No IgA leads to intestinal inflammation in mice
Credit: Department of Immunology, TMDU Tokyo, Japan - While researchers have known for years that immunoglobulin A (IgA) is important for gut health, it has...
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Revealing the secrets of cell competition
Credit: Ana Lima / Imperial College London As multicellular life relies on cell-cell interactions, it is not surprising that this is not always peaceful: cells...
The origin of bifurcated current sheets explained
Credit: POSTECH A Korean research team has identified the origin of bifurcated current sheets, considered one of the most unsolved mysteries in the Earth's magnetosphere...
No horsing around: super-fast Hendra test developed
Credit: The University of Queensland University of Queensland vets are diagnosing the deadly Hendra virus in horses faster than ever, developing a diagnostic point-of-care kit...
Synthesis of new red phosphors with a smart material as a host material
The valence of Mn changes from 4 to 3 under various conditionsCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview: Professor Hiromi Nakano...
Renewable energies: No wind turbine disturbing the scenery
KIT researchers quantify energy system costs for stopping further expansion of wind energy use in beautiful landscapesCredit: Photo: Markus Breig, KIT Wind energy is of...
New algorithm may help autonomous vehicles navigate narrow, crowded streets
CMU research could help solve last mile delivery challengesCredit: Carnegie Mellon University It is a scenario familiar to anyone who has driven down a crowded,...
Save Our Seas Foundation announces a record 61 grants for 2021
The Save our Seas Foundation is celebrating an overwhelming number of applications and awards. This heralds a hopeful new cohort of ocean conservationists, young scientists...
Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists announce 2021 laureates
Winners of America's largest unrestricted scientific prize for promising young researchers include a neuroscientist from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, an inorganic chemist from...
Tropical fly study shows that a mother’s age and diet influences offspring health
Credit: Daniel Hargrove The female tsetse fly, which gives birth to adult-sized live young, produce weaker offspring as they get older, and when they feed...
Main attraction: Scientists create world’s thinnest magnet
A one-atom thin 2D magnet could advance new applications in computing and electronicsCredit: Berkeley Lab The development of an ultrathin magnet that operates at room...
Copper transporter potential new treatment target for cardiovascular disease
Credit: Michael Holahan, Augusta University An internal transporter that enables us to use the copper we consume in foods like shellfish and nuts to enable...
Supermassive black holes put a brake on stellar births
Credit: NASA, ESA, K. Kuntz (JHU), F. Bresolin (University of Hawaii), J. Trauger (Jet Propulsion Lab), J. Mould (NOAO), Y.-H. Chu (University of Illinois, Urbana),...
USC study shows male-female differences in immune cell function
Credit: Ryan Lu A new USC study of a common, yet poorly understood type of white blood cell reveals the immune cell's response to pathogens...
CNIO researchers clarify the role of the two isoforms of KRAS, the most common oncogene in humans
These findings suggest that for therapies to be effective, they must be targeted at both gene productsCredit: CNIO KRAS was one of the first oncogenes...
