Twins study shows exercise altering how genes behave
One might expect identical twins to have the same health outcomes.
Evolution
Dec 9, 2022
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Targeted photothermal treatment for blood clots shows promise
Nanoparticles loaded with dye that release heat upon near-infrared irradiation could provide the key to more targeted treatment for blood clots, according to new research by the Baker Institute and Swinburne University.
Bio & Medicine
Dec 9, 2022
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Researchers shed (laser) light on emerging water treatment technique
Assuring that a growing global population has access to clean water will require new water treatment methods. One of these next-generation methods involves a form of iron called ferrate, which creates fewer toxic byproducts ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 9, 2022
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Cumbria coal mine: Empty promises of carbon capture tech have excused digging up more fossil fuel for decades
The idea that a technology called carbon capture and storage (CCS) could catch molecules of CO₂ as they emerge from the chimneys of power stations and factories has been around for more than two decades. Michael Gove, the ...
Environment
Dec 9, 2022
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Study identifies genomic region related to sex determination of macroalga Undaria pinnatifida
Undaria pinnatifida is an economically important brown macroalga in China. There are three sexual phenotypes (female, male, and monoicous) in the haploid gametophytes of U. pinnatifida. However, the sex-determining mechanisms ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 9, 2022
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Scientists reveal mechanistic function of MED25 in regulating fruit ripening
Fleshy fruits are an important part of the human diet. They provide vitamins, carotenoids, flavonoids and other health-promoting nutrients. Because most of the fruit nutritional and sensory quality traits are determined at ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 9, 2022
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Ada Lovelace's skills with language, music and needlepoint contributed to her pioneering work in computing
Ada Lovelace, known as the first computer programmer, was born on Dec. 10, 1815, more than a century before digital electronic computers were developed.
Education
Dec 9, 2022
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New study highlights urgent need to safeguard deep reefs, one of the largest and least protected ecosystems
University of Oxford researchers have contributed to a study which found that very few deep reefs have any form of protection, despite facing a multitude of threats. With the UN Biodiversity Conference COP15 currently underway, ...
Ecology
Dec 9, 2022
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Highlighting the molecular mechanism underlying pancreatic cancer development
Researchers have visualized the protein binding site of the (pro)renin receptor known to be involved in pancreatic cancer development using an artificial intelligence-based protein structure prediction program. They predicted ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 9, 2022
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Looking back from beyond the moon: How views from space have changed the way we see Earth
A photograph taken by NASA's Orion spacecraft has given us a new perspective on our home planet.
Astronomy
Dec 9, 2022
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