Credit: Eindhoven University of Technology New biodegradable nanoparticles for photodynamic therapy that enter cancer cells and ‘shut down’ their mitochondria power stations co-designed by TU/e…
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Children are always going to find cunning ways to bunk off school, and the latest trick is to fake a positive COVID-19 lateral flow test…
One of the 2.7 billion year-old diamonds used in this work. Credit: Michael Broadley A unique study of ancient diamonds has shown that the basic…
Map of Canberra, showing location of reference samples. Location of test (blinded) samples in blue. Credit: Patrice De Caritat Scientists have taken the first steps…
Research by Gustavo Caetano-Anollés and Fayez Aziz, University of Illinois, reveals a “big bang” during evolution of protein subunits known as domains. The team looked…
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and University of Dundee have screened thousands of drug and chemical molecules and identified a range of potential antivirals…
Sarah Nyquist, a PhD student in MIT’s Computational and Systems Biology program, applies computational methods to understudied areas of reproductive health, such as the cellular…
Sweeteners could cause gut bacteria to invade the intestine. New research has discovered that common artificial sweeteners can cause previously healthy gut bacteria to become…
Illustration of brain nerve cells affected by Alzheimer’s. Spotlight on amino acids causing tau protein toxicity might lead to new therapies. Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan…
Migratory birds such as European robins can sense the Earth’s magnetic field. Now researchers show for the first time that a molecule from their visual…
In a new paper, researchers present a method to more efficiently produce biofuels from woody plant materials such as corn residues and some grasses. Credit:…
The venom of a caterpillar, native to South East Queensland, shows promise for use in medicines and pest control, Institute for Molecular Bioscience researchers say.…
Scientists discover a new feature that distinguishes modern humans from Neanderthals. Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Skoltech scientists and their colleagues from Germany and the…
A glasswing butterfly feeding at flowers in Costa Rica. The remarkable transparency of these butterflies allows them to be “invisible,” and the antiglare coating of…
A herring gull chick and eggs. Credit: Prof Jon Blount Chemical additives used in plastic production have been found in herring gull eggs, new research…
Illustration of the cyanobacterial thylakoid membrane. Credit: Luning Liu et al. A new study conducted by the researchers at the University of Liverpool reveals how…
Drs. Itokawa, Mizutani and colleagues performed microtomography experiments the BL20XU beamline of the SPring-8 synchrotron radiation facility and found that brain capillary structures show a…
Single-cell analysis of autopsy samples from COVID-19 patients shows how the lungs repeatedly tried, and failed, to repair themselves. Scientists from several hospitals and research…
In a discovery that challenges long-held dogma in biology, researchers show that mammalian cells can convert RNA sequences back into DNA, a feat more common…
A team of scientists led by James Godwin, Ph.D., of the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, has come a step closer to unraveling…