Follow the smell of the ocean to find where marine predators feed
The chemical DMSP is released when phytoplankton are consumed by zooplankton such as krill. A joint research project between organizations in Japan and the US...
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Paul Alivisatos and Michael Grätzel win the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences
The award has gone in this thirteenth edition to the two scientists who developed new nanomaterials with applications in solar energy and cutting-edge electronicsCredit: BBVA...
Research addresses the complex problems of malaria
Credit: W. Robert Shaw of Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Everyone knows 2 + 2 = 4, but what about mosquitoes plus...
UVA Health’s Dr. Christopher Kramer earns national mentorship award
Credit: UVA Health UVA Health's Christopher Kramer, MD, FACC, will be honored this spring with the American College of Cardiology's 2021 Distinguished Mentor Award for...
Quantum systems learn joint computing
MPQ researchers realize the first quantum-logic computer operation between two separate quantum modules in different laboratories.Credit: Stephan Welte, Severin Daiss (MPQ) Today's quantum computers contain...
Dresden scientists help setting new standards for cutting-edge genetic research
Credit: © DKFZ Heidelberg Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and others... The "omics" technologies keep revolutionizing medicine and biomedical sciences. They generate a lot of valuable...
New study suggests supermassive black holes could form from dark matter
Credit: ESO / L. Calçada A new theoretical study has proposed a novel mechanism for the creation of supermassive black holes from dark matter. The...
Signal coupling between neuron-glia super-network may lead to improved memory formation
Credit: Ko Matsui Tohoku University scientists have shown that neuronal and glial circuits form a loosely coupled super-network within the brain. Activation of the metabotropic...
Intelligent turbines for green energy from tidal water power
Fluid flow engineers and electrical engineers are jointly developing turbine blades with special integrated drivesCredit: Stefan Hoerner Tidal hydroelectric power plants of the future will...
Many genes associated with the risk of coronary artery disease act through the liver
Credit: UEF/Raija Törrönen. According to a new study published in The American Journal of Human Genetics, more than one third of genetic variants that increase...
CUHK study brings new direction for treating neurological diseases
Credit: CUHK The finding, recently published in the prestigious scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS),...
Using genes to improve greenhouse gases conversion
Credit: UQ AIBN Greenhouse gas waste from factories could be turned into environmentally-friendly chemicals and fuels under an international project seeking to better understand the...
Older people often incorrectly assume medicines don’t have potential side effects
Credit: UCLA Health UCLA RESEARCH BRIEF Enrique Rivero FINDINGS Older people correctly ascertained basic information such as dosage and duration of use for more than...
Green revolution in electronic displays expected to ease energy and health crises
Credit: by Yuyang Wang, Hui Nie, Jinsong Han, Yaxun An, Yu-Mo Zhang and Sean Xiao-An Zhang The development of low-energy-consumption and user-friendly electronic displays has...
Fabricating the future with a new environment friendly method of polymerization
Insights into a novel environment friendly method of polymerization involving non-metallic organocatalysts opens doors to efficient polymeric productsCredit: Photo courtesy: Dr. Koji Takagi of Nagoya...
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