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Phys.org / How natural selection helps design antennas, cancer treatments and adhesives
NASA had a big—and little—problem. For a small satellite, the agency needed a tiny antenna, with very specific communication capabilities and very strict limits on size and weight. The agency gave the problem to a design ...
Medical Xpress / Parkinson's symptoms trace to distinct brain circuits
Parkinson's disease is often treated as a single disorder. But for the more than 1.1 million people living with it in the United States, the disease can look different from one person to the next. Research from Carnegie Mellon ...
Medical Xpress / Immune memory cells in ovarian cancer produce tumor-targeting antibodies, opening a vaccine path
While we tend to quickly forget having been ill or having received a vaccine, the immune system remembers remarkably well. It has memory B cells—"trained" immune cells that circulate throughout the body in search of harmful ...
Medical Xpress / How the sleeping brain simulates the world during REM sleep
In his wildest dreams, HHMI Investigator Massimo Scanziani never imagined he'd study sleep. But, when a postdoc in the lab suggested studying eye movements in sleeping animals, Scanziani's curiosity was awakened.
Phys.org / Low pH outside cells rewires transport network and displaces Golgi apparatus, study finds
A new study led by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) describes the mechano-chemical mechanism by which the acidity of the cellular environment destabilizes microtubules, the "avenues" that organize internal cellular ...
Phys.org / CO₂ scrubbing microbes discovered in underground laboratory
You might not know it, but the hot water and rocks deep within Earth are teeming with undiscovered life. Dr. Tanvi Govil is one of the biologists studying this new frontier of microbial life that thrives in extreme places.
Phys.org / Metal-free method unlocks selective carborane editing for cancer therapy and sensors
Carboranes are molecules composed of carbon, boron and hydrogen atoms that are proving to have applications of great interest in chemistry, materials science and biomedicine. They are being used, for example, in the fight ...
Phys.org / Imaginary-time technique speeds X-ray scattering simulations by 50-fold for extreme matter
Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have developed a new procedure, enabling them to speed up elaborate computer simulations that analyze matter under extreme conditions. In particular, this work ...
Medical Xpress / Whole organ 3D imaging reveals remaining insulin producing cells in type 1 diabetes
Researchers at Umeå University have conducted a unique three-dimensional mapping of an entire human pancreas. The study shows that insulin-producing cells can remain long after the onset of type 1 diabetes—a finding that ...
Phys.org / Shutting down federal bee labs threatens bees, beekeepers and the US food system
America's bees and beekeepers are losing a valuable ally just when they need its help most. The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to soon close the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, a 6,500-acre agricultural research ...
Medical Xpress / Early, multidisciplinary care of persistent concussion symptoms accelerates children's recovery
Children recover significantly faster from concussion after receiving early, multidisciplinary care designed to treat persistent symptoms, according to a new study. The model will provide a blueprint for future child-specific ...
Phys.org / Ice may release more iron than climate models predict
Most people think of ice as frozen and lifeless, but research at Umeå University shows the opposite. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences demonstrates that ice actively speeds up the ...
