Scientific AI’s ‘black box’ is no match for 200-year-old method
HOUSTON – (Feb. 13, 2023) – One of the oldest tools in computational physics — a 200-year-old mathematical technique known as Fourier analysis — can...
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Researchers solve a 150-year-old mystery
Aetosaurs had a small head and a crocodile-like body. The land dwellers were up to six meters long and widely distributed geographically. They died out...
Genetic switch makes the eyes of male bees large and of female bees small
Bee researchers at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) headed by Professor Dr Martin Beye have identified a new gene in honeybees, which is responsible for...
Mother’s blessing: microbiota from mothers regulates lung immunity in newborns
A new study led by Bruno Silva Santos, group leader and vice-director at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM; Portugal), and published in the scientific journal Cell Reports* discovered...
Seasonal and circadian genetic variation charted across the human body
The daily rotation of Earth and its yearly voyage around the Sun marks the natural rhythm of life on the planet. Human health indicators such...
The surprising similarities of packed particles
The ways in which particles, such as sand or liquid droplets, behave during various mechanical processes is well studied. Typically, in situations where space is...
Pusan National University researchers explore the effects of acid hydrolysis on sulfated fucans in sea cucumbers and sea urchins
Cultures from across the globe have used plant and animal extracts as food and traditional medicine. For instance, Asians, especially in Korea, China, and Japan,...
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Targeted Covalent Inhibitors (TCIs), such as aspirin (Bufferin®), have a long history of more than 120 years, and most of them are synthetic small molecules....
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and Fondazione Ansaldo together to support the “International Day of Women and Girls in Science”
11th February, Genova (Italy) – In the occasion of the "International Day of Women and Girls in Science", Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT- Italian Institute...
Computer model IDs roles of individual genes in early embryonic development
Computer software developed at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis can predict what happens to complex gene networks when individual genes are missing...
Researchers pioneer process to stack micro-LEDs
Put on a virtual reality headset and, chances are, it will look like you are viewing the world through a screen door. Current flat panel...
Extracts from two wild plants inhibit COVID-19 virus, study finds
Two common wild plants contain extracts that inhibit the ability of the virus that causes COVID-19 to infect living cells, an Emory University study finds....
From molecules to cellular structures: Jan Brugués joined the Cluster of Excellence “Physics of Life” at TU Dresden
Physics of molecules leads to biological functionsCredit: MPI-CBG/Katrin Boes Physics of molecules leads to biological functions "How do the building blocks in our cells know...
UTokyo Professor Hiroaki Suga wins 2023 Wolf Prize in chemistry
Professor Hiroaki Suga of the University of Tokyo has been awarded the 2023 Wolf Prize in chemistry, in an announcement by the foundation overseeing the...
Autophagy: The molecular regulation of self-eating
Autophagy, or “self-eating”, is an essential cellular quality control mechanism that clears the cell of protein aggregates and damaged organelles. This mechanism is inactive under...
