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How to help save plants from extinction
Now is the time to identify the conditions that cause plants to die. Doing so will allow us to better...
Kennedy Krieger receives $5 million grant to expand reach of its pediatric post-COVID-19 clinic and support school students
BALTIMORE, October 17, 2023—Researchers at Kennedy Krieger Institute have received a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health...
Scientists discover the possible triggers for bacterial pathogens, opening the door for new treatment strategies.
Credit: Josh Hawkins/UNLV. Journal mBio Article Title VirB, a key transcriptional regulator of Shigella virulence, requires a CTP ligand for...
MIT design would harness 40% of the sun’s heat to produce clean hydrogen fuel
MIT engineers aim to produce totally green, carbon-free hydrogen fuel with a new, train-like system of reactors that is driven...
Hillman grant for Penn Nursing professor to study virtual reality & loneliness
PHILADELPHIA (October 16, 2023) – Penn Nursing, with partners from the Annenberg Virtual Reality ColLABorative and New York University’s Rory...
Jefferson Lab to lead $300+ million high performance data facility hub
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The U.S. Department of Energy has just announced the selection of Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility as the lead...
U of I researchers develop organic nanozymes suitable for agricultural use
URBANA, Ill. – Nanozymes are synthetic materials that mimic the properties of natural enzymes for applications in biomedicine and chemical...
Andrea Califano receives Alfred G. Knudson award from NCI
Andrea Califano, Dr, has been honored with the 26th Alfred G. Knudson Award in Cancer Genetics by the National Cancer...
BMAL1 modulates senescence programming via AP-1
“In this study, we discovered that senescence alters the amplitude and period of core circadian clock components, most notably BMAL1...
Extinct ape gets a facelift, 12 million years later
A new study led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History, Brooklyn College, and the Catalan Institute of...
New polymer membranes, AI predictions could dramatically reduce energy, water use in oil refining
A new kind of polymer membrane created by researchers at Georgia Tech could reshape how refineries process crude oil, dramatically...
Study reveals areas of Brazilian Amazon where no ecological research has been done
Many parts of the Brazilian Amazon are neglected in ecological research, for several reasons, according to an article published in the journal Current...
Photonic crystals bend light as though it were under the influence of gravity
A collaborative group of researchers has manipulated the behavior of light as if it were under the influence of gravity....
Can ChatGPT diagnose your condition? Not yet
A research group led by Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) finds that when common orthopedic symptoms are given, ChatGPT’s...
Transforming wastewater into valuable chemicals with sunlight
Researchers led by Prof. GAO Xiang from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences...
New biomarker predicts whether neurons will regenerate
Neurons, the main cells that make up our brain and spinal cord, are among the slowest cells to regenerate after...
Research in the Special Issue of Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis uncovers previously unexplored cellular mechanisms
Single-cell and spatially resolved omics have helped scientists take a closer look at tissue composition, structure, and function. This comprehensive...
Solving quantum mysteries: New insights into 2D semiconductor physics
Researchers from Monash University have unlocked fresh insights into the behaviour of quantum impurities within materials.Credit: FLEET Researchers from Monash...
A clean-energy future for legacy coal?
Lehigh University researchers Carlos Romero, Director of the Energy Research Center (ERC), co-Associate Director of the Institute for Cyber Physical Infrastructure...
Marine bacteria take a bite at plastic pollution
Joint press release by Hokkaido University and the Mitsubishi Chemical GroupCredit: Yutaro Kimura et al., Environmental Microbiology, September 29, 2023....
