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CRISPR System Targets Antibiotic-Resistant Genes Effectively

Taking advantage of powerful advances in CRISPR gene editing, scientists at the University of California San Diego have set their sights on one of society's…

Earth Sciences

Uranium Chemistry Insights for Safe Radioactive Waste Disposal

A new paper to be published on 16 December provides a significant new insight into our understanding of uranium biogeochemistry and could help with the UK's…

Physics & Astronomy

Chinese Team Achieves Breakthrough in Super-Resolution Nanoscopy

A Chinese research team has developed an advanced imaging technique to achieve super-resolution microscopy at unprecedented speeds and with many fewer images….

Physics & Astronomy

Wind Turbine Structures: Impact on Wind Farm Efficiency

Offshore wind power generation has become an increasingly promising source of renewable energy. Much about the aerodynamic effects of larger wind farms,…

Medical Engineering

Tracking Lab-Grown Tissue: A New Era in Medical Innovation

Someday, doctors would like to grow limbs and other body tissue for soldiers who have lost arms in battle, children who need a new heart or liver, and many…

Studies and Analyses

Microbial Individuality: Insights From Ocean Seawater Study

A single drop of seawater can contain a wide representation of ocean microbes from around the world – revealing novel insights into the ecology, evolution and…

Physics & Astronomy

Newfound Martian aurora actually the most common; sheds light on Mars' changing climate

At Earth, aurora are commonly seen as colorful displays of light in the night sky near the polar regions, where they are also known as the northern and…

Materials Sciences

Tiny Quantum Sensors Reveal Material Changes Under Pressure

Since their invention more than 60 years ago, diamond anvil cells have made it possible for scientists to recreate extreme phenomena – such as the crushing…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Observes Comet Borisov’s Swift Journey Past the Sun

In October 2019, Hubble observed the comet at a distance of approximately 420 million kilometres from Earth. These new observations taken in November and…

Life & Chemistry

Saliva Test Promises Early Detection of Mouth and Throat Cancer

Unfortunately, cancers that occur in the back of the mouth and upper throat are often not diagnosed until they become advanced, partly because their location…

Health & Medicine

New Study Links IL-36y Protein to Bacterial Vaginosis

Women with bacterial vaginosis exhibit elevated levels of the pro-inflammatory protein, IL-36y, according to a new collaborative study led by the University of…

Life & Chemistry

New Yeast Species Discovered in Braunschweig, Germany

Microbiologist Dr. Andrey M. Yurkov of the Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ) isolated a new yeast from tree…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA Mission Delivers Best-ever Pulsar Measurements – Research Group of TU Darmstadt involved

The pulsar in question, J0030+0451 (J0030 for short), lies in an isolated region of space 1,100 light-years away in the constellation Pisces. While measuring…

Life & Chemistry

3D Virus Multiplication: New Insights into Infection Mechanics

For viruses to multiply, they usually need the support of the cells they infect. In many cases, only in their host’s nucleus can they find the machines,…

Materials Sciences

Bayreuth Researchers Unveil Unique Polymer Fibres for Industry

“The fibres we discovered can be produced easily using high-tech processes that are already established in the industry – and on the basis of polymers that are…

Information Technology

Fraunhofer IPT and Ericsson launch 5G-Industry Campus Europe, Europe’s largest Industrial 5G Research Network

Together with its project partners, the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) of RWTH Aachen University and the FIR at the RWTH Aachen…

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