Research by Gustavo Caetano-Anollés and Fayez Aziz, University of Illinois, reveals a “big bang” during evolution of protein subunits known as domains. The team looked for protein relationships and domain recruitment into proteins over 3.8 billion years across all taxonomic units. Their results could have implications for vaccine development and disease management. Credit: Fred...
Perfect Bush-crow and Swallow habitat in Ethiopia. Credit: Andrew BladonMonitoring Species Condemned to Extinction May Assist Conservationists Save Others as Worldwide Temperature Levels IncreaseThe White-tailed Swallow, Hirundo megaensis, and Ethiopian Bush-crow, Zavattariornis Stresemann, live in 'weather lifeboats' with their small ranges restricted on all sides by temperature level as well as rains...
A mother Rothschild’s giraffe tending to her baby. The photo was taken in Soysambu Conservancy, in the Rift Valley region of Kenya. Giraffes are attentive mothers to their offspring, and all female adults in a group are invested in each others’ offspring. Credit: Zoe MullerEvidence That Giraffes Are an Extremely Socially Complex Species -...
The neuromorphic chip reliably and precisely detects high-frequency oscillations in previously recorded intracranial EEG. Credit: UZH, ETHZ, USZNeuromorphic Chip: Artificial Neurons Identify Biosignals in Real TimeScientists from Zurich have created a portable, energy-efficient gadget made from synthetic nerve cells that can decoding brainwaves. The chip uses information videotaped from the brainwaves of epilepsy patients...
Cosmos Display at the front of the Antikythera Mechanism, showing the positions of the Sun, Moon, and five planets as well as the phase of the Moon and the nodes of the Moon. Credit: © 2020 Tony FreethResearchers at UCL have fixed a significant piece of the challenge that makes up the ancient Greek...
The LUCA Device Reveals High Precision in Thyroid Cancer Cells ScreeningThyroid nodules are a usual pathology with 19-76% when screened with ultrasound, with more remarkable regularities in women. Present medical techniques used to examine this cancer consist of executing an ultrasound, adhered to by a Doppler ultrasound, and afterward a biopsy. However, sadly, these...
Targeting Piezo1 Protein May be a Brand New and Ideal Approach to Cure Multiple SclerosisIn a new College of California, Irvine-led research study, researchers discovered that a specific healthy protein prevented governing T cells (Tregs) from successfully doing their work in controlling the damaging results of inflammation in a version of multiple sclerosis (MS),...
A Naupactus cervinus weevil, a common, yet invasive species in many parts of the world, is seen eating a leaf. Credit: Courtesy of Analia Lanteri/Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo de La Plata, ArgentinaWithout Evolutionary Genetic Variation, Asexual Invasive Species Discover New Techniques of Adjusting to Their EnvironmentResearch from Wellesley University reveals that despite...
A set of brain signals known to assist memories form may additionally influence blood glucose levels, finds brand-new research in rats.Researchers at NYU Grossman College of Medicine discovered that a strange signaling pattern in the brain area called the hippocampus, connected by previous studies to memory development, likewise affects the metabolic process, the procedure...
Cryo-EM imaging reveals high-resolution side and top views of the viral RNA replication “crown” complex structure. Credit: Paul Ahlquist, Morgridge Institute for ResearchFor the very first time, researchers at the Morgridge Institute for Research have created near-atomic resolution images of a significant viral healthy protein complicated responsible for replicating the RNA genome of a...
