Science News
Looking to sea urchins for stronger ceramic foams
Ling Li, assistant professor in Virginia Tech's Department of Mechanical Engineering, has unlocked a mystery in the porous microstructures of...
Sticky cell fingers help keep breast tumors contained
Researchers at Turku University and Åbo Akademi University, Finland, have identified that finger-like cellular extensions called filopodia contribute to building...
The secret life of spores
Facing starvation and stress conditions, some bacteria enter a dormant state in which life processes stop. Shutting down into a...
When tapas can cause harm: large listeriosis outbreak in Spain
Listeria bacteria are ubiquitous in the environment and consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes is one of the main...
New form of universal quantum computers
Quantum bits (qubits) in a quantum computer serve as a computing unit and memory at the same time. Because quantum...
Hybrid songbirds found more often in human-altered environments
Hybrids of two common North American songbirds, the black-capped and mountain chickadee, are more likely to be found in places...
Constructing charge transfer channels on photoanode surface by electrochemical treatment
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting presents a promising way to convert solar energy into storable and transportable hydrogen energy. Among investigated...
Anti-cancer drugs, olaparib and adavosertib, work best when given sequentially in patients with advanced tumours driven by DNA damage response mutations: results from Phase Ib STAR clinical trial
Barcelona, Spain: Patients with cancers that are driven by certain mutations occurring in response to DNA damage can be safely...
USC launches large-scale study of dementia and diabetes in adults with Hispanic ancestry
People who have type 2 diabetes face an increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, but the cause of...
Pandemic-related stress linked with changes in menstrual cycle
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 27, 2022 — Women with high stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic were twice as likely to experience...
The Frost Institute for Chemistry and Molecular Science aims to power innovation
Faculty members recently began moving their labs into the new Phillip and Patricia Frost Institute for Chemistry and Molecular Science,...
Building a 3D brain atlas
Texas Biomed will help map the developing brain with unprecedented detail for the National Institutes of Health’s BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas...
Study shows hazardous herbicide chemical goes airborne
“Dicamba drift” — the movement of the herbicide dicamba off crops through the atmosphere — can result in unintentional damage...
Starshade competition challenges students to block starlight for observing exoplanets
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2022 – AIP is organizing a competition for undergraduate students in the physical sciences to design a...
What seismic waves reveal about Martian crust?
Researchers working in the Marsquake Service at ETH Zurich have been analyzing the measurements made by the NASA InSight mission’s...
Two major meteorite impacts shed light on the interior of Mars
By studying seismic data and orbital observations linked to two major meteorite impacts at the end of 2021, the international...
Proof-of-concept study advances potential new way to deliver gene therapy
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have successfully used a cell’s natural process for making proteins to “slide” genetic instructions...
Lamin c facilitates repair of damaged nuclear envelope in human and mouse cells
All living cells harbor nuclei—key biological structures that play an important role in information storage, retrieval, and duplication of genetic...
On the trail of missing genes and cancer clues
LA JOLLA, CA—Genetic mutations kick start cancers. Some mutations shuffle the genetic code, others come from the deletion of key...
Traces of ancient ocean discovered on Mars
A recently released set of topography maps provides new evidence for an ancient northern ocean on Mars. The maps offer...
