Antibiotics from the sea
International research team taps potential source of new antibioticsCredit: Christian Jogler Nearly three-quarters of all clinically relevant antibiotics are natural substances, produced by bacteria. However,...
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How gene expression noise shapes cell fate
Max Planck researcher develops a method for measuring gene expression noise across single cells in complex tissueCredit: MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Dominic Grün Essential...
The measurements of the expansion of the universe don’t add up
The mystery of the Hubble constantCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltetch/ESA-Planck Collaboration/SINC Physicists use two types of measurements to calculate the expansion rate of the universe, but their results...
Moss: a bio-monitor of atmospheric nitrogen deposition in the Yangtze River Delta
Credit: Tao Huang Atmospheric reactive nitrogen (N) deposition has more than doubled over the past century. It is very important to estimate the rates and...
King’s College AI-Longevity Hub launched via support of Biogerontology Research Foundation
The UK's first AI for Longevity hub -- the Longevity AI Consortium -- is launched at King's College London with the strategic and financial support...
NTU and Dutch scientists show how perovskite solar cells can capture more electricity
Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) in a collaboration with the University of Groningen (UG) in the Netherlands, have developed...
Discovery in ferroelectric material reveals unique property, application potential
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy; illustration by Sabine Neumayer A discovery from a team of physicists and other researchers is breaking...
Protein imaging at the speed of life
The European XFEL marks a new age of protein movie-making that enables enzymes involved in disease to be observed in real timeCredit: European XFEL /...
NASA finds light rain in fading Tropical Depression 21E
Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL Tropical Depression 21E never matured into a tropical storm and a NASA analysis of rainfall rates show the storm won't have that chance....
Balancing elementary steps for boosting alkaline hydrogen evolution
Credit: ©Science China Press Electrocatalytic reaction, like other heterogenous catalytic reaction, commonly consists of multiple elementary reaction steps. For example, alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER)...
UCLouvain strengthens connectivity of 1 in 8 of world’s smartphones
1 in 8 smartphones in the world uses a UCLouvain technology Today, your smartphone's switch from Wi-Fi to 4G goes completely unnoticed. The key is...
Sierra Nevada has oldest underground water recharge system in Europe
Scientists from the University of Granada, the IGME, and the Universities of Cologne and Lisbon have demonstrated that the careo irrigation channels of Sierra Nevada...
Dozens of potential new antibiotics discovered with free online app
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new web tool speeds the discovery of drugs to kill Gram-negative bacteria, which are responsible...
One-two punch drug combination offers hope for pancreatic cancer therapy
Study provides rationale for an immediate clinical trial evaluating the 2 therapiesCredit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - Nov. 18, 2019 - Scientists at...
Boosting wind farmers, global winds reverse decades of slowing and pick up speed
Credit: Erping Sun In a boon to wind farms, average daily wind speeds are picking up across much of the globe after about 30 years...
