Silencing retroviruses to awaken cell potential
Researchers led by a team from the University of Tsukuba identify a protein that suppresses retroviruses in the human genome, allowing the reprogramming of somatic...
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Researchers say animal-like embryos preceded animal appearance
Credit: NIGPAS Animals evolved from single-celled ancestors before diversifying into 30-40 distinct anatomical designs. When and how animal ancestors made the transition from single-celled microbes...
Animal embryos evolved before animals
Credit: Philip Donoghue and Zongjun Yin Animals evolved from single-celled ancestors, before diversifying into 30 or 40 distinct anatomical designs. When and how animal ancestors...
Scientists find new way to identify, manipulate topological metals for spintronics
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory / Ellen Weiss Topological materials have become a hot topic in quantum materials research, as they have potential applications for quantum...
Solving fossil mystery could aid quest for ancient life on Mars
Credit: Sean McMahon The search for evidence of life on Mars could be helped by fresh insights into ancient rocks on Earth. Research which suggests...
Biodiversity and wind energy
How stakeholders evaluate the green-green dilemma -- and what they think about possible solutionsCredit: Christian Voigt, Leibniz-IZW The replacement of fossil and nuclear energy sources...
Black silicon can help detect explosives
Credit: FEFU press office Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, and...
Can obesity limit antiarrhythmic drug effectiveness?
Some AFib medications are less effective in obese patientsCredit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine Atrial fibrillation, also known as AFib, is the most common type of irregular heartbeat,...
Material for safer football helmets may reduce head injuries
Credit: HRL Laboratories, LLC. Scientists at the University of California Santa Barbara, HRL Laboratories LLC, and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have developed elastic microlattice...
Laboratory-evolved bacteria switch to consuming CO2 for growth
Credit: Gleizer et al. Over the course of several months, researchers in Israel created Escherichia coli strains that consume CO2 for energy instead of organic...
Scientists develop first implantable magnet resonance detector
A new miniature NMR implant measures neuronal activityCredit: whitehoune - stock.adobe.com, MPI f. Biological Cybernetics, University of Stuttgart. Compositing: Martin Vötsch (design-galaxie.de). A team of...
The molecule that can AUTAC bad proteins
Credit: Tohoku University Tohoku University researchers have developed a strategy that could help cells get rid of disease-related debris. Further research could lead to treatments...
Discovery by Hebrew University scientists could revolutionize chemotherapy
New technique targets cancer cells and leaves healthy ones alone; patients would receive less chemo and fewer side effectsCredit: Hadas Parush/Flash 90 (Jerusalem, November 26,...
Screening tech advances early detection of Parkinson’s disease
Pioneering technology can spot Parkinson's when there are no obvious symptomsCredit: RMIT University Screening technology to catch Parkinson's disease in its earliest stages could be...
New winter mountaineering project for Simone Moro and Tamara Lunger
A Eurac research study on acclimatisation and de-acclimatisation will take place in the terraXcube center for the simulation of extreme climatesCredit: Pavana_TheVerticalEye "In the summer...
