Researchers shed (laser) light on emerging water treatment technique
KINGSTON, R.I. – Dec. 8, 2022 – Assuring that a growing global population has access to clean water will require new water treatment methods. One of...
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Global marine experts urge COP15 policy-makers to support research to find, catalogue, protect disappearing deep-sea species
More than 90% of marine species are undescribed and many may go extinct due to human activity before they’re discovered — the loss of unique,...
Researchers identify a critical inhibitory site in an energy-producing enzyme, which can lead to rational design of antibiotics
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health problem. Handful species of drug-resistant pathogens, including Neisseria gonorrhoeae, could become untreatable due to a high degree of...
New study highlights urgent need to safeguard deep reefs – one of the largest and least protected ecosystems
As world leaders, government negotiators, scientists and conservationists gather at the UN Biodiversity Conference, COP15, to agree to halt and reverse nature loss, an international...
New collaborative research centre for integral structures
With effect from January 2023, the German Research Foundation (DFG) will fund the new Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio ‘Integral Structures in Geometry and Representation Theory’ (CRC/TRR 358) for...
Expanding the arsenal of drugs against COVID-19
Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) have developed novel compounds with potential as drug treatments for COVID-19 by modifying a previous “hit” compound...
Weight-loss surgery produces durable improvements in urinary incontinence
Urinary incontinence is a common complaint among adults with severe obesity. The majority of adults with urinary incontinence who undergo Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or sleeve...
FRET-based biosensor SMART visualizes execution of necroptosis in vivo
Necroptosis is a form of regulated cell death (RCD) similar to apoptosis, the most commonly studied type of RCD. In contrast to apoptosis, plasma membrane...
The genes of the sixth sense
To perform coordinated movements, we rely on special sensory neurons in our muscles and joints. Without them, the brain wouldn’t know what the rest of...
Bat diversity and abundance are highest in old deciduous forest stands on the river banks in Eastern Ukraine
European forest-dwelling bats require complex woodland structures at both the micro-habitat and the landscape level for successful breeding in summer. Particularly, the results from Kharkiv...
Atopic dermatitis in dogs linked to certain parts of the genome
Using new gene mapping methods, researchers have found connections between atopic dermatitis (eczema) in dogs and several regions of the genome. Some of the genes...
Team undertakes study of two-dimensional transition metal chalcogenides
Two-dimensional materials, like transition metal dichalcogenide, have applications in public health because of their large surface area and high surface sensitivities, along with their unique...
Baby seals show off vocal skills #ASA183
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 9, 2022 – Humans appear to be one of the only animals capable of speech, which requires a range of skills and...
Leibniz Prize for Claudia Höbartner
It's like a very big, early Christmas present that Würzburg chemist Claudia Höbartner can be happy about: The professor will receive one of the prestigious...
Review of fluorescent probes for detecting G-Quadruplex DNA
DNA, the genetic material compacted in chromosomes, stores information to regulate all the cell processes in the body. Two decades ago, in addition to the...
