Food size matters
Kyoto, Japan -- Life for the common water flea Daphnia must be tough. As a favorite meal choice for aquatic predators, they may need to...
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Acetalization: A feasible and sustainable strategy for biomass valorization
Biomass, mainly composed of lignocellulose and vegetable oil, has been acclaimed as one of the most promising sustainable sources of raw carbon material for the...
Bioengineered yeast feed on agricultural waste
Yeast has been used for thousands of years in the production of beer and wine and for adding fluff and flavor to bread. They are...
Simultaneous synthesis and fixing of covalent organic frameworks
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are versatile materials composed of interconnected organic molecules held together by covalent bonds. These frameworks can be constructed in two-dimensional or...
JMIR Publications acquires the Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, broadening its prestigious open access portfolio
(Toronto July 19, 2023) Fully open access publisher JMIR Publications has acquired the Online Journal of Public Health Informatics (OJPHI), expanding its portfolio to 35...
Light quality enhances contrast vision
Prof Sei-ichi Tsujimura of the Nagoya City University and Prof Su-Ling Yeh of National Taiwan University and Kagoshima University, have discovered that our visual acuity (contrast...
Early signs of Alzheimer’s: Most older adults see the value of screening but haven’t been tested
Eighty percent of older adults see the benefit of tests that can give an early warning that a person’s memory and thinking abilities have started...
A quick and inexpensive test for osteoporosis risk
As life expectancy increases worldwide, age-associated diseases such as osteoporosis are having an increasing impact. Although early detection could help physicians intervene as soon as...
Towards new antibiotics with the first artificial synthesis of tanzawaic acid b
The discovery of antibiotics in 1928 was a major turning point in the history of medicine. For the first time since the dawn of human...
Michael Wong named fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
HOUSTON – (July 19, 2023) – Rice University’s Michael Wong was named a fellow to the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), the oldest chemical society in...
Concentration of cell membrane components with nanocarbon materials
OverviewCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview A research team from the Department of Applied Chemistry and Life Science at the...
3D digital technologies tackling mental injury prevention in healthcare
The Safety Sensescaping project, funded by WorkSafe's WorkWell Mental Health Improvement Fund, is part of Peninsula Health’s Thriving in Health program, which aims to create...
Plenary closeup: Biomolecular condensates the foundation for innovations to come
Biomolecular condensates, the tiny combinations of proteins and mRNA forming membrane-less compartments within cells, have big potential implications for the future of not just plants...
Unraveling the mystery of semi-extractable RNAs from human cell lines
Membraneless organelles (MLOs), also known as “biomolecular condensates,” are formed by the biological process of liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS). MLOs are highly dynamic bodies containing...
Staying sharp: Researchers turn to an everyday shop tool to study how materials behave
Researchers at Texas A&M University are taking a traditional manufacturing tool — metal cutting — and developing a more accessible method for understanding the behavior...
