Scientists find functioning amyloid in healthy brain
Researchers at the Department of Genetics and Biotechnology of St Petersburg University have discovered a functioning amyloid in a healthy brain.Credit: SPbU Scientists from St...
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Fish school by randomly copying each other, rather than following the group
Credit: Photo by Milos Prelevic on Unsplash. Fish school by copying each other and changing directions randomly, rather than calculating and adapting to an average...
World’s first next-generation protein sequencing device to accelerate the study of diseases and pandemics
From the team that brought the world the first high-throughput DNA sequencing technologyCredit: Quantum-Si GUILFORD, CT (March 2, 2020) - Quantum-Si, a Connecticut-based start-up, today...
Directed species loss from species-rich forests strongly decreases productivity
Credit: Yuanyuan Huang The forest biodiversity experiment BEF-China began in 2009 with the collaboration among institutions in China, Germany and Switzerland and is one of...
Cloud data speeds set to soar with aid of laser mini-magnets
Credit: Dr Olof Johansson Tiny, laser-activated magnets could enable cloud computing systems to process data up to 100 times faster than current technologies, a study...
Battle with the cancer: New avenues from childhood vaccines
Credit: Cerullo's research group A new research from the University of Helsinki showed for the first time how the pre-immunization acquired through common childhood vaccines...
Hydrogen energy at the root of life
Evolutionary biologyCredit: Susan Lang, U. of SC. / NSF / ROV Jason / 2018 © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Since the discovery of submarine hydrothermal...
How three genes rule plant symbioses
Credit: Pierre-Marc Delaux For billions of years life on Earth was restricted to aquatic environments, the oceans, seas, rivers and lakes. Then 450 million years...
A current map for improving circuit design
Credit: © 2020 KAUST A practical method for mapping the flow of a current in devices with complex geometries that could be used to optimize...
Story Tips: Antidote chasing, traffic control and automatic modeling
Credit: Andrey Kovalevsky/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy Biochemistry - Chasing the antidote In the most comprehensive, structure-based approach to date, a team...
Quantum mechanical simulations of Earth’s lower mantle minerals
Credit: Ehime University Recent progress in theoretical mineral physics based on the ab initio quantum mechanical computation method has been dramatic in conjunction with the...
Carbon chains adopt fusilli or spaghetti shapes if they have odd or even numbers
Credit: University of Bristol Helical shapes are very familiar in the natural world and, at the molecular level, of DNA, the very blueprint of life...
Two stars merged to form massive white dwarf
Credit: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick A massive white dwarf star with a bizarre carbon-rich atmosphere could be two white dwarfs merged together according to an...
Coping strategies, a matter of neuron
Credit: WANG Jing, CHEN Xiaodong and XU Qizhi In response to stressors, individuals exhibit different coping styles, each characterized by a set of behavioural, physiological,...
‘Digital disruption’ a game-changer for climate: Future Earth report
Scientists, innovators turn to digital sector for transformative 'systems change' on climate; 'Digital Disruptions for Sustainability (D^2S): A Research, Innovation, and Action Agenda'Credit: Future Earth...
