Autophagy, or "self-eating", is an essential cellular quality control mechanism that clears the cell of protein aggregates and damaged organelles. This mechanism is inactive under normal conditions and only triggered upon ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 10, 2023
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Imagine you're browsing the toothpaste aisle and see next to Colgate a new brand called Colddate, packaged in a box with similar colors and designs. "You might think this is clearly a copycat brand," said Ming Hsu, William ...
Social Sciences
Feb 8, 2023
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The infamous spike proteins on the surface of SARS-CoV-2 help it bind to and enter human cells. Because of their important role in spreading infection, these spike proteins are one of the main targets for COVID-19 vaccines ...
Biochemistry
Feb 8, 2023
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Tailor-made chemical complexes of certain elements from the group of metals could be suitable for use in a special way in medical imaging as well as potential applications in personalized precision medicine. This has been ...
Biochemistry
Feb 6, 2023
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A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) in Garching has for the first time observed evidence of a phenomenon that had previously only been suspected: a theory predicts that exotic bound states ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 2, 2023
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What does it take for scientists to push beyond the current limits of knowledge? Researchers in Federico Capasso's group at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed an effective ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 2, 2023
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If she hits just the right pitch, a singer can shatter a wine glass. The reason is resonance. While the glass may vibrate slightly in response to most acoustic tones, a pitch that resonates with the material's own natural ...
General Physics
Feb 1, 2023
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In the search for new forces and interactions beyond the Standard Model, an international team of researchers involving the PRISMA Cluster of Excellence at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Helmholtz Institute ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 1, 2023
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A first-of-its-kind study scanned the brains of dozens of politically involved participants while they watched campaign-ads and speeches by parties from both ends of the political spectrum, just before one of the last rounds ...
Political science
Jan 30, 2023
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New research has uncovered the secret of how plants make limonoids, a family of valuable organic chemicals that include bee-friendly insecticides and have potential as anti-cancer drugs.
Biochemistry
Jan 26, 2023
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