Monell Center team discovers molecular basis for alkaline taste
PHILADELPHIA (March 20, 2023) – The sense of taste is among the first to come into contact with food before we ingest it, but whether...
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Muscle health depends on lipid synthesis
Muscle degeneration, the most prevalent cause of frailty in hereditary diseases and aging, could be caused by a deficiency in one key enzyme in a...
Scientists open door to manipulating ‘quantum light’
For the first time, scientists at the University of Sydney and the University of Basel in Switzerland have demonstrated the ability to manipulate and identify...
Link between chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease explained
Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) have uncovered a link between cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease, revealing novel disease biomarkers and therapeutic...
Instrument adapted from astronomy observation helps capture singular quantum interference effects
By adapting technology used for gamma-ray astronomy, a group of experimental researchers has found that X-ray transitions previously thought to have been unpolarized according to...
Sculpting quantum materials for the electronics of the future
The development of new information and communication technologies poses new challenges to scientists and industry. Designing new quantum materials - whose exceptional properties stem from...
Top-down control of bottom-up material synthesis @ nanoscale
In a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances, 10.29026/oea.2023.230023 Professor Saulius Juodkazis of Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia and the WRH Program International Research...
British museum specimen gives insights into Australia’s rare Night Parrot
Special cranial adaptations, including an asymmetrical ‘wonky’ skull and enlarged ears, may give the critically endangered ground-dwelling Night Parrot the edge it needs to make...
Brookhaven Lab physicist Mary Bishai elected DUNE Co-Spokesperson
UPTON, NY—Mary Bishai, a distinguished scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been elected co-spokesperson of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE)....
Parasites alter likelihood of fish being caught by anglers
Angling, a type of fishing, is a popular pastime across the world, and is known to be 40,000 years old. Angling usually takes place in...
Hummingbirds use torpor in varying ways to survive cold temps
Hummingbirds have the fastest metabolism of any animal. The tropical hummingbirds that live in the Andes Mountains in South America must expend considerable energy to...
Scientists devise new way to measure skin barrier function
The skin is the primary physical barrier against harmful substances in the environment. But there is a significant difference in the protective capacity of the...
Unrealistic vaping views? Nearly ½ of parents confident they’d know if their child vapes
Nearly half of parents say they would definitely know if their child was vaping, despite characteristics of vaping devices that make it easy to hide...
Aging | Senescence-associated exosomes transfer fibrosis to neighboring cells
“This shows that SA-EXOs can serve as potent SASP mediators that activate invasive characteristics in neighboring cells.”Credit: 2023 Lee et al. “This shows that SA-EXOs...
Genomic study of ancient humans sheds light on human evolution on the Tibetan Plateau
The Tibetan Plateau, the highest and largest plateau above sea level, is one of the harshest environments settled by humans. It has a cold and...
