Potential target identified for migraine therapy
Credit: Department of Molecular Neuroscience,TMDU Tokyo, Japan -- Migraines affect millions of people worldwide, often lasting days and severely disrupting lives. More than simply super-intense...
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Ecological economy to tackle a climate change-fueled economic model
The economist Joan Martínez Alier (ICTA-UAB) reflects on being awarded the Balzan Prize for Environmental ChallengesCredit: ICTA-UAB Economist Joan Martínez Alier from the Institute of...
New partnership to build advanced predictive testing for blood cancer multiple myeloma
Credit: Ray Lohan/RCSI Thursday, 17 September 2020: By combining genomic testing and next generation sequencing technology, a new partnership led by RCSI researchers aims to...
Princeton researchers discover how worms pass down knowledge through the generations
Coleen Murphy found the key to multi-generational pathogen avoidance: a small RNA called P11Credit: Illustration by Rachel Kaletsky, Rebecca Moore and Coleen Murphy When humans...
Ocean acidification puts deep-sea coral reefs at risk of collapse
Credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Deep-sea coral reefs face challenges as changes to ocean chemistry triggered by climate change may cause their foundations to...
Discovery of microbes with mixed membranes sheds new light on early evolution of life
Credit: Marianne Baas Changing skins Cells are surrounded by a layer of membrane lipids that protect them from changes in their environment such as temperature,...
Research shows potential of gene editing in barley
Credit: Pixabay An international team of plant scientists have shown the potential to rapidly improve the quality of barley grain through a genetic tool known...
Sturdy fabric-based piezoelectric energy harvester takes us one step closer to wearable electronics
Credit: KAIST KAIST researchers presented a highly flexible but sturdy wearable piezoelectric harvester using the simple and easy fabrication process of hot pressing and tape...
0.5°C of additional warming has a huge effect on global aridity
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - In a new climate modeling study, researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science,...
Making space weather forecasts faster and better
UC San Diego engineer Boris Kramer is part of a team that will develop software to forecast space storms.Credit: NASA In August 1859, a massive...
From plastic to protein powder
Credit: Steve Techtmann/Michigan Tech It's a well-documented fact that we have a plastic problem. Plastic is so ubiquitous in packaging, many people don't even think...
Biomarker predicts who will have severe COVID-19
- Airway cell analyses showing an activated immune axis could pinpoint the COVID-19 patients who will most benefit from targeted therapies. -Credit: Professor Heung Kyu...
What happens between the sheets?
'Floating' graphene on a bed of calcium atomsCredit: FLEET Adding calcium to graphene creates an extremely-promising superconductor, but where does the calcium go? Adding calcium...
Platform for AI in diagnostic services
Kickoff event launches large Charité-led projectCredit: Image: Zerbe/Charité The EMPAIA project, which is led by Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, has been crowned one of the...
New live biotherapeutic products will require regulatory and scientific innovation
Following years of collaboration, research and discussions with leading Microbiome drug developers and health authorities, European regulatory expertise centre lays out key principles when developing...