Cyborg cells could be tools for health and environment
Biomedical engineers at the University of California, Davis, have created semi-living “cyborg cells.” Retaining the capabilities of living cells, but unable to replicate, the cyborg...
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Interbreeding of white cotton lines produces a new cultivar whose fabric is naturally flame-resistant
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0278696Credit: Thyssen et al., 2023, PLOS ONE, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0278696 Article Title: Flame resistant cotton lines generated by synergistic epistasis in...
Exploring the features of music that people fall asleep to
A new study has identified several characteristics typical of music associated with sleep, such as being quieter and slower than other music. However, popular sleep...
In the Neanderthal site of Combe-Grenal, France, hunting strategies were unaffected by changing climate
Neanderthals in Combe-Grenal (France) preferred to hunt in open environments, and their hunting strategies did not alter during periods of climatic change, according to a...
Better hydrogen transfer brings better hydrogen evolution reaction performance
The electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is one of the most efficient methods for producing green hydrogen. However, the inefficient mass transfer of hydrogen has...
Mummified crocodiles provide insights into mummy-making over time
Crocodiles were mummified in a unique way at the Egyptian site of Qubbat al-Hawā during the 5th Century BC, according to a study published January...
Is your global health research partnership truly equal? A new twenty-point checklist helps LMICs and HICs achieve equitable collaborations
Is your global health research partnership truly equal? A new twenty-point checklist helps LMICs and HICs achieve equitable collaborations.Credit: Dan Hodson Is your global health...
Underlying assumptions of air quality need to be redefined
The 40-meter-high monitoring tower of the Innsbruck Atmospheric Observatory near the city center of Innsbruck in Austria, Europe, continuously provides data on the composition of the...
Researchers uncover 92 fossil nests belonging to some of India’s largest dinosaurs
The discovery of more than 250 fossilized eggs reveals intimate details about the lives of titanosaurs in the Indian subcontinent, according to a study published...
Californian wildfire trauma associated with cognitive deficits and altered brain activity
New research led by the NEATLabs at the University of California, San Diego highlights the long-term negative impact of climate stress. Published January 18 in...
Shane Crotty receives AAI-BioLegend Herzenberg Award for B cell research
LA JOLLA, CA—La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) Professor Shane Crotty, Ph.D., has been awarded the 2023 AAI-BioLegend Herzenberg Award from the American Association of Immunologists. The...
A new, better technology for X-ray laser pulses
The X-rays used to examine a broken leg in hospital are easy to produce. In industry, however, X-ray radiation of a completely different kind is...
The rich meteorology of Mars studied in detail from the Perseverance rover
Perseverance is a NASA autonomous vehicle that arrived at the Jezero Crater (the bed of an ancient, now dried-up lake on Mars) on 18 February...
Data reveal a surprising preference in particle spin alignment
UPTON, NY—Given the choice of three different “spin” orientations, certain particles emerging from collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), an atom smasher at the U.S....
An Old Yellow Enzyme helps algae combat photooxidative stress
OYEs in microalgae use energy from photosynthesisCredit: © RUB, Marquard OYEs in microalgae use energy from photosynthesis “Our research group is among the first to...
