Worm infestation in intestine has a remote effect on viral defenses
Helminths impair immune response in the female genital tract, study by Universities of Cape Town and Bonn showsCredit: © Pia Vornewald (CEMIR, IKOM, NTNU; Trondheim,...
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Environmental protection could benefit from ‘micro’ as well as ‘macro’ thinking
Credit: Luke Holman Scientists at the University of Southampton have conducted a study that highlights the importance of studying a full range of organisms when...
Oxygen migration enables ferroelectricity on nanoscale
Credit: University of Groningen Hafnium-based thin films, with a thickness of only a few nanometres, show an unconventional form of ferroelectricity. This allows the construction...
Japanese-European research team discovers novel genetic mitochondrial disorder
Team of Japanese and European scientists identify a novel genetic mitochondrial disorder by analyzing DNA samples from three distinct familiesCredit: Fujita Health University DNA ligase...
Plastics could see a second life as biodegradable surfactants
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory Scientists at the Institute for Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics (iCOUP), an Energy Frontier Research Center led by Ames...
Long-term survival rates for immunotherapies could be misinterpreted
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Immune checkpoint inhibitors have transformed cancer care to the point where the popular Cox proportional-hazards model provides misleading estimates of...
Peering through the clouds of Earth’s ‘Evil Twin’ surprises NRL sky watchers
Credit: Photo by NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Naval Research Laboratory/Guillermo Stenborg and Brendan Gallagher WASHINGTON - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists were recently left scratching their heads...
Forest elephants are now critically endangered – here’s how to count them
Study compared different methodologies using dung, DNA analysis, and camera trapsCredit: WCS Gabon LIBREVILLE, Gabon (April 15 2021) - A team of scientists led by...
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UD's David C. Martin is developing materials to link humans, machinesCredit: Photo by Evan Krape Around the world, scientists and entrepreneurs like Elon Musk are...
Researchers demonstrate very high specificity of prime editors in plants
Credit: IGDB Prime editing (PE), a "search-and-replace" CRISPR-based genome editing technique, has great potential for gene therapy and agriculture. It can introduce desired base conversions,...
A neuromagnetic view through the skull
First noninvasive measurements of fast brain signalsCredit: Charité | Gunnar Waterstraat The processing of information inside the brain is one of the body's most complex...
Water purification system engineered from wood, with help from a microwave oven
Credit: Giuseppe Melilli Researchers in Sweden have developed a more eco-friendly way to remove heavy metals, dyes and other pollutants from water. The answer lies...
Study of marten genomes suggests coastal safe havens aided peopling of Americas
Credit: L. L. Master LAWRENCE -- How did the first humans migrate to populate North America? It's one of the great scientific puzzles of our...
Experts’ predictions for future wind energy costs drop significantly
Berkeley Lab-led study shows expected cost declines of 17%-35% by 2035 and 37%-49% by 2050Credit: Berkeley Lab Technology and commercial advancements are expected to continue...
Drought-induced mortality of conifers
Credit: Manuela Schwendener / University of Basel The extreme summer drought of 2018 was a special situation for both nature and scientists. It was very...
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