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Phys.org / From flower to fruit: A tug-of-war between growing tissues
Unlike an animal cell, a plant cell can't crawl or migrate. It's locked inside a rigid wall, cemented to its neighbors for life. A cell born at the center of a young fruit will still be there when that fruit ripens.
Medical Xpress / Neurosurveillance paradigm breaks imaging time barrier to reveal new clues about brain disease
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have demonstrated a new approach to brain imaging that enables continuous monitoring of brain activity and the physiologic changes associated with neurological disease progression for ...
Phys.org / Tightly guided atoms could enable low-power quantum navigation when GPS fails
Within tiny halos of light clinging to a vanishingly thin wisp of optical fiber, scientist Jongmin Lee guides atoms like marbles through a narrow pipe. Rock the fiber and the atoms shift side by side; they just don't fall ...
Phys.org / Kids' brains are built for distraction. Sometimes that's a good thing.
Parents often learn the hard way that to make it anywhere on time, they should calculate how much time they think they need to get ready—and double it.
Medical Xpress / Wireless brain-recording device enables animal neuroscience experiments in natural habitats
A new wireless device—lighter than a U.S. dime and shaped like a tiny chef's hat—can track the brain waves of animals as they move in natural habitats, opening doors to understanding complex behaviors that are impossible ...
Phys.org / Continuous video of black hole radio observations challenges shock wave theory
For years, scientists have relied primarily on radio imaging from techniques like very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) to study jets from the active galactic nuclei of supermassive black holes. This allows for the detection ...
Phys.org / Ancient Swedish Goths had surprisingly accurate calendars
On a mostly flat plain an hour north of Stockholm lies a collection of large burial mounds dating from an ancient culture at least 2,500 years old. These people were not Vikings; they were northern Germanic Goths, pagan polytheists ...
Tech Xplore / Machine learning uncovers how battery interphases can boost lithium-ion transport
Sandwiched between the electrolyte and electrodes in a lithium-ion battery is a remarkably thin layer of material that strongly dictates battery performance and durability: the interphase. Although typically only a few to ...
Medical Xpress / Novel immunotherapy leads to complete regression of chemotherapy-resistant liver cancer in 3-year-old
A new report in the New England Journal of Medicine by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and Seattle Children's describes a complete regression of hepatoblastoma, the most common pediatric ...
Phys.org / First PLP-dependent enzyme that influences bacterial protein production discovered
Researchers from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology's (SMART) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) interdisciplinary research group, alongside collaborators from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Nanyang ...
Phys.org / What small insects can tell us about ancient textiles
Anna Sheinberg, Ph.D. candidate in chemistry, is working with fellow researchers in Trinity College's Chemistry Department and at the Nasher Museum of Art to uncover new information about some of the ancient dyed textiles ...
Medical Xpress / Protein linked to cell death may also drive liver cancer
New research from the University of Oklahoma identifies a protein in liver cells that appears to help drive the development of liver cancer associated with obesity-related fatty liver disease. The finding, published in Hepatology, ...
