Retinal cell transplant clears experimental hurdle toward treating blindness
Credit: Su, Xinyi Retinal cells derived from adult human eye stem cells survived when transplanted into the eyes of monkeys, an important early step in...
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Research reveals new insight into why breastfed babies have improved immune systems
Credit: University of Birmingham Research led by the University of Birmingham and Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust has revealed new insight into the...
Catalyticity of molybdenum-dinitrogen complexes in organic reactions
Credit: ©Science China Press Dinitrogen (N2) fixation is considered as one of the most essential tasks in basic science, providing straightforward methods to produce ammonia...
Wits University scientists artificially infect mosquitoes with human malaria to advance treatment
Wits University scientists, with local and global partners have artificially infected mosquitoes with human malaria and identified a new chemical compound to treat malaria.Credit: Wits...
Pillarene hybrid material shows enhanced tunable multicolor luminescence and sensing ability
Credit: ©Science China Press Organic luminescent materials have been highlighted as an exciting research topic owing to their prominent potentials in light-emitting diodes, fluorescent sensors,...
Cancer research reveals how mutations in a specific gene cause different types of disease
Credit: University of Birmingham Leading cancer experts at the University of Birmingham have solved a long-standing question of how various types of mutations in just...
GM plant grows insect sex pheromone compounds needed for green pest control in agriculture
GM plant to give boost to green insect controlsCredit: Kurt Miller Photography RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The camelina plant, a source of cooking oil for centuries,...
Experts reduce search times for novel high-entropy alloys 13,000-fold using Cuckoo Search
Process developed by scientists at Iowa State University and Lehigh University using a hybrid Cuckoo Search - inspired by bird evolutionary strategy - accelerates computational...
New method makes better predictions of material properties using low quality data
Multi-fidelity approach also enables property prediction for disordered materialsCredit: Materials Virtual Lab at UC San Diego Advancements in energy technologies, healthcare, semiconductors and food production...
Spectacular fossil discovery:
150 million-year-old shark was one of the largest of its timeCredit: © Sebastian Stumpf/Fabrizio De Rossi In a new study, an international research team led...
Micro-climate moulds and reshapes northern insect communities, herbivory and predation
Credit: Tuomas Kankaanpaa Climate and changes in it have direct impacts on species of plant and animals - but climate may also shape more complex...
Scientists are a step closer to developing ‘smart’ stem cells – made from human fat
These new, adaptive stem cells can lie dormant until needed, a new animal study using human cells shows.Credit: Unsplash A new type of stem cell...
New suspicious lesions on breast MRI in neoadjuvant therapy
New suspicious findings occurred in 5.5% of breast MRI examinations performed to monitor response to neoadjuvant therapy; none of these new lesions were malignantCredit: American...
Expanding the biosynthetic pathway via retrobiosynthesis
Researchers reports a new strategy for the microbial production of multiple short-chain primary amines via retrobiosynthesisCredit: KAIST KAIST metabolic engineers presented the bio-based production of...
New combination drug therapy offers hope against methamphetamine addiction
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - Jan. 13, 2021 - A new treatment that combines two existing medications may provide long-sought relief for many...
