A self-cleaning surface that repels even the deadliest superbugs
Researchers create the ultimate non-stick coating, with medical settings and food industry in mindCredit: Georgia Kirkos, McMaster University HAMILTON, ON, Dec. 13, 2019 - A...
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Wyss Academy for Nature founded at the University of Bern
Credit: University of Bern, Image: Ramon Lehmann Rapid biodiversity losses, accelerated climate change, and a growing demand for land resources - these developments and their...
Salmon lose diversity in managed rivers, reducing resilience to environmental change
Natural resilience is more important than ever in the face of unprecedented climate changeCredit: Sturrock et al. 2019 The manipulation of rivers in California is...
Study probing visual memory, amblyopia unveils many-layered mystery
Credit: Bear Lab/ Picower Institute for Learning and Memory In decades of studying how neural circuits in the brain's visual cortex adapt to experience, MIT...
NIH renews funding for the Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group
Network leads clinical trials that address antibacterial resistance threatsCredit: NIAID As antibiotic-resistant bacteria become more urgent threats worldwide, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...
Moongoose females compete over reproduction
Credit: Emma Vitikainen A new study on wild banded mongooses reveals that females may use spontaneous abortion to cope with reproductive competition, and to save...
Standard pathology tests outperform molecular subtyping in bladder cancer
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University While trying to develop a comparatively easy, inexpensive way to give physicians and their patients with bladder cancer...
Tracking titin in real time
Credit: Gotthardt Lab, MDC Using new high-resolution imaging techniques, MDC researchers and colleagues have tracked titin, the body's largest protein, in real time throughout its...
A test of a customized implant for hip replacement
Scientists developed a mathematical model of an 'endoprosthesis-skeleton' system; special attention was paid to the geometry and internal structure of hip bonesCredit: Peter the Great...
Chen WeiQiu’s team realized the tailoring of topological states via boundary selection
Credit: ©Science China Press In the paper, a C6v-symmetric structure is thoroughly studied in which the valley Hall effect plays an important role when the...
New study enhances knowledge about widespread diseases
Credit: Johan Wingborg When proteins in the brain form deposits consisting of insoluble aggregates, diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's can occur. Now a research...
Bone bandage soaks up pro-healing biochemical to accelerate repair
Trapping adenosine at the site of a bone break speeds recovery in miceCredit: Shyni Varghese, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers at Duke University have...
Bone bandage soaks up pro-healing biochemical to accelerate repair
Trapping adenosine at the site of a bone break speeds recovery in miceCredit: Shyni Varghese, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers at Duke University have...
Strengthening European biology
EMBL joins Instruct-ERICCredit: PHOTO: Udo Ringeisen / EMBL European biomedical research capabilities, and services to industry, will be further enhanced following a new partnership announced...
Researchers create synthetic nanopores made from DNA
Credit: Rasmus Peter Thomsen, Aarhus University In 2015, the first commercial nanopore DNA sequencing device was introduced by Oxford Nanopore Technologies. Based on a synthetically...
