Study has wide-reaching impact on safe storage of nuclear energy waste
Credit: Virginia Tech Society's demand for sustainable energy sources continues to grow, nuclear energy is seen as a viable and productive option for powering the...
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Gut immunity more developed before birth than previously thought
Findings could help develop new maternal vaccines and reveal the baby's risk of autoimmune diseasesCredit: Cell Press/Konnikova Lab Most biology textbooks explain that the fetal...
Masashi Watanabe elected to inaugural class of Microanalysis Society Fellows
Professional association honors electron microscopy expert and Lehigh University materials science and engineering professor for outstanding leadership and innovationCredit: Courtesy of Lehigh University Masashi Watanabe,...
Genetics of nephropathia epidemica researched by Kazan Federal University
A paper appeared recently in VirusesCredit: Kazan Federal University This particular inquiry pertains to CCR5 - a gene which has lately been on the focuses...
Technology to use hot air balloons for rocket launches competes in a startup battlefield
Credit: Michael Hepfer/Leo Aerospace WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Leo Aerospace, a Purdue University-affiliated startup looking to launch rockets with the help of hot air balloons,...
Plant death may reveal genetic mechanisms underlying cell self-destruction
Loss of protein homeostasis is involved in programmed cell death during hybrid lethality in plantsCredit: Tetsuya Yamada, TUAT Hybrid plants - those produced by crossing...
Stable radicals can solve unconventional problems in modern science and technology
Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University study reaction properties of verdazyl radicals, which can expand scientific knowledge into the field of organic chemistry and help to...
Musical perception: nature or nurture?
This is the subject of the research by Juan Manuel Toro (ICREA) and Carlota Pagès Portabella, researchers at the Center for Brain and Cognition, published...
The Milky Way kidnapped several tiny galaxies from its neighbor
UC Riverside-led research shows our galaxy is undergoing a massive merger with its largest satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic CloudCredit: Ethan Jahn, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE,...
NHS needs to act on patient feedback, say Sheffield health researchers
Credit: The University of Sheffield Researchers from the University of Sheffield School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) are today making a series of recommendations...
Watching energy transport through biomimetic nanotubes
Credit: Dina Maniar Scientists from the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) and the University of Würzburg (Germany) have investigated a simple biomimetic light-harvesting system using...
Placenta transit of an environmental estrogen
Researchers show path of zearalenone through the womb using new technologyCredit: © University of Vienna The human foetus is considered to be particularly sensitive to...
AI-based cytometer detects rare cells in blood using magnetic modulation and deep learning
Credit: Ozcan Research Lab, UCLA Detection of rare cells in blood and other bodily fluids has numerous important applications including diagnostics, monitoring disease progression and...
Ebola antibodies at work
Scientists in Israel and Germany show, on the molecular level, how an experimental vaccine offers long-term protection against the diseaseCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science In...
The secret to sneaky float serves
University of Tsukuba researchers use wind-tunnel experiments to study the effect the panels of a volleyball have on its flight, the asymmetric aerodynamics of which...
