Evolution of dinosaur body size through different developmental mechanisms
The meat-eating dinosaurs known as theropods that roamed the ancient Earth ranged in size from the bus-sized T. rex to the smaller, dog-sized Velociraptor. Scientists...
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New study finds offering paid sick leave is good for U.S. business
With the exception of a temporary federal law providing paid sick leave to certain employees between March and December 2020, the United States remains one...
On the road to better solid-state batteries
A team from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Florida State University has designed a new blueprint for solid-state batteries that are less dependent...
Promoting the electrochemical hydrogenation of furfural by synergistic Cu0-Cu+ active sites
This study is led by Prof. Yuqin Zou (College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University). The experiments were performed by using a series of...
Active site identification and engineering during the dynamic evolution of copper-based catalysts for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction
This review article is led by Prof. Fan Dong and associate research fellow Bangwei Deng (Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and...
A molecular machine’s secret weapon exposed
RNAs are having a moment. The foundation of COVID-19 vaccines, they’ve made their way from biochemistry textbooks into popular magazines and everyday discussions. Entire companies...
The molecular mechanism behind abdominal aneurysms
When the artery that supplies the stomach and the liver forms a bulge that ruptures, this medical emergency results in the deaths of 50 percent...
Let there be (controlled) light
In the very near future, quantum computers are expected to revolutionize the way we compute, with new approaches to database searches, AI systems, simulations and...
Scientists record first-ever brain waves from freely moving octopuses
Scientists have successfully recorded brain activity from freely moving octopuses, a feat made possible by implanting electrodes and a data logger directly into the creatures. Credit:...
Two new papers demonstrate use of Outbreak.info as one-stop online source for COVID data
LA JOLLA, CA—While COVID-19 may be transitioning from a “pandemic” to an “endemic” phase, it remains critically important to continue tracking the virus in real-time....
Metasurface enters laser fiber cavity for spatiotemporal mode control
Metasurfaces are highly versatile for manipulating the amplitude, phase, or polarization of light. During the last decade, metasurfaces have been proposed for a vast range...
TraffikGene gets €2.5M from the European Innovation Council to bring its technology to market
The European Innovation Council (EIC) announced on February 8 the beneficiaries of EIC Transition projects, in the context of the challenge “New RNA-based therapies and...
Novel organoid models to study non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Researchers from the Organoid group (former Clevers group, Hubrecht Institute) together with researchers from the Princess Máxima Center for pediatric oncology established novel human organoid...
A human interactome to prioritise drug discovery
Scientists at Open Targets, EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), and GSK are revealing the shared basis of diseases using a map of interacting human proteins....
Researchers: “We have miscalculated for decades – half of an insulin dose may not work as expected”
New research suggests that a large portion of a diabetic's insulin dose is unlikely to work as expected. University of Copenhagen researchers have discovered that...
