Mahogany tree family dates back to last hurrah of the dinosaurs
Credit: KU News Service LAWRENCE -- You might own something made from mahogany like furniture, paneling or a musical instrument. Mahogany is a commercially important...
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Staff at Berkeley Lab’s X-Ray facility mobilize to support COVID-19-related research
Advanced Light Source experiments focus on proteins related to virus that has infected about 2 million people worldwideCredit: Thor Swift, Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab X-rays allow...
Engineers to work on cybersecurity for systems linking solar power to grid
A $3.6 million award from the US Department of Energy is part of $128 million dedicated to new projects that advance solar technologies.Credit: University of...
The importance of probiotic names — and why some of them have changed
Scientists announce new names for some of the most popular probiotic bacteriaCredit: Photo by http://benvandenbroecke.be/ from https://isappscience.org/ "Probiotic" is a broad term that refers to...
WPI researcher’s paper on COVID-19 published in Viruses journal
Professor Dmitry Korkin's peer-reviewed paper draws parallels to SARS virus; Says 3D roadmap of novel coronavirus can be used "to streamline the search for new...
UTSW researchers use snake venom to solve structure of muscle protein
Detail of nicotinic receptor involved in muscle contraction revealed through cryo-EM technologyCredit: UTSW DALLAS - April 15, 2020 - Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center...
When damaged, the adult brain repairs itself by going back to the beginning
In corticospinal injuries using a mouse model, adult neurons begin a natural regeneration process by reverting back to an embryonic state and that regeneration is...
Study reveals how ‘hypermutated’ malignant brain tumors escape chemotherapy and immunotherapy
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Cancers whose cells are riddled with large numbers of DNA mutations often respond favorably to drugs called checkpoint blockers that unleash...
COPD as a lung stem cell disease
Single cell cloning tells the story of abnormal cellsCredit: University of Houston Two internationally renowned stem cell experts have found an abundance of abnormal stem...
Strongest evidence yet that neutrinos explain how the universe exists
Credit: T2K New data throws more support behind the theory that neutrinos are the reason the universe is dominated by matter. The current laws of...
Two is better than one
Scientists fit two co-catalysts on one nanosheet for better water purificationCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY - A collaboration of scientists from the National Synchrotron...
COVID-19: Exercise may protect against deadly complication
May prevent or reduce severity of acute respiratory distress syndromeCredit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Regular exercise may reduce the risk of acute respiratory distress...
Improving the treatment of periodontitis
Amoeba linked to severe gum diseaseCredit: Schaefer/ Charité For the first time, researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have shown that a unicellular parasite commonly...
Where did the antimatter go? Neutrinos shed promising new light
Credit: © T2K Collaboration We live in a world of matter - because matter overtook antimatter, though they were both created in equal amounts by...
Nature: Don’t hope mature forests to soak up carbon dioxide emissions
Credit: Western Sydney University Globally, forests act as a large carbon sink, absorbing a substantial portion of the anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Whether mature forests will...
