New research reveals that a change in a single amino acid in the protein TKTL1 results in greater neuron production in the developing frontal lobe…
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Rapamycin is currently the most promising anti-aging drug. Credit: Max Planck Institute for Biology of Aging Brief exposure to rapamycin has the same anti-aging effects…
The subjective well-being of visitors to a three-minute online art or culture exhibition was found to be significantly improved. Effects are comparable to those of…
An infrared pulse (blue) excites the electron dynamics in bulk Na3Bi. Due to strong spin-orbit coupling, the ‘spin-up’ electrons (red arrow) and ‘spin-down’ electrons (blue…
Schematic representation of the view into cosmic history provided by the bright light of distant quasars. Observing with a telescope (bottom left) allows us to…
Poison nut tree Strychnos nux-vomica. Credit: Danny Kessler, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Researchers from Jena show how the poison nut tree forms strychnine.…
Researchers analyzed zinc isotopes in teeth and discovered that great white sharks make have contributed to the extinction of megalodon. Scientists investigated the diet of…
Antiprotonic helium atom suspended in liquid helium in the superfluid state. The antiproton is protected by the electron shell of the helium atom and so…
A nanoparticle in the field of a femtosecond laser pulse with tailored waveform and polarization. The controlled enhancement of the field in specific nanoscopic regions…
Artist interpretation of the enzyme Credit: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Researchers discover that a spot of molecular glue and a timely twist help a bacterial…
Orbiting 500 km above the earth, the Fermi Large Area Telescope collects gamma rays from millisecond pulsars. As these high-energy photons travel across the Milky…
Nova outbursts are apparently a source for cosmic rays. The MAGIC telescopes have observed the nova RS Ophiuchi shining brightly in gamma rays at extremely…
Bigger brains have led some species of parrot to live surprisingly long lives, new research shows. Parrots are famous for their remarkable cognitive abilities and…
Reconstruction of an Avar-period armored horseman based on Grave 1341/1503 of the Derecske-Bikás-dűlő site (Déri Museum, Debrecen). Credit: © Ilona C. Kiss Multidisciplinary research team…
An algorithm helps to find new efficient solar cell materials by reassembling already known molecular building blocks of solar cells and simulating the resulting molecules.…
A superamphiphobic surface coating on a glass can reduce or even prevent foam formation without addition of additives — important, for example, in industrial filling…
Archaeologists excavating the well-preserved surface at the Xiamabei site, northern China, showing stone tools, fossils, ochre and red pigments. Credit: Fa-Gang Wang A well-preserved Paleolithic…
Due to a regular surface structure on the mussel “Adamussium colbecki” ice adheres to it only very weakly and can be easily washed away by…
The potato is becoming more and more integral to diets worldwide including even Asian countries like China where rice is the traditional staple food. Building…