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Medical Xpress / Building bridges between Alzheimer's theories: Amyloid beta and inflammation converge on the same receptor
If there's one thing that's crystal clear about Alzheimer's disease, it's this: It eats away at neurons and the links between them, ultimately destroying the neural networks that underlie our memories.
Phys.org / A wasp for the wild: Remote village discovery reveals new natural pest enemy
Meet Heinrichiellus natgeo, a newly discovered species of parasitoid wasp. The species was described by Dr. Ranjith and Dr. Gavin R. Broad (The Natural History Museum, London, UK). Genetic data helped them determine the new ...
Medical Xpress / Pain-detecting nerve cells could yield new way to manage lung scarring
Researchers at the University of Calgary studying a lethal lung disease called pulmonary fibrosis have found that neurons known to help detect pain are also critical for reducing harmful lung inflammation that leads to the ...
Phys.org / Science communication is a conversation, not a script
On 23 January 2020, reports became reality as the first COVID-19 case was detected in Australia. It was a grim foreshadowing of further disaster for a nation experiencing its most intense and catastrophic bushfire season, ...
Phys.org / Plasma-assisted catalyst enables more efficient ammonia synthesis for energy storage
Ammonia is used in fertilizer and many industrial processes. It is also seen as a promising way to store and transport energy, as it is safer and easier to handle ammonia than hydrogen gas. Using plasma, the fourth state ...
Medical Xpress / Prescribed opioid pain medications during pregnancy likely aren't associated with increased risk of autism, ADHD
Previous studies have suggested that children exposed to opioid pain medications while in the womb have higher rates of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but a new study ...
Tech Xplore / Novel technology transforms industrial graphite waste into high-performance battery anodes
A KIER research team led by Dr. Yu-Jin Han and Dr. Sang-Hoon Park has developed a core technology to refine industrial graphite byproducts into high-purity anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, a breakthrough that could ...
Phys.org / Spinning bioreactors increase yield of extracellular vesicles for more affordable targeted medicine
Inside cells there are tiny particles, known as extracellular vesicles, that store and move molecules. Our cells naturally package beneficial proteins and healing compounds into these tiny bubbles, dispatching them to where ...
Phys.org / DNA's double act: How genetic copies stick together during replication
Before a cell divides, its DNA is replicated so that each daughter cell inherits the same genetic information. The two copies, known as "sister chromatids," are held together by a ring-shaped protein complex called cohesin ...
Tech Xplore / Observing microscopic dislocations form in real-time during 3D metal printing
Researchers used Argonne's Advanced Photon Source to capture how the microstructure of metals evolves in real time during 3D printing. The findings could pave the way for advanced manufacturing of components for aerospace, ...
Medical Xpress / Blood test to rule out esophageal cancer
Proteomics International has launched PromarkerEso at the ISDE World Congress in Brisbane (18–20 September). PromarkerEso is a world-first protein biomarker-based blood diagnostic that can rule out esophageal adenocarcinoma ...
Phys.org / Researchers solve decades-old color mystery in iconic Jackson Pollock painting
Scientists have identified the origins of the blue color in one of Jackson Pollock's paintings with a little help from chemistry, confirming for the first time that the abstract expressionist used a vibrant, synthetic pigment ...
