Evolution of the largest of the large dinosaurs
Sauropods – including iconic long-necked dinosaurs like Brachiosaurus and Apatosaurus – were the largest animals ever to walk the earth. No other dinosaur or land...
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Detailed image of the human retina
What cell types are found in which human tissue, and where? Which genes are active in the individual cells, and which proteins are found there?...
Tiny microbes could brew big benefits for green biomanufacturing
A research team led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley has engineered bacteria to produce new-to-nature carbon products that could provide...
WVU tapped to transform neuroscience research in the Mountain State
West Virginia University will help elevate neuroscience throughout the Mountain State by ramping up academic scientific research, making strategic faculty and staff hires, and adding state-of-the-art...
USTC discovers long-range skin josephson supercurrent across a Van Der Waals ferromagnet
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers discovered the long-range skin Josephson supercurrent across a van der Waals ferromagnet. The study was achieved...
Compact high-resolution spectrometer with flat optics
An optical spectrometer is an instrument used to measure properties of light over a specific portion of the light spectrum, which has found a wide...
Ångstrom-depth resolution with chemical specificity at the liquid-vapor interface
Surfactants play an important role in every day life, for instance as major components in soaps. Since they feature hydrophilic and hydrophobic parts in their...
Scientists make advance in breeding high resistant starch rice
Scientists have shown that the loss of function of two paralogous starch biosynthetic genes contributes to an increase in resistant starch (RS) content in cooked...
Elucidating the mysteries of enzyme evolution at the macromolecular level
Professor Nicolas Doucet and his team at Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) made a major breakthrough earlier this year in the field of...
Tel Aviv University and Google launch a new program to promote multidisciplinary research in Artificial Intelligence for Sustainability and Education
Google and Tel Aviv University are continuing their ongoing collaboration and launched a new program for the promotion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data science...
From Azerbaijan to China: BGI Genomics promotes thalassemia awareness worldwide
Thalassemia (thal-uh-SEE-me-uh) is an inherited blood disorder that affects about 300 million people worldwide. Treatments for moderate to severe thalassemia include frequent blood transfusions, chelation...
Mirror, mirror: A new way to recognize reverse-image molecules
Recognizing and separating enantiomers is a difficult task for chemical engineers — one might say it gives them a bit of a headache.Credit: Beckman Institute...
Experimental model gets cells to behave as they would in utero
HOUSTON – (May 8, 2023) – Many birth defects and spontaneous abortions occur during the embryonic development stage known as neurulation, yet we have very...
Rice University students design congenital hypothyroidism test for newborns
HOUSTON – (May 8, 2023) – For newborns with congenital hypothyroidism, early diagnosis spells the difference between a normal, healthy life and lifelong disability.Credit: (Photo...
Examining the adhesion tendency of biofilm-forming bacteria on organic surfaces
The biofilm-forming bacteria E. coli adheres firmly to hydrophobic and hydrophilic protein-adsorbing self-assembling monolayers (SAMs) and weakly to hydrophilic protein-resisting SAMs, uncovered a recent study...
