Can we solve the riddle of the coral reef halos?
Credit: Copyright: CNES/Airbus; DigitalGlobe.
Coral reefs worldwide are threatened by a variety of human impacts. Fishing is among the most pressing threats to reefs, because it occurs...
HKUST physicist contributes to new record of quantum memory efficiency
Credit: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Like memories in computers, quantum memories are essential components for quantum computers – a new generation of data processors that obey quantum mechanics laws and can...
Development and application of a high-content virion display human GPCR array
Fabrication of a non-odorant VirD-GPCR array
To develop the first high-content VirD array, we decided to focus on the 370 non-odorant GPCRs. We assembled a collection of open reading frames (ORFs) encoding 337 non-odorant GPCRs...
Plant Cells Eat Their Own … Membranes and Oil Droplets
Study IDs dual role for “autophagy”—a.k.a. “self-eating”—in building and breaking down plant oils. Manipulating the process could drive up oil accumulation in bioenergy crops.
Changcheng Xu (rear, left), Linhui Yu, and Jilian Fan (seated) with...
Global HER2 testing survey raises questions about priorities for breast cancer resources
ESMO Breast Cancer Congress, May 2-4, 2019, Berlin, Germany
Credit: European Society for Medical Oncology
Lugano, Switzerland, 30 April 2019 – A global survey of HER2 testing has...
Can Anti-Aging Research Keep Us Healthy in the Long Run?
Searching for the fountain of eternal youth has been the dream of humanity for millennia. While this is still in the realms of science fiction, anti-aging companies are hoping to tackle aging-related diseases by...
Ragweed compounds could protect nerve cells from Alzheimer’s
As spring arrives in the northern hemisphere, many people are cursing ragweed, a primary culprit in seasonal allergies. But scientists might have discovered a promising new use for some substances produced by the pesky...
Intracellular parasitism, the driving force of evolution of Legionella pneumophila and the genus Legionella
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NASA-NOAA satellite catches intense Tropical Cyclone Kenneth make landfall in northern Mozambique
Credit: NASA/NOAA/ University of Wisconsin – Madison, SSES-CIMSS, William Straka III
Mozambique is still recovering from deadly Tropical Cyclone Idai, and a second powerful tropical cyclone has...
