A scaffold at the center of our cellular skeleton
UNIGE researchers have discovered a new nano-structure that lies at the center of our cellular skeleton; this discovery will allow to better understand how the...
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Sub-Neptune sized planet validated with the habitable-zone planet finder
Credit: Gudmundur Stefansson (left) and Ethan Tweedie Photography (right) A signal originally detected by the Kepler spacecraft has been validated as an exoplanet using the...
E-cigarette users are exposed to potentially harmful levels of metal linked to DNA damage
Zinc excess in the body correlates with oxidative stressCredit: Talbot lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have completed...
Hispanics/Latinos underrepresented in Alzheimer’s disease research
UH researcher to increase health literacy among largest US minorityCredit: University of Houston A University of Houston researcher is working to increase health literacy among...
ATS Foundation/Pulmonary Hypertension Association 2019 Partner Grant awardees
Credit: ATS (Feb. 20, 2020) -- The ATS Foundation Research Program/Pulmonary Hypertension Association has awarded Rahul Kumar, PhD, of the University of California, San Francisco,...
Active droplets
Long-lasting and precise dosing of medication thanks to an oil-hydrogel mixtureCredit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM Using a mixture of oil droplets and hydrogel, medical active...
The climate and increased extreme weather affect our energy systems
Credit: University of Gothenburg Climate change, with more and more storms and heat waves, also has consequences for our energy supply. An international research team...
Exploring a genome’s 3D organization through a social network lens
DNA, proteins form communities that provide insight into cellular processeCredit: Ella Marushchenko PITTSBURGH--Computational biologists at Carnegie Mellon University have taken an algorithm used to study...
How newborn stars prepare for the birth of planets
ALMA and VLA observe hundreds of planet-forming disks around infant starsCredit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), J. Tobin; NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello; Herschel/ESA An international team of astronomers used...
Cooling unit saves half-million gallons of water at supercomputing center
Eventual savings expected to reach 16 million gallons annuallyCredit: Randy Montoya, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A cooling unit installed on the roof of...
DNA from ancient packrat nests helps unpack Earth’s past
New study uses environmental DNA sequencing technique to show ecological changes since last Ice AgeCredit: © Julio Betancourt New work shows how using next-generation DNA...
10,000 times faster calculations of many-body quantum dynamics possible
Physicists have developed an extremely fast simulation technique to predict the time evolution of interacting electronsCredit: Niclas Schlünzen, AG Bonitz How an electron behaves in...
Pill-sized ‘heater’ could increase accessibility in diagnosing infectious disease
Device developed at University of Toronto Engineering regulates the temperature of biological samples through different stages of diagnostic testingCredit: Qin Dai / University of Toronto...
New drug combination restores beta cell function in animal model
Potential for diabetes remissionCredit: Helmholtz Zentrum München / Aimée Bastidas-Ponce The loss of the identity of insulin-secreting beta cells in the islet of Langerhans, a...
New artificial intelligence algorithm better predicts corn yield
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - With some reports predicting the precision agriculture market will reach $12.9 billion by 2027, there...
