Poison frog tadpoles can survive (almost) anywhere
From orange juice to sea water, and between the ground and 4-story buildingCredit: Andrius Pašukonis/Stanford University A group of researchers from the University of Jyvaskyla...
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Scientists demonstrate promising new approach for treating cystic fibrosis
Scientists led by UNC School of Medicine researchers Silvia Kreda, Ph.D., and Rudolph Juliano, Ph.D., created an improved oligonucleotide therapy strategy with the potential for...
Bruisable artificial skin could help prosthetics, robots sense injuries
Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c04911 When someone bumps their elbow against a wall, they not only feel pain but...
Computers predict people’s tastes in art
New study offers insight into how people make aesthetic judgmentsCredit: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Schillinger Do you like the thick brush...
Harnessing the power of nature through productive microbial consortia in biotechnology
Credit: @PROMICON The deliberate control of complex microbiomes is notoriously difficult and current approaches are often guided by simple trial-and-error. The new Horizon 2020 project...
Inducing and tuning spin interactions in layered material
Spin-manipulation permits potential applications in energy-efficient spintronicsCredit: Guolin Zheng Magnetic-spin interactions that allow spin-manipulation by electrical control allow potential applications in energy-efficient spintronic devices. An...
A backdoor in mobile phone encryption from the 90s still exists
It is very unlikely that this security gap has been created by accidentCredit: RUB, Marquard The encryption algorithm GEA-1 was implemented in mobile phones in...
How do we know where things are?
Study looks at how the visual system stabilizes what you see when you move your eyesCredit: Figure by P.Cavanagh Our eyes move three times per...
Preformed gel particles tested for enhanced oil recovery
A joint paper went out in Journal of Petroleum Science and EngineeringCredit: Kazan Federal University A joint paper went out in Journal of Petroleum Science...
Convergent mechanism of aging discovered
Fundamental signaling pathway is crucial for longevityCredit: Link/Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, 2021 Several different causes of ageing have been discovered, but the...
Particles with ‘eyes’ allow a closer look at rotational dynamics
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Colloids--mixtures of particles made from one substance, dispersed in another substance--crop up in...
New material could remove respiratory droplets from air
'Every droplet effectively removed from indoor air would eliminate a potential source of transmission'Credit: Northwestern University Although plexiglass barriers are seemingly everywhere these days --...
Measuring the elimination of plastic particles from the body in mice
Credit: Outi Keinänen et al. Postdoctoral Researcher Outi Keinänen from the University of Helsinki developed a method to radiolabel plastic particles in order to observe...
Quantum-nonlocality at all speeds
Credit: © ALOOP; ÖAW The phenomenon of quantum nonlocality defies our everyday intuition. It shows the strong correlations between several quantum particles some of which...
Correlated errors in quantum computers emphasize need for design changes
Credit: Robert McDermott EMBARGOED UNTIL 11 A.M. ET WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021 MADISON, Wis. -- Quantum computers could outperform classical computers at many tasks, but...
