Brain insulin sensitivity determines body weight and fat distribution
Credit: IDM Just where fat is deposited in the body and to what degree a person may benefit from a lifestyle intervention depends, among other...
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Organic heterostructures composed of one- and two-dimensional polymorph
Credit: ©Science China Press Organic heterostructures (OHSs) with high spatial and angular precision are key component of the organic optoelectronics, such as organic photovatic (OPV),...
Hubble celebrates its 30th anniversary with a tapestry of blazing starbirth
Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI Hubble Space Telescope's iconic images and scientific breakthroughs have redefined our view of the Universe. To commemorate three decades of...
Colliding solitons in optical microresonators
Credit: Weng Wenle/EPFL Solitons are self-reinforcing particle-like wave packets enabled by the balance between dispersion and nonlinearity. Occurring in hydrodynamics, lasers, cold atoms, and plasmas,...
USask VIDO-InterVac awarded $23 million for COVID-19 vaccine research
Credit: University of Saskatchewan The University of Saskatchewan's VIDO-InterVac (Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre) has been awarded $23 million to fast-track efforts to...
Sanfilippo C syndrome: New brain cell models to evaluate therapies
Fighting degenerative diseasesCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA - CIBERER The Sanfilippo syndrome type C is a severe neurodegenerative disease which appearws during the first years of...
Indiana State Department of Health, IU partner on COVID-19 study
Study to include random sample testing for SARS-CoV-2 viral infections, antibodiesCredit: James Brosher, Indiana University INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana State Department of Health is collaborating...
Feeling the pressure: How blood vessels sense their environment
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba identify the protein thrombospondin-1 as a novel extracellular mediator of mechanotransduction triggered by mechanical stressCredit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba,...
Syphilis eludes immune attack by altering a single gene
By shuffling DNA in and out of one gene, syphilis stays a step ahead of the immune system to resist eradicationCredit: Alice C. Gray The...
Warming climate undoes decades of knowledge of marine protected areas
Climate change and warming seas are transforming tropical coral reefs and undoing decades of knowledge about how to protect these delicate and vital ecosystemsCredit: Nick...
Researchers solve ‘link discovery’ problem for terahertz data networks
Credit: Mittleman Lab / Knightly Lab PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- When someone opens a laptop, a router can quickly locate it and connect it to the...
Adsorbent material developed with PET bottles for the removal of antibiotics from water
High-purity organic ligand was extracted from PET waste bottles and used to develop a high-efficiency adsorbent. The material maintained its adsorption properties even after repeated...
Learn from past to protect oceans
Credit: NOAA Photo Library History holds valuable lessons - and stark warnings - about how to manage fisheries and other ocean resources, a new study...
No time to waste to avoid future food shortages
Credit: Natalia Bateman, ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis During the past few weeks, empty supermarket shelves, without pasta, rice and flour due to...
RIT scientists develop first 3D mass estimate of microplastic pollution in Lake Erie
Study shows different types of plastics accumulating in different portions of the lakeCredit: RIT Rochester Institute of Technology scientists have developed the first three-dimensional mass...
