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How does the brain process fear?
Credit: Li lab/CSHL, 2020 When a frightful creature startles you, your brain may activate its fear-processing circuitry, sending your heart...
Graz researchers identify biomarker for cardiovascular diseases
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) becomes active at low blood pressure and forms angiotensin II,...
Super-resolution microscopy of neurons
Credit: (Pictures: Team Markus Sauer / University of Wuerzburg) In the synapses of nerve cells (neurons) there are hundreds of...
Tokyo’s voluntary standstill may have stopped COVID-19 in its tracks
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo - Why did Japan largely contain COVID-19 despite famously jam-packed...
Next-generation computer chip with two heads
EPFL engineers have developed a computer chip that combines two functions - logic operations and data storage - into a...
Strain of rhizobacteria shown to naturally and sustainably promote rice growth
Credit: Zhigang Wang Large amounts of chemical fertilizers can lead to severe environmental pollution. Biofertilizers are a preferred and sustainable...
Biological clock and extra gene pairs control important plant functions
New understanding of circadian rhythms could be key to better cropsCredit: Illustration by Kathleen Greenham. HANOVER, N.H. - November 5,...
LipiDiDiet finds broadly sustainable effects of nutrient intervention in early Alzheimer’s
Credit: Saarland University Trial participants who received a multinutrient formulation over an extended period of time showed a significantly less...
Noise reduction via intermittent control by utilizing a plasma actuator
Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview: A research team in the Department of Mechanical Engineering...
?NTU scientists develop energy-saving ‘liquid window’
Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a liquid window panel that can...
For quick COVID-19 testing, iSCAN can
Credit: © 2020 Ali et al. A simple COVID-19 test kit combines virus amplification with a CRISPR-Cas system for effective...
Two motivational artificial beings are better than one for enhancing learning
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that praise delivered by robots and virtual agents improves offline learningCredit: University of...
Shining a light on the issue of wine fraud
Credit: Courtesy of University of Adelaide. University of Adelaide wine researchers are developing a fast and simple method of authenticating...
Argonne collaborates on largest COVID-19 viral sequence analysis in U.S.
Credit: Image by Jason McLellan, University of Texas, Austin. Used by permission of mBio, from the article Argonne computational resources...
Social media can guide public pandemic policy: QUT research
Social media analytics now a valuable tool in understanding the thoughts and actions of the public during a pandemicCredit: QUT...
New understanding of how proteins operate
Credit: Centenary Institute A ground-breaking discovery by Centenary Institute scientists has provided new understanding as to the nature of proteins...
The ebb and flow of brain ventricles
Expansion of ventricles in MS patients often recedesCredit: Millward et al., MDC It is not only the heart that has...
The burning question of Bonfire Night pollution
Credit: Michael Adams Bonfire Night celebrations contaminate our air with hugely elevated amounts of soot, scientists have found. Researchers from...
The biggest trees capture the most carbon: Large trees dominate carbon storage in forests
Large-diameter trees make up 3% of total stems, but account for 42% of total carbon storage in Pacific Northwest forest...
Prejudice, poverty, gender – illustrations show the reality of living with disease
Community-based research programme leads to innovative 'cartoons'Credit: Sightsavers Illustrations by a local artist in Nigeria are helping health workers and...
