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Study Brings New Direction for Treating Neurological Diseases

February 24, 2021
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Hong Kong, China — The finding, recently published in the prestigious scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), has provided the scientific...

New Technique Reveals Switches in RNA

February 23, 2021
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Groningen, Netherlands — Scientists at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands), in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Torino (Italy), have developed a method to visualize and...

New Insights on How Inflammatory Molecule Contributes to Skin and Pancreatic Cancers

February 23, 2021
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Boston, MA — Chronic inflammation drives the development of various cancers, including those of the skin, colon and pancreas. Investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) who previously demonstrated...

Attachable Skin Monitors that Wick the Sweat Away?

February 23, 2021
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Daejeon, South Korea — A silicone membrane for wearable devices is more comfortable and breathable thanks to better-sized pores made with the help of citric acid crystals. – A new preparation...

Discovery of a Mechanism by Which Epithelial Tumours Cause Developmental Delays

February 23, 2021
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Barcelona, Spain — The systemic balance that coordinates the growth of an organism and its progress through the different stages of development occurs across the animal world and is regulated by internal...

Researchers Develop High Throughput Paper-Based Arrays of 3D Tumour Models

February 23, 2021
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Abu Dhabi, UAE — By engineering common filter papers, similar to coffee filters, a team of NYU Abu Dhabi researchers have created high throughput arrays of miniaturized 3D tumour models to replicate...

Polymer Film Protects from Electromagnetic Radiation, Signal Interference

February 23, 2021
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Riverside, CA — As electronic devices saturate all corners of public and personal life, engineers are scrambling to find lightweight, mechanically stable, flexible, and easily manufactured materials...

Research Team identifies potential drug to treat SARS-CoV-2

February 23, 2021
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College Station, TX — A federally approved heart medication shows significant effectiveness in interfering with SARS-CoV-2 entry into the human cell host, according to a new study by a research team...

Bioengineered Hybrid Muscle Fiber for Regenerative Medicine

February 22, 2021
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Daejeon, South Korea — Muscle is the largest organ that accounts for 40% of body mass and plays an essential role in maintaining our lives. Muscle tissue is notable for its unique ability for spontaneous...

Study Reveals How a Longevity Gene Protects Brain stem cells from stress

February 22, 2021
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New York, NY — A gene linked to unusually long lifespans in humans protects brain stem cells from the harmful effects of stress, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. Studies...

Researchers Find Evidence of Protein Folding at Site of Intracellular Droplets

February 22, 2021
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Notre Dame, IN — Scientists have discovered the first evidence of protein folding driven by liquid-liquid phase separation, a phenomenon in which fluids form into microscopic droplets and separate...

Direct Cloning Method CAPTUREs Novel Microbial Natural Products

February 22, 2021
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Urbana, IL — Microorganisms possess natural product biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) that may harbor unique bioactivities for use in drug development and agricultural applications. However, many uncharacterized...

Covid-19: Future Targets for Treatments Rapidly Identified with New Computer Simulations

February 19, 2021
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Coventry, UK — Researchers have detailed a mechanism in the distinctive corona of Covid-19 that could help scientists to rapidly find new treatments for the virus, and quickly test whether existing...

Good Cop, Bad Cop

February 19, 2021
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Lisboa, Portugal — Cancer researcher Rita Fior uses zebrafish to study human cancer. Though this may seem like an unlikely match, her work shows great promise with forthcoming applications in personalised...

Making Sense of the Mass Data Generated from Firing Neurons

February 19, 2021
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Brighton, UK — Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in predicting the behaviour of neurons in large networks operating at the mysterious edge of chaos. New research from the University of Sussex...

New Method Converts Methane in Natural Gas to Methanol at Room Temperature

February 19, 2021
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Chicago, IL — Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered a way to convert the methane in natural gas into liquid methanol at room temperature. This discovery, reported in...

Tuning Electrode Surfaces to Optimize Solar Fuel Production

February 19, 2021
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Upton, NY — Scientists have demonstrated that modifying the topmost layer of atoms on the surface of electrodes can have a remarkable impact on the activity of solar water splitting. As they reported...

Researchers Eavesdrop on Cellular Conversations

February 19, 2021
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Irvine, CA — An interdisciplinary team of biologists and mathematicians at the University of California, Irvine has developed a new tool to help decipher the language cells use to communicate with...

Pore-Like Proteins Designed from Scratch

February 19, 2021
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Seattle, WA — In a milestone for biomolecular design, a team of scientists has succeeded in creating new proteins that adopt one of the most complex folds known to molecular biology. These designer...

Engineers Place Molecule-Scale Devices in Precise Orientation

February 19, 2021
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Pasadena, CA — Engineers have developed a technique that allows them to precisely place microscopic devices formed from folded DNA molecules in not only a specific location but also in a specific orientation. As...

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