How does the brain process fear?
Credit: Li lab/CSHL, 2020 When a frightful creature startles you, your brain may activate its fear-processing circuitry, sending your heart racing to help you escape...
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Graz researchers identify biomarker for cardiovascular diseases
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) becomes active at low blood pressure and forms angiotensin II, a hormone that causes blood...
Super-resolution microscopy of neurons
Credit: (Pictures: Team Markus Sauer / University of Wuerzburg) In the synapses of nerve cells (neurons) there are hundreds of specialized proteins that are important...
Tokyo’s voluntary standstill may have stopped COVID-19 in its tracks
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo - Why did Japan largely contain COVID-19 despite famously jam-packed Tokyo and despite the country's...
Next-generation computer chip with two heads
EPFL engineers have developed a computer chip that combines two functions - logic operations and data storage - into a single architecture, paving the way...
Strain of rhizobacteria shown to naturally and sustainably promote rice growth
Credit: Zhigang Wang Large amounts of chemical fertilizers can lead to severe environmental pollution. Biofertilizers are a preferred and sustainable alternative technology that can promote...
Biological clock and extra gene pairs control important plant functions
New understanding of circadian rhythms could be key to better cropsCredit: Illustration by Kathleen Greenham. HANOVER, N.H. - November 5, 2020 - The biological clock...
LipiDiDiet finds broadly sustainable effects of nutrient intervention in early Alzheimer’s
Credit: Saarland University Trial participants who received a multinutrient formulation over an extended period of time showed a significantly less rapid deterioration in cognitive performance...
Noise reduction via intermittent control by utilizing a plasma actuator
Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview: A research team in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology...
?NTU scientists develop energy-saving ‘liquid window’
Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a liquid window panel that can simultaneously block the sun to...
For quick COVID-19 testing, iSCAN can
Credit: © 2020 Ali et al. A simple COVID-19 test kit combines virus amplification with a CRISPR-Cas system for effective SARS-CoV-2 detection. The kit, called...
Two motivational artificial beings are better than one for enhancing learning
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that praise delivered by robots and virtual agents improves offline learningCredit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan - Social...
Shining a light on the issue of wine fraud
Credit: Courtesy of University of Adelaide. University of Adelaide wine researchers are developing a fast and simple method of authenticating wine - a potential solution...
Argonne collaborates on largest COVID-19 viral sequence analysis in U.S.
Credit: Image by Jason McLellan, University of Texas, Austin. Used by permission of mBio, from the article Argonne computational resources supported the largest comprehensive analysis...
Social media can guide public pandemic policy: QUT research
Social media analytics now a valuable tool in understanding the thoughts and actions of the public during a pandemicCredit: QUT With 2020 hijacked by COVID-19,...
