To induce sufficiently strong immune responses during vaccination, either the antigen itself against which the immune response is directed at (for example…
Optical sensors are pervasive. Domestic life as well as the industrial environment are hard to imagine without them. For example, digital cameras using CMOS…
The human genome encodes hundreds of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). These form the largest group of receptors through which hormones and…
New findings published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) by Desert Research Institute (DRI)…
Swapping out specific chemical building blocks in fluorescent molecules called rhodamines can generate nearly any color scientists desire – ROYGBIV and beyond,…
In their paper, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the authors synthesised currently available evidence and documented the profound…
Everyone will be familiar with playing a video on their computer that keeps pausing every few seconds and just won’t buffer properly. These stops and starts…
For many poor farmers in India and Africa, finger millet is a major staple food. The crop species is not only a rich source of minerals like calcium, iron,…
The dramatic, worldwide loss of biodiversity is one of today's greatest environmental problems. The loss of species diversity affects important ecosystems on…
The marine biology researchers, from 11 institutions in five different countries, gathered at a recent workshop to assess the fate of coral reefs in the face…
Current smartwatches can recognise a limited number of particular activities, including yoga and running, but these are programmed in advance.
Generally any substance that people introduce into the atmosphere that has damaging effects on living things and the environment is considered air pollution.
A dramatic drop in Antarctic sea ice almost a year ago, during the Southern Hemisphere spring, brought its maximum area down to its lowest level in 40 years of…
Now, researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed a highly selective catalyst consisting of ruthenium nanoparticles supported on…
Flaviviruses are a significant threat to public health worldwide, and some infected patients develop severe — potentially fatal — neurological diseases….
Venus rotates westward with a very low angular speed; it takes 243 Earth days to rotate once. The planet's atmosphere rotates in the same direction but at much…
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