APS tip sheet: Spaghetti’s impastable behavior
How noodles' mechanical properties control the way they softenCredit: APS Journals January 2, 2020 - Boiling water turns spaghetti from brittle, inedible rods to soft,...
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100 million years in amber: Researchers discover oldest fossilized slime mold
Team from Göttingen, Helsinki and New York gets new insights into the evolution of myxomycetesCredit: Alexander Schmidt, University of Göttingen and Scientific Reports Most people...
Virus surfaces help MTU engineers study vaccine and gene therapy applications
Credit: Jess Brassard/Michigan Tech Viruses are not easy to characterize. But we need to because being able to quickly predict the surface charge of viruses...
Fish switch: Identity of mystery invader in Florida waters corrected after 20 years
Credit: Ryan Crutchfield/FishMap.org GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Sometimes scientists make mistakes. Case in point is the chanchita, a South American freshwater fish that has been swimming...
Are some antidepressants less risky for pregnant women?
A research team at INRS studies the effects of antidepressants on the placentaCredit: Cathy Vaillancourt laboratory (INRS) Montreal, January 8 2020 -- About one in...
Scientists improve yield predictions based on seedling data
Credit: Photo by Kurt Stepnitz EAST LANSING, Mich. - A doctor diagnosing a 50-year-old patient based on a blood test taken during the patient's infancy...
Dr. Pilkar to develop tool for assessing muscle response to neuromuscular stimulation
Credit: Kessler Foundation/Jody Banks East Hanover, N.J., January 8, 2020. Rakesh Pilkar, PhD, research scientist in the Center for Mobility and Rehabilitation Engineering Research at...
Relation between physical violence and not having adequate check-ups during pregnancy
Credit: (photo credit: Kenny Rivas, Flickr). Women who fail to have adequate check-ups during pregnancy are more likely to be suffering physical violence at the...
Airway Therapeutics nets $15.5M to advance treatment of serious respiratory diseases
Initiating bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) clinical trial in very preterm infants in 2020Credit: Airway Therapeutics Initiating bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) clinical trial in very preterm infants in...
Less-than-perfect kidneys can be successfully used for transplants, study shows
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine A new Johns Hopkins Medicine-led study provides the strongest evidence to date that hundreds of deceased donor kidneys, discarded each year...
Two drugs used in combination prove to be effective against most aggressive asbestos cancer in mice
CNIO researchers and authors of the finding want to start clinical trialsCredit: CNIO Exposure to asbestos is the major risk factor for malignant mesothelioma, a...
How the rice blast fungus ‘eats’ its own cell wall to launch an attack
Cells of rice blast fungus undergo major changes when it infects its host plant, which includes using the components of its own cell wallCredit: Dr....
Catalytic protocells get zingy
Credit: Dr. Pierangelo Gobbo and Dr. B. Pavan Kumar, University of Bristol Artificial cells capable of oxygen gas production and chemical signalling have been prepared...
Milestone in Advanced Light Source upgrade project will bring in a new ring
Construction of innovative accumulator ring as part of ALS-U project will keep Berkeley Lab at the forefront of synchrotron light source scienceCredit: Matthaeus Leitner An...
How rattlesnakes’ scales help them sip rainwater from their bodies (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society During storms in the southwestern U.S., some rattlesnakes drink rain droplets from scales on their backs. This unusual behavior could help...
