A team of European astronomers, co-led by researchers from the Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven, used recent observations made with the James Webb Space Telescope to study the atmosphere of the nearby exoplanet WASP-107b. ...
Planetary Sciences
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Seabirds roam far and wide in the Indian Ocean—so they need ocean-wide protection, new research shows. All other oceans are known to contain "hotspots" where predators including seabirds feast on prey.
Plants & Animals
Nov 15, 2023
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Researchers from the University of B.C. and the BC Provincial Toxicology Center (BCPTC) have developed a more efficient way to find out which new 'designer drugs' are circulating in the community.
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 15, 2023
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As the aging population around the world grows, metabolic diseases like osteoporosis are becoming more prevalent and placing a greater burden on health care systems. Rising to this challenge, a research team led by Prof. ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 15, 2023
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Research into artificial intelligence (AI) network computing has made significant progress in recent years but has so far been held back by the limitations of logic gates in conventional computer chips. Through new research ...
Nanophysics
Nov 15, 2023
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Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases are widely involved in the synthesis and metabolism of endogenous and exogenous substances in living organisms. The catalytic efficiency of cytochrome P450 monooxygenase relies on the coenzyme ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 15, 2023
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ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) has demonstrated the highest resolution yet with observations of an old star. The observations show that the star is surrounded by a ring-like structure of gas and that ...
Astronomy
Nov 15, 2023
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Bile salts play a crucial role in the digestion and absorption of dietary fats in the small intestine, particularly in the duodenum. The human bile salt export pump (BSEP), also known as ABCB11, mediates a variety of bile ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 15, 2023
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Dr. Shing Chi Leung, SUNY Poly assistant professor of physics, in collaboration with Mr. Chun-Ming Yip, Dr. Ming-Chung Chu and Dr. Lap-Ming Lin, from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, have discovered that the explosion ...
Astronomy
Nov 15, 2023
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Two papers published in PNAS Nexus describe the genetic basis of long-term heat tolerance in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, with implications for crop breeding. Teruaki Taji and colleagues evaluated dozens of lines ...
Plants & Animals
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