Gut bacteria found in wild wolves may be key to improving domestic dogs’ health
BEND, Ore. – Gut microbes found in wild wolves may be the key to alleviating a debilitating gastrointestinal condition common to domestic dogs, according to...
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Genomic analysis reveals ancient cancer lineages in clams
Credit: Pacific Northwest Research Institute Journal Nature Cancer DOI 10.1038/s43018-023-00643-7 Method of Research Experimental study Subject of Research Animals Article Title Genomic Analysis Reveals Ancient...
Study reveals high accuracy of MR-guided radiotherapy for intracranial itereotactic radiosurgery
A new study, led by radiation oncology physicists at Miami Cancer Institute, part of Baptist Health South Florida, displayed positive results using intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery,...
Gene expression signatures of human senescent corneal and conjunctival epithelial cells
“ our results from the RNA-Seq experiments show that senescent ocular surface cells, particularly SCj, have abnormal keratin expression patterns ”Credit: 2023 Kitazawa et al....
How new plant cell walls change their mechanical properties after cell division
Scientists reveal new plant cell walls can have significantly different mechanical properties compared to surrounding parental cell walls, enabling cells to change their local shape...
£300,000 award for Quinas Technology to commercialize revolutionary universal computer memory ULTRARAM™
Lancaster University spinout company Quinas Technology Ltd. has been awarded £300,000 from Innovate UK to commercialise the universal computer memory ULTRARAM™.Credit: Lancaster University Lancaster University...
Data-driven regional ocean models essential for planning
By incorporating fine-grained regional data with a high-resolution ocean model, KAUST researchers have developed the first precise historical reconstruction of the Red Sea circulation. The resulting...
Study on mysterious Amazon porcupine can help its protection
Porcupines of the genus Coendou are arboreal, herbivorous, nocturnal rodents distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. Most of what we currently know...
Water makes all the difference
In order to fulfil their function, biological cells need to be divided into separate reaction compartments. This is sometimes done with membranes, and sometimes without...
A hygiene program for chromosomes
Even the remarkably familiar can sometimes yield new discoveries: researchers at ETH Zurich recently identified a previously unknown compartment in mammalian cells. They have named...
Ancient architecture inspires a window to the future
A centuries-old technique for constructing arched stone windows has inspired a new way to form tailored nanoscale windows in porous functional materials called metal-organic frameworks...
Overlooked parts of proteins revealed as critical to fundamental functions of life
According to textbooks, proteins work by folding into stable 3D shapes that, like Lego blocks, precisely fit with other biomolecules.Credit: Amy Strom, Princeton University According...
2023 Farinella Prize awarded to Federica Spoto and Diego Turrini
Dr Federica Spoto, of the Minor Planet Centre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and Dr Diego Turrini, of the National Institute for Astrophysics - Turin Astrophysical...
Plant chloroplasts promise potential therapy for Huntington’s disease
Researchers at the University of Cologne’s CECAD Cluster of Excellence for Aging Research and the CEPLAS Cluster of Excellence for Plant Sciences have found a...
CfA-SwRI heliophysics mission selected for Phase A mission definition study
SAN ANTONIO — October 2, 2023 — NASA has selected a new SwRI-managed heliophysics mission focused on investigating the Sun’s middle corona — an enigmatic...
