Scaling laws in enzymes may help predict life ‘as we don’t know it'
A team of researchers is developing tools to predict the features of life as we don't know it.
March 1, 2022, 3:45 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Physicists bring a once-theoretical effect of quantum matter into observable reality
Physicists have experimentally observed a quirky behavior of the quantum world: a 'quantum boomerang' effect that occurs when particles in a disordere...
March 1, 2022, 7:09 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Under pressure: A new theory lets us predict when soft materials will fail
Researchers recently announced a major theoretical and experimental breakthrough that allows scientists to predict, with an unprecedented precision, w...
March 1, 2022, 7:08 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Overlooked channels influence water flow and flooding along Gulf Coast
An unnoticed network of channels is cutting across the coastal plain landscape along the Gulf Coast and influencing how water flows, according to new ...
March 1, 2022, 7:07 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Discovery of an innate immunological memory in the intestine
The innate immune system plays a crucial role in regulating host-microbe interactions, and especially in providing protection against pathogens that i...
March 1, 2022, 4:38 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Your lunchtime walks in the summer could be making you less productive
Researchers discovered that a brief 15-minute walk in a hot outdoor environment impairs cognitive function. Moreover, this effect was most pronounced ...
March 1, 2022, 3:39 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Suspending syringe services programs will result in an increase of HIV infections
A new study shows the effectiveness of syringe services programs in both curbing HIV transmission among people who use drugs and preventing future out...
March 1, 2022, 3:37 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Freshwater from thin air
Hydrogels have an astonishing ability to swell and take on water. In daily life, they are used in dressings, nappies, and more to lock moisture away. ...
March 1, 2022, 3:29 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
New data analysis tool uncovers important COVID-19 clues
A new data analysis tool has revealed the specific immune cell types associated with increased risk of death from COVID-19.
March 1, 2022, 3:28 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Clues to better batteries emerge from tracking lithium
A new study tracked lithium metal deposition and removal from a battery anode while it was cycling to find clues as to how failure occurs. The researc...
March 1, 2022, 2:46 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
How a two-faced molecule can silence problematic genes
Researchers have developed a technology, heteroduplex oligonucleotide (HDO), that silences certain genes whose high expression levels fuel disease. Ad...
March 1, 2022, 2:45 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Healthy gut microbiome improves success of cancer treatment
The largest study to date has confirmed the link between the gut microbiome and the response to cancer immunotherapy therapy for melanoma.
March 1, 2022, 2:44 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Cholesterol-lowering drugs may slow down metastases
Many people have to take statins to lower their cholesterol levels. But statins may be able to do even more: Researchers report that these drugs inhib...
March 1, 2022, 2:43 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Spintronics: Innovative crystals for future computer electronics
Computer chips and storage elements are expected to function as quickly as possible and be energy-saving at the same time. Innovative spintronic modul...
March 1, 2022, 2:42 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Bark of neem tree may protect against coronavirus variants, study finds
Extract from the bark of the Neem tree may help treat and reduce the spread of coronavirus, according to a new study. The research shows that componen...
March 1, 2022, 2:40 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Snail competition leads to fewer parasites that cause schistosomiasis
A new study shows that schistosome transmission can actually be highest when freshwater snail populations are low. This study demonstrates how the siz...
March 1, 2022, 2:39 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
New, nature-inspired concepts for turning CO2 into clean fuels
Researchers have developed an efficient concept to turn carbon dioxide into clean, sustainable fuels, without any unwanted by-products or waste.
Feb. 28, 2022, 6:51 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Separator key when it comes to 'stable' vs. 'safe' battery
Researchers have discovered the key to making a stable, safe battery.
Feb. 28, 2022, 5:33 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Gas flares tied to premature deaths
Engineers suggest that flaring of natural gas at oil and gas fields in the United States, primarily in North Dakota and Texas, contributed to dozens o...
Feb. 28, 2022, 5:32 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Mystery solved about the origin of the 30,000-year-old Venus of Willendorf
The almost 11 cm high figurine from Willendorf is one of the most important examples of early art in Europe. It is made of a rock called 'oolite' whic...
Feb. 28, 2022, 5:29 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Antibiotic doesn’t prevent future wheezing in babies hospitalized with RSV
Antibiotics provide no benefit in preventing future recurrent wheezing in babies hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), according to a n...
Feb. 28, 2022, 3:54 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Seismic study reveals key reason why Patagonia is rising as glaciers melt
Geologists have discovered a link between recent ice mass loss, rapid rock uplift and a gap between tectonic plates that underlie Patagonia.
Feb. 28, 2022, 3:53 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
New DNA modification system discovered in animals, captured from bacteria more than 60 MYA
In humans and other eukaryotes, two principal epigenetic marks are known. A team has discovered a third, novel epigenetic mark -- one formerly known o...
Feb. 28, 2022, 3:53 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Making the invisible visible: A clearer ‘picture’ of blood vessels in health and disease thanks to new imaging approach
Researchers have developed and tested a new imaging approach they say will accelerate imaging-based research in the lab by allowing investigators to c...
Feb. 28, 2022, 3:52 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Ultrasounds for endangered abalone mollusks
The world's abalone are threatened, endangered or otherwise vulnerable in nearly every corner of the planet. If only we could wave a magic wand to kno...
Feb. 28, 2022, 3:42 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Study questions the role of vitamin D2 in human health but its sibling, vitamin D3, could be important for fighting infections
New research has found significant differences between the two types of vitamin D, with vitamin D2 having a questionable impact on human health. Howev...
