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Unprecedented research probes the relationship between sleep and memory in napping babies and young children
A University of Massachusetts Amherst sleep scientist, funded with $6.7 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH),...
RNA modification is responsible for the disruption of mitochondrial protein synthesis in Alzheimer’s disease
A team of researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has identified a mechanism that causes mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer’s...
Barley plants fine-tune their root microbial communities through sugary secretions
Different types of barley recruit distinct communities of soil microbes to grow around their roots by releasing a custom mix...
First-of-its-kind study definitively shows that conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss
A new study published online today, April 25, in the scientific journal Science provides the strongest evidence to date that...
These jacks-of-all-trades are masters, too: Yeast study helps answer age-old biology question
MADISON – In a landmark study based on one of the most comprehensive genomic datasets ever assembled, a team led...
Treatment for deadly superbug C. diff may be weakening
The antibiotic vancomycin, recommended as first-line treatment for infection caused by the deadly superbug C. difficile (C. diff), may not...
Bloody net
Angiogenesis is a process of forming hierarchical vascular networks in living tissues. Its complexity makes the controlled generation of blood...
Keck Medicine of USC opens new Las Vegas transplant care clinic
LOS ANGELES — More than 660 Nevadans need an organ transplant, according to Nevada Organ Network, a federally designated organ...
Cocaine is an emerging contaminant of concern in the Bay of Santos (Brazil), says researcher
In addition to already known pollutants, the Bay of Santos – a city in the state of São Paulo (Brazil)...
A universal framework for spatial biology
Biological processes are framed by the context they take place in. A new tool developed by the Stegle Group from...
Pennington Biomedical Researcher Dr. Jennifer Caldwell awarded pilot funding from Forge AHEAD Research Center
BATON ROUGE – Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s Dr. Jennifer Caldwell was named as one of four early-stage investigators to be...
Unveiling the lionfish invasion in the Mediterranean Sea
Researchers from Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands, have published a comprehensive study on the invasion of lionfish in the...
Extreme long-term research shows: Herring arrives earlier in the Wadden Sea due to climate change
Due to the changing climate, young herring arrive in the Wadden Sea earlier and earlier in spring. That is shown...
How immune cells communicate to fight viruses
Chemokines are signalling proteins that orchestrate the interaction of immune cells against pathogens and tumours. To understand this complex network,...
Advancing crop breeding through targeted genome modification
Modern crop breeding is entering a new era of genome design, led by genome editing technologies as mainstream tools for...
Enhancing heat tolerance in cool-season turfgrasses: a comprehensive review of physiological changes, molecular advances, and breeding strategies
A research team reviewed the physiological and morphological changes in cool-season turfgrasses under high temperature stress, alongside advances in molecular...
NTU Singapore and Temasek Polytechnic scientists replace fishmeal in aquaculture with microbial protein derived from soybean processing wastewater
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Temasek Polytechnic have successfully replaced half of the fishmeal protein in...
Freeze casting – a guide to creating hierarchically structured materials
“We were delighted when the world-renowned journal Nature offered us the opportunity to prepare a Nature Reviews Methods Primer with...
Towards novel promising perovskite-type ferroelectric materials: high-pressure synthesis of rubidium niobate
Capacitors are crucial components in electronic devices such as smartphones and computers. They are made of dielectric materials that polarize...
IRIS beamline at BESSY II extended with nanomicroscopy
The infrared beamline IRIS at the BESSY II storage ring is the only infrared beamline in Germany that is also...
