Researchers create light-powered yeast, providing insights into evolution, biofuels, cellular aging
You may be familiar with yeast as the organism content to turn carbs into products like bread and beer when left to ferment in the...
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Uncovering the link to combating muscle atrophy caused by ageing and immobility
The loss of muscle mass, or muscle atrophy, is a relatively common condition in today’s aging and increasingly sedentary societies. While the disuse of muscles...
Kessler Foundation scientist awarded prestigious federal grant for novel, mixed-method study on Latinos with multiple sclerosis
East Hanover, NJ – January 12, 2024 – A research scientist at Kessler Foundation has been awarded a highly competitive Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development...
Novel approach for lymph node metastasis treatment
Researchers at Tohoku University have discovered a new approach for treating lymph node metastasis. Anticancer drugs are administered directly into the LNs under ultrasound guidance...
Researchers develop technique to synthesize water-soluble alloy nanoclusters
In recent years, ultrasmall metal nanoclusters have unlocked advances in fields ranging from bioimaging and biosensing to biotherapy thanks to their unique molecular-like properties. In...
Healthcare ethics? Think like an engineer
Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and the University of Oxford have successfully demonstrated how problem-solving...
Candida evolution disclosed: new insights into fungal infections
Barcelona, 12 January 2024 – Global fungal infections, which affect one billion people and cause 1.5 million deaths each year, are on the rise due...
Spying on a shape-shifting protein
NEW YORK, January 12, 2024 — Proteins do the heavy lifting of performing biochemical functions in our bodies by binding to metabolites or other proteins...
Researchers sequence the first genome of myxini, the only vertebrate lineage that had no reference genome
An international scientific team made up of more than 40 authors from seven different countries, led by the researcher at the University of Malaga Juan...
Team explores role of STING – stimulator of interferon genes – in body’s innate immune system
When pathogens attack the body, the innate immune system goes to work protecting against the invading disease. The innate immune system is the first line...
New Antarctic research shows that Adélie penguins must balance the benefits and costs of riding on sea ice during their long-distance migration
Petaluma, CA--Newly published research by Petaluma-based non-profit, Point Blue Conservation Science, shows how Adélie penguins within the Ross Sea, Antarctica use sea ice in their...
NASA’s Fermi detects surprise gamma-ray feature beyond our galaxy
Astronomers analyzing 13 years of data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have found an unexpected and as yet unexplained feature outside of our galaxy.Credit: NASA’s Goddard...
Focused ion beam technology
Processing materials on the nanoscale, producing prototypes for microelectronics or analyzing biological samples: The range of applications for finely focused ion beams is huge. Experts...
A single-celled microbe is helping corals survive climate change, study finds
A Single-Celled Microbe is Helping Corals Survive Climate Change, Study FindsCredit: Parent Géry, via Wikipedia Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 A Single-Celled Microbe is Helping...
Novel PET tracer enhances lesion detection in medullary thyroid cancer, offers potential for targeted therapy
Reston, VA (January 11, 2024)—A newly developed PET imaging agent has been found to be effective in identifying medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) in preclinical and...
