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Life & Chemistry

Gene Mutations Link Autism and Gut Disturbances

Individuals with autism often also show disturbances of the gastrointestinal tract. Scientists from Heidelberg, Würzburg, and Ulm have shown for the first time…

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Laser Technology Targets Weeds at Agritechnica Farming 4.0

The new approach of the LZH is based on the non-contact, optical interaction of light with biological material: cameras can be used to distinguish weeds from…

Physics & Astronomy

Machine Learning Boosts Light-Beam Performance at Advanced Source

Synchrotron light sources are powerful facilities that produce light in a variety of “colors,” or wavelengths – from the infrared to X-rays – by accelerating…

Information Technology

A 'worker' that flies: Chinese researchers design novel flying robot

No, but Chinese researchers at the Shenyang Institute of Automation (SIA) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have designed a promising alternative.

Life & Chemistry

Mouse Stem Cell Innovation: Success Without Oct4

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Münster showed that Oct4, a factor most commonly used for reprogramming, is detrimental for…

Medical Engineering

3D Mapping of Synapses: New Microscope Breakthrough Unveiled

To make the synapses visible, the research team at Southwestern University Texas, led by Reto Fiolka and Kevin Dean, developed a special microscope. The…

Earth Sciences

Turbulence Sparks Ice Formation in Clouds: Key for Climate Models

The results from Leipzig could help to map an important part of the water cycle better in the weather and climate models in the future by ice formation in…

Earth Sciences

Manganese Nodules: Assessing Environmental Impact of Deep Sea Mining

Manganese nodules, which are about the size of potatoes, are found on large parts of the ocean floor at a depth of several kilometers. Huge fields of these…

Life & Chemistry

High-Resolution Crystal Structure of Staphylococcus Stress Proteins

Project leader, Head of Structural Biology Lab Konstantin Usachev explains, “One of the main factors favoring a microorganism's survival in extreme conditions…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Breakthrough: First Cr-Based Nitrides Superconductor Discovered

Among the 3d transitional metallic compounds, the Cr and Mn based materials can hardly become superconducting due to robust static magnetism which can destroy…

Information Technology

AI Agents Adopt Human Design Strategies for Innovative Solutions

Trained AI agents can adopt human design strategies to solve problems, according to findings published in the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design.

Health & Medicine

Beta-Blockers Linked to New Insights on Skin Inflammation

It has long been known that beta-blockers can cause severe skin inflammation. However, the cause of this phenomenon was largely unknown until now. The current…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring Flatland: Innovations in Dimensional Thinking

In 1884, a schoolmaster and theologian named Edwin Abbott wrote a novella called Flatland, which tells the story of a world populated by sentient…

Health & Medicine

Frog Egg Cytoplasm Forms Cell-Like Structures, Study Shows

The cytoplasm of ruptured Xenopus frog eggs spontaneously reorganizes into cell-like compartments, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford…

Life & Chemistry

Oxygen Deficiency Rewires Mitochondria for Energy Shift

Mitochondria burn oxygen and provide energy for the body. Cells lacking oxygen or nutrients have to change their energy supply quickly in order to keep…

Studies and Analyses

Eating Habits That Shift Internal Clocks and Hormones

The research conducted in mice found that the time-of-day dependent metabolic cycle is altered by high caloric diet. Since glucocorticoids are widely used…

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