Mystery molecule in bacteria is revealed to be a guard
Unusual structures in bacterial cells keep viral infection from spreading; a list of new ones could provide improved biotech toolsCredit: the Weizmann Institute of Science...
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New type of antivenom to reduce 100,000 fatalities each year from venomous snake bites
Credit: Edouard Crittenden (LSTM) A new approach of treating life-threatening snake bites responsible for around 100,000 deaths globally each year is being pioneered by an...
New study shows that football fixture pile-ups are forcing layers and coaches to change
Footballers may be fitter than ever before but congested fixture lists are forcing players to pace themselves while team managers are forced to increasingly juggle...
Urban air pollution estimates may overshadow full picture for China
Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences For the first time, researchers have compared air pollution in urban and suburban areas across all of China. Using data...
From hard to soft: making sponges from mussel shells
Credit: Jennifer Murphy Scientists have discovered a spongy form of calcium carbonate (CaCO3), a material found in limestone, chalk, marble, and the shells of mussels...
Precision chemo-immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer?
Antibody-drug conjugate targets and penetrates tumors; produces tumor regression in miceCredit: Credit: Jing Huang, PhD, Boston Children's Hospital Pancreatic cancer is highly lethal: according to...
Communication processes between plant cells
New ERC Synergy Grant to be coordinated at University of Duesseldorf, GermanyCredit: Humboldt-Stiftung/Elbmotion Together with Prof. Dr. Waltraud Schulze at the University of Hohenheim and...
RUDN University physicist developed software solution to measure the black holes stability
Credit: RUDN University Even if a black hole can be described with a mathematical model, it doesn't mean it exists in reality. Some theoretical models...
The interactions between predictive brains, cultural artefacts, and embodied visual search
The project asks in what ways the worlds we build and inhabit alter our own minds and the ways we process informationCredit: INCIPIT-CSIC The project...
Host genetic factors shape composition of virus communities
Credit: Mikko Immonen Plants can be infected by multiple viruses at once. However, the composition of the pathogen community varies, even if individuals belong to...
Blue phosphorus: How a semiconductor becomes a metal
Credit: Copyright: Jessica Arcudia The results of these investigations were published as highlight article in the current issue of the journal Physical Review Letters. The...
Surprising insights into the role of autophagy in neuron
Credit: Authors: Dmytro Puchkov, Marijn Kuijpers It appears that autophagy protects our neurons in the brain, but evidently for entirely different reasons than previously assumed,...
New genus of chimaerid fish classified with help from Kazan University expert
Evgeny Popov (Senior Research Associate, Laboratory of the Stratigraphy Oil and Gas Bearing Reservoirs) partook in researching Canadodus suntoki.Credit: Royal British Columbia Museum, Kazan Federal...
Utilizing a ‘krafty’ waste product: Toward enhancing vehicle fuel economy
Researchers from Kanazawa University fine-tuned the chemical structure and mechanical performance of a substance that's ordinarily burned in the paper industry as waste matter, for...
Army selects nine small businesses, research institutes to develop prototypes
Credit: U.S. Army RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C -- The U.S. Army awarded contracts to nine small businesses and nonprofit research institution partners to continue developing...