Genomic studies implicate specific genes in post-traumatic stress disorder
Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences After analyzing the genomes of more than one-quarter of a million military veterans, a team of scientists, led by...
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Study shows why anesthetic stops cell’s walkers in their tracks
Simulations show how propofol disrupts stride of kinesins that carry cargoCredit: Mandira Dutta/Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science HOUSTON - (Jan. 28, 2021) -...
National laboratories’ look to the future of light sources with new magnet prototype
Credit: Photo: Ibrahim Kesgin, Argonne National Laboratory With a powerful enough light, you can see things that people once thought would be impossible. Large-scale light...
Chemists settle battery debate, propel research forward
Researchers used ultrabright x-rays to identify lithium hydride and a new form of lithium fluoride in the interphase of lithium metal anodesCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory...
Harnessing the power of AI to understand warm dense matter
CASUS researchers develop effective tool to describe exotic state of matterCredit: Attila Cangi The study of warm dense matter helps us understand what is going...
Breakthrough for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
Overcoming limitations inherent in other LIBS techniques, plasma-grating-induced breakdown spectroscopy enhances signal intensity by more than three timesCredit: SPIE Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a...
RIT professor developing drone imaging systems to help farmers monitor grapevine nutrients
USDA awards Professor Jan van Aardt grant to help create practical systems to help vineyardsCredit: Rob Chancia/RIT A Rochester Institute of Technology professor is helping...
Thick lithosphere casts doubt on plate tectonics in Venus’s geologically recent past
Credit: NASA PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- At some point between 300 million and 1 billion years ago, a large cosmic object smashed into the planet Venus,...
Researcher wins award for strong, lightweight armor discovery
Credit: U.S. Army ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- A U.S. Army researcher won the Army's top award for innovation, using a futuristic approach to more...
Nanoparticle drug delivery technique shows promise for treating pancreatic cancer
Method may also work for breast, prostate, ovarian cancerCredit: Jeff Gates Researchers with the Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center and North Dakota State University...
Lasing mechanism found in water droplets
Lasing mechanism at the surface of water droplets can be used to record mechanical changes at biointerfacesCredit: Qiao et al. Tiny molecular forces at the...
Rules of resistance against transgene silencing
Credit: © 2021 KAUST; Monika Priyadarshini. Clear rules for engineering transgenes that can be inserted and propagated over multiple generations of nematodes include ways to...
Ecologists conducted a novel study on vegetation transpiration from a global network of 251 sites
Credit: RUDN University An ecologist from RUDN University together with colleagues from 14 countries compared three methods for estimating ecosystem transpiration in a study. In...
The decline in grazing practices threatens the existence of a Basque cheese
The Lactiker research group at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) is working from a range of different perspectives to improve the yield of...
Scientists discover how remdesivir works to inhibit coronavirus
Credit: Photo courtesy of Gilead. More effective antiviral treatments could be on the way after research from The University of Texas at Austin sheds new...
