Biology How ‘Iron Man’ Bacteria Could Help Protect the Environment (Biology) 8 Jan 2021 MSU researchers show how microbes stand up to a toxic metal, opening the door for applications in recycling and remediation. When Michigan State University’s Gemma Reguera first proposed her new…
Chemistry Scientists Develop a Cheaper Method that Might Help Create Fuels from Plants (Chemistry) 8 Jan 2021 Chemists, engineers create a key component of bioenergy production in lab. Scientists have figured out a cheaper, more efficient way to conduct a chemical reaction at the heart of many…
Neuroscience Scientists Paint Multicolor Atlas of the Brain (Neuroscience) 8 Jan 20218 Jan 2021 A novel technique developed by Columbia researchers known as NeuroPAL helps tease out the dynamics of neural networks in the nervous system of microscopic worms. The human brain contains approximately…
Medicine ‘Invisible’ Stem Cells Evade Natural Killer Cells Using Immune ‘Off-Switch’ (Medicine) 8 Jan 2021 Findings illuminate biology behind promising hypoimmune platform for regenerative Medicine. UC San Francisco scientists have discovered a new way to control the immune system's "natural killer" (NK) cells, a finding…
Medicine… Detecting COVID-19 Antibodies in 10-12 Seconds (Nanotechnology) 8 Jan 2021 Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University report findings on an advanced nanomaterial-based biosensing platform that detects, within seconds, antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition…
Neuroscience Which Came First, Sleep or the Brain? (Neuroscience) 8 Jan 20218 Jan 2021 Researchers find that, despite lacking a brain, Hydra exhibit characteristics at a molecular and genetic level associated with sleep in animals with central nervous systems. Stay awake too long, and…
Astronomy Rendlesham UFO incident is Still A Mystery (Astronomy) 8 Jan 20218 Jan 2021 On 26 December 1980, several United States Air Force (USAF) security personnel, including deputy base commander Lieutenant Colonel Charles I. Halt, stationed at RAF Woodbridge, reported that they investigated "lights"…
