For the first time, DNA and proteins sensed by de novo-designed nanopore
Researchers in Japan have designed the first bottom-up designed peptides, comprising chains of amino acids, that can form artificial nanopores to identify and enable single...
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Research at MDI Biological Laboratory sheds new light on effects of dietary restriction
BAR HARBOR, MAINE – In new research, Aric N. Rogers, Ph.D., who studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms of aging at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, has...
Microbes can provide sustainable hydrocarbons for the petrochemical industry
If the petrochemical industry is ever to wean itself off oil and gas, it has to find sustainably-sourced chemicals that slip effortlessly into existing processes...
For a fungus, the right “accessories” can make or break a relationship with a plant
For a fungus, the right “accessories” can make or break a relationship with a plant Credit: APS For a fungus, the right “accessories” can make...
eDNA sequencing will enable scientists to explore piscine diversity in the Amazon without catching fish
A scientific expedition in the Javari River basin on the border between Brazil, Colombia and Peru has shown use of environmental DNA sequencing to be...
Global warming, not just drought, drives bark beetles to kill more ponderosa pines
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., November 23, 2021—In California’s Sierra Nevada, western pine beetle infestations amped up by global warming were found to kill 30% more ponderosa...
National Human Genome Research Institute funds $12.2 million center at Weill Cornell Medicine to study RNA modifications
The National Human Genome Research Institute has funded a multi-institutional Center of Excellence in Genome Sciences (CEGS), based at Weill Cornell Medicine, to develop new tools...
Dopamine plays key role in songbird mating
In humans, the dopamine system has been tied to rewards and pleasurable sensations. As well as to memory and learning. A recent study from McGill...
New species of green microalga identified in São Paulo
A group led by researchers affiliated with the Phycology Laboratory at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil,...
Reboot and recall: new brain hub for memory restoration identified
Christchurch, November 23, 2021 – The mammalian brain houses a complex network of structures that support memory, and a small region called the anterior thalamus...
Deeper defense against cyber attacks
To address the growing threat of cyberattacks on industrial control systems, a KAUST team including Fouzi Harrou, Wu Wang and led by Ying Sun has...
Can we perceive gender from children’s voices?
WASHINGTON, November 23, 2021 -- The perception of gender in children's voices is of special interest to researchers, because voices of young boys and girls...
First moth species on Alpenrose discovered
An Austrian-Swiss research team was able to find a previously unknown glacial relic in the Alps, the Alpine rose leaf-miner moth. It is the first...
Severe COVID-19 patients suffer alterations on their tissue microcirculation
Since the detection of the first Sars-Cov-2 infection cases in November 2019, more than 250 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with the disease, and...
Novel radionuclide therapy proven safe and effective to treat neuroendocrine neoplasms
Reston, VA—A new type of peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) has been shown to control disease in 85 percent of patients with metastatic neuroendocrine neoplasms,...