Peptides that can be taken as a pill
Credit: C. Heinis (EPFL) Peptides are short chains of amino acids that occur in our body, in plants or bacteria to control diverse functions. Several...
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Hayabusa2 reveals more secrets from Ryugu
Ryugu's interaction with the sun changes what we know about asteroid historyCredit: © 2020 Morota et al. In February and July of 2019, the Hayabusa2...
The oldest Upper Paleolithic Homo sapiens in Europe
Major cultural transition in Europe took place earlier than previously thoughtCredit: Tsenka Tsanova, License: CC-BY-SA 2.0 Two studies report new Homo sapiens fossils from the...
Moisture-sucking gels give solar panels the chills
Credit: © 2020 KAUST; Youssef A. Khalil A cooling system developed at KAUST has improved the efficiency of a prototype solar panel up to 20...
A new plant-based system for the mass production of allergens for immunotherapy
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba develop a novel high-yield method for the efficient production of birch pollen allergen for immunotherapeutic purposesCredit: University of Tsukuba...
New test identifies lobster hybrids
Credit: Charlie Ellis Scientists have developed a test that can identify hybrids resulting from crossbreeding between European and American lobsters. American lobsters have occasionally escaped...
Simple molecular reagents to treat Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers report minimalistic principles for designing small molecules with multiple reactivities against dementiaCredit: Professor Mi Hee Lim, KAIST Sometimes the most complex problems actually have...
Novel radiotracer meets gold standard for imaging prostate cancer
18F-PSMA-1007 offers benefits over established imaging agentCredit: Images created by J. Kuten et al., Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel. The novel radiopharmaceutical 18F-PSMA-1007 is...
BioIVT introduces high-purity Kupffer cells to support drug discovery and development for liver diseases and help predict adverse drug reactions
Dysregulation of the Kupffer cell response contributes to liver diseases such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and liver fibrosisCredit: BioIVT BioIVT,...
ATS COVID-19 Crisis Fund receives $100,000 donation from Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Credit: ATS May 11, 2020 -- Today, the American Thoracic Society announced a $100,000 donation from Gilead Sciences, Inc. to support the ATS COVID-19 Crisis...
Even before COVID-19, many adults over 50 lacked stable food supply
Food insecurity disparities by age, health status, race, ethnicity & education seen in National Poll on Healthy Aging; pandemic may have worsened themCredit: University of...
‘Bug Zapper’ uses UV-C light to enable the sterilization and reuse of N95 masks
Lehigh University team led by Nelson Tansu collaborates with local hospital St. Luke's University Health Network on device to ensure sterile masksCredit: St. Luke's University...
Temple finds link between blood vessel inflammation, malfunctioning cellular powerhouses
Credit: Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, PA) - The vast majority of cells in the human body contain tiny power plants known as mitochondria that...
Chameleon materials: The origin of color variation in low-dimensional perovskites
Credit: Sylvia Germes Some light-emitting diodes (LEDs) created from perovskite, a class of optoelectronic materials, emit light over a broad wavelength range. Scientists from the...
Defective graphene has high electrocatalytic activity
Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Skoltech, and the Russian Academy of Sciences Joint Institute for High...