New Images Provide Insights Into How HSV-1 Works
UCLA researchers have produced the clearest 3-D images to date of the virus that causes cold sores, herpes simplex virus type 1, or HSV-1. The…
Biologists Reveal How Marine Fish Won An Evolutionary Lottery
Most marine fish, including tuna, belong to a group called acanthomorphs, which experienced an explosion of diversity after an asteroid crash 66 million years ago….
Engineers Develop New Manufacturing Process That Spools Out Strips of Graphene
MIT engineers have developed a continuous manufacturing process that produces long strips of high-quality graphene. The team’s results are the first demonstration of an industrial,…
Researchers Link Dyslexia Gene Variants to Consonant Use Across Populations
In a new study of languages spoken in 43 different populations worldwide, Yale School of Medicine researchers and their colleagues identified variants of a dyslexia…
Diamonds Provide Evidence of a Lost Planet That Once Roamed Our Solar System
Fragments of a meteorite that fell to Earth more than a decade ago provide compelling evidence of a lost planet that once roamed our solar…
New Research Helps Explain Mercury’s Magnetic Tail
Theoretical physicists used simulations to explain the unusual readings collected in 2009 by the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) mission. The origin…
Carbon Fiber Artificial Muscles Lift 12,600 Times Their Weight
The pull-up, an exercise dreaded by most, answers a basic question: are your muscles strong enough to lift your own body weight? Some Illinois researchers…
New Data on the Mechanism of Action of Plitidepsin in Tumor Cells
PharmaMar (MSE: PHM) has presented during the AACR meeting (American Association for Cancer Research) in Chicago new data about how plitidepsin works on the tumor…
Astrophysicists Test Theories of Gravity with Black Hole Shadows
Can we tell black holes apart? Astrophysicists at Goethe University Frankfurt answer this question by computing images of feeding non-Einsteinian black holes: At present it…
New Achievement Could Lead to More-Efficient Quantum Computing
In terms of size, it may be the smallest scientific breakthrough ever made at Harvard. Harvard Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Kang-Kuen Ni…
Biologists Discover Pathway That Protects Mitochondria
MIT Scientists discover a pathway that monitors a protein import into mitochondria and elicits a cellular response when the process goes awry. If there’s one…
Zika Vaccine Could Virtually Eliminate Prenatal Infections
A Zika vaccine could have a substantial effect on mitigating and preventing future Zika virus outbreaks. Through a combination of direct protection and indirect reduction…
Graphene Spikes Kill Bacteria on Implants and Stop Infection
A tiny layer of graphene flakes becomes a deadly weapon and kills bacteria, stopping infections during procedures such as implant surgery. This is the findings…
NASA’s Exploration Campaign: Back to the Moon and on to Mars
“The directive I am signing today will refocus America’s space program on human exploration and discovery. It marks a first step in returning American astronauts…
Scientists Link Dinosaur Expansion to the Carnian Pluvial Episode
It is commonly understood that the dinosaurs disappeared with a bang – wiped out by a great meteorite impact on the Earth 66 million years…
Astrophysicists Are Unlocking the Secrets to Dark Matter
University of Miami astrophysicist Nico Cappelluti studies the sky. An assistant professor in the Physics Department, Cappelluti is intrigued by the cosmic phenomena of super…
Scientists Discover Gene Critical for a Healthy Brain
New research has shown how an unusual gene is needed for brain development in young mice. Since the human genome was first sequenced in 2001,…
Scientists Discover New Protein Shield That Protects Broken DNA
Researchers from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research have uncovered a new protein shield that aids in repairing damaged DNA in cells and…