First direct look at how light excites electrons to kick off a chemical reaction
Light-driven reactions are at the heart of human vision, photosynthesis and solar power generation; seeing the very first step opens the door to observing chemical...
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Free use of Kudos Pro to help researchers keep communicating during pandemic disruption
Credit: Kudos Innovations Ltd For immediate release - Oxford, UK - May 1st, 2020 - Kudos, the award-winning service for accelerating research impact, has today...
Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 infects cells of the intestine
Credit: Joep Beumer, copyright Hubrecht Institue Researchers from the Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, and Maastricht University in the Netherlands...
USC professor Andrew P. McMahon elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Credit: Jill McMahon Andrew P. McMahon -- who is the W.M. Keck Provost and University Professor in USC's departments of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative...
Researchers identify unique glucose-sensing neurons that regulate blood sugar
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Low blood sugar levels, known as hypoglycemia, can be a life-threatening situation, especially for people with type 1 diabetes who...
Defects in the ‘Swiss-army knife’ of gene expression may contribute to neuronal diseases like Alzheimer’s
Credit: Toshifumi Inada, Tohoku University The growth, death, and diseases of complex organisms rely on the flow of information -- from genes in DNA, through...
Green method could enable hospitals to produce hydrogen peroxide in house
Credit: Zheng Chen Lab A team of researchers has developed a portable, more environmentally friendly method to produce hydrogen peroxide. It could enable hospitals to...
New study examines which galaxies are best for intelligent life
Galaxies such as our own Milky Way are more likely to harbor intelligent, technologically advanced civilizations, paper arguesCredit: Russell Cothren FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Giant elliptical...
Stopping deforestation: lessons from Colombia
Credit: Pablo Negret A study of deforestation in Colombia by researchers from The University of Queensland has revealed some valuable insights which could be used...
RNA chemist recognized with $11M ‘proven trackrecord’ award
Matthew Disney, PhD, develops RNA-targeting medicines for brain diseases, cancer and COVID-19Credit: Scott Wiseman for Scripps Research JUPITER, Fla. -- May 1, 2020 -- In...
£1.2 million awarded to improve our understanding of the Sun
Researchers from Northumbria University have been awarded £1.2m to help advance our understanding of the Sun and its impact on the planets within our solar...
Rubies on sapphire: Recipe for making crystals in flux
Credit: Katsuya Teshima Ph.D., Research Initiative for Supra-Materials, Shinshu University Crystals can be made artificially but a lot of energy is used to melt the...
Pressing ‘pause’ on nature’s crystal symmetry
Discovery by Drexel researchers could improve targeted medicine deliveryCredit: Drexel University The new development, recently reported in the scientific journal Nature Communications, was led by...
Risky business: Courtship movements put katydids in danger
Credit: Christian Ziegler Reproduction can be risky. In the case of katydids, some hunting bats eavesdrop on male mating calls to locate the insects, but...
New toolkit provides rapid implementation guide for adopting telemedicine during COVID-19
Stepwise approach enabled telemedicine program to get up and running in three daysCredit: American College of Surgeons CHICAGO (May 1, 2020): Stay-at-home orders caught many...