Better learning through zinc?
Zinc is a vital micronutrient involved in many cellular processes: For example, in learning and memory processes, it plays a role that is not yet...
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Breaking the supermassive black hole speed limit
Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, March 21, 2017--A new computer simulation helps explain the existence of puzzling supermassive black holes observed...
Astronomers hazard a ride in a ‘drifting carousel’ to understand pulsating stars
Credit: Image credit: MWA Project / Curtin University What sounds like a stomach-turning ride at an amusement park might hold the key to unravelling the...
The foundation of aquatic life can rapidly adapt to global warming, new research suggests
Important microscopic creatures which produce half of the oxygen in the atmosphere can rapidly adapt to global warming, new research suggests. Phytoplankton, which also act...
Almond-crop fungicides a threat to honey bees
Annapolis, MD; March 17, 2017--Fungicides commonly used in almond orchards can be harmful to almond growers' primary pollinator: honey bees. According to new research to...
New medicine to prevent mothers dying in childbirth succeeds in first trial in humans
Credit: Monash University The Monash University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) today announced positive results from a first-in-human study of a new, inhaled form of...
New technologies in the air by NTU Singapore and Camfil to improve indoor air quality
Credit: NTU Singapore Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Swedish company Camfil, a global leader in the air filtration industry, are collaborating to develop...
Research spotlights early signs of disease using infrared light: New research
While more research is needed to confirm the findings published today in the FASEB Journal, the use of FITR could herald a fast and easy...
Organic electronics can use power from socket
Organic light-emitting devices and printed electronics can be connected to a socket in the wall by way of a small, inexpensive organic converter, developed in...
When helium behaves like a black hole
Credit: Adrian Del Maestro/Nature Physics A team of scientists has discovered that a law controlling the bizarre behavior of black holes out in space--is also...
Finding the ‘ghost particles’ might be more challenging than what we thought
Credit: IBS Dubbed as "ghost particles," neutrinos have no electric charge and their masses are so tiny that they are difficult to observe. The sun,...
Interferon drug shows promise in treating Ebola
Credit: University Health Network (Tuesday, March 21, 2017 -- Toronto) -- A pilot study of a class of drugs used to treat hepatitis and some...
Chemists created nanoparticles for safe imaging of tumors
Credit: ITMO University Chemists from Russia and Switzerland created biosafe luminescent nanoparticles for imaging tumors and blood vessels damaged by heart attack or stroke. The...
Structural knowledge of the DNA repair complex
Credit: Kasper Røjkjær Andersen New Danish research provides mechanistic insight into how DNA is monitored and repaired if damage occurs. The results may eventually help...
Quantum dots illuminate transport within the cell
Credit: Anna Vinokurova The quantum dots used by the researchers are particles of semi-conducting material just a few nanometres wide, and are the subject of...
