If you keep up with independent drone auto racing, you likely think about the accidents as much as the victories. In drone racing, groups compete to see which drone is better to fly fastest through an obstacle course. However, the faster flight increases its instability, and also at high speeds, the rules of aerodynamics...
The ‘Third Thumb’ device being used to blow bubbles single-handedly. Credit: Dani Clode Using a robotic 'Third Thumb' can impact how the hand is represented in the brain, finds a new study led by University College London researchers. The group trained individuals to use an additional robotic thumb and found they could effectively carry out dextrous...
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have determined two antibodies that protect animals from disease brought on by alphaviruses. The antibodies were effective for every alphavirus checked, suggesting they possibly can create the basis of treatments or serve as a guide for a universal vaccine. In the US, the alphavirus we...
micBeneficial Gut Bacteria. Credit: Darryl Leja, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, NIH Fasting before and during exposure to Salmonella enterica microorganisms protects mice from developing a full-on infection, partially as a result of changes in the pets' digestive tract microbiomes, according to a new study published in PLOS Pathogens by Bruce Vallance as well...
The COVID-19 pandemic has clarified the relevance of comprehending precisely just how diseases spread throughout transport networks. Nonetheless, rigorously figuring out the connection between disease risk and changing networks, which either humans or the environment may alter, is challenging due to the intricacy of these systems. In a paper published on 10 June 2021, in...
Research by Gustavo Caetano-Anollés and Fayez Aziz, University of Illinois, reveals a “big bang” during evolution of protein subunits known as domains. The team looked for protein relationships and domain recruitment into proteins over 3.8 billion years across all taxonomic units. Their results could have implications for vaccine development and disease management. Credit: Fred...
A set of brain signals known to assist memories form may additionally influence blood glucose levels, finds brand-new research in rats. Researchers at NYU Grossman College of Medicine discovered that a strange signaling pattern in the brain area called the hippocampus, connected by previous studies to memory development, likewise affects the metabolic process, the procedure...
The newly described oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (green) contact long-distance neuronal axons (magenta) on the wall of the brain ventricles. According to a study published June 20 in Science, scientists discovered two types of glial cells in the brains of adult mice - an astrocyte and an oligodendrocyte progenitor cell - after pushing neural stem cells to...
An artistic rendering of antibodies surrounding a SARS-CoV-2 particle. Credit: LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY An antibody treatment that seems to reduce the effects of all recognized SARS-CoV-2 pressures and various other coronaviruses was created with some help from architectural biologist Jay Nix. Lifesaving COVID-19 injections are enabling us to feel optimistic once again, after over a...
MIT researchers have devised a way to program memories into bacterial cells by rewriting their DNA more efficiently. Credit: MIT News, iStockphoto Organic engineers at MIT have created a brand-new way to edit bacterial genomes successfully and program memories right into microbial cells by revising their DNA. Using this technique, various spatial and temporal information...
