Researchers awarded $500,000 to test novel strategies using mitochondria therapy
Credit: UTHSC Memphis, Tenn. (April 12, 2021) - Researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have received a $500,000 grant over three years...
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World’s first study to evaluate greenhouse gas emissions from Chinese inland waters
HKU geographer leads world's first study to evaluate greenhouse gas emissions from Chinese inland waters over the past 30 yearsCredit: Dr Lishan Ran Inland waters...
More than the sum of mutations
165 new cancer genes identified with the help of machine learningCredit: MPI f. Molecular Genetics/ Ella Maru Studio A new algorithm can predict which genes...
Jan Rajchmann Award for OLED professor Karl Leo
Credit: Bundesregierung/Steffen Kugler Prof. Karl Leo, director of the Institute of Applied Physics at TU Dresden is a semiconductor physicist at heart. His main interests...
USC Stem Cell study reveals neural stem cells age rapidly
Researchers at Keck School of Medicine of USC conduct first-ever study of Abl1 gene's role in neural stem cell biology and the implications for cognitive...
Technique allows mapping of epigenetic information in single cells at scale
Credit: Mandy Meijer Histones are tiny proteins that bind to DNA and hold information that can help turn on or off individual genes. Researchers at...
Bigger brains gave squirrels the capacity to move up in the world
Credit: Ornella Bertrand Squirrels and other tree-dwelling rodents evolved to have bigger brains than their burrowing cousins, a study suggests. This greater brain power has...
Poop core records 4,300 years of bat diet and environment
An inaccessible cave preserved clues to Jamaica's climate past in the sedimentary layers of bat guanoCredit: Sherri and Brock Fenton WASHINGTON--Deep in a Jamaican cave...
Petra Fromme honored with the prestigious Anfinsen Award
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Arizona State University researcher Petra Fromme has received the 2021 Christian B. Anfinsen Award. The honor is...
Can we end the cage age?
Switch to cage-free alternatives for farm animals is possible, but only with appropriate supporting measuresCredit: Kipster Between 2018 and 2020, 1,4 million EU citizens signed...
Lighting the way to folding next-level origami
Recent findings by Slovenian and German scientists artfully explore potential to transform proteins into custom-made structuresCredit: Credit: Fabio Lapenta / National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana,...
Centrifugal multispun nanofibers put a new spin on COVID-19 masks
Credit: Professor Do Hyun Kim, KAIST KAIST researchers have developed a novel nanofiber production technique called 'centrifugal multispinning' that will open the door for the...
‘Sustainable Construction’: Austrian Stones & Ceramics Association endows TU Graz professorship
Appointment of the professorhip 'Sustainable Construction' will take place in the summer of 2021Credit: Lunghammer - TU Graz Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) and...
Brain damage caused by plasticisers
Bayreuth biologists investigate effects of bisphenols on nerve cellsCredit: Image: Peter Machnik The plasticisers contained in many everyday objects can impair important brain functions in...
SMART discovers the science behind varying performance of different colored LEDs
The findings pave the way for development of more efficient, next-gen LEDs covering the entire visible spectrumCredit: Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Singapore,...