Chemistry
Low sea-ice cover in the Arctic
Second-lowest September minimum since observations beganCredit: Graphic: meereisportal.de The sea-ice extent in the Arctic is nearing its annual minimum at...
Scientists find clue to ‘maternal instinct’
Credit: Ryoichi Teruyama, LSU Oxytocin is widely referred to as the love hormone and plays an important role in the...
Physics of life: Motor proteins and membrane dynamics
Motility is an essential property of many cell types, and is driven by molecular motors. A Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU)in M has...
How neuromuscular connections are maintained after nerve lesions
Credit: (Image: University of Basel, Biozentrum) After nerve injury, the protein complex mTORC1 takes over an important function in skeletal...
HIV spreads through direct cell-to-cell contact
Researchers investigate infection dynamics in tissue-like three-dimensional cell culturesCredit: Oliver Fackler / Frederik Graw The spread of pathogens like the...
Terahertz imaging technique reveals subsurface insect damage in wood
New technique could catch insect infestation in individual trees at early stagesCredit: HAWK University of Applied Science and Arts WASHINGTON...
How to trick electrons to see the hidden face of crystals
Researchers try a trick for complete 3D analysis of submicron crystalsCredit: © Tim Grüne The 3D analysis of crystal structures...
Human artificial chromosomes bypass centromere roadblocks
Human artificial chromosomes (HACs) could be useful tools for both understanding how mammalian chromosomes function and creating synthetic biological systems,...
Researchers discover the science behind giving up
Study published in Cell reveals activity of nociceptin neuronsCredit: Max Hunter What happens when we give up? Inside the brain,...
Virginia Tech researchers lead breakthrough in quantum computing
Credit: Virginia Tech The large, error-correcting quantum computers envisioned today could be decades away, yet experts are vigorously trying to...
High-performance flow batteries offer path to grid-level renewable energy storage
A low-cost, high-performance battery chemistry developed by University of Colorado Boulder researchers could one day lead to scalable grid-level storage...
Biologists and mathematicians team up to explore tissue folding
An algorithm developed to study the structure of galaxies helps explain a key feature of embryonic development As embryos develop,...
Supercomputers use graphics processors to solve longstanding turbulence question
Credit: Thomas Angus / Imperial College London Advanced simulations have solved a problem in turbulent fluid flow that could lead...
Shape shifting protocells hint at the mechanics of early life
Credit: University of Bristol Inspired by the processes of cellular differentiation observed in developmental biology, an interdisciplinary team of researchers...
New space discovery sheds light on how planets form
A young planet and a bright star offer glimpses into the past and futureCredit: Elisabeth Newton HANOVER, N.H. - July...
Microrobots show promise for treating tumors
Caltech researchers demonstrate a robotic platform for delivering drugs in the human bodyCredit: Caltech Targeting medical treatment to an ailing...
Mouse, not just tick: New genome heralds change in Lyme disease fight
UCI-led study points toward new ways to prevent disease transmission Irvine, Calif., July 24, 2019 -- As Lyme disease increases,...
Seeing clearly: Revised computer code accurately models an instability in fusion plasmas
Credit: Elle Starkman Subatomic particles zip around ring-shaped fusion machines known as tokamaks and sometimes merge, releasing large amounts of...
BU researchers say special mapping brain cells could inspire smarter self-driving vehicles
Could rat brains hold the secret to giving cars, robots better navigational skills? In a study published in Nature Communications,...
Closing the terahertz gap: Tiny laser is an important step toward new sensors
Credit: Sterczewski et al. In a major step toward developing portable scanners that can rapidly measure molecules in pharmaceuticals or...
