Light shines on chemical production method
Credit: Yujiro Hoshino, Yokohama National University A team of researchers from Japan has demonstrated a light-based reaction that yields high numbers of the base chemical...
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Diverse amyloid structures and dynamics revealed by high-speed atomic force microscopy
Credit: Kanazawa University In the human body, proteins sometimes occur in fibrillar aggregates called amyloids. Although certain amyloids are known to have a biological function,...
Study: Oriole hybridization is a dead end
Scientists say Baltimore and Bullock's Orioles are not mergingCredit: Bryan Calk, Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ithaca, NY--A half-century of controversy over two popular...
Iron-rich meteorites show record of core crystallization in system’s oldest planetesimals
To truly understand what makes our planet capable of sustaining life, and to look for habitable worlds elsewhere, it is crucial to understand its interior--past...
Alteration of calcium channel signaling may explain mechanism of autism spectrum disorder
How does the G406R single point mutation of the Cav1.2 channel affect cellular processes that could lead to a multifactorial disease such as autism?Credit: Credit:...
Drug discovery: First rational strategy to find molecular glue degraders
Credit: © Cristina Mayor-Ruiz / CeMM Despite enormous efforts to advance traditional pharmacology approaches, more than three quarters of all human proteins remain beyond the...
The six strains of SARS-CoV-2
Credit: Frontiers in Microbiology The virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, presents at least six strains. Despite its mutations, the virus shows little variability, and...
Raising the bar on disability care
Spotlight on two-way respect during COVID-19, and beyondCredit: Flinders University Encouraging paid workers to employ the 'right kind' of respectful personal relationship with young people...
New species of fungus sticking out of beetles named after the COVID-19 quarantine
Credit: André De Kesel A major comprehensive study on Herpomycetales and Laboulbeniales, two orders of unique ectoparasitic fungi associated with insects and other arthropods (class...
Surprisingly young galaxy breaks low-oxygen record
Rare, extremely metal-poor nearby galaxy discovered with machine learningCredit: Credit: NAOJ/Kojima et al. Maunakea, Hawaii - Astronomers using two Maunakea Observatories - Subaru Telescope and...
Novel magnetic stirrer speaks to lab equipment
Credit: Credit: WMG, University of Warwick A current problem for a wide range of chemists is when stirring a solution in the laboratory there is...
Scientists led by NTU Singapore identify new catalysts for more efficient water splitting
Research offers promise for wider adoption of water splitting to produce hydrogen fuelCredit: NTU Singapore A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore...
Dingoes have gotten bigger over the last 80 years – and pesticides might be to blame
The average size of a dingo is increasing, but only in areas where poison-baits are used, a collaborative study led by UNSW Sydney shows.Credit: Peter...
Sweet-taste perception changes as children develop
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Compared with adults, children and adolescents are less sensitive to the sweet taste and need 40%...
RSV vaccination of pregnant women could prevent pneumonia in babies
Immunizing pregnant women with a potential vaccine against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) could prevent the most common cause of pneumonia in their babies.Credit: Wits University...
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