Nobel Prize in Physics recognizes black hole discoveries
APS Fellow Andrea Ghez among 2020 Nobel Laureates who uncovered some of the "darkest secrets of the Universe"Credit: American Physical Society COLLEGE PARK, MD --...
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The plant hormone auxin may promote disease by regulating virulence gene expression
Credit: APS Scientists have long known that the plant hormone auxin controls many aspects of plant growth, development, and responses to the environment. Only more...
Hunting for the lowest known nuclear-excited state
Measurements in thorium-229 take a step towards the direct laser excitation of an atomic nucleus in this unique isotopeCredit: photo/©: Matthäus Krantz Nuclear clocks could...
UMD biologist awarded $ 1.5 million to develop brain mapping techniques
NIH's High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program will fund a project that could transform efforts to understand how neurons are wired.Credit: Courtesy Colenso Speer The National Institutes...
Predicting sports performance with “big data”
Credit: Polar Electro Oy Smartphones and wearable devices are not simple accessories for athletes. A CNRS researcher* has developed a simple mathematical model for studying...
Liquid gel in COVID patients’ lungs makes way for new treatment
Credit: Lena Mustonen In some patients who died with severe COVID-19 and respiratory failure, a jelly was formed in the lungs. Researchers have now established...
NASA’s TESS creates a cosmic vista of the northern sky
Credit: NASA/MIT/TESS and Ethan Kruse (USRA) Familiar stars shine, nebulae glow, and nearby galaxies tantalize in a new panorama of the northern sky assembled from...
Two NRL research physicists named 2020 citation laureates ‘of nobel class’
Credit: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory WASHINGTON, D.C. - Two research physicists from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory were named Citation Laureates "Researchers of Nobel Class"...
New research supports sofosbuvir in combination with other antivirals for COVID-19
Study demonstrates that RNA terminated by Hepatitis C Drug Sofosbuvir is more resistant to SARS-CoV-2 proofreader than RNA terminated by Remdesivir, and supports the use...
Who is driving whom? Climate and carbon cycle in perpetual interaction
Bremen climate scientists disclose changing feedback mechanisms between climate and global carbon cycle over the last 35 million yearsCredit: William Crawford, IODP JRSO Man-made global...
Multi-institutional team extracts more energy from sunlight with advanced solar panels
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers working to maximize solar panel efficiency said layering advanced materials atop traditional silicon is a...
Montana researcher earns multiple awards for ear, skin science
Credit: Photo by Tommy Martino MISSOULA - University of Montana scientist Monica Serban is on a research roll. In recent months the UM associate professor...
Breaking the coupling process
Credit: Illustration: Gerhard Stock, Steffen Wolf Proteins transduce information and signals within the human body by changes in their structures. For example, hormones binding to...
New techniques probe vital and elusive proteins
Credit: Graphic by Jason Drees for the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University The number of proteins in the human body, collectively known as the...
Colorectal cancer treatment: the winning combinations
A technique developed by scientists from UNIGE and HUG has made it possible to identify in vitro and validate in vivo, an optimised combination of...