Not only what you eat, but how you eat, may affect your microbiome
Credit: Department of Gerodontology and Oral Rehabilitation, Department of Periodontology,TMDU Tokyo, Japan - The importance of the microorganisms that live on and in our bodies...
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Biologically inspired ultrathin arrayed camera for high-contrast and high-resolution imaging
Credit: by Kisoo Kim, Kyung-Won Jang, Jae-Kwan Ryu and Ki-Hun Jeong An insect's compound eye has superior visual characteristics such as wide viewing angle, high...
New research reveals pharma companies are more profitable than most S&P 500 companies
Profits are closer to other research-based companies and comparable to companies in the technology sectorCredit: Bentley University Large pharmaceutical companies are more profitable than most...
Carbon dioxide as a raw material for the chemical industry
Seeking a climate-friendly and economically viable industrial conceptCredit: VTT VTT and its business partners have launched a two-year project to develop a concept for a...
Plasma-driven biocatalysis
BiotechnologyCredit: RUB, Marquard Compared with traditional chemical methods, enzyme catalysis has numerous advantages. But it also has weaknesses. Some enzymes are not very stable. Enzymes...
Nobody at home: A great increase in out-of-home rates over 28 years in Kumamoto, Japan
New insights from novel use of travel survey dataCredit: Associate Professor Takuya Maruyama Delivery services have increased rapidly with the expansion of online shopping and,...
Scientists pair machine learning with tomography to learn about material interfaces
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory In systems from batteries to semiconductors, edges and interfaces play a crucial role in determining the properties of a material. Scientists...
New lithium batteries from used cell phones
Credit: University of Córdoba Lithium-ion batteries are used around the world and though over the last few years they have had some competition, such as...
Researchers link immune system to salt-sensitive hypertension in CKD
Credit: Department of Nephrology,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) find that immune system signaling molecule TNF-α may trigger high blood pressure in...
Fast and furious: New class of 2D materials stores electrical energy
Two dimensional titanium carbides, so-called MXenes, are being discussed as candidates for the rapid storage of electrical energyCredit: HZB/Martin Künsting There are different solutions for...
Coordination chemistry and Alzheimer’s disease
Mechanistic approaches to chemically modify neurotoxicity of Alzheimer's diseaseCredit: KAIST It has become evident recently that the interactions between copper and amyloid-β neurotoxically impact the...
It’s what’s inside that matters: Locking up proteins enables cancer metastasis
Credit: Department of Biochemistry,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) discover a novel mechanism by which claudin-1 contributes to the progression of tongue...
More than 60% of Myanmar’s mangroves has been deforested in the last 20 years: NUS study
Between 1996 and 2016, substantial mangrove forests have been converted to agricultural use; Pressing need to protect the critical coastal ecosystemCredit: Dr Maung Maung Than...
Plastic from wood
X-ray analysis points the way to lignin-based components made to measureCredit: KTH Stockholm, Marcus Jawerth The biopolymer lignin is a by-product of papermaking and a...
Survival of the fittest: How primate immunodeficiency viruses are evolving
Credit: Department of Molecular Virology,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) discover a novel mechanism by which immunodeficiency viruses evolved over time to...
