NASA to demonstrate laser communications from space station
NASA uses the International Space Station — a football field-sized spacecraft orbiting Earth — to learn more about living and working in space. For over 20...
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Mountain bikers are most likely to hurt or fracture their arms, and hikers to injure their legs and ankles, though most injuries are mild cuts, blisters and bruises, according to systematic review of trail users
Mountain bikers are most likely to hurt or fracture their arms, and hikers to injure their legs and ankles, though most injuries are mild cuts,...
First-time fathers seem to experience a steeper decline in relationship satisfaction in the first two years post-partum than second-time fathers
First-time fathers seem to experience a steeper decline in relationship satisfaction in the first two years post-partum than second-time fathers, who appear to recover lost...
Inhaled receptor decoy therapy for COVID-19 in preclinical models
The surface protein of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), known as the spike protein, is critical for infecting host cells. The spike...
How to write in water?
Writing is an age-old cultural technique. Thousands of years ago, humans were already carving signs and symbols into stone slabs. Scripts have become far more...
MU researcher combats bullying of students with disabilities
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Students with disabilities are often bullied and socially excluded in school at a far greater rate than their classmates. To help teachers...
IHT Group to manufacture, sell hog-cooling technology developed at Purdue
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. and WINNIPEG, Manitoba – IHT Group, a division of Decisive Dividend Corp. (TSXV: DE) based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is bringing patented cooling pad...
Paving the way for advanced quantum sensors
Metrological institutions around the world administer our time, using atomic clocks based on the natural oscillations of atoms. These clocks, pivotal for applications like satellite...
Research led by the US and IBiS identifies a new cell type that is key in the development of memory and learning
The research, led jointly by the University of Seville-IBiS and Karolinska Institutet, helps to understand how neural systems with decisive functions for human behaviour mature....
Bacteria treatment reduces insulin resistance, protects against diabetes
Researchers led by Hiroshi Ohno at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan have discovered a type of gut bacteria that might...
Exploring light neutron-rich nuclei: First observation of oxygen-28
The study of physical systems under extreme conditions offers valuable insights into their organization and structure. In nuclear physics, neutron-rich isotopes, especially the light ones...
New ‘droplet battery’ could pave the way for miniature bio-integrated devices
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Van Andel Institute scientist nets $2.4 million award to study ‘cellular powerhouses’
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (August 30, 2023) — Our cells are powered by tiny “powerplants” called mitochondria, which transform nutrients into fuel that sustains life.Credit: Courtesy...
Pioneering study finds that brain tumours ‘hack’ the communication between neurons
Nearly half of all patients with brain metastasis experience cognitive impairment. Until now, it was thought that this was due to the physical presence of...
Study finds how some ion channels form structures permitting drug delivery
A member of an important class of ion channel proteins can transiently rearrange itself into a larger structure with dramatically altered properties, according to a...
