SUV39H2: A direct genetic link to autism spectrum disorders
Credit: RIKEN New research from the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan shows that a deficit in histone methylation could lead to the...
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How a butterfly tree becomes a web
Credit: Image by Krzysztof Kozak and Jorge Aleman. Photo credits: Luca Livraghi, Michel Cast. Evolution is often portrayed as a tree, with new species branching...
Study shows that electronic air cleaning technology can generate unintended pollutants
Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology As the Covid-19 pandemic raged, news reports show that sales of electronic air cleaners have surged due to concerns about...
Study finds promising therapeutic target for colitis
Neu3 controlled the emergence of disease in a recurrent human food poisoning model of colitisCredit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - July 16, 2021...
Emergent magnetic monopoles isolated using quantum-annealing computer
Project offers new step toward study of emergence, 'materials by design,' and future nanomagnetsCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory and D-Wave Systems LOS ALAMOS, N.M., July...
Individual protected areas in Amazonia differ greatly in how effectively they help to fight deforestation and carbon emissions
Credit: Teemu Koskimäki et al. While tropical forests remain threatened and their future is uncertain, the importance of understanding how well individual protected areas avoid...
Reclamation awards $125,000 in prize competition to increase usable water
Credit: Bureau of Reclamation WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation selected five teams to share $125,000 in the first phase of the More Water Less...
Bats are kings of small talk in the air
Echoes contain redundant information to help with high-speed navigationCredit: Michael Miller Bat conversations might be light on substance, according to researchers from the University of...
University of Oklahoma researcher receives NSF Career Award
Engineering assistant professor continues work on membrane technologyCredit: Travis Caperton, University of Oklahoma Michele Galizia, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Gallogly College of Engineering...
New Sinai Health research finds common denominator linking all cancers
Credit: Sinai Health All cancers fall into just two categories, according to new research from scientists at Sinai Health, in findings that could provide a...
Organic electronics possibly soon to enter the GHz-regime
Credit: Erjuan Guo Physicists of the Technische Universität Dresden introduce the first implementation of a complementary vertical organic transistor technology, which is able to operate...
Complexity yields simplicity: The shifting dynamics of temperate marine ecosystems
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that ocean warming and acidification are shifting temperate coastal reefs to simple turf-dominated ecosystemsCredit: University of Tsukuba Shizuoka,...
New optimisation method for computational design of industrial applications
The study has been selected as an outstanding publication by the prestigious scientific journal Physics of FluidsCredit: University of Malaga In the field of industrial...
Can turmeric reduce joint pain during breast cancer treatment?
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center to study the theory, thanks to $50,000 from Safeway FoundationCredit: UC Davis Health UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center received a...
Future information technologies: Topological materials for ultrafast spintronics
A team led by HZB physicist Dr. Jaime Sánchez-Barriga has gained new insights into the ultrafast response of topological states of matter to femtosecond laser...
