“Stretching rack” for cells
An ingenious device, only a few micrometers in size, enables to study the reaction of individual biological cells to mechanical stress - publication in Science...
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The surprising organization of avian brains
A research team clears up 150 years of false assumptionsCredit: RUB, Biopsychlogy. These findings refute 150-year-old assumptions. The team, published its findings in the journal...
Remnants of an ancient asteroid shed new light on the early solar system
Credit: Modified after Koike et al. (2020) EPSL Researchers have shaken up a once accepted timeline for cataclysmic events in the early solar system. About...
Secure nano-carrier delivers medications directly to cells
Nanoparticles with synthetic DNA can control release of active agentsCredit: Uli Benz / TUM Medications often have unwanted side-effects. One reason is that they reach...
Family care? Healed injuries suggest social behavior in ancestral wolves
New specimens from Ice Age of China provide clues to origin of pack-hunting in modern wolvesCredit: Mairin Balisi Wolves today live and hunt in packs,...
An enhanced ruthenium-based catalyst for primary amine synthesis
Credit: Yusuke Kita Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed a high-performance reusable ruthenium-based catalyst for the production of primary amines. Their...
Pale melanomas masked by albino gene
Credit: iStock People with pale coloured melanomas are more likely to have a gene mutation associated with albinism, University of Queensland research has found. Study...
Astronomers model, determine how disk galaxies evolve so smoothly
Credit: Illustration by Jian Wu/Iowa State University. Galaxy image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. AMES, Iowa - Computer simulations are showing astrophysicists how massive...
Spin clean-up method brings practical quantum computers closer to reality
Osaka City University develops a quantum algorithm that removes pesky spin contaminants from chemical calculations on quantum computers.Credit: Kenji Sugisaki, Kazunobu Sato and Takeji Takui,...
Ultrapotent antibody mix blocks COVID-19 virus attachment
A cocktail of powerful antibodies identified in recovered patients locks the coronavirus infection machinery, inhibits SARS-CoV-2 attachment to host cells, and protects animals challenged with...
Study could be first step in providing personalized care to patients with ureteral stents
Credit: Lawson Health Research Institute LONDON, ONTARIO - For patients with kidney stones, ureteral stents (hollow devices placed in the ureter - the tube between...
UTA computer scientists investigating framework for sharing sensor data
Business model would share sensor dataCredit: UT Arlington Sensors are everywhere, collecting data in nearly every part of society and growing continuously as individuals, companies...
A clearer view of what makes glass rigid
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Researchers led by The University of Tokyo employed a new computer model to...
Potential drug target for dangerous E. coli infections identified
Credit: UNSW Sydney Escherichia coli, known as E. coli, are bacteria which many people associate with causing mild food poisoning, but some types of E....
3D printed nasal swabs work as well as commercial swabs for COVID-19 diagnostic testing
A multisite clinical trial, led by USF Health and Tampa General Hospital, provides the first evidence that both devices are comparable for accurate detection of...
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