Tarantula toxin attacks with molecular stinger
Venom immobilizes prey by interfering with sodium channels that generate electrical signals in the animal's nerve cellsCredit: Alice C. Gray Oversized, hairy tarantulas may be...
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Recording the symphony of cellular signals that drive biology
Credit: C. Linghu, S. Johnson et al./Cell 2020 A new imaging technology lets scientists spy on the flurry of messages passed within cells as they...
New targeted therapy blocks metabolism in brain cancer cells with genetic vulnerability
Preclinical study shows early activity of enolase inhibitors in cancer cells with genetic loss of ENO1Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON -- Researchers at The...
Study reveals true origin of oldest evidence of animals
Credit: Image of courtesy of Ilya Bobrovskiy Two teams of scientists have resolved a longstanding controversy surrounding the origins of complex life on Earth. The...
Vibrational encounters – phonon polaritons meet molecules
Credit: (Credit: Scixel. Copyright: CIC nanoGUNE BRTA) The images reveal that vibrational strong coupling can be achieved, which is a phenomenon that recently attracts wide...
CCNY researchers overcome barriers for bio-inspired solar energy harvesting materials
Credit: Top image adapted from Journal of Physical Chemical Letters. Bottom image, Kara Ng, Nature Chemistry 2020 Inspired by nature, researchers at The City College...
AI plots sustainable materials
Credit: © 2020 KAUST; Xavier Pita Machine learning could teach us how to make the manufacturing of materials cleaner and more sustainable by taking a...
Did early life need long, complex molecules to make cell-like compartments?
Researchers make functional membraneless "protocells" out of short polymersCredit: Fatma Pir Cakmak, Penn State Protocell compartments used as models for an important step in the...
Perfect imperfection: Electrode defects boost resistive memory efficiency
Imperfect electrode proves more efficientCredit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Resistive switching memory devices offer several advantages over the currently used computer memory technology. Researchers from...
Laser technology: New trick for infrared laser pulses
Infrared light can be used to detect molecules -- but it is hard to create strong, short laser pulses; a new solution was found at...
Replication cycle of SARS-CoV-2 in 3D
Credit: Julian Hennies/EMBL As the global coronavirus pandemic continues, scientists are not only trying to find vaccines and drugs to combat it, but also to...
Controlling fully integrated nanodiamonds
Physicists integrate diamond-based quantum systems into nanophotonic circuitsCredit: P. Schrinner/AG Schuck Using modern nanotechnology, it is possible nowadays to produce structures which have a feature...
COVID19 A research of Politecnico di Milano discovering the secrets of viral sequences
The search engine ViruSurf discloses the changes of the genome of the virus responsible for the pandemicsCredit: Politecnico di Milano Since the beginning of 2020,...
Non-invasive electrolyte levels’ measuring method can prevent sudden cardiac death
Researchers from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania came up with the idea on how to measure fluctuating blood potassium levels non-invasively, through electrocardiogram.Credit: KTU...
Quantum X-ray microscope underway at Brookhaven Lab
Researchers at the National Synchrotron Light Source II will use the quantum properties of x-rays to "ghost image" biomoleculesCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY--Scientists at...
