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Phys.org / A breath of fresh tech—carbon nanotube sensors sniff out gases with unprecedented precision
A team of researchers at IMDEA Nanociencia institute and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore has unveiled a new class of gas sensors based on MINT-functionalized carbon nanotubes, offering unprecedented precision in detecting ...
Phys.org / Long-held belief about shape of fish schools overturned—fish swim in 3D 'ladder' formation, not flat diamonds
For 50 years, scientists believed that schools of fish would save the most energy by swimming in flat diamond formations. Recently, a team of researchers at Princeton and Harvard ran an experiment to check this assumption.
Phys.org / RNA codon expansion platform enables precise protein engineering in mammalian cells
To overcome the inherent challenge of translation termination interference caused by stop codon reprogramming in mammalian cells, researchers from Peking University led by Chen Peng from College of Chemistry and Molecular ...
Phys.org / 'Microbial Noah's Ark' ramps up to save Earth's invisible life forms
A global effort to create a "microbial Noah's Ark" to preserve the world's diverse collection of healthy microbes before they disappear is now entering an active growth phase.
Phys.org / Water samples from whale-watching tours can enable noninvasive population monitoring
Effective and noninvasive whale and biodiversity monitoring is now possible with the help of citizen scientists, opening up new opportunities for marine conservation. Water samples collected during whale-watching tours contain ...
Phys.org / Rice rebels: Research reveals grain's brewing benefits
Christian Schubert and Scott Lafontaine are fighting an old prejudice: that rice doesn't belong in beer. Now they've got the research to upend that ancient bit of brewing snobbery.
Phys.org / Researchers demonstrate giant photonic isolation and gyration
Researchers from the Illinois Grainger College of Engineering are the first to demonstrate a simple and tunable method for realizing asymmetric couplings in integrated photonics. Their findings, published in Physical Review ...
Phys.org / Beyond the crystal: Dynamic model captures loop flexibility in swine virus drug design
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) continues to devastate the global swine industry, yet the structural basis of how small molecules block its entry into host cells remains unclear. Researchers at ...
Phys.org / Portable DNA sequencing successfully tracks drug-resistant microbes in slaughterhouse wastewater
Antibiotics are one of the greatest triumphs in the history of medical science—but these lifesaving tools have a dark side. Their persistent use can produce "superbugs"—drug-resistant microbes that pose a danger to humans, ...
Phys.org / Scientists uncover cell structures that squids use to change their appearance
By examining squid skin cells three-dimensionally, a University of California, Irvine–led team has unveiled the structures responsible for the creatures' ability to dynamically change their appearance from transparent to ...
Phys.org / Previously unknown SCEP3 protein found essential for plant chromosome mixing in meiosis
Researchers at the IPK Leibniz Institute have discovered a previously unknown protein that is central to plant reproduction. The protein SCEP3 enables plants to mix and precisely distribute their chromosomes—carriers of ...
Phys.org / Protein AIFM1 emerges as a central coordinator of mitochondrial energy metabolism
A collaborative study from the University of Cologne has uncovered how a key mitochondrial protein, AIFM1 (Apoptosis-Inducing Factor Mitochondria-Associated 1), acts as a central hub in the regulation of cellular energy production.
