Study shows simple blood test could detect liver injury earlier
Researchers describe how gold nanoparticles may play part in finding damageCredit: University of Texas at Dallas University of Texas at Dallas chemist Dr. Jie Zheng...
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Bacterial competition in situations of food scarcity prevents survival of mutants
Study compares the phenomenon observed in the species E. coli to a "tragedy of the commons", in which individual interests take precedence over the collective...
Helpful behavior during pandemic tied to recognizing common humanity
Credit: Barragan et al., 2021, PLOS One During the COVID-19 pandemic, people who recognize the connections they share with others are more likely to wear...
New IceCube detection proves 60-year-old theory
Credit: IceCube Collaboration On December 6, 2016, a high-energy particle called an electron antineutrino was hurtling through space at nearly the speed of light. Normally,...
Scientists aim to root out rapid apple decline culprit
Credit: Allison Usavage, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Since 2013, a mysterious phenomenon has been killing apple trees across North America, leaving growers panicked and...
Epidemiological model links spread of respiratory virus to a rare, paralyzing disease
Credit: Harnessing a predictive algorithm, Sang Woo Park and colleagues have mapped out new trends in the incidence of the respiratory virus enterovirus D68 in...
Research underway to better understand eye condition prevalent among Down syndrome adults
Adults with Down syndrome have a higher risk of developing the eye disease, which can result in loss of visionCredit: HSC Drs. Dimitrios Karamichos and...
Deciphering the impacts of small RNA interactions in individual bacterial cells
Credit: Anustup Poddar Bacteria employ many different strategies to regulate gene expression in response to fluctuating, often stressful, conditions in their environments. One type of...
Scientists have synthesized a new high-temperature superconductor
Credit: Ivan A. Troyan, et.al./Advanced Materials An international team led by Artem R. Oganov, a Professor at Skoltech and MISIS, and Dr. Ivan Troyan from...
In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce nutrients
By enriching soils, they benefit forest recovery and carbon storageCredit: Credit: Sarah Batterman. A new study, published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy...
Forget the fly swatter: Biologists map genes to fight stable flies
Stable flies cause $2B in agriculture losses each year -- and they're so annoyingCredit: Pia Untalan Olafson Researchers hope to use an agricultural pest's genetic...
NPS, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory expand collaboration on applied research
Credit: Courtesy Graphic. Conducting applied research to strengthen national defense is something the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have in...
Riding the wave to memory-forming genetics
Study identifies the key genes in the brain involved in encoding memoriesCredit: Melissa Logies DALLAS - March 10, 2021 - UT Southwestern scientists have identified...
Delmic licenses Cryo Workflow Tools developed together with Max Planck scientists
New product to be launched in March simplifies cryo electron tomographyCredit: MPI of Molecular Physiology In comparison to the conventional light microscopy, cryo electron tomography...
Producing highly efficient LEDs based on 2D perovskite films
Credit: Figure source: DOI number: 10.1038/s41467-021-21522-8 Energy-efficient light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have been used in our everyday life for many decades. But the quest for better...
