Boom and bust for ancient sea dragons
Large fish-like marine reptiles, the ichthyosaurs, had an early heyday but could not keep up the pace, leading to a 100-million-year stagnation in evolutionary variationCredit:...
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Moving precision communication, metrology, quantum applications from lab to chip
Reducing the size and cost of applications within the UV to IR spectrum by moving them to wide bandgap material chipsCredit: Nitesh Chauhan and the...
UIC researchers find unique organ-specific signature profiles for blood vessel cells
Probing the molecular biology of blood vessels in the heart, brain and lungsCredit: Jalees Rehman Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered...
Transparent human organs allow 3D maps at the cellular level
Credit: ©Helmholtz Zentrum München / Ertürk lab For the first time, researchers managed to make intact human organs transparent. Using microscopic imaging they could revealed...
Artificial intelligence finds disease-related genes
Credit: Linköping University An artificial neural network can reveal patterns in huge amounts of gene expression data, and discover groups of disease-related genes. This has...
Rush earns National Center of Excellence for Pancreatic Cancer designation
Rush is the only Illinois hospital to earn this prestigious National Pancreatic Foundation designationCredit: Rush Production Group The National Pancreas Foundation (NPF) has named Rush...
Very tough and essential for survival
Biologists from Bayreuth investigate the role of the largest of all animal brain cellsCredit: Photo: Christian Wißler. The brains of most fish and amphibian species...
Novel targeted drug shows promise in advanced kidney cancer
New agent utilizes findings of Nobel Prize-winning researchCredit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON -- Scientists report promising activity of a novel drug that targets a key...
Mending a broken heart — the bioengineering way
Credit: Dr Gillian Hendy Bioengineers from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, have developed a prototype patch that does the same job as crucial aspects of heart...
Researchers uncover the moscow subway microbiome
A group of ITMO University researchers found out that bacterial world of Moscow subway system might be similar to that of New YorkCredit: Svetlana Tikhonova...
New Brazilian study describes neural inflammatory processes in lab-developed human cells
Astrogliosis, an inflammation that occurs in the brain tissue, is common to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseasesCredit: Pablo Trindade Astrocytes are neural cells with many important...
Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and store more carbon
Planting fixers could benefit reforestation and climate mitigation plansCredit: Sarah Batterman (Millbrook, NY) Tropical forests are allies in the fight against climate change. Growing trees...
Capillary shrinkage triggers high-density porous structure
Credit: ©Science China Press Materials with both a high density and a large surface area are required in many applications, typically for energy storage under...
Heat transport property at the lowermost part of the Earth’s mantle
Credit: Ehime University Heat transport in deep Earth controls its thermal evolution. Determination of the thermal conductivity of the lower mantle is one of the...
Researchers highlight role of science in modern military in new book
Credit: Army Research Office RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (Feb. 13, 2020) -- With the standing up of Army Futures Command and the establishment of the...
