Discovery about inflammation ‘brake’ gene paves way to personalized treatments for kidney disease
A discovery about gene variants of an inflammation 'brake' brings scientists a step closer to personalized treatment for patients at risk of kidney disease and kidney failure. Researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical...
Immune Cell Drives Chronic Transplant Rejection in Mice, Suggesting Therapeutic Target
University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) researchers identified a type of immune cell that drives chronic organ transplant failure in a mouse model of kidney transplantation. Their study uncovered pathways that could feasibly be targeted therapeutically...
New programmable smart fabric responds to temperature and electricity
A new smart material developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo is activated by both heat and electricity, making it the first ever to respond to two different stimuli.
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From sheets to stacks, new nanostructures promise leap for advanced electronics
Tokyo, Japan – Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have successfully engineered multi-layered nanostructures of transition metal dichalcogenides which meet in-plane to form junctions. They grew out layers of multi-layered structures of molybdenum disulfide from...
Want to make better materials? Read between the lines. Or the “grain boundaries,” as...
The orientations of these infinitesimally small separations between individual “grains” of a polycrystalline material have big effects. In a material such as aluminum, these collections of grains (called microstructures) determine properties such as hardness.
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New Potential Parkinson’s Disease Target Identified
Researchers report that they have identified a protein-protein interaction that contributes to Parkinson’s disease.
In Parkinson’s, the α-synuclein (a-syn) protein accumulates in the brain and leads to cell death. Much research is currently focused on...
Horodyskia is among the oldest multicellular macroorganisms: Study
Horodyskia, characterized by a string of beads with uniform size and spacing, is a kind of macroscopic fossil with a record extending from the early Mesoproterozoic Era (~1.48 Ga) to the terminal Ediacaran Period (~550 Ma).
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Accelerating Organoid-Based Scientific Discovery
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There is intense interest in research applications of organoids—mini-organs grown in a dish that are made up of different cell...
IGI Wins $70 Million to Study Microbiome Engineering for Health, Climate Challenges
A research initiative co-led by Nobel laureate and CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna, PhD, has been awarded $70 million to address health and climate challenges by combining the genome editing technology with genome-resolved metagenomics through...
Swedish quantum computer applied to chemistry for the first time
There are high expectations that quantum computers may deliver revolutionary new possibilities for simulating chemical processes. This could have a major impact on everything from the development of new pharmaceuticals to new materials. Researchers...
