Understanding 'smart,' spitting archerfishes
A new article thoroughly examines the evolutionary history and anatomical variation of archerfishes.
April 11, 2022, 7:12 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Engineered bacteria could help protect 'good' gut microbes from antibiotics
Researchers have engineered a strain of bacteria that can help protect the natural flora of the human digestive tract from antibiotics and curb the em...
April 11, 2022, 7:12 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Psilocybin rewires the brain for people with depression, study finds
Psilocybin fosters greater connections between different regions of the brain in depressed people, freeing them up from long-held patterns of ruminati...
April 11, 2022, 7:12 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Researchers identify potential new treatment for metabolic syndrome
Metabolic syndrome increases a person's risk for diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, and includes conditions such as obesity, high blood pressure and...
April 11, 2022, 7:12 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy shows promise for opioid addiction treatment
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may help people being treated for opioid addiction reduce their methadone dose and better manage pain and withdrawal symptom...
April 11, 2022, 5:49 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Certain personality traits associated with cognitive functioning late in life
People who are organized, with high levels of self-discipline, may be less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment as they age, while people who a...
April 11, 2022, 5:48 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Trainee teachers made sharper assessments about learning difficulties after receiving feedback from AI
A trial which used artificial intelligence to train new teachers to spot potential learning difficulties in pupils found that the approach significant...
April 11, 2022, 5:48 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
New protein discovery reveals the mechanisms of nitrogen assimilation in plants
Researchers recently discovered the protein inhibiting the formation of organic nitrogen compounds in plants. This protein, if manipulated, could pote...
April 11, 2022, 5:48 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Light-powered microbes are super-producing chemical factories
Researchers have found that engineering the light-dependent proton pump rhodopsin into Escherichia coli redirects carbon flow from cellular metabolism...
April 11, 2022, 5:48 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Electron lens formed by light: A new method for atomic-resolution electron microscopes
Researchers have proposed a new method to form an electron lens that will help reduce installation costs for electron microscopes with atomic resoluti...
April 11, 2022, 5:48 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Neptune is cooler than we thought: Study reveals unexpected changes in atmospheric temperatures
New research has revealed how temperatures in Neptune's atmosphere have unexpectedly fluctuated over the past two decades.
April 11, 2022, 5:48 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
SARS-CoV-2: Neutralization of BA.1 and BA.2 by therapeutic monoclonal antibodies
Scientists studied the sensitivity of Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 to nine monoclonal antibodies, some of which are used in pre-exposure prophylaxis in immun...
April 11, 2022, 5:48 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Heart issues after COVID-19 uncommon in children and young adults, more research needed
The new scientific statement details what has been learned about how to treat, manage and even likely prevent cardiovascular complications from the SA...
April 11, 2022, 5:48 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Friend or foe? The immune system collaborates with blood cancer cells
An international study demonstrates that the body's immune system attacks itself in a rare type of blood cancer. Consequently, treatment should be tar...
April 11, 2022, 5:48 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Converting solar energy to electricity on demand
A new energy system that makes it possible to capture solar energy, store it for up to eighteen years and release it when and where it is needed has n...
April 11, 2022, 5:48 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Study sheds new light on the origin of civilization
New research challenges the conventional theory that the transition from foraging to farming drove the development of complex, hierarchical societies ...
April 11, 2022, 5:47 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Research helps provide scientific framework for psilocybin use in therapeutic settings
A new paper provides a scientific framework to help shape the rollout of a program in Oregon that will legally permit the use of psilocybin for therap...
April 11, 2022, 5:47 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
A single memory is stored across many connected brain regions
Innovative brain-wide mapping study shows that 'engrams,' the ensemble of neurons encoding a memory, is widely distributed including among regions not...
April 11, 2022, 5:47 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Children think farm animals deserve same treatment as pets
Children differ dramatically from adults in their moral views on animals, new research shows.
April 11, 2022, 5:47 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Dynamic rivers contributed to Amazon's rich bird diversity
One of the most contentious questions in evolutionary biology is, how did the Amazon become so rich in species? A new study focused on birds examines ...
April 10, 2022, 6:47 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Producing ammonia through electrochemical processes could reduce carbon dioxide emissions
Ammonia is commonly used in fertilizer because it has the highest nitrogen content of commercial fertilizers, making it essential for crop production....
April 9, 2022, 6:16 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Differences between the Moon’s near and far sides linked to colossal ancient impact
New research shows how the impact that created the Moon's South Pole -- Aitken basin is linked to the stark contrast in composition and appearance bet...
April 8, 2022, 10:04 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
What shapes gut microbiomes of Alaska's brown bears? Location, location, location
A recent study of Alaskan brown bears (Ursus arctos) finds that there is significant variation in the gut microbiome of bear populations, depending on...
April 8, 2022, 10:04 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Air pollution responsible for 180,000 excess deaths in tropical cities
Around 180,000 avoidable deaths over 14 years in fast-growing tropical cities were caused by a rapid rise in emerging air pollution, a study has revea...
April 8, 2022, 10:04 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Key to success of drug-resistant bacteria
Researchers have uncovered how Gram-negative bacteria -- which cause a variety of drug-resistant infections -- build their protective outer layer, whi...
