Disorient the malaria parasite to prevent it from causing harm
With almost 250 million cases a year, 621,000 of them fatal, malaria remains a major public health problem, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Malaria is a parasitic...
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Chemistry without detours: TUD researchers introduce a two-step process for producing phosphorus-containing chemicals
Phosphorus and its compounds are essential components of life and indispensable in our daily lives. In the human body, this element plays a crucial role...
Gases from bacteria and plankton affect the climate – new research center seeks to calculate by how much
We need to find out how much gasses plants, soil, fungi and bacteria emit into the atmosphere. The gases they release influence the planet’s climate,...
USTC develops catalyst synthesis strategy to optimize hydrogen production from water electrolysis
A team, led by Academician YU Shuhong from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), delivered...
Creating a sound basis for future healthcare in Europe
What could healthcare look like in 10, 20, or 30 years? What will be the future of healthcare? Will medical professionals make diagnoses with the...
New technologies reveal the impact of circular economy on threatened species such as the Egyptian vulture
If urban landfills disappear under the new European regulation, some endangered birds such as the Egyptian vulture will need alternatives to their feeding patterns in...
Study finds combustion from gas stoves can raise indoor levels of chemical linked to a higher risk of blood cell cancers
A chemical linked to a higher risk of leukemia and other blood cell cancers creeps into millions of homes whenever residents light their gas stoves....
Rice University chemist leverages heterogeneity for insight into catalysis, cancer initiation
HOUSTON – (June 16, 2023) – Rice University chemist Anatoly Kolomeisky has won an award from the National Science Foundation to investigate how heterogeneity affects chemical and...
When is migration successful adaptation to climate change?
A new study by an international team from Africa, Asia and Europe has put forward three criteria for evaluating the success of migration as adaptation...
Japan’s subtropical forests home to a newly discovered beetle species
A new weevil species was discovered in Japan’s pristine subtropical forests on Ishigaki Island and Yanbaru National Park in Okinawa.Credit: OIST A new weevil species...
New insights on bacteria that causes food poisoning
Recently, Providencia spp. which have been detected in patients with gastroenteritis, and similar to enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. O157 and Salmonella spp., have been attracting attention...
A facile strategy for comprehensive proteome analysis of urine
Urine is one of the attractive sources for early and sensitive biomarker discovery since it can accumulate and reflect changes in the human body while...
New dinosaur named for Natural History Museum Professor
A new armoured dinosaur, known as an ankylosaur, has been described and named for Prof Paul Barrett of the Natural History Museum. Vectipelta barretti was...
THE LANCET HAEMATOLOGY: Global, regional, and national prevalence and mortality burden of sickle cell disease, 2000–2021
Credit: The Lancet Journal The Lancet Haematology Article Title Global, regional, and national prevalence and mortality burden of sickle cell disease, 2000–2021: a systematic analysis...
Healthy sex life during pandemic tied to an array of sexual coping strategies
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — New research suggests that people who maintained healthy sexual and intimate lives early in the pandemic used sex as a coping mechanism...
