Researchers use multivalent gold nanoparticles to develop efficient molecular probe
Credit: Kaori Sakurai/ TUAT Cells play a precise game of telephone, sending messages to each other that trigger actions further on. With clear signaling, the...
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New nanotech will enable a ‘healthy’ electric current production inside the human body
The innovative material that creates green energy through mechanical forceCredit: Tel Aviv University A new nanotechnology development by an international research team led by Tel...
Nano-scale borate bioactive glass: Next generation material for skin-healing
Credit: MA Kun Recently, with the help of a steady-state strong magnetic field experimental device, scientists constructed nano-scale borate bioactive glass (Nano-HCA@BG), which can effectively...
Non-stop signal achieved in high-power Er3+-doped mid-infrared lasers
Credit: QUAN Cong The Mid-infrared lasers (MIR) with high peak power and high repetition rate operating in the range of 2.7~3 μm have important application...
Wallonia as an international reference for the timeline
Paleontologists from Univeristy of Liège (Belgium) redefine the geological boundary between the Devonian and Carboniferous periods. A Walloon site could be chosen as a world...
Electrokinetic proton transport in triple conducting oxides as key descriptor for highly efficient protonic ceramic fuel cells
Credit: UNIST A research team, led by Professor Guntae Kim in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST has introduced an innovative way...
Muscles retain positional memory from fetal life
New perspectives on the pathological mechanisms of muscle diseases and regenerative medicine developmentCredit: Associate Professor Yusuke Ono A research collaboration based in Kumamoto University, Japan...
Sharp size reduction in dinosaurs that changed diet to termites
Credit: Zhixin Han/ https://www.artstation.com/xinyanjun Dinosaurs were generally huge, but a new study of the unusual alvarezsaurs show that they reduced in size about 100 million...
Sculpted by starlight: A meteorite witness to the solar system’s birth
Researchers use unusual meteorite to gain insight into our solar system's past, presentCredit: Ryan Ogliore, Washington University in St. Louis In 2011, scientists confirmed a...
Study shows the mechanism how loss of de-N-glycosylation enzyme causes ill effect
Credit: TMIMS Peptide: N-glycanase (NGLY1) is an evolutionarily conserved enzyme for removing N-linked glycans (N-glycans) from glycoproteins and is involved in proteostasis of N-glycoproteins in...
The brain’s wiring technicians
Research identifies cadre of immune cells that sculpt inhibitory neurons to regulate brain wiringCredit: Julia Kuhl for The Gordon Fishell Lab/HMS From the bark of...
From waste to wealth: Converting CO2 into butanol using phosphorous-rich copper cathodes
A team of scientists has reported an electrochemical reduction reaction pathway that can avoid *CO dimerization to produce 1-butanol from CO2 using copper phosphide as...
Asymptomatic adults may be reservoirs of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Study by ITQB NOVA researchers identifies role played by adults in the carriage of pneumococciCredit: ITQB NOVA Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major human pathogen and...
Vertical greenery can act as a stress buffer, NTU Singapore study finds
Credit: NTU Singapore Vertical greenery 'planted' on the exterior of buildings may help to buffer people against stress, a Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)...
New signaling pathway could shed light on damage repair during brain injury
The study has uncovered a signaling pathway that causes neural cells to enter divisions after damageCredit: Torsten Bossing, University of Plymouth Most human cells are...
