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An international team of scientists has identified the oldest fossil of a sea-going reptile from the Southern Hemisphere – a nothosaur vertebra found on New...

Different pathways associated with the protective effects of traditional Chinese herbs against African swine fever.

Ancient remedies for modern woes: TCM in the fight against african swine fever

Recent research reveals the potential of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in combating African Swine Fever (ASF), a viral disease with near 100% mortality rate in...

Making this Parkinson’s drug is just turtles all the way down (video)

WASHINGTON, June 17, 2024 — L-DOPA is the best drug we have for Parkinson’s disease, but its molecular mirror image, D-DOPA, causes dangerous side effects....

CAIN’s design, mechanism, and expected transmission pattern

Researchers develop plant gene drive system for enhanced trait inheritance

A collaborative research team led by QIAN Wenfeng from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Peking...

Poll: Majority of Americans say key COVID-19 policies were a good idea—but views of individual policies vary

Embargoed for release: Monday, June 17, 6:00 AM ETCredit: Source: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health/de Beaumont Foundation poll, U.S. Views on Pandemic Policies:...

Jakob Clason van de Leur; doctorate at the Department of Psychology, Uppsala University.

Treatment of stress-induced exhaustion disorder has wrong focus

A new thesis at Uppsala University questions the traditional view of stress-induced exhaustion disorder. A new model is proposed in its place that puts more...

Figure. The Nile perch is a menace to endemic cichlids

Nile perch invasion triggered genetic bottlenecks in lake Victoria’s endemic cichlids

Newfound evidence reveals that the upsurge of the exotic Nile perch in Lake Victoria had long-lasting effects on the genetic diversity of various local cichlid...

Multielectron reduction of esters photocatalyzed by N-BAP

Reduction of esters by a novel photocatalyst

June 15, 2024

The sweet smell of strawberries and other fruits is thanks to a chemical compound called ester, which is also found in many fats and polyesters....

$18.5 million U19 grant will study B and T memory cells in transplanted lungs, uteruses and kidneys

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Memory immune cells reside in many tissues, poised to react to a second infection or continuing antigen. Yet little is known about...

Gonadal function in male mice disrupted by prenatal risk factors

Researchers have consistently shown that prenatal exposure to Di (2-ethyhexyl) phthalate harms the reproductive system in male mice and causes fertility defects. In a new...

Artificial photosynthesis to produce hydrogen peroxide

National University of Singapore (NUS) chemists have developed hexavalent photocatalytic covalent organic frameworks (COFs) which mimic natural photosynthesis for the production of hydrogen peroxide, an...

›Quantum Radiation‹ Research Group Maria Chekhova, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light

A liquid crystal source of photon pairs

Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC), as a source of entangled photons, is of great interest for quantum physics and quantum technology, but so far it could...

Infectious H5N1 influenza virus in raw milk rapidly declines with heat treatment

WHAT: The amount of infectious H5N1 influenza viruses in raw milk rapidly declined with heat treatment in laboratory research conducted by scientists at the National...

a. Schematic illustration of the design and construction of electrolyte structure; b. Schematic illustration of Zn plating behavior in Glu/ZC/PAM (left) and pure ZC (right)

Novel strategy proposed for all-climate zinc-ion batteries

According to a study published in Advanced Energy Materials, a research team led by Prof. HU Linhua from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of...

Announcing Tally Health as tier 3 sponsor of ARDD 2024