Classic optical illusion leads to the discovery of critical neurons in zebrafish.
Credit: © Fumi Kubo at National Institute of Genetics (NIG) By exposing larval zebrafish to a well-known optical illusion, researchers at the Max Planck Institute...
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Turning excess noise into signal
Credit: by Aaron M. Kho, Tingwei Zhang, Jun Zhu, Conrad W. Merkle, Vivek J. Srinivasan During the early 1800s, the first spectrometer was developed by...
Global study identifies common vulnerabilities across SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1 and MERS coronaviruses
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--There are common vulnerabilities among three lethal coronaviruses, SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1 and MERS-CoV, such as frequently hijacked cellular pathways, that could lead...
Novel antiviral strategy for treatment of COVID-19
HKU scientists and microbiologists jointly discover a novel antiviral strategy for treatment of COVID-19 using existing metallodrugsCredit: The University of Hong Kong A research team...
Was Hong Kong once a coral reef paradise?
HKU researchers reveal the historic range and diversity of corals in the Greater Bay area for the last 5,000 yearsCredit: Dr Kiho Kim Researchers from...
Upgraded GMRT measures the mass of hydrogen in distant galaxies
Credit: Rakesh Rao A team of astronomers from the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA-TIFR) in Pune, and the Raman Research Institute (RRI), in Bengaluru,...
Repurposing drugs for a pan-coronavirus treatment
Drug targets common across three coronavirus strains could be used for rapid treatment response against emerging coronavirus strainsCredit: Image: Svenja Ulferts, University of Freiburg Editing:...
Higher average life expectancy after obesity surgery
Credit: Photo by Malin Arnesson People who have undergone obesity (bariatric) surgery live three years longer, on average, than those given conventional treatment for their...
The rise of ‘zoom towns’ in the rural west
Growing populations in gateway communities cause urgent planning challenges; the GNAR initiative aims to help local officials prepareCredit: Brian Whitehead/National Park Service When COVID-19 hit...
Entos launches US-based spinout Aegis Life, Inc. to support its global vaccine strategy
Entos Pharmaceuticals announces launch of US-based spinout company Aegis Life, Inc. to support its global vaccine commercialization strategyCredit: Entos Pharmaceuticals EDMONTON, AB, October 15, 2020...
Scientists propose potential method for imaging-guided synergistic cancer therapy
Credit: LIU Hongji A joint research team led by Prof. WANG Hui and Prof. LIN Wenchu from the High Magnetic Field Laboratory of the Hefei...
Researchers seek to end unexpected bills for screening colonoscopies
Credit: UVA Health Nearly 1 in 8 commercially insured patients nationwide who underwent an elective colonoscopy between 2012 and 2017 performed by an in-network provider...
Small RNA as a central player in infections
Credit: (Image: Chair of Molecular Infection Biology II / University of Wuerzburg / SCIGRAPHIX) More than half of the world's population carries the bacterium Helicobacter...
Insilico partners with Taisho on end-to-end AI-powered senolytic drug discovery
Insilico partners with Taisho Pharmaceutical on end-to-end AI-powered senolytic drug discovery. Leading Japanese pharmaceutical company to engage Insilico Medicine on research partnership in the discovery...
Star clusters are only the tip of the iceberg
Finding lost star siblingsCredit: © Stefan Meingast, made with Gaia Sky "Clusters form big families of stars that can stay together for large parts of...