Too much salt suppresses phagocytes
Credit: Felix Petermann, MDC For many of us, adding salt to a meal is a perfectly normal thing to do. We don't really think about...
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Holographic histopathology enables fast, precise diagnostics
New optical diffraction tomography method increases imaging speed and resolution for improved diagnostics in histopathologyCredit: Hugonnet et al. Histology is the study of biological tissues...
DNA building blocks regulate inflammation
Shortage of DNA building blocks in the cell releases mitochondrial DNACredit: Hans-Georg Sprenger Mitochondria are the energy suppliers of our body cells. These tiny cell...
Brazilian Amazon released more carbon than it stored in 2010s
Credit: Ted Feldpausch The Brazilian Amazon rainforest released more carbon than it stored over the last decade - with degradation a bigger cause than deforestation...
Russian scientists engineering an ‘Arctic bus’ for safe trips around the far North
Credit: SUSU A motor bus, which will allow to travel around the Far North in any conditions, as well as survive in case of an...
Navigating the squircle
Hippocampal maps predict context-dependent behaviorCredit: MPI CBS Successful navigation requires the ability to separate memories in a context-dependent manner. For example, to find lost keys,...
Why are there superspreaders?
Scientists are analyzing the development and bursting of infectious aerosols in tissue cultivationsCredit: Dr. Patricia Pfeiffer, Dr. Fabian Reuter/ Uni Magdeburg Scientists from the Departments...
World’s first fiber-optic ultrasonic imaging probe for future nanoscale disease diagnostics
Credit: Dr Salvatore La Cavera Scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed an ultrasonic imaging system, which can be deployed on the tip of...
Cary Institute’s Steward Pickett elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Prestigious honor recognizes Pickett's contributions advancing the field of ecologyCredit: Cary Photo Archive (Millbrook, NY) Steward T.A. Pickett, a Distinguished Senior Scientist at Cary Institute...
New view of species interactions offers clues to preserve threatened ecosystems
Analysis reveals complex forest connections that underscore diversity's role in protecting ecosystem healthCredit: Christopher Wills, UC San Diego As the health of ecosystems in regions...
Researchers develop chip that improves testing and tracing for COVID-19
Credit: University of New Mexico Jeremy Edwards, director of the Computational Genomics and Technology (CGaT) Laboratory at The University of New Mexico, and his colleagues...
The novel coronavirus’ spike protein plays additional key role in illness
Salk researchers and collaborators show how the protein damages cells, confirming COVID-19 as a primarily vascular diseaseCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(April 30, 2021) Scientists have...
2020 Chicago Region Tree Census details benefits, concerns
Research will guide tree planting and care for under-resourced communitiesCredit: The Morton Arboretum LISLE, Ill (April 30, 2021)--Trees provide more than $416 million in benefits...
Care teams differ for Black, white surgical patients in the same hospitals
Could the makeup of medical teams help explain why Black patients are more likely than white patients to die after heart surgery in the same...
Dalian coherent light source reveals oxygen production from three-body photodissociation of water
Credit: DICP The provenance of oxygen on Earth and other solar planetary bodies is a fundamental issue. It is widely accepted that the prebiotic pathway...
