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SpyLigation uses light to switch on proteins
Scientists can now use light to activate protein functions both inside and outside of living cells. The new method, called...
What they don’t teach you about climate change (video)
WASHINGTON, April 17, 2023 — We all know about the greenhouse effect, but how many of us actually understand it?...
Beyond the Virus: Multidisciplinary and International Perspectives on Inequalities Raised by COVID-19
The below are excerpts taken from the Introduction – Perspectives on Power, Gender and Marginalization, by Germain S, Yong A (eds) Beyond the Virus: Multidisciplinary and...
Lipid molecules help to get stroke therapies into the brain
Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) find that, when a stroke therapy is linked to a specific kind...
Renewable route to rubber material
A key ingredient in the manufacture of car tires and sneaker soles could be made sustainably, following new analysis of...
Keeping retail employees safe: new study measures customer aggression
Researchers at QUT have developed a new tool to measure customer aggression within the retail and services sectors.Credit: QUT Media...
Methane from megafires: more spew than we knew
Using a new detection method, UC Riverside scientists found a massive amount of methane, a super-potent greenhouse gas, coming from...
Teen jobs: Some parents cautious about negative impact on grades, sleep and social life
For many teens, that first formal job as a fast-food cashier, barista or lifeguard is a rite of passage.Credit: University...
A new breakthrough in Alzheimer disease research – visualizing reactive astrocyte-neuron interaction
Recently, a team of South Korean scientists led by Director C. Justin LEE of the Center for Cognition and Sociality...
Erik Paulson gaveled in as president of American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS)
Honolulu, HI | April 16, 2023—Erik K. Paulson, MD, chair of the radiology department at Duke University, has been named...
Study of cerebral blood vessels uncovers potential new drug targets for treating stroke
Strokes cause numerous changes in gene activity in affected small blood vessels in the brain, and these changes are potentially...
Trees in savanna areas of Cerrado produce three times more bark than species in forest areas
In tropical regions of the planet, savannas and forests often coexist in the same area and are exposed to the...
Tracking a new path to octopus and squid sensing capabilities
Along their eight arms, octopuses have highly sensitive suckers that allow methodical explorations of the seafloor as they search for...
Company owned by TTUHSC researchers named to Regional Incubator Program
In an important step toward commercialization, a company co-owned by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) researchers Ted Reid,...
Scientists develop new way to measure wind
Wind speed and direction provide clues for forecasting weather patterns. In fact, wind influences cloud formation by bringing water vapor...
Tastes differ – even among North Atlantic killer whales
Killer whales (also known as orcas) are intelligent predators. While it’s known that killer whales in the Pacific Northwest exploit...
Healing the unhealable: New approach helps bones mend themselves
Young babies and newborn mice can naturally heal damage to the bones that form the top of the skull, but...
Finding the dream team to beat the heat
Associate Professor Jonathan Boreyko leads a team at Virginia Tech that has built a strong portfolio of work with ice and...
International consensus highlights the importance of molecular testing for antibiotic resistance in tuberculosis management
A multidisciplinary group of tuberculosis experts from the TBnet and RESIST-TB networks have reached a consensus on key issues related to the molecular prediction...
Designing “human-centric” smart cities
Policy making, technology and data are useless without the heart of the people. Much has been written and is being...