April 8, 2022, 8:52 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
How T cell-derived interleukin-22 promotes antibacterial defense of colonic crypts
Intestinal epithelial cells line the inner wall of the gut, creating a barrier to dangerous bacteria like enteropathogenic E. coli that seek to attach...
April 8, 2022, 8:52 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Toward high-powered telecommunication systems
Researchers have developed a fully integrated high-power laser on a lithium niobate chip, paving the way for high-powered telecommunication systems, f...
April 8, 2022, 7:14 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Better, faster, energy efficient predictions
Researchers have combined reinforcement learning with numerical methods to compute turbulent flows, one of the most complex processes in engineering. ...
April 8, 2022, 6:06 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
CRISPR gene editing reveals biological mechanism behind common blood disorder
Researchers have used CRISPR gene editing -- a type of 'molecular scissors' -- to understand how deletions in one area of the genome can affect the ex...
April 8, 2022, 6:06 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Dengue detection smartphone tech shows new hope for low-cost diagnostics
Accurate home testing could be used for a wider range of illnesses, as new research shows the capability of smartphone-powered tests for Dengue Fever....
April 8, 2022, 6:06 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Crowning a quest into a very well-guarded secret: Structure of the kinetochore corona finally revealed
During cell division in a mother cell, the 23 chromosomes that carry the human genome must be first copied and later delivered to two newly forming da...
April 8, 2022, 6:06 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Old skins cells reprogrammed to regain youthful function
Scientists have developed a new technique for rejuvenating skin cells. This technique has allowed researchers to rewind the cellular biological clock ...
April 8, 2022, 4:14 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Invisible helium atoms provide exquisitely sensitive test of fundamental theory
Physicists have developed the most sensitive method ever for measuring the potential energy of an atom (within a hundredth of a decillionth of a joule...
April 8, 2022, 4:13 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
New resource could provide clues on the past, present, and future of clownfish
Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University have produced a comprehensive genome of the false clownfish, whic...
April 8, 2022, 4:13 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Enhancing deep sleep
Researchers have developed a wearable device that plays specific sounds to enhance deep sleep. The first clinical study has now shown that the device ...
April 8, 2022, 4:13 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Engineered crystals could help computers run on less power
In a new study, University of California, Berkeley, engineers describe a major breakthrough in the design of a component of transistors -- the tiny el...
April 8, 2022, 4:13 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Nano particle trapped between mirrors works as a quantum sensor
Sensors are a pillar of the Internet of Things, providing the data to control all sorts of objects. Here, precision is essential, and this is where qu...
April 8, 2022, 4:05 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Computerized, rolling DNA motors move molecular robotics to next level
Chemists integrated computer functions into rolling DNA-based motors, opening a new realm of possibilities for miniature, molecular robots. These DNA-...
April 8, 2022, 4:02 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Kisspeptin: A new drug to treat liver disease?
A hormone that triggers puberty and controls fertility in humans might be developed as a treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, according to...
April 8, 2022, 3:42 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Human gene variant produces attention deficit disorder-like problems in mice
Mutant mice are providing scientists with a new neurobiological framework to understand the brain changes observed in distractible humans who carry a ...
April 8, 2022, 3:42 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
An immune ‘fingerprint’ reveals path for better treatment of autoimmune diseases
Most autoimmune diseases are easy to diagnose but hard to treat. A new article proposes using your unique immune cell fingerprint to rapidly identify ...
April 8, 2022, 1:42 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Cell biology: How mitochondria report stress
Researchers have discovered the mechanism by which the protein DELE1 detects organelle stress. This offers a possible new approach for treating neurod...
April 8, 2022, 1:42 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
The role of genes in prenatal responses to air pollution
Exposure to pollution during pregnancy can have many adverse effects in infants and children that can even extend into adulthood. For example, air pol...
April 8, 2022, 1:42 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
High-ranking naked mole-rats are more resilient
Naked mole-rats are full of surprises. The latest is that higher-ranked mole-rats most likely have an immunological advantage over animals with lower ...
April 8, 2022, 1:42 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Evidence in mice that bacteria in tumors help cancer cells metastasize
Bacteria promote cancer metastasis by bolstering the strength of host cells against mechanical stress in the bloodstream, promoting cell survival duri...
April 8, 2022, 1:42 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
AI predicts if -- and when -- someone will have cardiac arrest
A new artificial intelligence-based approach can predict, significantly more accurately than a doctor, if and when a patient could die of cardiac arre...
April 8, 2022, 1:42 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
New hope for predicting and treating heart failure in babies born with deadly heart defect
Almost one third of babies born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, or HLHS, die from heart failure before their first birthday. By uncovering cellu...
April 8, 2022, 1:42 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Turbulence from spawning fish keeps a healthy circulation in coastal waters
A new study has shown how fish influence ocean ecosystems in coastal regions, revealing for the first time how they circulate nutrients and oxygen aro...
April 8, 2022, 1:41 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Private protected areas help conserve overlooked and threatened regions
New research shows that private protected areas help conserve underrepresented biomes and highly threatened regions. Researchers have assessed 17,561 ...
April 8, 2022, 1:41 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Engineers describe how fluid suspensions exhibit different behaviors at different scales
Honey is already a pretty thick liquid, but let it begin to crystalize and it can become downright clumpy. The sugar crystals in suspension seem to in...
April 8, 2022, 1:41 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
