Solar and wind power could mitigate conflict in northeast Africa
Research from KU Leuven and VUB on sensitive geopolitical conflict around Ethiopian mega-damCredit: Google A new study shows that several disagreements between Ethiopia, Sudan and...
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Autism gene study finds widespread impact to brain’s growth signaling network
Mutations to Dyrk1a gene lead to brain undergrowth; an existing drug rescues the condition in newborn miceCredit: Damon Page Lab, Scripps Research JUPITER, FL --...
Filling the gaps
New image inpainting technique accurately predicts missing image regionsCredit: Hiya Roy et al. Image inpainting is a computer vision technique in which pixels missing from...
Heart failure and stroke rising in men under 40
Credit: Photo: Cecilia Hedstrom Heart failure and stroke are unusual diagnoses among younger people. But they are now clearly on the rise in men below...
More than 5,000 tons of extraterrestrial dust fall to Earth each year
Credit: © Cécile Engrand/Jean Duprat Every year, our planet encounters dust from comets and asteroids. These interplanetary dust particles pass through our atmosphere and give...
Novel PF74-like small molecules targeting the HIV-1 capsid protein
Balance of potency and metabolic stabilityCredit: Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B Novel PF74-like small molecules targeting the HIV-1 capsid protein: Balance of potency and metabolic stability...
Corals carefully organize proteins to form rock-hard skeletons
Scientists' findings suggest corals will withstand climate changeCredit: Kevin Wyman/Rutgers University Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who championed the theory of evolution, noted that corals...
Acrylamide derivatives for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Credit: Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B Design, synthesis, molecular modeling, and biological evaluation of acrylamide derivatives as potent inhibitors of human dihydroorotate dehydrogenase for the treatment...
Novel diarylamides as orally active diuretics targeting urea transporters
Credit: Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B Discovery of novel diarylamides as orally active diuretics targeting urea transporters Urea transporters (UT) play a vital role in the...
Where Siberian orchids thrive: New hotspot of orchids discovered near Novosibirsk
Credit: Alexander Dubynin Orchids of the Boreal zone are rare species. Most of the 28,000 species of the Orchid family actually live in the tropics....
Complete chromosome 8 sequence reveals novel genes and disease risks
This full assembly may contain clues to ape and human divergence; certain immune, brain and heart disorders; and other biomedical questionsCredit: Kendra Hoekzema The full...
Endophytic fungi as promising producers of bioactive small molecules
Credit: Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B Genome mining combined metabolic shunting and OSMAC strategy of an endophytic fungus leads to the production of diverse natural products...
System simulating emergency in electric power system faster than in real time created at TPU
Credit: structure of the developed DSS Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University have created a decision support system (DSS) for dispatching personnel of electric power systems...
‘Bug brain soup’ expands menu for scientists studying animal brains
By mashing up brains from various insect species, neuroscientists at the University of Arizona were able to count the neurons in individual brains, providing a...
Living fossils: Microbe discovered in evolutionary stasis for millions of years
Credit: Photo by Duane Moser, Desert Research Institute. It's like something out of science fiction. Research led by Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences has revealed...