Fat cells found to play a central role in renal failure-associated cardiomyopathy
Fat cells found to play a central role in renal failure-associated cardiomyopathy. HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - New research from a team at the Marshall University Joan...
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Cartwheeling light reveals new optical phenomenon
Rice University study finds novel type of polarized light-matter interactionCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 29, 2020) - A scientist might want to do...
Osmotic stress identified as stimulator of cellular waste disposal
Credit: Tania Lopez-Hernandez Cellular waste disposal, where autophagy and lysosomes interact, performs elementary functions, such as degrading damaged protein molecules, which impair cellular function, and...
Understanding of relaxor ferroelectric properties could lead to many advances
Credit: MRI, Penn State A new fundamental understanding of polymeric relaxor ferroelectric behavior could lead to advances in flexible electronics, actuators and transducers, energy storage,...
Princeton’s Nieng Yan tackles long-standing mysteries about membrane protein structure
Making moves with cryo-EMCredit: Photo courtesy of Nieng Yan Ion channels and membrane transporters are in the business of moving ions and small molecules across...
Team dramatically reduces image analysis times using deep learning, other approaches
Credit: Harshad Vishwasrao and Damian Dalle Nogare, NIH WOODS HOLE, Mass. - A picture is worth a thousand words -but only when it's clear what...
New eye drops may prevent a common cause of blindness
Credit: Troy lab (CUIMC) NEW YORK, NY (June 29, 2020) -- Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center have developed eye drops that could prevent...
Microbiome confers resistance to cholera
Not everyone exposed to infectious diarrhea-causing bacteria gets sickCredit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Cholera can kill within hours if left untreated, and it...
Faster processing makes cutting-edge fluorescence microscopy more accessible
NIH researchers put complex, high-resolution data within reach for many more scientistsCredit: National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Scientists have developed new image processing...
No keys to the kingdom: New single sign-on algorithm provides superior privacy
Researchers develop cryptographic scheme that completely hides your personal information from third parties when using single sign-on systems.Credit: Tokyo University of Science Over the last...
Sandia weapons program meets safety, design requirements
Review shows B61-12 Life Extension Program work can move forward confidentlyCredit: Photo by Randy Montoya, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories has...
Analysis of complex geometric models made simple
Monte Carlo method dispenses with troublesome meshesCredit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH--Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed an efficient new way to quickly analyze complex...
Artificial intelligence identifies, locates seizures in real-time
Treating the brain as a network allows researchers to extract more meaningful data from EEGsCredit: Li Lab Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis' McKelvey...
Even in the worst COVID-19 cases, the body launches immune cells to fight back
International collaboration provides important piece of COVID-19 puzzleCredit: La Jolla Institute for Immunology LA JOLLA--A new study from researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology...
Historic floods reveal how salt marshes can save lives in the future
Credit: Edwin Paree YERSEKE (THE NETHERLANDS), 29 JUNE 2020 - Coastal wetlands like salt marshes are increasingly recognized as valuable natural defenses that protect coasts...