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Cellular Protein Shredders: A New Approach to Cancer Treatment

Cells continuously produce proteins to be able to carry out their tasks in the body. Any protein molecules that are no longer needed are given a kind of…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Nano-Toolkit: Crafting New Biomaterials Efficiently

From magnetosomes to versatile nanoparticles

Life & Chemistry

New Molecular Probes Enhance Opioid Receptor Research

Strong painkillers are very important in the management of patients with cancer and heart attack or requiring surgery. They extert their effect by binding to…

Architecture & Construction

ArKol Project: Tapping into the Thermal Potential of Façades

The project “ArKol – Development of architecturally aesthetic, integrated façade collectors with Heat Pipes,” just ended in February 2020. The project focused…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Ultrathin High-Resolution Cameras Inspired by Nature’s Vision

The unique structures of biological vision systems in nature inspired scientists to design ultracompact imaging systems. A research group led by Professor…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Teamwork in Cells: The Dynamic Cytoskeleton

The cytoskeleton is a permanent construction site: it consists of protein filaments that are continually lengthening and shortening in a dynamic process….

Life & Chemistry

Stanford Research Discovers How Squid Communicate in Darkness

How do they establish such order in the near-darkness of the ocean's twilight zone?

Earth Sciences

New 3D Mapping Reveals Methane Emission Sources

Combining multiple data sets from emissions inventories, including fossil fuel, agricultural, biomass burning and biofuels, and simulations of wetland sources…

Health & Medicine

CAR Macrophages Target Solid Tumors Beyond T Cells

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has been a game-changer for blood cancers but has faced challenges in targeting solid tumors. Now researchers…

Medical Engineering

UniTrento’s New Ultrasound Protocol for Covid-19 Diagnosis

The article presents the results of the diagnostic protocol for Covid-19 that Libertario Demi developed with a dozen Italian clinical teams that are working…

Life & Chemistry

Bacteria’s Space Needs: How Crowding Halts Photosynthesis

In a study published today, a team at the University of Colorado Boulder took advantage of a new microscopic technique to follow the lives of individual…

Earth Sciences

East Antarctica's Denman Glacier has retreated almost 3 miles over last 22 years

East Antarctica's Denman Glacier has retreated 5 kilometers, nearly 3 miles, in the past 22 years, and researchers at the University of California, Irvine and…

Materials Sciences

Energy-Efficient Electronics: Harnessing Electron Spin States

It involves exploiting the complex quantum properties of electrons – in this case, the spin state of electrons.

Health & Medicine

Stroke Insights: Brain Adaptation After Second Attack

Until now, it was unclear whether these mechanisms also apply in the event of a second attack. Does the brain retain its capacity to adapt? This is important…

Materials Sciences

Skoltech’s New Cathode Material Boosts Metal-Ion Batteries

Nowadays, the rapid development of electric transport and renewable energy sources calls for commercially accessible, safe and inexpensive energy storage…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Electric Jolt to Carbon Enhances Water Purification

Various nanocarbons are being studied and used for purifying water and wastewater by adsorbing dyes, gases, organic compounds and toxic metal ions. These…

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