How a CRISPR protein might yield new tests for many viruses
In a first for the genetic toolset known as CRISPR, a recently discovered protein has been found to act as a kind of multipurpose self-destruct...
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Catalytic switch-ON by light
Catalysts boost chemical reactions from our bodies to the industrial production of compounds and controlled fuel combustion in the car. From solid to gaseous, no...
Berkeley Lab scientists develop a cool new method of refrigeration
Adding salt to a road before a winter storm changes when ice will form. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley...
Lithium battery corrosion is inevitable barrier to clean transition, say electrochemists
Energy storage is an essential element of the clean energy transition, from the electrification of cars to helping smooth out the intermittency of variable renewables...
Best of both worlds: New elastic and durable crosslinked anion exchange membranes
Fossil fuels are major contributors to pollution, leading to global warming and erratic climatic fluctuations. Hydrogen fuel cells are a promising eco-friendly alternative to fossil...
Easy fabrication of next-generation, super-flexible electronic circuits
Ikoma, Japan – Flexible semiconductors are essential for future wearable electronics technologies, but have been difficult to integrate into complex architectures. Now, in a study...
New cellular component with importance for the sense of smell discovered
Researchers at Umeå Universit, Sweden, have discovered a previously unknown cellular component, an organelle, inside neurons that we use to perceive smell. The discovery may...
A dietary supplement leads to remarkable regression in atherosclerotic lesions
Osaka, Japan – When we were little, our parents told us to take our vitamins so we could grow big and strong. Now, researchers from...
Entire color palette of inexpensive fluorescent dyes
Novel fluorescent dyes developed by ETH researchers are relatively simple and inexpensive to produce. The dyes are polymers with a modular structure. They consist of...
Breakthrough as scientists sequence the genomes of endangered sharks
It’s a startling image that describes a milestone in conservation science for sharks. Professor Shivji, Professor Michael Stanhope and their collaborators have glanced back in...
Exercise curbs insulin production
Insulin is an essential hormone for humans and many other living creatures. Its best-known task is to regulate sugar metabolism. How it does this job...
Nuclear medicine bone scan study identifies prevalence and outcomes of cardiac amyloidosis
Reston, VA—A new study has determined that approximately three percent of all bone scan patients have markers of cardiac amyloidosis, which can lead to heart...
HKUMed discovers a diagnostic potential of the amniotic fluid cells RNA-sequencing in deciphering rare diseases
A clinical research team from the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty...
Generous parental leave is protective against poorer mental health
Being on parental leave is protective against poorer mental health particularly among mothers, with evidence of this beneficial effect continuing in later life, according to...
An overlooked phenomenon
While conducting an otherwise straightforward investigation into the assembly mechanism of calcium-phosphate clusters, researchers at UC Santa Barbara and New York University (NYU) made a...