Protein scissors for cellular transport
In many ways, a cell is like a city. Proteins or people do daily work to keep the economy going, and items are imported and...
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New insights into membrane trafficking regulated by ER fusion protein
Credit: Image by Dr. HU Junjie's group Prof. HU Junjie from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and his collaborators reported...
Game app provides knowledge of person-centered care
Credit: Photo: Elin Linstrom Claessen Click, swipe, listen to patients and follow the talk among the healthcare staff. Now, another step in the work towards...
Safe, low-cost, modular, self-programming robots
A toolbox for building robots aware of their surroundingsCredit: A. Heddergott / TUM Many work processes would be almost unthinkable today without robots. But robots...
Old at heart: Solution to red giants’ age paradox
A group of red giants discovered four years ago seems to be old and young at the same time. Scientists now prove that they are...
Climate impact of clouds made from airplane contrails may triple by 2050
Credit: Bock and Burkhardt, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2019 In the right conditions, airplane contrails can linger in the sky as contrail cirrus - ice clouds...
Low-carb ‘keto’ diet (‘Atkins-style’) may modestly improve cognition in older adults
Diet that restricts glucose may help brain function In a pilot study of 14 older adults with mild cognitive problems suggestive of early Alzheimer's disease,...
SimBlock: A simulator for testing improvements to real-world blockchain networks
Demonstration of visualizer: Bitcoin network (scaled down to 600 nodes) Kazuyuki Shudo, his colleagues and the Cybersecurity Research Center at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo...
Applying pressure is way toward generating more electricity from waste heat
Osaka University-led researchers apply pressure to a thermoelectric material to better understand quantum phenomena and in doing so are able to increase the material's ability...
Children living in countryside outperform children living in metropolitan area in motor skills
Young children's daily living environment and motor skills are closely related in the Finnish contextCredit: Martta Walker / University of Jyväskylä. In a recent study...
Patients see multiple clinicians on one visit, thanks to new scheduling protocol
A new patient-centered scheduling protocol is improving the quality, efficiency and convenience of multiprovider health care, according to a recently published paper from The University...
New cuprate superconductor may challenge the classical wisdom
Credit: JIN Changqing Superconductivity is one of the most mysterious phenomena in nature in that the materials can conduct electrical current without any resistance. The...
Meals on Wheels drivers good early warning system for senior’s health and safety issues
Study shows app-based program effective for drivers to alert care coordinators about health and safety issues before they become seriousCredit: Meals on Wheels America San...
Music develops the spoken language of the hearing-impaired
Finnish researchers have compiled guidelines for international use for utilizing music to support the development of spoken language Finnish researchers have compiled guidelines for international...
Cryo-electron microscopy at reveals structures of protein that maintains cell membranes
Groundbreaking cryo-electron microscopy at Aarhus University reveals the first structures of a protein that maintains cell membranesCredit: Milena Timcenko Using cutting-edge electron microscopy, researchers from...
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