New Portable Analyzer Can Detect Antivirus Antibody in Just 20 Minutes
Researchers have succeeded in detecting anti-avian influenza virus antibody in blood serum within 20 minutes, using a portable analyzer they have developed to conduct rapid…
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Arctic Edmontosaurus Lives Again: New Look at the ‘Caribou of the Cretaceous’
A new study by an international team from the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas and Hokkaido University and Okayama University of Science…
Spacecraft Reveals Venus’ Super-Rotation Maintained by Atmospheric Tidal Waves
Images from the Akatsuki spacecraft unveil what keeps Venus’s atmosphere rotating much faster than the planet itself. An international research team led by Takeshi Horinouchi…
New Bio-Inspired Hydrogel Acts Like Superglue in Seawater
Getting glued in the sea: New bio-inspired hydrogels can act like superglue in highly ionic environments such as seawater, overcoming issues in currently available marine…
Life’s Building Blocks May Not Have Originated on This Planet
An experiment shows that one of the basic units of life — nucleobases — could have originated within giant gas clouds interspersed between the stars….
Brain Mechanism Linking Chronic Pain and Depression Identified
Molecular Link Between Chronic Pain and Depression Revealed Researchers at Hokkaido University have identified the brain mechanism linking chronic pain and depression in rats. Their…
New Genus and Species of Dinosaur Identified From the Largest Dinosaur Skeleton Ever Found in Japan
The dinosaur, whose nearly complete skeleton was unearthed from 72 million-year-old marine deposits in Mukawa Town in northern Japan, belongs to a new genus and…
Scientists Believe Pluto May Have a Hidden Subsurface Ocean
Computer simulations provide compelling evidence that an insulating layer of gas hydrates could keep a subsurface ocean from freezing beneath Pluto’s icy exterior, according to…
New Molecular Details of Cancer Cells Could Lead to Improved Treatment
Uncovered details of a molecular pathway in cancer cells could lead to improved treatment. Targeting a pathway that controls the movement of mitochondria, the powerhouses…