UTA conducting pioneering research on concrete pipes reinforced with synthetic fibers
Sustainable pipes that last for a centuryCredit: UT Arlington The chair of the Civil Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington has been...
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Key to rubustness of plants discovered
Credit: Lunghammer - TU Graz In every weather situation, plants need to be robust and flexible at the same time. These structural properties come from...
Insights into a versatile molecular death switch
Credit: University of Cologne, CECAD The enzyme caspase-8 induces a molecular cell death programme called pyroptosis without involving its enzymatic activity, a new study by...
Bulwer’s petrel can fly more than 1,800 kilometres over ocean waters to find food
The migratory routes of a small seabirdCredit: Raül Ramos (UB-IRBio) The Bulwer's petrel reaches more than 1,800 kilometers from the Canary archipelago up to the...
KBRI team reduces neurodegeneration associated with dementia in animal models
PTK2/FAK regulates UPS impairment via SQSTM1/p62 phosphorylation in TARDBP/TDP-43 proteinopathiesCredit: @ Korea Brain Research Institute The Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI, President Pann Ghill Suh)...
Recrutement of a lateral root developmental pathway into root nodule formation of legumes
Credit: Takashi Soyano Peas and other legumes develop spherical or cylindrical structures -- called nodules -- in their roots to establish a mutually beneficial relationship...
Anchored by a dense neighborhood: What stops cells from going astray
Credit: Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore Researchers from the Mechanobiology Institute (MBI) at the National University of Singapore have shown that cells can attach...
UTA civil engineer studying threats to industry, environment posed by severe flooding
Investigating economic, environmental impacts of natural disastersCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington civil engineer is determining how best to assess the costly...
Hourglass-shaped silicon nanowire photodiodes with increased absorption of light developed
-Top: Image of SEM The near-infrared light is a light source with the shortest wavelength, indicated outside of the red color in the light spectrum....
University of Minnesota Sea Grant director John A. Downing named 2019 AAAS Fellow
Credit: UMN Duluth/Brett Groehler DULUTH, Minn. -- The University of Minnesota Sea Grant program is proud to announce that Director John A. Downing has been...
We love coffee, tea, chocolate and soft drinks so much, caffeine is literally in our blood
Credit: Photo by Steven Ward, OSU Extension and Experiment Station Communications. CORVALLIS, Ore. - Scientists at Oregon State University may have proven how much people...
Cerebral organoid model provides clues about how to prevent virus-induced brain cell death
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Scientists have determined that La Crosse virus (LACV), which can cause inflammation of the brain, or encephalitis, in children, affects brain cells...
Therapeutic inhibition of Mcl-1 blocks cell survival in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers
While estrogen receptor - + breast cancers express high levels of three anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family members, pharmacological inhibition of Bcl-2 and/or Bcl-xL fails to induce...
Using fungi to search for medical drugs
Credit: Jelmer Hoeksma, © Hubrecht Institute An enormous library of products derived from more than ten thousand fungi could help us find new drugs. Researchers...
Fire ants’ raft building skills react as fluid forces change
Scientists explore how fire ants build rafts to adapt in a very wet environmentCredit: Hungtang Ko SEATTLE, November 26, 2019 -- Fire ants build living...
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