Automated implant offers new hope for preventing opioid overdose deaths
Naloxone is an effective treatment for opioid overdose, but it usually requires a bystander to step in and administer it. Now, researchers have developed an implantable device that can independently detect overdose and automatically...
Early Life Toxin Exposure Permanently Disrupts Gut Microbiome in Mice
Scientists at Penn State along with collaborators report that early life exposure to “forever chemicals” in the environment permanently disrupts the gut microbiome in mice, contributing to the development of metabolic disease in later...
Trojan horse method gives malaria parasites a taste of their own medicine
More than a quarter of Australians over the age of 50 take cholesterol-lowering drugs to prevent heart disease and strokes, but our bodies also need cholesterol to survive. Now, scientists from The Australian National...
Epigenetic Memory Survives DNA Replication with Aid of Histone-Recycling Protein
If parent cells and their daughter cells are to share a stable identity, parent cells must divide—and replicate their DNA—while ensuring that their histones are distributed properly to their daughter cells. But how, exactly,...
Rice-built reactor yields green ammonia and purified water
HOUSTON – (Aug. 12, 2024) – Ammonia plays a critical role in sustaining food production for the world’s growing population, but making it accounts for about 2% of global energy consumption and 1.4% of carbon...
Base Editing Reduces Lignin, Boosts Carbon Content of Poplar Wood
Made from traditional wood, engineered wood is often seen as a renewable replacement for traditional building materials like steel, cement, glass and plastic. It also has the potential to store carbon for a longer...
Long-distance relationship revealed in the seemingly random behavior of bowhead whales
Applying chaos theory to the movement of iconic arctic whales uncovered a 24-hour diving cycle and a long-range (~100 km) synchronization.
Credit: Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen
Applying chaos theory to the movement of iconic arctic whales uncovered...
Fern becomes first in suborder to be classed as “independent gametophyte”
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered that the fern Hymenasplenium murakami-hatanakae can become independent gametophytes i.e. live for long periods without a spore-producing sporophyte. They collected specimens from Izu-Oshima Island,...
Giant Enzymes in Tiny Organisms Synthesize Giant Toxins
Tilting the scales at 4.7 megadaltons and reaching 1 micron in length, the newly discovered algal enzyme PKZILLA-1 is the largest protein ever identified in biology. Indeed, PKZILLA-1 is 25% larger than the previous...
Researchers discover new mechanism to cool buildings while saving energy
With temperatures rising globally, the need for more sustainable cooling options is also growing. Researchers at UCLA and their colleagues have now found an affordable and scalable process to cool buildings in the summer...
