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Discovery of a distinct group of astrocytes in the spinal cord overturns thinking on role of descending neurons in pain transmissionCredit: Makoto Tsuda, Kyushu University...

New discovery by SMART allows early detection of shade avoidance syndrome in plants

Researchers use Raman spectroscopy for early detection of SAS, which can help farmers better monitor plant health and lead to improved crop yieldCredit: Singapore-MIT Alliance...

Efficient and durable perovskite solar cell materials

Credit: POSTECH Perovskite solar cells are attracting attention as the next-generation solar battery material thanks to their low processing cost and excellent photovoltaic quality. However,...

Towards 6G wireless communication networks: vision, enabling technologies, and new paradigm shifts

Credit: ©Science China Press The fifth generation (5G) wireless communication networks are being deployed worldwide from 2020 and more capabilities are in the process of...

Research creates hydrogen-producing living droplets, paving way for alternative future energy source

Credit: Prof Xin Huang, Harbin Institute of Technology Scientists have built tiny droplet-based microbial factories that produce hydrogen, instead of oxygen, when exposed to daylight...

PPPL awarded total of $4 million to simplify design and construction of stellarators

Credit: Collage by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications. The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has been awarded the lead role...

Pesticide deadly to bees now easily detected in honey

Credit: Janusz Pawliszyn A common insecticide that is a major hazard for honeybees is now effectively detected in honey thanks to a simple new method....

Simple new testing method aims to improve time-release drugs

Glass tuning-fork-shaped tubing gives accurate, continuous measurements of drug dissolutionCredit: William Grover When you take a time-release drug, you count on it doing what the...

Can we harness a plant’s ability to synthesize medicinal compounds?

Knowledge could guide development of sustainable production methods for plant-based medicinesCredit: From Flora De Filipinas by Francisco Manuel Blanco in U.S. public domain Palo Alto,...

Team uses copper to image Alzheimer’s aggregates in the brain

Credit: Photo courtesy Hong-Jun Cho CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A proof-of-concept study conducted in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease offers new evidence that copper isotopes...

Novel chemical process a first step to making nuclear fuel with fire

Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory. LOS ALAMOS, N.M., November 24, 2020 -- Developing safe and sustainable fuels for nuclear energy is an integral part of...

Tracking COVID-19 trends in hard-hit states

Credit: Nicholas Walker, LSU Currently, there are over 10 million confirmed cases and more than 240,000 casualties attributed to COVID-19 in the U.S. Researchers at...

Commonly used antibiotic shows promise for combating Zika infections

NIH preclinical study suggests FDA-approved tetracycline-based antibiotics may slow infection and reduce neurological problemsCredit: Courtesy of Nath lab NIH/NINDS. In 2015, hundreds of children were...

William Reznikoff, other MBL affiliates are named fellows of the AAAS

Credit: University of Chicago News Office WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- William S. Reznikoff, senior research scholar at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and professor emeritus...

NSF awards ou faculty member $2 million research and innovation grant