Parasite mimics human proteins to provide ‘ready meals’ from the gut
Giardia parasites - responsible for one of the world's most common gastric diseases - are able to mimic human cell functions to break apart...
Changing the color of 3-D printed objects
3-D printing has come a long way since the first "rapid prototyping" patent was rejected in 1980. We've evolved from basic designs to a...
Quantum race accelerates development of silicon quantum chip
The worldwide race to create more, better and reliable quantum processors is progressing fast, as a team of TU Delft scientists led by Professor...
X-ray experiments suggest high tunability of 2-D material
To see what is driving the exotic behavior in some atomically thin - or 2-D - materials, and find out what happens when they...
Method to precisely determine when cell has ‘cashed’ RNA ‘checks’ written by active genes
DNA has often been called "the book of life," but this popular phrase makes some biologists squirm a bit. True, DNA bears our genes,...
The eleventh Archaeopteryx
Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich report the first description of the geologically oldest fossil securely attributable to the genus Archaeopteryx, and provide a new...
Botulinum-type toxins jump to a new kind of bacteria
Enterococci are hardy microbes that thrive in the gastrointestinal tracts of nearly all land animals, including our own, and generally cause no harm. But...
NIST’s superconducting synapse may be missing piece for ‘artificial brains’
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a superconducting switch that "learns" like a biological system and could connect...
Repurposed drug found to be effective against Zika virus
In both cell cultures and mouse models, a drug used to treat Hepatitis C effectively protected and rescued neural cells infected by the Zika...
From stem cells to a functional heart: The role of the Mesp1 gene
Researchers at the Université libre de Bruxelles and University of Cambridge identified the role of key gene Mesp1 in the earliest step of cardiovascular...
Research finds link between rainfall and ocean circulation in past and present
Research conducted at The University of Texas at Austin has found that changes in ocean currents in the Atlantic Ocean influence rainfall in the...
