Fast-acting, color-changing molecular probe senses when a material is about to fail
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Materials that contain special polymer molecules may someday be able to warn us when they are about to...
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Genomic sieve analysis can inform SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development
New paper describes how this research technique provides insights on potential mechanisms of vaccine protection and on risks for future vaccine resistanceCredit: Bethany Dearlove/MHRP SILVER...
Therapeutic bed can help keep preterm newborns’ brain oxygen levels stable
Credit: Photo credit: Liisa Holsti A medical device that has been shown to manage pain among babies born preterm can also help keep their brain...
New study published in Science maps wildlife microbiota
Discovering millions of previously unknown potential human therapeuticsCredit: Gal Zanir for Wild Biotech Tel-Aviv, ISRAEL - March 25, 2021 - Wild Biotech, a preclinical stage...
Scientists identify ‘Goldilocks’ protein critical for getting immune response ‘just right’
Credit: Sinai Health Scientists at Sinai Health say they have discovered a new pathway that controls dangerous overreactions in a body's immune system, including deadly...
New discoveries of deep brain simulation put it on par with therapeutics
Possibly speeding the process and allowing personalized treatmentCredit: University of Houston Despite having remarkable utility in treating movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, deep brain...
What is killing bald eagles in the U.S.?
Credit: Susan Wilde Bald eagles, as well as other wildlife, have been succumbing to a mysterious neurodegenerative disease in the southern United States since the...
Protein fingerprinting in minutes
New technology enables ultrafast identification of COVID-19 biomarkersCredit: Photo: Arne Sattler/Charité Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Francis Crick Institute have developed a...
Wisdom, loneliness and your intestinal multitude
It may take guts -- or more precisely, a diverse gut microbiome -- to achieve wisdom and fend off loneliness. Or perhaps it's the other...
New nanotransistors keep their cool at high voltages
Credit: © EPFL Power converters are the little-known systems that make electricity so magical. They are what allow us to plug in our computers, lamps...
Study introduces 13 new, threatened species of sparkly moths from Hawaii
One of the islands' oldest animal groups, can these tiny insects survive the next century?Credit: Chris Johns/Florida Museum of Natural History Akito Kawahara was snapping...
Launch of Europe’s largest astronomy network
Credit: M. Claro/ESO. Until now, Europe has had two major collaborative networks for ground-based astronomy, one in the optical wavelength domain and the other in...
Does selfishness evolve? Ask a cannibal
Study confirms evolutionary link between social structure and selfishnessCredit: Volker Rudolf/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 25, 2021) - One of nature's most prolific cannibals could...
Researchers improve plant prime editing efficiency with optimized pegRNA designs
Credit: IGDB Precision genome editing enables the precise modification of DNA in living cells, thus enabling a breadth of opportunities for plant breeding. Prime editors,...
Where do the gender differences in the human pelvis come from?
A comparison with chimpanzees provides surprising insightsCredit: Photo of a female human pelvis and skull of a newborn baby. (© Barbara Fischer) Fossil remains of...
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