Recently discovered protein domain regulates collagen transport
How collagen reaches its site of actionCredit: Ian Glaves How collagen reaches its site of action Almost all organisms that have more than one cell...
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Hanna Kokko receives Alexander von Humboldt Professorship
Theoretical evolutionary biologist at Mainz University receives Germany’s highest endowed research prizeCredit: photo/©: Bibiana Rojas Theoretical evolutionary biologist at Mainz University receives Germany’s highest endowed...
Metal−organic frameworks meet MXene: New opportunities for electrochemical application
They published their work in Energy Material Advances.Credit: Hui Yang, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, Jiangsu, P. R. China They...
Under control to the very end – how our cells kill themselves
Every day, millions of cells die in our body. Other than generally assumed, cells do not simply burst at the end of their lives but...
How plants use sugar to produce roots
Along with sugar reallocation, a basic molecular mechanism within plants controls the formation of new lateral roots. An international team of plant biologists has demonstrated...
Quantum technology for mobile phone encryption is coming
DTU spin-out company develops a quantum mechanical random number generator that must be reduced to chip size to be included in the electronics in mobile...
A guide through the genome
Plants show enormous variety in traits relevant to breeding, such as plant height, yield and resistance to pests. One of the greatest challenges in modern...
Targeted protein degradation as a therapeutic strategy – the focus of the 39th Barcelona BioMed Conference
Targeted protein degradation uses different types of "degrading" drugs (degraders) to force proximity between a target protein (for example, a mutated protein that contributes to...
Exercise seems to protect against major brain hemorrhage
Regular physical activity and exercise may reduce bleeding in individuals with intracerebral hemorrhage, a University of Gothenburg study shows. The researchers emphasize the importance of...
Siblings with autism share more of dad’s genome, not mom’s
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) researchers have flipped the script on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) genetics.Credit: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL)...
Cancer researchers join forces against deadliest brain tumors in children
Virginia Tech researchers with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have joined a Children’s National Hospital effort to treat deadly brain tumors with ultrahigh...
Eruption of Tonga underwater volcano found to disrupt satellite signals halfway around the world
An international team has used satellite- and ground-based ionospheric observations to demonstrate that an air pressure wave triggered by volcanic eruptions could produce an equatorial...
Tokyo Tech, Tohoku University, Fujitsu, and RIKEN start collaboration to develop distributed training of Large Language Models
Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Tohoku University, Fujitsu Limited, and RIKEN today announced that they will embark on the research and development of a...
Stop eradication of small mammals to protect vital ecosystems, say scientists
A new article published in the Journal of Animal Ecology suggests that current measures to protect grasslands in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau are damaging the ecosystem and should...
Scientists will tune-in to the sound of the Amazon to discover how climate change and human disturbance are affecting tropical forest animals
Scientists are to deploy a network of microphones in the Amazon rainforest to listen and measure the numbers and species of birds, insects and other...
