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Life & Chemistry

Why P. Aeruginosa Thrives in Cystic Fibrosis Lungs

Why does P. aeruginosa, but not other common bacteria, thrive in cystic fibrosis lungs?

Life & Chemistry

Cascading Activity: Insights into Cortical Network Functionality

Brain computation is carried out by thousands to millions of neurons that interact with one another over space (within and between brain areas) and time (from…

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Environmental Conservation

Clean Air Innovations Paving Manila’s Sustainable Future

By improving the living conditions for the people of Manila, the project also aims to contribute to the United Nations' Agenda 2030 for Sustainable…

Earth Sciences

Boreal Forest Fires: Uncovering Deep Soil Carbon Risks

Canada's Northwest Territories were scorched by record-breaking wildfires in 2014. The team of researchers from the United States and Canada took soil samples…

Health & Medicine

Unveiling How Pressure-Sensing Piezo Proteins Function

In the study, published Aug. 21 in Nature, the scientists used advanced microscopy techniques to image the Piezo1 protein at rest and during the application of…

Health & Medicine

Protein-Transport Discovery: New Strategies for Eye Disease

Many forms of vision loss stem from a common source: impaired communication between the eye and the brain. And at the root of all eye-to-brain communication…

Trade Fair News

Intelligent Sensor Tech for Improved Workplace Posture at IFA 2019

At the International Consumer Electronics Fair (IFA) in Berlin from 6 to 11 September (IFA Next, hall 26, stand 324/325), the researchers will present their…

Earth Sciences

Ice Age Savannah Corridor Enabled Mammal Spread in Southeast Asia

New research from the University of Tübingen indicates that the Thai-Malay Peninsula – where parts of Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand are located – was at least…

Physics & Astronomy

HADES Experiment Simulates Neutron Star Collisions at 800 Billion Degrees

When two neutron stars collide, the matter at their core enters extreme states. An international research team has now studied the properties of matter…

Life & Chemistry

Study Uncovers Patterns in Key Atlantic Ocean Algae

A globally important ocean algae is mysteriously scarce in one of the most productive regions of the Atlantic Ocean, according to a new paper in Deep Sea…

Information Technology

Minimizing Risks in Shared Augmented Reality Environments

For now, AR remains mostly a solo activity, but soon people might be using the technology for a variety of group activities, such as playing multi-user games…

Materials Sciences

Shape-Shifting Sheets: New Math Framework from Harvard Researchers

Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a mathematical framework that can turn any sheet…

Life & Chemistry

Intestinal Bacteria’s Role in Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity

Those who are overweight also have a significantly increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. In fact, 86% of all patients with this type of diabetes are…

Earth Sciences

Deep-Sea Methane Source Discovered: A Major Breakthrough

“Identifying an abiotic source of deep-sea methane has been a problem that we've been wrestling with for many years,” says Jeffrey Seewald a senior scientist…

Life & Chemistry

Protein aggregation: Assemblies of proteins relevant not only for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease

Amyloid fibrils play a crucial role in neurodegenerative illnesses. Scientists from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and Forschungszentrum Jülich…

Life & Chemistry

Biomarkers Reveal Health Insights for Aging Populations

Researchers on ageing from the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing and the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) collaborate to link basic insights…

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