Mass loss driven shape evolution model unveils formation of flattened ‘snowman’ (486958) Arrokoth
Credit: ZHANG Xuan from PMO The small Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth, encountered by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft on Jan 1 2019, is so far...
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Revealing the reason behind jet formation at the tip of laser optical fiber
Credit: Junnosuke Okajima, Tohoku University When an optical fiber is immersed in liquid, a high temperature, high speed jet is discharged. Researchers expect this to...
To protect nature’s benefits, focus on people
Credit: Luis Del Rio/Pexels To calculate the true value of a forest, we need to know how people benefit from it, according to new research...
Damaged muscles don’t just die, they regenerate themselves
A new mechanism for muscle stem cell activationSingle myofibers were isolated from mouse muscle tissue in a suspension cell culture. Satellite cells on the myofiber...
Fuels, not fire weather, control carbon emissions in boreal forest
Credit: Victor Leshyk, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society As climate warming stokes longer fire seasons and more severe fires in the North American boreal...
Sapphires show their true colors: Not water-loving
Credit: ©Science China Press In 1805, Thomas Young took the mechanical equilibrium at the solid/liquid/gas three-phase contact line into consideration (the balance of forces acting...
Enzyme SSH1 impairs disposal of accumulating cellular garbage, leading to brain cell death
University of South Florida Health neuroscientists discover a defect early in autophagy that may help develop SSH1 inhibitors to treat Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseasesCredit:...
Skeletal muscle development and regeneration mechanisms vary by gender
The functional importance of estrogen receptor betaCredit: Associate Professor Yusuke Ono Researchers at Kumamoto University, Japan generated mice lacking the estrogen receptor beta (ERβ) gene,...
Multi-state data storage leaving binary behind
Stepping 'beyond binary' to store data in more than just 0s and 1sCredit: Pixabay: Akela999 Electronic data is being produced at a breath-taking rate. The...
Dual checkpoint blockade promising as pre-surgical approach for certain patients with localized bladder cancer
Phase I trial first to evaluate neoadjuvant combination immunotherapy for cisplatin-ineligible patients with high-risk diseaseCredit: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON --...
Studying the sun as a star to understand stellar flares and exoplanets
Credit: ISAS/NAOJ New research shows that sunspots and other active regions can change the overall solar emissions. The sunspots cause some emissions to dim and...
Clinical study aims to better understand COVID-19 immunity
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. People who have recovered from COVID-19, and their close contacts, could hold the key to understanding...
Surface waves can help nanostructured devices keep their cool
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan -- The continuing progress in miniaturization of silicon microelectronic and photonic devices is causing...
Computational approach to optimise culture conditions required for cell therapy
Collaboration by researchers in Singapore and Australia lead to first-of-its-kind computational biology algorithm that could enable more effective cellular therapies against major diseases.Credit: Joseph Chen,...
Stacking and twisting graphene unlocks a rare form of magnetism
Twisting a monolayer and a bilayer sheet of graphene into a three-layer structure leads to new quantum mechanical states.Credit: Columbia University Since the discovery of...