Damage control: Plants juggle genome maintenance and growth by being organized
Researchers from Nara Institute of Science and Technology find that control of the plant hormones cytokinin and auxin help damaged plants to minimize cell death...
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Lies to hide doping in professional sport
Göttingen University sports sociologist analyses false statements from professional cyclists How do top athletes talk about doping when they themselves are using performance-enhancing drugs? Or...
Osteoporosis: New approach to understanding bone strength pays dividends
Osteoporosis researchers at the UVA School of Medicine have taken a new approach to understanding how our genes determine the strength of our bones, allowing...
Stem cells may hold a key to developing new vaccines against COVID-19
Coronavirus activates a stem cell-mediated defense mechanism that reactivates dormant TB in a mouse model and has implications for developing new vaccines and avoiding a...
New super-resolution microscopy method approaches the atomic scale
Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed a computational technique that greatly increases the resolution of atomic force microscopy, a specialized type of microscope that...
‘Wonder material’ can be used to detect COVID-19 quickly, accurately
Researchers show a graphene-based sensor can detect SARS-CoV-2 Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have successfully used graphene -- one of the strongest, thinnest...
UChicago scientists identify properties that allow proteins to strengthen under pressure
A new rubber band stretches, but then snaps back into its original shape and size. Stretched again, it does the same. But what if the...
Sweeping analysis concludes there’s no cheating old age
Researchers compare pace-of-aging across 39 populations of humans and primates DURHAM, N.C. - Special diets, exercise programs, supplements and vitamins -- everywhere we look there...
$1 million grant to address cold storage logistics in vaccine delivery
COVID-19 vaccines have been tested, validated and administered to millions of people around the world. But in some countries, the vaccines have yet to arrive...
Model helps analyze decision-making on adopting Type 2 diabetes medical guidelines
A new computational framework incorporates social interactions to analyze how best to communicate about new medical guidelines to encourage their adoption CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Health...
Reduced microbial stability linked to soil carbon loss in active layer under alpine permafrost degra
Chinese researchers have recently discovered links between reduction in microbial stability and soil carbon loss in the active layer of degraded alpine permafrost on the...
SNMMI Image of the Year: PET imaging measures cognitive impairment in COVID-19 patients
Reston, VA--The effects of COVID-19 on the brain can be accurately measured with positron emission tomography (PET), according to research presented at the Society of...
Poison frog tadpoles can survive (almost) anywhere
From orange juice to sea water, and between the ground and 4-story building A group of researchers from the University of Jyvaskyla and Stanford University...
Scientists demonstrate promising new approach for treating cystic fibrosis
CHAPEL HILL, NC - UNC School of Medicine scientists led a collaboration of researchers to demonstrate a potentially powerful new strategy for treating cystic fibrosis...
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...
