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The astonishing self-organization skills of the brain
Uncovering how neural circuits achieve a balance between excitation and inhibitionCredit: Menahem Segal / Editing: Anna Levina A team of...
United States ranks lowest in overall policies to help parents support children
Government policies of flexible work hours and paid leave help well-being of children in lower-income families more than cash transfers,...
Modification of graphene using laser light
Credit: University of Jyväskylä Graphene is a new exciting material, which has been characterized as "the wonder material" because of...
Direct reprogramming of oral epithelial cells into mesenchymal-like cells
Credit: ©?Scientific Reports Point Epithelial cell rests of Malassez derived from the periodontal ligament were transformed into progenitor stem-like cells...
Upgrade for CRISPR/Cas: Researchers knock out multiple genes in plants at once
Credit: Jessica Lee Erickson Using an improved version of the gene editing tool CRISPR/Cas9, researchers knocked out up to twelve...
Antioxidant-primed stem cells show promise in repairing bone damaged by radiation
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - The standard of treatment for bone tumors is often two-fold: surgery to remove the...
Virtues of modeling many faults: New method illuminates shape of Alaskan quake
A University of Tsukuba research team find that the irregular behavior of the conjugate fault system responsible for the 2018...
Dog vs. machine: Who’s a better bomb detector? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, March 22, 2021 -- What's better at finding a hidden bomb -- a dog...
Hormone drugs may disarm COVID-19 spike protein and stop disease progression
A new Penn Medicine study shows how anti-androgen drugs disrupt key receptors required for viral invasion of cellsCredit: Getty Images...
Toronto researchers develop rapid low cost method to measure COVID-19 immunity
New test can accurately detect coronavirus antibodies in a drop of blood in less than an hourCredit: Farzaneh Aboualizadeh Igor...
Atomic techniques reveal the evolution of a bacterial protein
Credit: © 2021 KAUST; Vladlena Kharchenko A combination of an array of atomic-level techniques has allowed researchers to show how...
Big breakthrough for ‘massless’ energy storage
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology have produced a structural battery that performs ten times better than all previous versions....
RedHill announces compassionate use treatment with opaganib of Swiss COVID-19 patients
RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (Nasdaq: RDHL) today announced that it has acted on a request to provide opaganib treatment on an...
NYSCF advances toward a cell therapy for age-related macular degeneration
Credit: The NYSCF Research Institute The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) today announced that they are developing a stem...
Expressing some doubts about android faces
Researchers at Osaka University study the expressiveness of android faces using motion capture cameras and identify ways in which they...
Toxic PAH air pollutants from fossil fuels ‘multiply’ in sunlight
Credit: Therese van Wyk, University of Johannesburg When power stations burn coal, a class of compounds called Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons,...
UNIST signs MoU with Ulsan Metropolitan City to promote digital new deal in Ulsan!
Credit: UNIST UNIST and Ulsan Metropolitan City have embarked on an effort to successfully promote the Digital New Deal in...
Four UNIST laboratories, selected as excellent safety management laboratories!
Credit: UNIST UNIST has announced that four laboratories of UNIST Central Research Facilities (UCRF) were selected to receive the 'Excellent...
LSU Veterinary School receives $11M COBRE grant for a pre-clinical cancer research center
Credit: LSU The Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, or LSU SVM, has received an $11 million grant to...
How our microplastic waste becomes ‘hubs’ for pathogens, antibiotic-resistant bacteria
A new study shows how microplastics found in our daily personal care products can also host pathogens and boost antibiotic-resistant...