Feb. 27, 2022, 7:11 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Researcher urges caution on AI in mammography
Analyzing breast-cancer tumors with artificial intelligence has the potential to improve healthcare efficiency and outcomes, but doctors should procee...
Feb. 27, 2022, 7:08 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
What brain-eating amoebae can tell us about the diversity of life on earth and evolutionary history
Researchers recently announced that an amoeba called Naegleria has evolved more distinct sets of tubulins, used for specific cellular processes, than ...
Feb. 26, 2022, 5:14 p.m.
Mayur Tembhare
A potential antiviral for SARS and SARS-like coronaviruses
In a new paper, researchers lay out the similarities in biochemical function among PLpros (papain-like proteases) from SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1, and tho...
Feb. 26, 2022, 3:17 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
How much energy does a dolphin use to swim?
From foraging for prey to evading predators and ship strikes, a dolphin's survival depends on speedy swimming, but burning all that energy can delete ...
Feb. 26, 2022, 3:16 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Transparent ultrasound chip improves cell stimulation and imaging
Ultrasound scans -- best known for monitoring pregnancies or imaging organs -- can also be used to stimulate cells and direct cell function. A team of...
Feb. 26, 2022, 3:14 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Newly diagnosed diabetes in patients with COVID-19 may simply be a transitory form of the blood sugar disorder
A new study shows that blood sugar levels of COVID-19 patients newly diagnosed with diabetes during hospital admission often returned to normal follow...
Feb. 26, 2022, 2:30 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Researchers develop 3D imaging technique to understand how dendrites form in batteries
As the world lessens its dependence on fossil fuels, industries and manufacturers are turning to lithium-ion batteries to power the machines that make...
Feb. 26, 2022, 2:29 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
A new platform for customizable quantum devices
Scientists have demonstrated a wide range of tunability in a family of qubits, an important step in designing custom qubits for specific applications.
Feb. 26, 2022, 2:27 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
More sensitive X-ray imaging
Making nanoscale patterns in 'scintillator' materials that convert X-rays into light could allow a tenfold signal enhancement for medical or industria...
Feb. 26, 2022, 2:26 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Entanglement unlocks scaling for quantum machine learning
The field of machine learning on quantum computers got a boost from new research removing a potential roadblock to the practical implementation of qua...
Feb. 26, 2022, 2:20 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Farms following soil-friendly practices grow healthier food, study suggests
An experiment conducted on 10 farms across the U.S. suggests that crops from farms following soil-friendly practices for at least five years have a he...
Feb. 26, 2022, 2:19 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Scientists uncover a new approach for treating aggressive cancer
Researchers have uncovered a new role of a chromatin-modulatory enzyme, termed EZH2, during cancer development. They then designed a new small-molecul...
Feb. 26, 2022, 2:18 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Error mitigation approach helps quantum computers level up
Recent research has yielded a new approach to quantum error mitigation - 'noise estimation circuits' - that could help make quantum computing's theore...
Feb. 26, 2022, 2:16 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Reporting entanglements of leatherback turtles is critical for survival
New research suggests that leatherback turtles entangled in fishing gear have a better chance of survival if the incident is reported quickly, giving ...
Feb. 26, 2022, 2:07 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Development of a diamond transistor with high hole mobility
Using a new fabrication technique, engineers have developed a diamond field-effect transistor (FET) with high hole mobility, which allows reduced cond...
Feb. 26, 2022, 1:59 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
The impacts from using genetic testing to track down relatives
Genetic genealogy has become a popular hobby over the past several years, thanks to direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing and relative-finder servi...
Feb. 26, 2022, 1:58 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Rebooting evolution
The building blocks of life-saving therapeutics could be developed in days instead of years thanks to new software that simulates evolution. Proseeker...
Feb. 26, 2022, 1:56 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
New stem cell population provides a new way to study the awakening of the human genome
Researchers have discovered a new type of stem cell that resembles cells in the early human embryo during the transition of 'genomic power' from mothe...
Feb. 26, 2022, 1:54 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
New methods for network visualizations enable change of perspectives and views
Researchers have developed a new method for generating network layouts that allow for visualizing different information of a network in two- and three...
Feb. 26, 2022, 1:50 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Visualization of the origin of magnetic forces by atomic resolution electron microscopy
Scientists have observed atomic magnetic fields, the origin of magnetic forces, for the first time using an innovative Magnetic-field-free Atomic-Reso...
Feb. 26, 2022, 1:45 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
How a single nerve cell can multiply
Neurons are constantly performing complex calculations to process sensory information and infer the state of the environment. For example, to localize...
Feb. 26, 2022, 1:43 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Fingertip sensitivity for robots
Striving to improve touch sensing in robotics, scientists developed a thumb-shaped sensor with a camera hidden inside and trained a deep neural networ...
Feb. 26, 2022, 1:42 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Asexual reproduction can have negative effects on genome evolution in stick insects, study finds
Stick insects that reproduce asexually cannot adapt as quickly in the course of evolution as sexually reproducing species, leading to a decrease in bi...
Feb. 26, 2022, 1:41 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
Cancer: When viruses and bacteria cooperate
Infections with several pathogens simultaneously increase the risk of cervical cancer, according to a new study conducted on artificial 3D tissue mode...
Feb. 26, 2022, 1:38 a.m.
Mayur Tembhare
