International study shows that freshwater polluted by fecal material can be determined more quickly and reliably using a new technique. Credit: From Jiao et al,…
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The S protein has a highly flexible stalk that is composed of two independent joints. The flexible motions of the S proteins enable the receptor…
A natural brilliant blue coloring has been discovered by an international team of researchers including chemists at the University of California, Davis. The new cyan…
Gold nanoparticles embedded in a porous hydrogel can be implanted under the skin and used as medical sensors. The sensor is like an invisible tattoo…
Cyanobacteria on a water surface. Researchers find that the earliest bacteria had the tools to perform a crucial step in photosynthesis, changing how we think…
Narwhals with their characteristic spiraled tusks in dense pack ice. Credit: ©Paul Nicklen / paulnicklen.com Like rings in a tree trunk, a narwhal’s tusk provides…
Membrane-separated compartments are visible inside the peroxisomes of 4-day-old Arabidopsis thaliana plant cells in this image from a confocal microscope. The cells were genetically modified…
“Flower-like” microstructures forming upon a nanoporous glass monolith featuring 31nm-diameter pores.Credit: Lehigh University | Thamma, Kowal, Falk, Jain Proteins choreograph the infinitesimal dance of living…
A nanopore and image recognition software can sequence a sulfated glycosaminoglycan in real-time. Credit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Research demonstrates potential for rapid, accurate glycan sequencing.…
Energy-providing bacterial endosymbiont enables its unicellular eukaryotic host to breathe nitrate, demonstrating that unicellular eukaryotes may acquire endosymbionts to complement or replace functions of their…
Compared with a control (left), treatment with the novel GSM (right) reduces the number of amyloid plaques (green) and proinflammatory cells called microglia (magenta) in…
The slime mold Physarum polycephalum consists of a single biological cell. Microinjection allows to mark the flow in Physarum in color. Credit: Bjoern Kscheschinski /…
Vitamin B6 may help keep COVID-19’s cytokine storms at bay. Vitamin B6 may help calm cytokine storms and unclog blood clots linked to COVID-19’s lethality.…
The Caennorhabditis elegans worm’s neurons expressing the receptor for melatonin glow green. Credit: Bojun Chen/UConn Health Research in C. elegans shows how melatonin activates the…
Structural interaction of SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein and ACE2 receptor. Graphic generated using ChimeraX software and published protein structure. Credit: Ohio State University Scientists develop peptides…
A nasal antiviral created by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons blocked transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in ferrets, suggesting the nasal spray…
The nanocellulose fibers created by the bacteria are about a thousand times thinner than the width of a human hair. Credit: Luiz Greca Technique creates…
Physiological release of chemically-modified glycans from titanium implants suppresses inflammation for better bone healing. Credit: Dr. Zhenzhen Wang, University of Macau Osteoporosis is a leading…
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (green) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (purple), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the…
Study in mice finds high-fat, high-sugar diet has long-lasting effects on the microbiome. Credit: UCR Effects of unhealthy food followed young mice into adulthood. Eating…