New treatment target verification for myelodysplastic syndrome
Credit: Dr. Goro Sashida A research group from Kumamoto University, Japan analyzed the pathophysiology of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a blood cancer that presents often in...
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Bluetooth technology, the best ally to detect COVID-19 cases through smartphone contact tracing
Smartphone contact tracing would be 'extremely' useful in a new outbreak of the pandemicCredit: @UPV "Tracers have been and are essential to manage the pandemic....
Unravelling complex brain networks with automated 3D neural mapping
Automated 3D brain imaging data analysis technology offers more reliable and standardized analysis of the spatial organization of complex neural circuits.-Credit: Professor Se-Bum Paik, KAIST...
‘Social distancing’ saves frogs: New approach to identify individual frogs noninvasively
Credit: Naitik Patel Globally, 41% amphibian species are regarded as threatened with extinction. However, when it comes to the case of India, the majority of...
Novel computer-assisted chemical synthesis method cuts research time and cost
Credit: WPI-ICReDD Hokkaido University scientists have succeeded in synthesizing an α,α-difluoroglycine derivative, a type of α-amino acid, based on a reaction path predicted by quantum...
Discovery of important molecular mechanism of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Credit: Alessandra Bolino, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is the most common form of inherited neuropathies. A genetic mutation causes the insulating myelin...
When cancer cells can’t make their own fat, they eat more of it
Cancer cells rewire their metabolism to compensate for a halt in fat production by importing more fat molecules from their environmentCredit: National Institutes of Healthy...
Single-cell yolk-shell capsules with high biological activity and stability
Credit: ©Science China Press Recently, the value of the global market for microbes and microbial products is continuously increasing. However, the full exploitation of bacteria...
Viewing the topology of thermonuclear reaction in nuclear landscape from the network perspective
Credit: ©Science China Press How is the universe formed? What's the mechanism of the nucleosynthesis of lighter nuclei to heavier nuclei in the Universe? Where...
Novel eco-friendly electrochemical reaction can synthesize useful semiconductor materials
Scientists report the first instance of an electrochemical reaction that produces thienoacenes, useful materials used in organic semiconductorsCredit: 2020 Okayama University Organic solar cells have...
First systematic report on the tug-of-war between DNA damage and repair
Genomic analysis of mutations show the complex interplay between DNA damage and faulty repair systems -Credit: IBS A collaborative project between the Center for Genome...
Titanium oxide-based hybrid materials promising for detoxifying dyes
A paper by Kazan Federal University saw light in New Journal of ChemistryCredit: Kazan Federal University Photoactive materials have become extremely popular in a large...
Recycling old genes to get new traits — How social behavior evolves in bees
Credit: Callum Kingwell A team working at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) found evidence to support a long-debated mode of evolution, revealing how evolution...
Researchers advance fuel cell technology
Credit: WSU Washington State University researchers have made a key advance in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) that could make the highly energy-efficient and low-polluting...
Protected areas worldwide at risk of invasive species
Credit: Professor Tim Blackburn, UCL Protected areas across the globe are effectively keeping invasive animals at bay, but the large majority of them are at...
