distortions in self-assembling polymersCredit: Tommy LaVergne/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 28, 2019) - What appears...
Topological nanoelectronics
Credit: Picture: Christoph Fleckenstein / University of Wuerzburg Topological insulators are materials with astonishing properties: Electric current flows only along...
DESI’s 5000 eyes open as Kitt Peak Telescope prepares to map space and time
Installation of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument nears completionCredit: DESI Collaboration; Legacy Surveys; NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA; NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory...
UV satellite will open new view on exploding stars and black holes
DESY to build 100-megapixel camera for Israeli space telescopeCredit: DESY, Sven Stein A new space telescope will open up an...
Study tracks evolutionary history of metabolic networks
Credit: Photo illustration by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- By analyzing how metabolic enzymes are built and organized, researchers have...
Hubble captures cosmic face
This new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures two galaxies of equal size in a collision that appears...
New findings could improve diagnosis, treatment of depression
Scientists find potential biomarker for major symptom of depression: lack of motivationCredit: Image courtesy of Stephan Lammel, UC Berkeley Researchers...
Signaling waves determine embryonic fates
Rice University lab shows cell-signal pathway dynamics prompt first patterns in embryosCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 28, 2019)...
An overlooked piece of the solar dynamo puzzle
Researchers demonstrate particular form of magnetic instabilityCredit: NASA / SDO A previously unobserved mechanism is at work in the Sun's...
Lithuanian scientists’ research may contribute to a better diagnosis of cancer
The method discovered by Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania researchers together with colleagues from other countries opens up an opportunity...
Transforming DNA repair errors into assets
CiRA scientists create a new bioinformatics tool, MHcut, to generate gene mutations with high precision to study diseasesCredit: Kyoto University/Woltjen...
DNA is like everything else: it’s not what you have, but how you use it
Flipons -- an instructive Genetic CodeCredit: Alan Herbert DNA sequences encode information in many different ways. Codons specify the amino...
Giant neutrino telescope to open window to ultra-high-energy universe
Credit: ©Science China Press The long-sought, elusive ultra-high-energy neutrinos, ghost-like particles that travel cosmological-scale distances, are key to understanding the...
Argonaute proteins help fine-tune gene expression
Credit: © 2019 Heno Hwang A nuclear protein bound to RNA molecules affects chromatin structure and gene expression. The finding...
Development of mass production equipment for thin magnetic ribbon, minimizing energy-loss
Energy-saving benefits expected in a wide variety of devices through substituting magnetic steel sheetsCredit: Tohoku Magnet Institute JST announces that...
The frostier the flower, the more potent the cannabis
Advanced microscopy reveals internal structures of cannabis biochemical factoriesCredit: Samuels Lab/UBC Cannabis flowers with the most mushroom-shaped hairs pack the...
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