Biophysicists find ‘extra’ component in molecular motor
Credit: Alexey Vlasov et al./Scientific Reports Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have discovered an additional component in ATP synthase, a molecular...
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What a pair! Coupled quantum dots may offer a new way to store quantum information
Credit: NIST Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have for the first time created and imaged a novel...
Discovery reveals antibiotic-resistant strep throat may be too close for comfort
Credit: NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Infectious disease scientists identified strains of group A streptococcus that are less susceptible to commonly...
AEPD and CNIL award their data protection prizes to a team including researchers from IMDEA Networks
The award-winning article is 'An Analysis of Pre-installed Android Software' by Julien Gamba, Mohammed Rashed, Abbas Razaghpanah, Juan Tapiador and Narseo Vallina-RodriguezCredit: AEPD The article,...
Driving positive change through automation in the workplace
Credit: SIOP Bowling Green, Ohio January 29, 2020 - SIOP publishes white paper that informs and provides actionable insights for the I-O psychologists, business leaders,...
New injection technique may boost spinal cord injury repair efforts
In rodent studies, method reduced likelihood of further spinal cord trauma while delivering large doses of potentially reparative stem cells; the approach may have utility...
A targeted therapy for triple negative breast cancer may lie existing drugs
Breakthrough findings from a new study point toward the first targeted therapy for an aggressive form of breast cancer that disproportionately affects black womenCredit: Gu...
Express yourself: Dermal fillers restore youthful facial movement, don’t just fill wrinkles
The new study, in the February issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, suggests that hyaluronic acid dermal filler treatment can restore a more youthful pattern...
Research team investigates abnormal neuron activity in Rett syndrome
Credit: Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory The brain undergoes dramatic change during the first years of life. Its circuits readily rewire as an infant and then...
Scientists discover how malaria parasites import sugar
Credit: David Drew The consumption of sugar is a fundamental source of fuel in most living organisms. In the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, the uptake...
Erin Schuman is awarded the 2020 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
The foundation is recognizing the scientist for her work on local protein synthesis at neuronal synapsesCredit: MPI f. Brain Research The 2020 Louis-Jeantet Prizes are...
A new treatment strategy against MERS
Licensed drugs effective in cellsCredit: Photo: Müller/Charité Joint press release by Charité and the DZIF First identified in 2012, the MERS-coronavirus is capable of causing...
One quarter of bacterial pathogens can spread antibiotic resistance directly to peers
Antibiotics do not affect the speed at which pathogens share resistance genesCredit: Allison Lopatkin, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers at Duke University have...
The Human Brain Project is coming to Athens with an exciting Open Day on February 3, 2020
Credit: Human Brain Project/Athena RC On February 3rd, 2020 the European Human Brain Project (HBP) will hold its annual Open Day at Megaron International Conference...
SPR honors Dr. Susan Furth with the Maureen Andrew Mentor Award
Credit: Dr. Susan Furth The Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) is pleased to announce Susan Furth, MD, PhD, as the recipient of this year's Maureen...
