Plastic from wood
X-ray analysis points the way to lignin-based components made to measureCredit: KTH Stockholm, Marcus Jawerth The biopolymer lignin is a by-product of papermaking and a...
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Survival of the fittest: How primate immunodeficiency viruses are evolving
Credit: Department of Molecular Virology,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) discover a novel mechanism by which immunodeficiency viruses evolved over time to...
Discovery of GABAergic synaptic regulations inside the brain for a new epilepsy treatment
DGIST joint research team identified the roles of 'Somatostatin,' which mediates the functions of GABAergic synaptic proteinCredit: dgist DGIST announced on February 12 that the...
SFU team helps discover potential superbug-killing compound
Credit: Simon Fraser University Researchers in Simon Fraser University's Brinkman Laboratory are collaborating with U.S. researchers to test a new drug that can kill a...
How millets sustained Mongolia’s empires
Stable isotope analyses reveals dramatic diet diversification at the onset of the steppe's earliest empiresCredit: Alicia Ventresca Miller The historic economies of Mongolia are among...
The CNIO discovers that rapamycin has harmful effects when telomeres are short
The finding helps to better understand diseases such as aplastic anemia and pulmonary fibrosisCredit: CNIO In the past few decades, it was discovered that the...
Visceral fat delivers signal to the brain that hurts cognition
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University Excessive weight around our middle gives our brain's resident immune cells heavy exposure to a signal that turns...
Cyber toolkit a ‘complete package’ for detectives, companies
Credit: Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A growing number of law enforcement agencies from across the world want to use Purdue University technology...
How do you make adhesives for electronics, vehicles, and construction tougher?
Credit: Jonathan Wilker/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Make them tougher by making them weaker. That's the proposed solution from a Purdue University research team...
MTU engineers zap and unstick underwater smart glue
Credit: Sarah Bird/Michigan Tech With a small zap of electricity, biomedical engineers at Michigan Technological University take an underwater smart glue prototype from sticky to...
The microbes in your mouth, and a reminder to floss and go to the dentist
Oral microbiome was subject of crowd-sourced study by CSU, Denver museumCredit: Denver Museum of Nature & Science Most people know that good oral hygiene -...
To predict an epidemic, evolution can’t be ignored
Credit: Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering When scientists try to predict the spread of something across populations--anything from a coronavirus to misinformation--they use complex mathematical...
Earliest look at newborns’ visual cortex reveals the minds babies start with
Credit: Cory Inman Within hours of birth, a baby's gaze is drawn to faces. Now, brain scans of newborns reveal the neurobiology underlying this behavior,...
Study maps landmarks of peripheral artery disease to guide treatment development
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Novel biomedical advances that show promise in the lab often fall short in clinical trials. For researchers...
Navigating the potential pitfalls of tracking college athletes
Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington Fitness trackers like Fitbit and Garmin watches make it easy for anyone to collect data about health and performance. Now...
