Origami with DNA
A team at TU Wien was able to answer important questions about the immune system - with a trick reminiscent of paper folding.Credit: TU Wien...
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Brightening the future of semiconductor-based photocatalytic processes
* The researchers have pinpointed that the true active photocatalytic species in a model ARTA reaction is a complex salt of bismuth hexabromideCredit: Dr. Paola...
Backreaction observed for first time in water tank black hole simulation
Credit: University of Nottingham Scientists have revealed new insights into the behaviour of black holes with research that demonstrates how a phenomenon called backreaction can...
Controls needed to stop zebra mussels invading Great Britain
Boat ramps help the dispersal of the invasive zebra musselCredit: Rodriguez-Rey et al (2021). New research by Swansea University scientists found that boat ramps facilitate...
Human activity forces animals to move 70% further to survive
World-first study shows episodic human events trigger animal movementCredit: The University of Sydney For the first time, scientists have calculated the global impact of human...
Salt battery design overcomes bump in the road to help electric cars go the extra mile
Credit: Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics Using salt as a key ingredient, Chinese and British researchers have designed a new type of rechargeable battery that...
More than meets the eye (of the storm): Typhoons in Korea amplified wildfires in America
Study shows that cyclones could affect seemingly unrelated weather disasters in an entirely different continentCredit: NASA on Unsplash The year 2020 played host to an...
Your toothbrush reflects you, not your toilet
Microbes on your toothbrush match microbes inside your mouthCredit: Northwestern University/Big Ten Network Good news: The bacteria living on your toothbrush reflect your mouth -...
Are plastics and microplastics in the Ocean on the increase?
The answer might not be so straightforwardCredit: Prof. Alan Deidun That is the question that Prof. Alan Deidun, resident academic within the Department of Geosciences...
The spillover effect
Researchers discover marine reserves can increase fishery landings despite closing fishing groundsCredit: Matt Kay You can't have your cake and eat it too, as the...
Easily assembled gold nanoparticle scaffolding serves as molecular probe
Credit: FIGURE MODIFIED FROM Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D0OB01688H The development of pharmaceutical treatments is difficult -- clinicians and researchers know a...
Increasing snow depth prevented wintertime soils from cooling during the warming hiatus
Credit: Myriams Fotos from Pixabay Soil temperature has a significant impact on land-atmosphere interaction within the Earth system, affecting surrounding ecology, agriculture, and much more....
Supersaturation: The barrier between protein folding and misfolding
Researchers from Osaka University have described the link between accurate protein folding and misfolding that can lead to the formation of amyloid fibers, which are...
Algorithm for algal rhythms
Credit: © 2021 Morgan Bennett Smith An atlas of harmful algal blooms across the Red Sea reveals their link with industrial aquaculture and how these...
Research catches up to world’s fastest-growing plant
Salk researchers discover that miniature aquatic plant provides insight into genome design principles that could enable development of next-generation cropsCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(February 1,...
