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How do Cells Obtain Their Shapes? A new Mechanism Determined

One of the research projects being carried out by the experimental biologists in the Martin Laboratory at the University of Lausanne, under the direction of professor Sophie Martin, involves using light to trigger processes within genetically modified fission yeast cells. When team members were carrying out these experiments, they noticed that a certain protein...

‘Frameshifting’ Therapy for Pole Cell Cancers Minimizes Size and the Spread

New Frameshifting Therapy Effective Against Mast Cell CancersA team of researchers at North Carolina State University has developed a new frameshifting therapy that has shown promising results against mast cell cancers in mice. Mast cell cancers are a type of cancer that affects the immune system and can be difficult to treat. In the...

Regenerative Dentistry Discovery: Biological Therapy for Damaged Teeth

Via SmilesDrs.comRegenerative Dentistry BreakthroughResearchers at King's College London have developed a biological therapy that could revolutionize the way damaged teeth are treated. The therapy, which involves the use of a small molecule drug called Tideglusib, has been shown to stimulate the stem cells inside teeth, encouraging them to regenerate damaged tissue.Tooth decay and trauma...

Physicists Develop an Unusual ‘Wigner Crystal’ Made Simply of Electrons

In 1934, Eugene Wigner, a pioneer of quantum mechanics, theorized of an odd sort of matter-- a crystal made from electrons. The idea was very straightforward, proving it had not been. With limited success, physicists tried many tricks over eighty years to nudge electrons right into forming these so-called Wigner crystals. However, in June,...

The Research Team Discovers That it Takes Some Warmth to Form Ice on Graphene

In a paper released in Nature Communications, the research study team describes the complicated physical processes working to recognize the chemistry of ice formation. The molecular-level viewpoint of this process may assist in forecasting the formation and melting of ice, from singular crystals to glaciers and ice sheets. The latter is essential to measure...

New Embryo Identification IVF Method Set to Improve Cow Milk and Meat Production

Holstein cows in the pasture. Credit: tilo/iStockA study from the University of Kent, the University of Nottingham, and L'Alliance Boviteq Inc. has created an approach of dramatically boosting in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in cattle.This advancement is bound to substantially decrease maternity problems in cows, raise general meat and milk production, and convert a channel for...

Zoo Atlanta: Positive Virus Tests Among Gorilla Population

A male western lowland gorilla inside its enclosure at Zoo Atlanta last year. Credit: Erik S Lesser/EPASeveral members of a group of western lowland gorillas at Zoo Atlanta have tested positive for the coronavirus after trainers observed a lot of the great apes were displaying symptoms of moderate coughing, drippy noses as well as a...

Igniting Plasmas in Liquid

The ignition of plasma under water. Credit: © Damian GorczanyPhysicists of Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have taken amazing pictures that allow the ignition process of plasma underwater to be observed and also tracked in real-time. Dr. Katharina Grosse has given the first data collections with the ultra-high temporal resolution, backing a new theory on igniting...

Magnon Blocking Effect and Magnonic Skin Effect Shown in Antiferromagnetically Coupled Heterojunction

Image - Left: Schematic diagram of magnon junction structure and magnon blocking effect; Right: Schematic diagram of Magnon Skin Effect. Credit: IOPSpin waves, or magnons, as the elementary excitation of the magnetic system, can move spin angular momentum, giving vast prospects for the Non-volatile, low-energy-consumption, high-speed, and small-size microelectronic devices in the post-Moore...

The QE Ratchet

When it comes to quantitative easing (QE), where you stand most definitely relies on where you sit. That is among the findings of the brand-new report of the Economic Affairs Board of the Committee of the UK House of Lords.The report offers a superb survey of how it is that central banks currently use...