Scientists discover new repair mechanism for alcohol-induced DNA damage
Credit: Image copyright: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology or MRC LMB Researchers of the Hubrecht Institute (KNAW) in Utrecht, The Netherlands, and the MRC Laboratory...
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Exciting apparatus helps atoms see the light
Researchers study unusual particles involved in quantum information processingCredit: OIST Researchers in the Light-Matter Interactions for Quantum Technologies Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science...
Personalised medicine increases IVF success rate
Credit: Image credit: sathyatripodi from Pixabay. Becoming pregnant can be a lengthy and stressful process for one in every six couples. As fertility treatment protocols...
First-ever CRISPR gene editing within human body done at OHSU
BRILLIANCE clinical trial aims to enable sight in people born with a blindness-causing mutationCredit: Oregon Health & Science University The gene-editing tool CRISPR has been...
Sulfonated chitosan studied as potential biodegradable corrosion inhibitor
Kazan University's research of methane hydrates continues in this paper in Carbohydrate PolymersCredit: Kazan Federal University Hydrate formation has long been a problem for hydrocarbon...
Novel compound sparks new malaria treatment hope
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute A novel class of antimalarial compounds that can effectively kill malaria parasites has been developed by Australian and US...
Scorpions make a fluorescent compound that could help protect them from parasites
Credit: Adapted from Journal of Natural Products 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00972 Most scorpions glow a blue-green color when illuminated by ultraviolet light or natural moonlight. Scientists...
£500,000 NIHR grant for obesity treatment
Credit: World Obesity Federation Dr Jennifer Logue of Lancaster Medical School has been awarded half a million pounds by the National Institute for Health Research...
DNA sugars characterised in unprecedented resolution, atom by atom
Researchers at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country have developed the technology needed to be able to determine the structure of sugars present in DNACredit:...
All optical control of exciton flow in a colloidal quantum well complex
Credit: Junhong Yu, Manoj Sharma, Ashma Sharma, Savas Delikanli, Hilmi Volkan Demir, Cuong Dang Exciton-based solid-state devices have the potential to be essential building blocks...
A small step for atoms, a giant leap for microelectronics
Nature paper reports making and moving large-scale hexagonal boron nitrideCredit: TSMC/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 4, 2020) - Step by step, scientists are figuring out...
Tunnel fire safety
With only minutes to respond, fire education really countsCredit: Pixabay/wal_172619 Global risk management experts are calling for fire education initiatives to be included in driver...
Coherent phonon dynamics realized in spatially separated mechanical resonators
Credit: Prof. GUO Guo-Ping, SONG Xiang-Xiang, DENG Guang-Wei,TIAN Lin The CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information makes a significant progress in nanomechanical resonators. A group...
First bufferless 1.5 μm III-V lasers grown directly on silicon wafers in Si-photonics
Credit: HKUST Researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have reported the world's first 1.5 μm III-V lasers directly grown on...
Women deflated by #Fitspiration images
Super fit Instagram posts may be counter-productiveCredit: Flinders University Researchers have found that the #Fitspiration philosophy is flawed, making many women feel worse about themselves...