How cells ‘eat’ their own fluid components
Credit: Nature Autophagy is a fundamental cellular process by which cells capture and degrade their own dysfunctional or superfluous components for degradation and recycling. Recent...
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For some, GI tract may be vulnerable to COVID-19 infection
People with Barrett's esophagus have SARS-CoV-2 receptors in upper GI tractCredit: Washington University School of Medicine No evidence so far indicates that food or drinks...
On the trail of active ingredients from marine yeasts
Red yeast from deep-sea sediment shows anticancer and antibacterial propertiesCredit: L. Büdenbender, GEOMAR. 20 January 2021/Kiel. Numerous natural products are awaiting discovery in all kinds...
New technique to fast-track pain research
Pioneering sensory neuron replicationCredit: Flinders Foundation Scientists have for the first time established a sensory neuron model able to mass-reproduce two key sensory neuron types...
Gold nanoparticles more stable by putting rings on them
Credit: Yubo Wang, Takuya Yamamoto Hokkaido University scientists have found a way to prevent gold nanoparticles from clumping, which could help towards their use as...
School-made lunch ‘better’ for children
Universal meals can be more healthy - expertsCredit: Flinders University Packing a lunchbox with fruit, sandwiches, and snacks is common practice for most Australian families....
Well-built muscles underlie athletic performance in birds
Size of muscle fibres predicted flight performance in the wildCredit: IMAGE CREDIT: Kristen Lalla Muscle structure and body size predict the athletic performance of Olympic...
Late rainy season reliably predicts drought in regions prone to food insecurity
New indicator could help mitigate food insecurity in Sub-Saharan AfricaCredit: Shukla et al, PLOS ONE 2021 (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) The onset date of the yearly...
Internet and freedom of speech, when metaphors give too much power
Since 1997, when the US supreme court metaphorically called the Internet the free market of ideas, attempts at regulation have been blocked by the 1st...
Cancer can be precisely diagnosed using a urine test with artificial intelligence
Successful precision cancer diagnosis through an AI analysis of multiple factors of prostate cancer. Potential application of the precise diagnoses of other cancers by utilizing...
Antibiotic resistance may spread even more easily than expected
Credit: Jan Zrimec/Chalmers University of Technology Pathogenic bacteria in humans are developing resistance to antibiotics much faster than expected. Now, computational research at Chalmers University...
New starfish-like fossil reveals evolution in action
Credit: Collections of the Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 Researchers from the University of Cambridge have discovered a fossil of the earliest starfish-like animal, which...
Describing the worldviews of the new ‘tech elite’
World's tech elite holds views distinct from the broader wealth elite and the general population --with a focus on meritocracy and an inconsistent democratic ideologyCredit:...
Automated imaging reveals where TAU protein originates in the brain in Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Researchers have developed an automated method that can track the development of harmful clumps of TAU protein related to Alzheimer's disease in the brain,...
Deep sleep takes out the trash
Waste clearance is crucial for brain health, preventing neurodegenerative diseaseCredit: Ravi Allada/Northwestern University A new Northwestern University study reaffirms the importance of getting a good...
