Scientists report gastrointestinal manifestations and mechanisms of COVID-19
Credit: GUO Meng Recently, Prof. ZHU Shu from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of CAS and Prof. Richard A. Flavell from Yale...
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Are ‘bacterial probiotics’ a game-changer for the biofuels industry?
Credit: The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability In a study recently published in Nature Communications, scientists from The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability...
A CNIO team discovers how telomere involvement in tumor generation is regulated
The results show for the first time that telomeres respond to external signals that induce cell proliferation and that blocking these signals can interfere with...
Learning to help the adaptive immune system
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Scientists from the Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo demonstrated...
The secret of catalysts that increase fuel cell efficiency
Credit: POSTECH Fuel cells, which are attracting attention as an eco-friendly energy source, obtain electricity and heat simultaneously through the reverse reaction of water electrolysis....
A safer MRI contrast agent for high-resolution 3D microvascular imaging
The new contrast agent offers a vast improvement over traditional gadolinium-based productsCredit: Institute for Basic Science Heart attack and stroke are the first and second...
Sonic Dirac points and the transition towards Weyl points
Credit: by Boyang Xie, Hui Liu, Hua Cheng, Zhengyou Liu, Jianguo Tian, and Shuqi Chen Recently, the three-dimensional (3D) Dirac points and 3D Dirac semimetals...
Organ-on-chip project receives huge grant to make the leap from lab to fab
NWO Perspective grant of 4.8 million euros for multidisciplinary consortium, led by TU/e professor Jaap den Toonder to develop much-needed universal standard for the pharmaceutical...
New compound targets enzyme linked to autoimmune disorders, severe COVID-19
Credit: NTU Singapore When the body detects a pathogen, such as bacteria or viruses, it mounts an immune system response to fight this invader. In...
A containment laboratory 3 propels research on COVID-19 and other pathogens at INRS
Credit: Simon Desbiens The Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) inaugurates today its new Level 3 laboratory (CL3), which propels research on numerous pathogens....
Adaptive microelectronics reshape independently and detect environment for first time
Credit: IFW Dresden/Chemnitz University of Technology Flexible and adaptive microelectronics is considered an innovation driver for new and more effective biomedical applications. These include, for...
Who maintains discipline in a live cell: Physics perspective
Scholars explain the kinetics of distillation in eukaryotic cellsCredit: Igor Kolokolov Italian and Russian researchers confirmed the hypothesis that the self-maintaining order in eukaryotic cells...
The 3Rs of the genome: Reading, writing, and regulating
A new map of protein binding locations in yeast advances understanding of gene regulationCredit: Pugh Lab, Cornell and Mahony Lab, Penn State A massive effort...
Fossil lamprey larvae overturn textbook assumptions on vertebrate origins
Study shows studies of the origin of vertebrates - including human - were based on incorrect assumptions since the late 1800sCredit: Nature Publishing Group The...
Long-accepted theory of vertebrate origin upended by fossilized fish larvae
Long considered a relic of deep evolutionary history, new fossils indicate that modern lamprey larvae are actually a relatively recent innovationCredit: Kristen Tietjen A new...
