A compound unlike any other
Credit: WSU A compound discovered in the gills of wood-eating clams could be the solution to a group of parasites responsible for some of the...
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Nation must prepare for COVID-19 related drug shortages
Credit: ATS June 11, 2020-- A new paper published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society examines the nation's current shortage of vitally...
Lack of mitochondria causes severe disease in children
Credit: Gustav Mårtensson Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered that excessive degradation of the power plants of our cells plays an important role...
Crop pathogens ‘remarkably adaptable’
Credit: Clare Thatcher Pathogens that attack agricultural crops show remarkable adaptability to new climates and new plant hosts, new research shows. Researchers at the Department...
Could we run out of sand? Scientists adjust how grains are measured
New models will help manage impacts of sea-level rise on vulnerable coastCredit: University of Sydney Humans see sand as an infinite resource. We are astounded...
Cascade sets the stage for superconductivity in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene
Princeton-led study finds that superconductivity in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene emerges from a highly interacting state of electronsCredit: Image by the Yazdani lab at Princeton...
Scientists apply ‘twistronics’ to light propagation and make a breakthrough discovery
The findings provide a promising pathway for leapfrog advancement in imaging, optical-computing technologies, biosensing and moreCredit: ASRC NEW YORK, June 10, 2020 -- A research...
Viewing dopamine receptors in their native habitat
UT Southwestern scientists examine structure of protein involved in Parkinson's disease, psychosis, and addictionCredit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - June 11, 2020 - Dopamine,...
Which factors control the height of mountains?
A study in Nature with a surprising finding: It is not erosionCredit: NASA; Astronaut photograph ISS059-E-517 Which forces and mechanisms determine the height of mountains?...
Overactive enzyme causes hereditary hypertension
Credit: Hakan Toka A Turkish family from a village near the Black Sea first caught the attention of medical researchers in the early 1970s. A...
Applying ‘magic angle’ twistronics to manipulate the flow of light
'Twisted' layers of 2D materials produce photonic topological transition at 'magic' rotation anglesCredit: FLEET Monash researchers are part of an international collaboration applying 'twistronics' concepts...
Simple explanation suffices for conduction in nickelates
Credit: Beatriz Noheda, University of Groningen Some metal oxides, such as nickelates, have a tuneable resistivity, which makes them an interesting material for adaptable electronics...
Human embryo-like model created from human stem cells
Credit: Naomi Moris Scientists from the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the Hubrecht Institute in The Netherlands, have developed a new model to study...
Six Purdue innovators advance their technologies through Trask funding
Credit: Oren Darling/Purdue Research Foundation WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Six Purdue University researchers have received a total of $212,845 from the Trask Innovation Fund to...
Effects of potassium fertilization in pear trees
Credit: Courtesy of P.B. Sete. The amount of exchangeable potassium (K) contained in native soil does not always meet the necessary nutrient demand for a...