Banking on a new community isotope database
NSF-funded IsoBank to serve as a powerful, new resource for researchers who use stable isotope analysis to understand the worldCredit: Pauli group, University of Wisconsin-Madison...
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Colloidal Quantum Dot Photodetectors can now see further than before
Credit: ©ICFO Optical sensing in the mid to long infrared (5microns - um) is becoming of utmost importance in different fields since it is proving...
The Society for Pediatric Research announces new members
Credit: SPR The Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) is pleased to announce 130 new members. New members will be recognized during the SPR Presidential Scientific...
Study unravels new insights into a Parkinson’s disease protein
Research on alpha-synuclein highlights a potential therapeutic strategyCredit: Anderson, Hirpa, Zheng, Banerjee and Gunawardena, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, Jan. 2020. The image is cropped from...
Deep learning enables real-time imaging around corners
Detailed, fast imaging of hidden objects could help self-driving cars detect hazardsCredit: Felix Heide, Princeton University WASHINGTON -- Researchers have harnessed the power of a...
Cyanobacteria in water and on land identified as source of methane
Credit: Angelina Tittmann Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are among the most common organisms on Earth. A research team led by the Leibniz-Institute of...
Cancer study may accidentally help researchers create usable blood stem cells
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center A massive research effort over more than a quarter century has tried to make personalized blood stem cells for...
Physicists design ‘super-human’ red blood cells to deliver drugs to specific targets
Credit: Georgia Kirkos, McMaster University A team of physicists from McMaster University has developed a process to modify red blood cells so they can be...
Structual color barcode micromotors for multiplex biosensing
Credit: ©Science China Press Micromotors are artificial microscale devices which can achieve autonomous movement by converting supplied fuels or externally provided energy into kinetic energy....
Researchers develop first diagnostic test for novel coronavirus in China
A joint press release by Charité and the DZIFCredit: Photo: Dr. Fred Murphy & Sylvia Whitfield/CDC Researchers from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)...
Pretty with a twist
Complex porous, chiral nano-patterns arise from a simple linear building blockCredit: Bodong Zhang / TUM Nanoscience can arrange minute molecular entities into nanometric patterns in...
Progress in unraveling the mystery of the genomics of Parkinson’s disease
The International Parkinson Disease Genomics Consortium (IPDGC) reviews the progress made since it was founded ten years ago and looks ahead at future research priorities...
How decisions unfold in a zebrafish brain
Credit: Laboratory of Neurotechnology and Biophysics Some things we do appear almost automatic, like opening the fridge when feeling hungry or flipping on the air...
Niels Geijsen appointed new co-editor-in-chief of StemJournal
Credit: StemJournal Amsterdam, January 16, 2020 - StemJournal is pleased to announce the expansion of its editorial leadership with the appointment of Niels Geijsen, PhD,...
A wearable gas sensor for health and environmental monitoring
Credit: Cheng Lab/Penn State A highly sensitive, wearable gas sensor for environmental and human health monitoring may soon become commercially available, according to researchers at...
