Can sea anemones show us how to regrow brain tissue?
Lehigh University biologist Michael Layden earns NSF Career Award for his work to identify the mechanism of neurogenesis during development and regeneration in a species...
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Exeter researchers discover a novel chemistry to protect our crops from fungal disease
Credit: University of Exeter Pathogenic fungi pose a huge and growing threat to global food security. Currently, we protect our crops against fungal disease by...
Engineers 3D print soft, rubbery brain implants
Technique may enable speedy, on-demand design of softer, safer neural devicesCredit: Courtesy of the researchers The brain is one of our most vulnerable organs, as...
La Jolla Institute for Immunology to host coronavirus immunotherapy clearinghouse
Led by LJI scientist Erica Ollmann Saphire, the global effort will streamline and accelerate the development of effective treatments for COVID-19Credit: La Jolla Institute for...
Psychiatric disorders after first birth reduce likelihood of subsequent children
Credit: Human Reproduction Women who suffer from psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, mania and schizophrenia following the live birth of their first child are...
Machine learning puts a new spin on spin models
New insights into phase transitions using artificial intelligenceCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used machine learning to study...
In Earth’s largest extinction, land animal die-offs began long before marine extinction
New dates for fossils indicate land animal turnover extended for hundreds of thousands of yearsCredit: Photo courtesy of John Geissman The mass extinction at the...
Oncotarget Characterization of iPS87, a prostate cancer stem cell-like cell line
Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 12 reported outside its natural niche, the cultured prostate cancer stem cells lost their tumor-inducing capability and stem cell marker expression...
Double-walled nanotubes have electro-optical advantages
Rice University calculations show they could be highly useful for solar panelsCredit: Yakobson Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 27, 2020) - One nanotube could...
Quantum copycat: Researchers find a new way in which bosons behave like fermions
Credit: Nate Follmer, Penn State Bosons and fermions, the two classes into which all particles--from the sub-atomic to atoms themselves--can be sorted, behave very differently...
Physicist from Hannover develops new photon source for tap-proof communication
New method for generating quantum-entangled photons in a spectral range of light previously inaccessible developedCredit: Michael Kues/PQT An international team with the participation of Prof....
Scientists predict the size of plastics animals can eat
New equation could help determine risk of plastics to any species -- and amount of plastic entering food chainsCredit: Cardiff University A team of scientists...
Multi-stage deformation process in high-entropy alloys at ultra-low temperatures revealed
Pave the way to design new structural materials with superior mechanical propertiesCredit: © Professor Wang Xunli / City University of Hong Kongc An international research...
Animals keep viruses in the sea in balance
Credit: NIOZ A variety of sea animals can take up virus particles while filtering seawater for oxygen and food. Sponges are particularly efficient. That was...
Bubbles go with the flow
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, used a...
