Making self-driving cars human-friendly
Automated vehicles could be made more pedestrian-friendly thanks to new research which could help them predict when people will cross the road. Credit: University of Leeds...
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Oncotarget: Epigenetic signatures differentiate uterine/soft tissue leiomyosarcoma
Oncotarget published "Epigenetic signatures differentiate uterine and soft tissue leiomyosarcoma" which reported that leiomyosarcomas are diverse, rare, and aggressive mesenchymal soft tissue sarcomas. Epigenetic alterations influence...
Cell “quakes” may help cells respond to the outside world
Animal cells get their structural integrity from their cytoskeleton, a shapeshifting mesh of filaments inside a cell that helps the cell organize its structure and...
Supercomputers reveal how X chromosomes fold, deactivate
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., October 4, 2021—Using supercomputer-driven dynamic modeling based on experimental data, researchers can now probe the process that turns off one X chromosome...
CPRIT grant awarded to train new cancer prevention researchers
An innovative program that aims to increase the number of cancer prevention scientists and boost cancer health equity across the state led by experts at...
Maryland scientists crack blue crab’s genetic code
BALTIMORE, MD (October 4, 2021)— Scientists at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science have sequenced the genome of the blue crab. The best...
Story tips: Carbon goes to space, cybersecurity put to the test, fusion’s power trip, cost-cutting controls and fungal infusion
Manufacturing – Carbon goes to spaceCredit: ORNL, Sandia/U.S. Dept. of Energy Manufacturing – Carbon goes to space Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed a...
How apples get their shapes
Apples are among the oldest and most recognizable fruits in the world. But have you ever really considered an apple’s shape? Apples are relatively spherical...
The case of the aquarium’s disappearing medicine
For months, veterinarians put medicine into the animals’ quarantine habitats at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, ensuring that animals entering the building did not bring dangerous pests...
Aging-US: Cellular senescence in lymphoid organs and immunosenescence
Aging-US published "Cellular senescence in lymphoid organs and immunosenescence" which reported that immunosenescence is a multi-faceted phenomenon at the root of age-associated immune dysfunction.Credit: Correspondence to:...
University of Montana studies how climate change could undermine biodiversity conservation goals
MISSOULA – In a new study published in the journal Communications, Earth & Environment, University of Montana researchers and colleagues explore how climate change could...
Genome Research publishes a special issue in Single-cell Genomics
October 1, 2021 – Genome Research (https://genome.org) publishes a special issue highlighting novel advances and insights in Single-cell Genomics.Credit: Cover artwork © Victor O. Leshyk, 2021, www.victorleshyk.com....
Scientists discover 14 genes that cause obesity
Promising news in the effort to develop drugs to treat obesity: University of Virginia scientists have identified 14 genes that can cause and three that...
Experts to showcase cutting-edge research at flagship hepatology congress
EASL’s International Liver Congress™ (ILC) 2022 will be taking place in London, UK, 6–10 April 2022. Delegates can attend in person or remotely. This first-in-class,...
War in the gut: How human microbiota resist the cholera bacterium
Cholera is still an enormous problem. An acute diarrheal disease, there have been seven major pandemics in the last two hundred years. According to the WHO,...
