During dolphin research, UH engineer discovers new method to possibly improve pharmaceuticals
In the body, crystals – made of things such as calcium or a collection of urine – form masses that can cause pain and serious...
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Study reveals salps play outsize role in damping global warming
Humans continue to amplify global warming by emitting billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year. A new study reveals that a...
A protein structure reveals how replication of DNA coding for antibiotic resistance is initiated
Credit: IRB Barcelona Plasmids, small circular DNA molecules found in bacteria, may contain antibiotic-resistance genes and have the ability to replicate independently. Bacteria can transfer...
nTIDE January 2023 Jobs Report: More people with disabilities are striving to work. Will employers call upon them?
East Hanover, NJ – February 3, 2023 – More jobseekers with disabilities entered the labor market in January, providing a potential resource for the current...
Voiceless frog discovered in Tanzania
Researchers discovered a new species of frog in Africa that has an unusual trait: it’s completely silent.Credit: Christoph Liedtke Researchers discovered a new species of...
Signal transmission in the immune and nervous system through NEMO
Switching proteins on and offCredit: © RUB, Marquard Switching proteins on and off A number of cellular processes are initiated by the binding of ligands,...
Solving the structure of a functional amyloid protein provides new clues to the origin of a rare disease
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 3 (LGMD D3) is a rare disease causing progressive muscle weakness, caused by point mutations in the hnRNPDL-2 protein. A member...
Researchers: Energy-efficient construction materials work better in colder climates
The researchers from Lithuania and Cyprus claim that the energy payback period of using phase change materials, new technology in the construction industry, is the...
The power of theory: Finding an efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen peroxide synthesis
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is an industrially important chemical with versatile applications. However, the traditional method used to produce H2O2 is energy intensive and produces significant emissions.Credit:...
Are plastics in the ocean as big a problem as widely believed?
It is understood that plastic pollution is one of the great environmental problems of our time, but do we not know enough to solve it...
Researchers identify the neurons that synchronise female preferences with male courtship songs in fruit flies
When it comes to courtship, it is important to ensure that one is interacting with a member of the same species. Animals use multiple sensory...
Robots and A.I. team up to discover highly selective catalysts
Researchers used a chemical synthesis robot and computationally cost effective A.I. model to successfully predict and validate highly selective catalysts.Credit: ICReDD Researchers used a chemical...
Experimental NIH Sudan virus vaccine protects macaques
WHAT: A National Institutes of Health research group with extensive experience studying ebolavirus countermeasures has successfully developed a vaccine against Sudan virus (SUDV) based on...
Statistics remove bias from debate about how well mouse models mimic human disease
PITTSBURGH, 2/2/2022 — Mice and other animals have been key to some of the biggest medical breakthroughs in human history. But animals aren’t always good...
Harmful bacteria can elude predators when in mixed colonies
Efforts to fight disease-causing bacteria by harnessing their natural predators could be undermined when multiple species occupy the same space, according to a study by...