New 'whipping jet' sprayer controls how aerosols move
Aerosols are tiny particles that can have a significant impact on Earth's climate and human health.
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Investigating the laser-induced periodic surface structure (LIPSS) of silicon
The electronic and optical devices that we use on a daily basis, such as mobile phones, LEDs and solar cells use transistors and other parts that are consistently getting smaller and more compact. With an ever-growing need ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 10, 2023
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Scientists discover ubiquitous, increasing ferric iron on lunar surface
The moon has been considered extremely reductive since the Apollo era, as estimated by the low ferric iron content in lunar samples returned in the 1970s. In addition, it has long been a mystery whether a large amount of ...
Planetary Sciences
Jan 9, 2023
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Visualizing the inside of cells at previously impossible resolutions
All life is made up of cells several magnitudes smaller than a grain of salt. Their seemingly simple-looking structures mask the intricate and complex molecular activity that enables them to carry out the functions that sustain ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 9, 2023
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Researchers reveal how DNA unzipping machine MCM2-7 complex works, with implications for cancer therapy
A research team led by Dr. Yuanliang Zhai from the School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), and his collaborators from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Institut Curie, ...
Biotechnology
Jan 6, 2023
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Biochemists describe structure and function of newly discovered CRISPR immune system
Utah State University biochemists Thomson Hallmark and Ryan Jackson, along with collaborators, published two seminal papers this week. Their findings describe the structure and function of a newly discovered CRISPR immune ...
Biochemistry
Jan 4, 2023
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Neutron experiments reveal what maintains good function in bones
Around 500 million years ago, early vertebrates in the seas became fish, adopting an inner skeleton and a flexible spine based on a nanocomposite of fibers and mineral, known as bone material. This "invention" of evolution ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 21, 2022
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'Big muscles and wrinkled skin': The Hercules pseudoscorpions
Frida Kahlo, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Hercules—they are all among the namesakes of the new pseudoscorpions recently described in the Arachnology Department at the Museum der Natur Hamburg. The prominent names suit the ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 20, 2022
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Structure of a bacteriophytochrome in two states revealed
Scientist have revealed both dark adapted and light-activated structures of a red photosensory protein, phytochrome.
Biotechnology
Dec 20, 2022
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Structure of monkeypox DNA revealed using cryo-electron microscopy
A team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University and Peking University has determined the holoenzyme structure of monkeypox DNA using cryo-electron microscopy. In their paper published in the ...
