Taking a big step in structural biology
The composition of every living cell includes small, highly specialized conduits known as potassium (K+) channels that are responsible for the extremely selective and rapid...
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Low-cost, waterproof sensors may create new health-monitoring possibilities
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A Penn State-led team of researchers has literally put pencil to paper to create an accessible, affordable, waterproof and wearable sensor...
Driving on sunshine: clean, usable liquid fuels made from solar power
Researchers have developed a solar-powered technology that converts carbon dioxide and water into liquid fuels that can be added directly to a car’s engine as...
“In the sea everything is connected”: Portugal welcomes International Symposium “Human Impacts on Marine Functional Connectivity”
The international symposium “Human Impacts on Marine Functional Connectivity” takes place between May 22-25, 2023, at Sesimbra (Portugal). More than one hundred researchers, marine managers...
New concussion study in women’s rugby
An international study on concussion in sportswomen has been announced by the company that developed a concussion test for adult males based on research led...
High-power, high-energy, all-fiber Mamyshev oscillator
High power/energy ultrafast fiber lasers have broadband applications in material processing, medicine, advanced manufacturing and other fields. Compared with solid-state lasers, fiber lasers have the...
Perfect ‘pathogen’ storm: Vibrio bacteria, Sargassum and plastic marine debris
A new study uncovers how the interplay between Sargassum spp., plastic marine debris and Vibrio bacteria creates the perfect “pathogen” storm that has implications for...
Children’s Cancer Research Fund backs cutting-edge leukemia research at UVA
Children’s Cancer Research Fund has awarded $250,000 to an innovative new approach to treating leukemia – blood cancer – being developed at UVA Cancer Center.Credit:...
Past climate change to blame for Antarctica’s giant underwater landslides
Scientists have discovered the cause of giant underwater landslides in Antarctica which they believe could have generated tsunami waves that stretched across the Southern Ocean.Credit:...
African Killifish could hold secrets to reversing muscle ageing
As we age, our muscles start to waste. Called sarcopenia, it happens to us all, yet no one has ever understood why and how it...
Uncovering universal physics in the dynamics of a quantum system
New experiments using one-dimensional gases of ultra-cold atoms reveal a universality in how quantum systems composed of many particles change over time following a large...
‘Charge density wave’ linked to atomic distortions in would-be superconductor
UPTON, NY—What makes some materials carry current with no resistance? Scientists are trying to unravel the complex characteristics. Harnessing this property, known as superconductivity, could...
SLU Institute for Healing Justice and Equity launches ‘Critical Futures’ podcast
ST. LOUIS — The Institute for Healing Justice and Equity (IHJE) at Saint Louis University has launched "Critical Futures," a new podcast about imagining alternative...
New study reveals disparities in the predictive performance of US-based type 2 diabetes risk scores between non-Hispanic Blacks and non-Hispanic Whites
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Adult friendships can triumph over childhood trauma, even in baboons
DURHAM, N.C. -- Decades of research show that experiencing traumatic things as a child -- such as having an alcoholic parent or growing up in...
