Vitamin K prevents cell death: a new function for a long-known molecule
A team of researchers located at Helmholtz Munich reports on a novel function of vitamin K, which is generally known for its importance in blood...
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Muscle mechanics: Improving sports performance with muscle mechanical properties
For any athlete, be it a marathon runner or a volleyball player, improving one’s performance is paramount. In fact, a major area of research in...
Newly identified compound binds to Shiga toxin to reduce its toxicity
A strain of E. coli bacteria called enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) is known to cause several gastrointestinal disorders, which include bloody diarrhea and abdominal cramps, by damaging...
RNA diversity in human tissues mapped with emerging sequencing technology
NEW YORK, NY (August 3, 2022) – Research on RNA diversity in human tissues, led by scientists from the New York Genome Center and the...
Anthroponumbers.org compiles data about human-environment interactions into one website
Countless studies have sought to quantify various aspects of human impacts on the planet, but sorting through that data to get answers about the effect...
Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2022, 18-23 September 2022: First media announcement
The 2022 Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) will take place at the Palacio de Congresos de Granada, Spain, from 18-23 September 2022. The meeting this year...
Out with a bang: Explosive neutron star merger captured for the first time in millimeter light
Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)— an international observatory co-operated by the US National Science Foundation’s National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)— have for...
Mechanism of bacterial toxins in deadly attacks
Only one thousandth of a milligram of the bacterial botulinum toxin is necessary to kill a living organism. The toxin unfolds its lethal effect by...
Rapid, at-home prototype saliva test that’s as good as RT-PCR
At-home COVID-19 tests have become an easy way to self-diagnose. But current tests have drawbacks, such as the length of time it takes to get...
$15 million from Leducq Foundation boosts UVA research to prevent heart attacks, strokes
The Boston-based LeDucq Foundation has awarded $15 million to researchers at UVA Health and their collaborators to advance our understanding of atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries,...
‘RNA fishing’ reveals new driver of melanoma malignancy and metastasis
Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) have identified several proteins involved in the progression of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. One...
When particles move
Landslides are one striking example of erosion. When the bonds that hold particles of dirt and rock together are overwhelmed by a force — often...
Why are some birds more intelligent than others?
If you’ve ever seen a grackle steal your dog pellets or a starling peck open a garbage bag, you get a sense of that some...
The health risks of COVID-19 spurred more smokers to quit
Being a smoker makes it more likely for a person to have severe COVID-19 symptoms, require hospitalization or die, which may explain a sharp decrease...
Timothy Huang awarded $2.8M to study well-known gene linked to Alzheimer’s disease
LA JOLLA, CALIF. – Aug 02, 2022 – Timothy Huang, Ph.D., has been awarded $2.8 million by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to continue his work...
