Material science Researchers Develop Flexible Crystal, Paving the Way For More Efficient Bendable Electronics (Material Science) 8 Feb 2021 A team of researchers led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a new material, that when electricity is applied to it, can flex and bend forty times more than…
Chemistry Understanding Catalytic Couplings: Not All Synergies Are Simple (Chemistry) 8 Feb 2021 Negishi cross-coupling reactions have been widely used to form C-C bonds since the 1970s and are often perceived as the result of two metals (i.e zinc and palladium/nickel) working in…
Neuroscience As You Look Around, Mental Images Bounce Between Right and Left Brain (Neuroscience) 8 Feb 2021 Ask anyone from an NFL quarterback scanning the field for open receivers, to an air traffic controller monitoring the positions of planes, to a mom watching her kids run around…
Medicine New Clues to How SARS-CoV-2 Infects Cells (Medicine) 8 Feb 2021 The molecular details of how SARS-CoV-2 enters cells and infects them are still not clear. Researchers at Uppsala University have tested the bioinformatic predictions made by another research group and…
Biology What Rules Govern The Structure of Membraneless Organelles? (Biology) 8 Feb 2021 A study in Nature Communications outlines physical rules regulating the architecture of these liquid organelles. In cells, numerous important biochemical functions take place within spherical chambers made from proteins and…
Psychiatry Researchers Showed Brain Protein That Causes Alzheimer’s Actually Protects Against the Disease (Psychiatry) 8 Feb 2021 Findings from a new study on Alzheimer’s disease (AD), led by researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (USask), could eventually help clinicians identify people at highest risk for developing the…
Astronomy Sagittarius A East: Rare Blast’s Remains Discovered in Milky Way Center (Astronomy) 8 Feb 2021 Scientists have discovered the first evidence for a rare type of stellar explosion, or supernova in the Milky Way.This intriguing object lies near the center of our galaxy in a…