Concussions can cause long-term sleep problems
A study of nearly 400 patients shows that sleep problems are common -- and persistent -- following a concussion..Credit: Geir Mogen/NTNU Every year, thousands of...
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Spinning black hole powers jet by magnetic flux
Credit: Amit Shukla / Indian Institute of Technology Indore Black holes are at the center of almost all galaxies that have been studied so far....
Scientists sink teeth into identifying several new bacteria that cause dental caries
New study genetically sequences the oral microbial communities of Japanese university students to reveal more microbes that could cause dental cavitiesCredit: The International Journal of...
One more hit from rare Earth: Efficient coherent spin manipulation by the electric field
Credit: ©Science China Press Electricity and magnetism have been unified by Maxwell's equations, which is the foundation of a vast amount of modern technologies. Nevertheless,...
Loop, resonate, and accelerate!
Credit: Illustration: Hedyeh Rezaei Selective communication among different brain regions is crucial for brain function. But the weak and sparse connectivity of the brain is...
A new molecular guardian of intestinal stem cells
Credit: Department of Biodefense Research,TMDU Tokyo, Japan - Intestinal stem cells keep a fine balance between two potential forms: remaining as stem cells, or developing...
Smart responsive lasing signals for high-security optical encryption
Credit: ©Science China Press Information security has drawn considerable attention as the exponential growth of information communication in the era of big data. The stimuli-responsive...
What kind of animal transports the seeds of the world’s smallest fruit-bearing plants?
Novel seed dispersal system of a mushroom-like non-photosynthetic plantCredit: Kenji Suetsugu Balanophora have some of the smallest fruits among angiosperms, leading researchers to question how...
Electron movements in liquid measured in super-slow motion
Credit: ETH Zurich / Inga Jordan To understand how chemical reactions begin, chemists have been using super-slow motion experiments for years to study the very...
Unbalanced microtubule networks launch establishment of neuronal polarity
Credit: IGDB Prof. MENG Wenxiang's group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently reported a new mechanism...
From biopaste to bioplastic
Credit: Photo: Lisa Ebers A viscous biopaste that is easy to process, solidifies quickly and is suitable for producing even complex structures using the 3D...
A new method for in vivo plant cell imaging with SNAP-tag proteins
Credit: Issey Takahashi A team of scientists at the Nagoya University Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM) have developed a method for visualizing microtubule dynamics and...
The impacts of gentrification on transportation and social support
Experiences of black working-poor families in Portland, OregonCredit: Photo by Cait McCusker The historically Black district of Albina in Portland, Oregon, due to racist real...
Foiling illicit cryptocurrency mining with artificial intelligence
A new artificial intelligence algorithm is designed to detect cryptocurrency miners in the act of stealing computing power from research supercomputersCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory...
Reproducing the pathophysiology of polycystic kidney disease from human iPS cells
Understanding the pathogenesis of hereditary polycystic kidney disease and developing new treatmentsCredit: Professor Ryuichi Nishinakamura Joint research, led by Kumamoto University in Japan, has successfully...