Stealing the spotlight in the field and kitchen
Credit: Travis Parker January 20, 2021 - Plant breeders are constantly working to develop new bean varieties to meet the needs and desires of the...
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Genome editing to treat human retinal degeneration
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 19, 2021--Gene editing therapies, including CRISPR-Cas systems, offer the potential to correct mutations causing inherited...
Do simulations represent the real world at the atomic scale?
Credit: Emmanuel Gygi, University of California, San Diego Computer simulations hold tremendous promise to accelerate the molecular engineering of green energy technologies, such as new...
Protected areas vulnerable to growing emphasis on food security
New study shows croplands are prevalent in protected areas, challenging their efficacy in meeting conservation goalsCredit: Image courtesy of Sashanka Barbaruah-Wildlife Trust of India Protected...
Constructing termite turrets without a blueprint
Researchers develop a mathematical model to explain the complex architecture of termite moundsCredit: (Image courtesy of Guy Theraulaz/Harvard SEAS) Following a series of studies on...
How to train a robot (using AI and supercomputers)
UT Arlington computer scientists use TACC systems to generate synthetic objects for robot trainingCredit: Before he joined the University of Texas at Arlington as an...
NASA explores solar wind with new view of small sun structures
Credit: NASA/SDO/Uritsky, et al. Scientists have combined NASA data and cutting-edge image processing to gain new insight into the solar structures that create the Sun's...
Astronomers dissect the anatomy of planetary nebulae using Hubble Space Telescope images
Researchers from RIT and Green Bank Observatory shed new light on nebula formation processesCredit: STScI, Alyssa Pagan Images of two iconic planetary nebulae taken by...
Unlocking ‘the shape of water’ in mechanisms of antibiotic resistance
New images first to show water molecule present in drug-resistant bacteria modelsCredit: Jenny Fontaine/UIC New high-resolution structures of the bacterial ribosome determined by researchers at...
Individual and organizational capacity to change can reduce health care workforce burnout
New George Mason University Study is one of first to explore the effects of individual and organizational capacity for change on burnout among health care...
Heart attack patients in England ‘fearful’ of seeking medical help amid COVID crisis
Credit: University of Leeds Data analysis is revealing a second sharp drop in the number of people admitted to hospital in England with acute heart...
Fastener with microscopic mushroom design holds promise
The design could be a quieter version of velcro with uses ranging from diapers to roboticsCredit: Preeti Sharma WASHINGTON, January 19, 2021 -- A Velcro-like...
Light-controlled Higgs modes found in superconductors; potential sensor, computing uses
Credit: Illustration courtesy of Jigang Wang/Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - Even if you weren't a physics major, you've probably heard something about the Higgs...
Brain cell network supplies neurons with energy
Researchers identify important function of the so-called oligodendrocytesCredit: © Group Steinhäuser; from: Cerebral Cortex, January 2018;28: 213-222; doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhw368 The human brain has about as...
Disease threatens to decimate western bats
White-nose syndrome predicted to drastically impact hibernating bat species in the WestCredit: Kim Raff BOZEMAN, Montana (January 19, 2021) - A four-year study recently published...
