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Key Pathological Mechanism Discovered in Plague Bacterium

In the 14th century, the Black Death claimed the lives of one third of the population of Europe. Even though the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which causes the…

Statistics

Germany Hits Record High in Student Enrollment for 2023

As Roderich Egeler, President of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), today said at a press conference on the situation of higher education in Germany -…

Earth Sciences

Russian Far East Holds Seismic Hazards That Could Threaten Pacific Basin

But research in the last 20 years has shown that the Kamchatka Peninsula and Kuril Islands are a seismic and volcanic hotbed, with a potential to trigger…

Health & Medicine

Study Shows BPA Exposure in Fetal Livers

Researchers also found a proportionately higher concentration of free BPA—as opposed to the conjugated forms modified by the body for elimination—further…

Life & Chemistry

Combating Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease with Novel Antibodies

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Develop Antibodies With Improved Ability for Preventing Formation of Toxic Protein Particles Linked to Diseases…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Squirrels and Birds Inspire Researchers to Create Deceptive Robots

The research is funded by the Office of Naval Research and is led by Professor Ronald Arkin, who suggests the applications could be implemented by the military…

Health & Medicine

Mu-rhythm in the brain: The neural mechanism of speech as an audio-vocal perception-action system

Speech production is one of the most important components in human communication. However, the cortical mechanisms governing speech are not well understood…

Life & Chemistry

Saving silkworms: current approaches to combat Microsporidiosis

Microsporidiosis is a disease caused by highly infective parasitic microsporidian. The spores of microsporidian, known as pebrine, infect almost all ages,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

World’s first demonstration of power transfer from wheels to power an electric car

However, they are not yet popular with drivers due to the need to store large batteries onboard. Now, Takashi Ohira and colleagues are developing an innovative…

Life & Chemistry

Visualizing the structures of molecules

“We’ve developed high performance molecular simulation tools and a graphical user interface for researchers to study the conformation—the three-dimensional…

Health & Medicine

Viable Hearts for Transplant: Stress Echo Unlocks New Options

Hearts previously rejected due to donors' age or other risk factors can now be declared viable for transplantation using pharmacological stress echo, according…

Studies and Analyses

Bye bye Mediterranean diet, the poorest can't afford it anymore

Recently the Mediterranean diet has achieved lots of distinctions, from the inclusion by the UNESCO in the Olympus of the World heritage list to a long series…

Earth Sciences

National Geographic Launches Next Phase of Genographic Project

The National Geographic Society today announced the next phase of its Genographic Project — the multiyear global research initiative that uses DNA to map the…

Physics & Astronomy

Curiosity Rover’s SAM Lab Analyzes Martian Chemistry

Developed at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., SAM is a portable chemistry lab tucked inside the Curiosity rover. SAM examines the…

Studies and Analyses

New Research: Solar Systems May Host More Habitable Worlds

That’s because the interiors of any terrestrial planets in these systems are likely warmer than Earth—up to 25 percent warmer, which would make them more…

Life & Chemistry

DNA Analysis Reveals Surprising Microbes at Fracking Site

They expected to find many tough microbes suited to extreme environments, such as those that derive from archaea, a domain of single-celled species sometimes…

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