Deadly piston pump: how a colonization factor is secreted by bacterial type 4 pili
Osaka, Japan – Bacterial infectious diseases are still a huge contributor to global disease burden and with antibiotic resistance on the rise worldwide there is...
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How fluctuating oxygen levels may have accelerated animal evolution
How fluctuating oxygen levels may have accelerated animal evolutionCredit: Dr Emily. G. Mitchell – University of Cambridge How fluctuating oxygen levels may have accelerated animal...
Bumblebees have poor, but useful memories
Bumblebees don’t seem to keep memories for how sweet a flower was, but instead only remember if it was sweeter than another flower, according to...
Physicists from the University of Warsaw and the Military University of Technology have developed a new photonic system with electrically tuned topological features
Scientists from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw in cooperation with the Military University of Technology, the Italian CNR Nanotec, the British...
Researchers have determined the three-dimensional atomic structure of a protein important for organ functions
NKCC1 is a human chloride transporter that has the ability to transport sodium, potassium, and chloride from the exterior into cells. In the kidney, for example,...
The annihilation of exceptional points from various degeneration points was observed for the first time in the world
A team of researchers from the University of Warsaw in Poland, the Institute Pascal CNRS in France, the Military University of Technology in Poland and...
Changing direction: Research team discovers switchable electronic chirality in an achiral Kagome superconductor
Whether or not an object is indistinguishable from its mirror image has important consequences for its physical behavior. Say you watch a basketball player in...
Study finds unexpected protective properties of pain
Pain has been long recognized as one of evolution’s most reliable tools to detect the presence of harm and signal that something is wrong —...
Multi-center study sheds light on understudied breast cancer type
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 14, 2022 — A multi-center analysis of patients with invasive lobular carcinoma, or ILC — the second most common histological subtype of invasive...
Wertheim Foundation provides lead gift of $100 million to UF Scripps
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida has announced that the Dr. Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Family Foundation has provided $100 million — the largest...
Digital transformation in construction industry requires more support, study shows
In recent years, the engineering and construction industries have been exploring the use of digital technologies to boost productivity and improve safety, quality, and sustainability....
Smart materials: metal cations-recognizable thermoresponsive polymers
Osaka, Japan – Often referred to as smart materials, temperature-responsive or thermoresponsive polymers are gaining attention for their ability to respond to external temperature changes,...
Fourteen per cent decrease in live births in Europe nine months after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and first lockdowns
Europe saw a 14% decrease in live births in January 2021, just nine to ten months after the first peak of the COVID-19 epidemic and...
Disappearing notes in classical tune highlight the dramatic loss of Humpback Whales
A Cambridge team frustrated by the apathetic response to biodiversity loss has developed a dramatic new way to highlight the demise of nature – and...
COVID-19 virus infects neurons, induces inflammation in the brains of rhesus macaques
SARS-CoV-2, the COVID-19 virus, caused significant neuron damage and inflammation within a week of infection in rhesus macaque monkeys, according to a new study. The...