For the first time, researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have shown that a unicellular parasite commonly found in the mouth plays a role in…
A type of damage in soft materials and tissue called cavitation is one of the least-studied phenomena in physics, materials science and biology, say expert…
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have identified previously unknown functions of the enigmatic enzyme caspase-6. The findings show that…
“Einstein's General Relativity predicts that bound orbits of one object around another are not closed, as in Newtonian Gravity, but precess forwards in the…
A neural circuit comprises a population of nerve cells (neurons) interconnected by synapses. Once activated, these units carry out specific functions that…
Poetry, an aesthetic object, is deeply rooted in all human cultures. But despite its universality, the neural mechanisms of poetry appreciation are seldom…
When people think of glutamate, the first thing they remember is the flavour enhancer that is often used in Asian cuisine. Glutamate is also an important…
CHEOPS is a joint mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Switzerland, under the leadership of the University of Bern in collaboration with the…
In a paper published online April 14, 2020, in Cell Reports, members of the Washburn Lab describe the combination of three approaches — affinity tag protein…
Wind power surged worldwide in 2019, but will it sustain? More than 340,000 wind turbines generated over 591 gigawatts globally. In the U.S., wind powered the…
Scientists have been using fluorescence microscopy to study the inner workings of biological cells and organisms for decades. However, many of these platforms…
CIGS cells, which consist of copper, indium, gallium and selenium, can be deposited as thin-films with a total thickness of only 3 to 4 micrometers; the…
In a study published April 14 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison physicists provide an explanation for the…
A Korean research team has developed a technology to fabricate an ultrathin material for electromagnetic interference(EMI) shielding. The research team, led by…
This basic mechanism of early embryonic development may also help to guide tissue engineering approaches for regenerative medicine in the future. The findings…
Light can be used to knock electrons out of atoms, with light particles and electrons bouncing off each other like two billiard balls – Compton scattering. Why…
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