Danes have reduced meat consumption – but we lag behind other Europeans
Credit: Smart Protein A major new survey on meat consumption in Europe reports that Europeans have a growing appetite for plant-based foods and that meat...
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Why teapots always drip
The "teapot effect" has been threatening spotless white tablecloths for ages: if a liquid is poured out of a teapot too slowly, then the flow...
Life cycle assessment of carbon capture
In our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, carbon capture is mentioned as a possible technology. CO2 can, for example, be captured from large industrial...
Scientists explore differences in mitochondria of memory cells in the brain with new NIH funding
Have you ever seen someone you recognized, but couldn’t recall their name or how you knew them?Credit: Clayton Metz/Virginia Tech Have you ever seen someone...
The first Red List for insect taxonomists in Europe reaches a decisive stage
For the past five months, the European Commission-funded project ‘European Red List’ of Taxonomists has been reaching out to insect taxonomists to invite them to...
Cellular aging: a basic paradox elucidated
In a study published in Nucleic Acids Research, the team of cancer researcher Francis Rodier, an Université de Montréal professor, shows for the first time...
Microbiome discovery could help save kids’ hearing
Bacteria found in children’s upper respiratory systems could help fight chronic middle ear infections, the leading cause of preventable hearing loss and deafness in Indigenous...
$6.5M grant awarded to develop treatment for alcoholic liver disease-associated kidney dysfunction
The Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and MitoPower LLC (“MitoPower”) were awarded an SBIR (Small Business...
BioIVT to showcase use of a sandwich-cultured human hepatocyte model to study drug-drug interactions
BioIVT, a leading provider of research models and services for drug and diagnostic development, is hosting a webinar in which researchers will discuss how they...
Intracellular temperature sensors: Protein complex exhibits temperature-sensitive activity
Osaka, Japan – One degree (Celsius) can make a difference: a team of investigators led by Osaka University has demonstrated regulation of a critical protein...
Wash-and-wear sensors
Nov. 9, 2021 — They say you are what you wear. New biosensor technology created at the University of Utah’s College of Engineering makes that...
Who’s the boss?
The sun rises over the Senegalese savannah. The Guinea baboons have spent the night on their sleeping trees and set off together to forage. In...
Blood plasma protein fibrinogen interacts directly with nerve cells to cause brain inflammation
TAMPA, Fla (Nov. 8, 2021) -- Neuroinflammatory diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury, have been linked to deposits of a tough protein known...
Genetic analysis uncovers shared evolutionary history of fish fins and vertebrate limbs
All vertebrates have the same basic body plan: head, spine, four appendages. Those appendages vary greatly in size, shape, and function, of course — from...
Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
Soils are home to diverse microbial communities that cycle nutrients, support agriculture, and trap carbon – an important service for climate mitigation. Globally, around 80%...
