Natural evolution has created an incredible diversity of small molecular structures that perturb living systems and are therefore used as drugs in medicinal…
Trichoplax is one of the simplest animals one can imagine, and looks like a shapeless little blob. Senior author Nicole Dubilier says it reminds her of a…
The golden cat is a mid-size feline, males reaching 14 kg and 1.3 m, including the tail. The colour of the fur varies from intense orange to the typically…
The results of their study have recently been published in the renowned scientific journal PNAS. First author Anthony Zannas and his colleagues evaluated the…
Short lived isotopes of both radon and radium have both been identified as potential candidates for measuring EDM in atoms.
A team headed by chemist Dr. Michael J. Bojdys at Humboldt University Berlin recently synthesised a new organic semiconductor material in the carbon-nitride…
Lots of motives are applied as screen print inks on textile and need to be dried afterwards.
ART involves taking a combination (usually three) of drugs daily, often combined into a single pill. ART has transformed the lives of people with HIV, enabling…
The blood-brain barrier acts as a gatekeeper by blocking toxins and other foreign substances in the bloodstream from entering brain tissue and damaging it. It…
They applied a layer of graphene to gallium nitride, a commonly used semiconductor. The graphene is made of a single layer of atoms, while the gallium nitride…
Nitric oxide (NO) prevents high blood pressure and artery plaque build-up in our body. However, its duplicity is shown when it causes serious inflammatory…
Many patients with rare diseases go through lengthy trials and tribulations until they are correctly diagnosed. “This results in a loss of valuable time that…
One aspect of climate change that has received little attention in the public debate so far is the spread of what are called vector-borne diseases, namely,…
The mineralocortoid receptor (MR) regulates water and sodium transport throughout cells and tissues, which is critical for controlling blood pressure and so,…
Pancreatic cancer kills more than 45,000 people in the U.S. each year, mostly due to the fact that it is detected too late for surgery to remove and halt the…
Research always means trying things out and daring to do new things. Research institutes, universities, and SMEs do not produce in large batches, but rather…