Scientists jump hurdle in HIV vaccine design
The new study shows the structure of an important HIV protein, called the envelope glycoprotein, on a common strain of the virus.
Credit: Javier Guenaga
Scientists...
Atomic-scale imaging improves dating of planetary events
The 11 nano tips used in the study.
Credit: University of Portsmouth
Research led by the University of Portsmouth has identified a new way to improve...
Toward an HIV cure: Team develops test to detect hidden virus
Dr. Anwesha Sanyal holds up two vials with HIV-infected cells that she is preparing for Pitt Public Health's TZA test. The yellow indicates more...
Seeing life in fast-forward: Visual brain predicts future events based on past experience
Left: the white dot moves from the left to the right side of the screen in 0,5 seconds. The bottom image shows the brain...
Water forms ‘spine of hydration’ around DNA, group finds
This is an illustration of what chiral nonlinear spectroscopy reveals: that DNA is surrounded by a chiral water super-structure, forming a 'spine of hydration.'
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A first look at dolphin immune system
While there are a number of studies and reports that suggest a correlation between environmental contaminants, immune disturbances and disease susceptibility in wild dolphins...
‘Heat island’ effect could double climate change costs for world’s cities
Tokyo-Yokohama is the most populous urban area in the world.
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Overheated cities face climate change costs at least twice as big...
Gray matter density increases during adolescence, study finds
MRI-derived gray matter measures, density, volume, mass, and cortical thickness, show distinct age and sex effects, as well as age-dependent intermodal correlations around adolescence.
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Harnessing energy from glass walls
Prototype of a semi-transparent perovskite solar cell with thermal-mirror functionality.
Credit: Copyright: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
A Korean research team has developed...
Where rivers meet the sea: Harnessing energy generated when freshwater meets saltwater
Photograph of the concentration flow cell. Two plates clamp the cell together, which contains two narrow channels fed with either synthetic freshwater or seawater...
How do blind cavefish find their way? The answer could be in their bones.
A micro-CT scan shows the differences in bone structure between a surface fish and a blind cavefish.
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Imagine living in perpetual darkness in...
