Can a newborn’s brain discriminate speech sounds?
Decoding the spectral and temporal fine structure of soundCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA People's ability to perceive speech sounds has been deeply studied, specially during someone's...
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Toward painless oral insulin administration
Can insulin be administered orally by simply mixing it with a small intestine permeable cyclic peptide?Left: blood glucose levels continued to decrease from 15 to...
In-cell nano-3D printer: Synthesizing stable filaments from in-cell protein crystals
Credit: Tokyo Tech Proteins are undoubtedly some of the most fascinating biomolecules, and they perform many of the functions that (in our eyes) separate life...
Against presbyopia
Researchers from the UPV, the UV and the AIKEN Foundation have designed the first totally transparent trifocal corneal inlayCredit: UPV As a result of the...
Biophysicists found an Achilles heel of a cancerogenic virus
A team of scientists studied the interactions between human proteins and one of the proteins which is typical of different subtypes of cancerogenic human papillomaviruses...
Airports could generate enough solar energy to power a city: Study
Australian airports are ideal hosts for large-scale solar installationsCredit: RMIT University A new study has found Australia's government-owned airports could produce enough electricity to power...
Nondestructive characterization technique helps gallium nitride crystal developments
Researchers from Osaka University report a nondestructive method for identifying threading dislocations in GaN substrates that could help to improve quality and improve yieldsCredit: Osaka...
Researchers identify the proteins that cause intestinal disease
How do bacteria take over intestinal cells? Now we knowCredit: Tel Aviv University Researchers from Tel Aviv University have created an artificial intelligence platform that...
Genome sequencing delivers hope and warning for the survival of the Sumatran rhinoceros
Credit: Scuba Zoo A study led by researchers at the Centre for Palaeogenetics in Stockholm shows that the last remaining populations of the Sumatran rhinoceros...
New research uncovers continental crust emerged 500 million years earlier than thought
Credit: Simone Marchi/SwRI MUNICH -- The first emergence and persistence of continental crust on Earth during the Archaean (4 billion to 2.5 billion years ago)...
Mapping the path to rewilding: the importance of landscape
Credit: Credit: David Mencin via Imaggeo MUNICH -- Rewilding--a hands-off approach to restoring and protecting biodiversity--is increasingly employed across the globe to combat the environmental...
Discovery of an elusive cell type in fish sensory organs
Capturing highly motile and invasive neuromast-associated ionocytesCredit: Piotrowski Lab KANSAS CITY, MO--One of the evolutionary disadvantages for mammals, relative to other vertebrates like fish and...
Scientists have cultured the first stable coral cell lines
The ability to culture coral cells could usher in a new era in coral biology research.Credit: Reproduced from Researchers have successfully grown cells from the...
Simple robots, smart algorithms
Credit: Shengkai Li, Georgia Tech Anyone with children knows that while controlling one child can be hard, controlling many at once can be nearly impossible....
From toxic ions to single-atom copper
A more efficient, safer alternative to sourcing copper via bacteriaCredit: University of Houston Copper remains one of the single most ubiquitous metals in everyday life....
