Challenges and opportunities for women in physics
More women than ever are pursuing STEM education; why do they remain underrepresented in their fields?Credit: Jill Wenderott DENVER, COLO., FEBRUARY 28, 2020 -- Women...
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Climate change: Modeling the problem, searching for solutions
Researchers will present a wide range of climate work during the APS 2020 March MeetingCredit: Reproduced from Chekroun, Simmonet, and Ghil (Physica D, 2011) DENVER,...
Oncotarget | SLC25A32 sustains cancer cell proliferation by regulating flavin adenine nucleotide (FAD) metabolism
Oncotarget Volume 11 Issue 8 reported that while it is known that cancer cells require one-carbon and FAD-dependent mitochondrial metabolism to sustain cell proliferation, the...
Outsmarting pathogens
Scientists will present new research on antibiotic resistance, drug discovery, and the flu at the APS March Meeting in DenverCredit: DI Andersson laboratory, Uppsala, Sweden...
Physics meets brain science in Denver
Presentations at the 2020 APS March Meeting will cover the effects of mammalian brain size on connectivity networks, where the cerebellum gets its folds, and...
Cancer mechanics: How physical cues influence cell migration, metastasis, and treatment
Scientists will present their latest work on how the physical environment can affect the behavior and movement of cancer cells at the APS March Meeting...
Tracking communication networks and the diffusion of information
At the APS March Meeting in Denver, scientists will present their research on the ways people use networks to share information -- beginning with communicationCredit:...
Scientists came up with nanoconcrete for casting under negative temperature conditions
Credit: Fons Heijnsbroek (@fonsheijnsbroek51), Unsplash Engineers from Far Eastern Federal University Military training center (FEFU, Vladivostok, Russia) together with colleagues from RUDN University have developed...
Not falling far from tree: Ecologists study seed-to-seedling transitions
International team examines spatial processes of 24 tree species from Panama's Barro Colorado Island, during trees' early life histories.Credit: Steven Paton, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute...
New state-of-the-MOF materials
Converting crystalline metal-organic frameworks into glass or liquid could give them unique properties and lead to the design of new materialsCredit: Illustration by Mindy Takamiya...
KIST develops biofuel production process in cooperation with North American researchers
Clean biofuel produced using genetic engineering and environmentally friendly solvents. International joint research by Korean, US, and Canadian research teams raises anticipation of the development...
GPS for chromosomes: Reorganization of the genome during development
Credit: Image: University of Basel, Biozentrum The spatial arrangement of genetic material within the cell nucleus plays an important role in the development of an...
Cartilage cells, chromosomes and DNA preserved in 75 million-year-old baby duck-billed dinosaur
Credit: ©Science China Press This study is lead by Dr. Alida Bailleul (Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Dr....
Advancing gene therapies: PIP pip hurray!
A new compound with the potential to turn genes on and off could lead to new cancer and hereditary disease treatment strategiesCredit: Illustration by Mindy...
Discovering what makes durian stink
First evidence of rare amino acid in plantsCredit: Martin Steinhaus Freising/Germany - Researchers at the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of...
