A University of Houston College of Medicine researcher has found how a protein inside the body reduces the adverse effects of hypertonicity, an imbalance of water and solutes inside cells. Hypertonicity causes cell shrinkage ...
Biochemistry
Aug 4, 2020
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New insight on how four species of seabirds have developed the ability to cruise through both air and water has been published today in the open-access journal eLife.
Plants & Animals
Jun 30, 2020
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In many regions of the world, populations of large mammalian herbivores have been displaced by cattle breeding—for example, in Kenya, hippos by large herds of cattle. This can change aquatic ecosystems due to significant ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 16, 2020
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Mammals sweat to regulate body temperature, and researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China are exploring whether our phones could do the same. In a study published January 22 in the journal Joule, the authors ...
Materials Science
Jan 22, 2020
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Inspired by membranes in the body tissues of living organisms, scientists have combined aramid nanofibers used in Kevlar with boron nitride to construct a membrane for harvesting ocean energy that is both strong like bone ...
Materials Science
Dec 18, 2019
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The U.S. spends $5 billion a year to repair damages to road infrastructure from winter snow and ice control operations and the use of traditional deicers. A team of researchers at WSU is developing a more sustainable solution ...
Materials Science
Dec 2, 2019
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A team of researchers from Japan, China and the U.K. has found evidence of ice fossils on the surface of a meteorite. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes their close-up study of the ...
Certain strains of cholera can change their shape in response to environmental conditions to aid their short-term survival, according to new research from Dartmouth College.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 9, 2019
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A group of chemical and biomedical engineers at UNSW Sydney and University of Cambridge has improved the chemical stability of 'ZIF crystals', enabling these porous nanomaterials to be used for smart pharmaceutical drug delivery ...
Materials Science
May 7, 2019
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Many wearable biosensors, data transmitters and similar tech advances for personalized health monitoring have now been "creatively miniaturized," says materials chemist Trisha Andrew at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, ...
Materials Science
Jan 22, 2019
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