Core-shell ‘chemical looping’ boosts efficiency of greener approach to ethylene production
Ethylene is sometimes called the most important chemical in the petrochemical industry because it serves as the feedstock for a ...
Researchers create light-powered yeast, providing insights into evolution, biofuels, cellular aging
You may be familiar with yeast as the organism content to turn carbs into products like bread and beer when ...
Uncovering the link to combating muscle atrophy caused by ageing and immobility
The loss of muscle mass, or muscle atrophy, is a relatively common condition in today’s aging and increasingly sedentary societies. ...
Kessler Foundation scientist awarded prestigious federal grant for novel, mixed-method study on Latinos with multiple sclerosis
East Hanover, NJ – January 12, 2024 – A research scientist at Kessler Foundation has been awarded a highly competitive ...
Novel approach for lymph node metastasis treatment
Researchers at Tohoku University have discovered a new approach for treating lymph node metastasis. Anticancer drugs are administered directly into ...
Researchers develop technique to synthesize water-soluble alloy nanoclusters
In recent years, ultrasmall metal nanoclusters have unlocked advances in fields ranging from bioimaging and biosensing to biotherapy thanks to ...
Healthcare ethics? Think like an engineer
Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and the University of Oxford ...
Candida evolution disclosed: new insights into fungal infections
Barcelona, 12 January 2024 – Global fungal infections, which affect one billion people and cause 1.5 million deaths each year, ...
Spying on a shape-shifting protein
NEW YORK, January 12, 2024 — Proteins do the heavy lifting of performing biochemical functions in our bodies by binding ...
Researchers sequence the first genome of myxini, the only vertebrate lineage that had no reference genome
An international scientific team made up of more than 40 authors from seven different countries, led by the researcher at ...
Team explores role of STING – stimulator of interferon genes – in body’s innate immune system
When pathogens attack the body, the innate immune system goes to work protecting against the invading disease. The innate immune ...
New Antarctic research shows that Adélie penguins must balance the benefits and costs of riding on sea ice during their long-distance migration
Petaluma, CA--Newly published research by Petaluma-based non-profit, Point Blue Conservation Science, shows how Adélie penguins within the Ross Sea, Antarctica ...
NASA’s Fermi detects surprise gamma-ray feature beyond our galaxy
Astronomers analyzing 13 years of data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have found an unexpected and as yet unexplained feature outside ...
Focused ion beam technology
Processing materials on the nanoscale, producing prototypes for microelectronics or analyzing biological samples: The range of applications for finely focused ...
A single-celled microbe is helping corals survive climate change, study finds
A Single-Celled Microbe is Helping Corals Survive Climate Change, Study FindsCredit: Parent Géry, via Wikipedia Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 ...
Novel PET tracer enhances lesion detection in medullary thyroid cancer, offers potential for targeted therapy
Reston, VA (January 11, 2024)—A newly developed PET imaging agent has been found to be effective in identifying medullary thyroid ...
Bridging light and electrons
When light goes through a material, it often behaves in unpredictable ways. This phenomenon is the subject of an entire ...
KAUST scientists unveil blueprint for affordable solar cells to power Saudi Arabia and beyond
Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, Month Day, Year – Scientists at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have unveiled a ...
Professor Yasmine Belkaid takes office as President of the Institut Pasteur
The Institut Pasteur is pleased to announce that Professor Yasmine Belkaid took office as its new President on January 2, ...
Thermal vision shows endangered numbats feel the heat of warming climate
Curtin University research using thermal imaging of numbats in Western Australia has found that during hot weather the endangered animals ...