Snake venom evolved for prey not protection
Credit: Wolfgang Wuster It is estimated that every year, over 100,000 human deaths can be attributed to snakebite from the world's 700 venomous snake species...
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MIPT scientists explain why new dangerous viruses are so hard to identify
Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office In a recently published fundamental review dedicated to the diagnostics of viral infections, a Russian research team featuring MIPT researchers...
Brookhaven Lab’s Lijun Wu receives 2020 Chuck Fiori Award
The Microscopy Society of America award -- which honors an outstanding technologist in the physical sciences -- recognizes Wu's contributions to quantitative electron diffractionCredit: Brookhaven...
UD’s Jason Gleghorn receives NSF career award
Engineer will develop micro-sized devices to understand the body's immune systemCredit: Photo by Kathy Atkinson Lymph nodes are important organs that train a body's immune...
Oncotarget: hPCL3S promotes proliferation and migration of androgen-independent prostate cancer cells
The cover for issue 12 of Oncotarget features Figure 11, 'Global analyses of the RNA-Seq data of LNCaP empty vector and LNCaP cells overexpressing hPCL3S...
Printing complex cellulose-based objects
Credit: Michael Hausmann / ETH Zurich / Empa Trees and other plants lead the way: they produce cellulose themselves and use it to build complex...
Patients with severe forms of coronavirus disease could offer clues to treatment
Credit: NIAID-RML Hundreds of clinicians worldwide are banding together in an effort to study some types of severe cases of the new coronavirus disease. The...
A nanoscale device to generate high-power Terahertz waves
Researchers at EPFL have developed a nanodevice that operates more than 10 times faster than today's fastest transistorsCredit: EPFL / POWERlab Terahertz (THz) waves fall...
How tissues harm themselves during wound healing
Researchers from Osaka University identify the protein Rbm7 as a novel regulator of the development of tissue fibrosisCredit: Satoh. T, Akira. S Osaka, Japan -...
Tuberculosis bacterium uses sluice to import vitamins
New insights into the physiology of bacteria and cellsCredit: Greg Stewart / SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory A transport protein that is used by the human...
International ozone treaty stops changes in Southern Hemisphere winds
Study adds to evidence showing effectiveness of Montreal ProtocolCredit: NASA Chemicals that deplete Earth's protective ozone layer have also been triggering changes in Southern Hemisphere...
From greenhouse gas to a high-tech resource
Technologies for negative greenhouse gas emissions: within the NECOC research project, a test facility for conversion of CO2 from the air into solid carbon is...
Innovative thinner electrolyte can improve functioning of solid oxide fuel cells
Scientists in Tokyo have synthesized a new thin film that could make energy production more efficient and cleanerCredit: Tokyo University of Science In this post-industrialization...
CAR T-cell therapy for solid tumors may advance cancer treatments
The project is aimed at 'teaching' immune cells to react to a tumorCredit: Kazan Federal University The full title of the research is "The study...
Data-based optimization of energy systems
KIT's startup greenventory offers data and software for utilities, grid operators, cities, and districts - presentation at Hannover Messe 2020Credit: Google Maps/greenventory greenventory brings the...
