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Young scientist helps identify cause of widespread eye disease

A type of blood clot in the eye, the disease causes reduced vision, and people with the disease also typically have an increased risk of hypertension, diabetes…

Awards Funding

ERC Synergy Grant Funds €10M Quantum Microscopy Project

For the next six years, their project “Diamond Quantum devices and biology” (BioQ) will be supported with 10.3 million Euro. Synergy Grants have been issued…

Life & Chemistry

New Diagnostic Markers for Kawasaki Disease Uncovered

Mass spectrometry-based proteomic analysis of the human urine proteome, the entire set of proteins found in human urine, uncovered molecular markers that offer…

Architecture & Construction

Transforming Paper Waste Into Eco-Friendly Bricks

“The use of paper industry waste could bring about economic and environmental benefits as it means that material considered as waste can be reused as raw…

Health & Medicine

Cholesterol’s Role in Cell Signaling: New Insights Unveiled

The results of their study are reported in the journal Nature Communications.Cholesterol's role in heart disease has given it a bad reputation. But inside the…

Life & Chemistry

Humpback Whales Sing While Feeding: New Research Insights

Humpbacks sing for their supper — or at least, they sing while they hunt for it.The research, published December 19 in PLoS ONE, uncovers the whales'…

Process Engineering

Microwave-Assisted Method Advances Thin Film Production

Growth of new materials is the cornerstone of materials science – a highly inter-disciplinary field of science that touches every aspect of our lives from…

Health & Medicine

New Mechanism Discovered for Muscle Regeneration

Researchers at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) have described a new selectively target in muscle regeneration. This is the association of…

Life & Chemistry

How Two Proteins Shape Brain Cells: Insights from New Research

In cooperation with researchers of the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, the University of Bonn and other German and international colleagues they…

Life & Chemistry

Protein Enhances Nerve Cell Growth Along Spinal Cord

Working with mice, Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered that a particular protein helps nerve cells extend themselves along the spinal cord during…

Life & Chemistry

First Brain Map Reveals How We Organize What We See

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have found that the brain is wired to put in order all the categories of objects and actions that we see….

Life & Chemistry

Bacteria’s Role in Hunger: Insights from GI Microbes

Now Vic Norris of the University of Rouen, France, and coauthors propose yet another role for GI bacteria: that they exert some control over their hosts'…

Life & Chemistry

Soybeans: A New Source for Valuable Chemical Innovations

The humble soybean could become an inexpensive new source of a widely used chemical for plastics, textiles, drugs, solvents and as a food additive.Succinic…

Medical Engineering

Invisible Sound Beams: The Future of Precision Surgery

Today's ultrasound technology enables far more than glimpses into the womb. Doctors routinely use focused sound waves to blast apart kidney stones and prostate…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Southern China Pigs Infected with Avian Flu: What to Know

Influenza A virus is responsible both for pandemics that have killed millions worldwide, and for the much less severe annual outbreaks of influenza. Because…

Life & Chemistry

Neural Stem Cells Slow ALS Progression in Mouse Models

A consortium of researchers at multiple institutions, including the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and…

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