Fungi as food source for plants
Biologists of the University of Bayreuth publish surprising findingsCredit: Photo: Philipp Giesemann. The number of plant species that extract organic nutrients from fungi could be...
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Scientists discover link between autism and cognitive impairment
Mouse study identifies a brain mechanism underlying social deficits and mental disability in a finding that could lead to new treatmentsCredit: Thomas Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis Autism can...
ERA4TB to accelerate the development of comprehensive treatments against tuberculosis
The UC3M is coordinating the ERA4TB consortium, composed of more than 30 partners from 13 countriesCredit: ERA4TB With a team of more than thirty public...
It’s closeness that counts: how proximity affects the resistance of graphene
Research team led by the University of Göttingen observes greater variation than expectedCredit: Georg A Traeger/Anna Sinterhauf - University of Göttingen Graphene is often seen...
A nanoscale lattice of palladium and yttrium makes for a superlative carbon-linking catalyst
Credit: Nature Communications A group of materials scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology has shown that a palladium-based intermetallic electride, Y3Pd2, can improve the efficiency...
Stress test reveals graphene won’t crack under pressure
Researchers have discovered that the carbon-based material can withstand more than one billion cycles of high stress before breakingCredit: Daria Perevezentsev / University of Toronto...
Guardian angel of the eye
Protective protein in the eye lens affects protein oxidationCredit: Christoph Kaiser / TUM The lens of the human eye comprises a highly concentrated protein solution,...
UVphotonics to showcase custom UV LEDs and modules at Photonics West
Credit: FBH/P. Immerz UVphotonics will present novel UV LED developments with emission wavelengths from 330 nm to as low as 230 nm at Photonics West...
To make amino acids, just add electricity
Researchers at Kyushu University achieve highly efficient amino acid synthesis from biomass-derivable acids and water using electric energyCredit: Szabolcs Arany, Kyushu University New research from...
UTEP introduces bachelor’s degree in ecology and evolutionary biology
Credit: UTEP Communications/Ivan Pierre Aguirre The University of Texas at El Paso's College of Science opened the spring 2020 semester with its newest undergraduate degree...
Are you ‘at risk’ of being a habitual tofu eater?
Credit: RIKEN Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan and colleagues at Osaka University have found genetic variations in humans...
NYUAD researchers develop new approach to more efficiently store and preserve human cells
Credit: Mohammad A. Qasaimeh/NYU Abu Dhabi Fast facts: Scientists at NYU Abu Dhabi have developed a new technique that allows a type of filter paper...
Brain networks come ‘online’ during adolescence to prepare teenagers for adult life
Credit: Frantisek Vasa New brain networks come 'online' during adolescence, allowing teenagers to develop more complex adult social skills, but potentially putting them at increased...
Researchers identify mechanism that triggers a rare type of muscular dystrophy
Credit: IBB-UAB Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is the term given to a group of rare hereditary diseases characterised by the wasting and weakening of the...
Neural effects of acute stress on appetite: a magnetoencephalography study
Credit: Osaka City University Stress is prevalent in modern society and can affect human health through its effects on appetite. However, knowledge about the neural...
