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Genomic studies implicate specific genes in post-traumatic stress disorder
Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences After analyzing the genomes of more than one-quarter of a million military veterans, a...
Study shows why anesthetic stops cell’s walkers in their tracks
Simulations show how propofol disrupts stride of kinesins that carry cargoCredit: Mandira Dutta/Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science HOUSTON...
National laboratories’ look to the future of light sources with new magnet prototype
Credit: Photo: Ibrahim Kesgin, Argonne National Laboratory With a powerful enough light, you can see things that people once thought...
Chemists settle battery debate, propel research forward
Researchers used ultrabright x-rays to identify lithium hydride and a new form of lithium fluoride in the interphase of lithium...
Harnessing the power of AI to understand warm dense matter
CASUS researchers develop effective tool to describe exotic state of matterCredit: Attila Cangi The study of warm dense matter helps...
Breakthrough for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
Overcoming limitations inherent in other LIBS techniques, plasma-grating-induced breakdown spectroscopy enhances signal intensity by more than three timesCredit: SPIE Laser-induced...
RIT professor developing drone imaging systems to help farmers monitor grapevine nutrients
USDA awards Professor Jan van Aardt grant to help create practical systems to help vineyardsCredit: Rob Chancia/RIT A Rochester Institute...
Thick lithosphere casts doubt on plate tectonics in Venus’s geologically recent past
Credit: NASA PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- At some point between 300 million and 1 billion years ago, a large cosmic object...
Researcher wins award for strong, lightweight armor discovery
Credit: U.S. Army ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- A U.S. Army researcher won the Army's top award for innovation, using...
Nanoparticle drug delivery technique shows promise for treating pancreatic cancer
Method may also work for breast, prostate, ovarian cancerCredit: Jeff Gates Researchers with the Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center...
Lasing mechanism found in water droplets
Lasing mechanism at the surface of water droplets can be used to record mechanical changes at biointerfacesCredit: Qiao et al....
Rules of resistance against transgene silencing
Credit: © 2021 KAUST; Monika Priyadarshini. Clear rules for engineering transgenes that can be inserted and propagated over multiple generations...
Ecologists conducted a novel study on vegetation transpiration from a global network of 251 sites
Credit: RUDN University An ecologist from RUDN University together with colleagues from 14 countries compared three methods for estimating ecosystem...
The decline in grazing practices threatens the existence of a Basque cheese
The Lactiker research group at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) is working from a range of different perspectives...
Scientists discover how remdesivir works to inhibit coronavirus
Credit: Photo courtesy of Gilead. More effective antiviral treatments could be on the way after research from The University of...
Scientists ‘farm’ natural killer cells in novel cancer fighting approach
Engineers and oncologists teamed to develop a microfluidic chip capable of capturing the body's natural killer immune cells to harvest...
Research illuminates lobsters’ genetic response to changing climate
Credit: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences The American lobster, which supports the most valuable fishery in North America, may be...
An efficient tool to link X-ray experiments and ab initio theory
Credit: Martin Künsting /HZB Molecules consisting of many atoms are complex structures. The outer electrons are distributed among the different...
Researchers use patients’ cells to test gene therapy for rare eye disease
Approach could provide new path for difficult-to-treat forms of Leber congenital amaurosisCredit: Anand Swaroop, Ph.D., NEI Scientists at the National...
Heparin targets coronavirus spike protein, research shows
Common anticoagulant drug could be repurposed for Covid-19 treatmentCredit: Mycroft-West et al. An international team of researchers led by the...
