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Jul. 26, 2022Press Release Biology
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Jul. 20, 2022Research Highlight Biology
‘Cuddle hormone’ oxytocin strongly affects male mice on becoming fathers
Hormone causes male mice to change from being aggressive toward pups to caring for them when they become fathers -
Jul. 12, 2022Research Highlight Biology
Mouse model to explore links between Alzheimer’s disease and vascular amyloid plaques
A new model mouse for the disease responsible for most cases of dementia also exhibits a common condition that accompanies Alzheimer’s in people -
Jul. 5, 2022Research Highlight Biology
Region at back of the macaque brain weighs confidence in memories and current evidence during introspective decision making
A previously unsuspected brain region is found to play a crucial role in weighing information from different sources when making decisions -
Jun. 28, 2022Press Release Biology Engineering
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Jun. 28, 2022Perspectives Biology Chemistry Engineering
Nature’s own assembly line
RIKEN-engineered microbes and plant lignin could soon help produce everything from car tires to engine components. -
Jun. 27, 2022Press Release Biology
Extra “eye” movements are the key to better self-driving cars
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Jun. 24, 2022Feature Highlight Chemistry
Cracking green hydrogen energy
An electrocatalyst that has a long shelf life is a major step towards realizing terawatts from green hydrogen. -
Jun. 9, 2022Research Highlight Biology
Imaging how a light-driven chloride pump works
Light-induced changes in shape enable a pump in a marine bacterium to suck in chloride ions from seawater -
Jun. 7, 2022Research Highlight Chemistry
Fluorescent molecules revealed by quantum chemistry and machine learning
Six fluorescent compounds have been uncovered by a novel strategy for designing molecules that combines machine learning and quantum chemistry calculations -
Jun. 3, 2022Research Highlight Biology
Rapid, single-cell analysis of microbiotas now possible
A new method for single cells can rapidly determine the make-up of bacterial communities in the gut and environment -
Jun. 3, 2022Research Highlight Chemistry
Shining light on a fluid completely changes its dielectric permittivity
Simply illuminating a fluid can cause its interaction with an electric field to greatly vary -
May 26, 2022Press Release Biology
Palaeospondylus : long-standing mystery of vertebrate evolution solved using powerful X-rays
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May 26, 2022Research Highlight Biology
Three chaperones coordinate the breakup of amyloid fibrils in yeast
A fluorescence microscopy study shows how amyloid fibrils in yeast are dismantled -
May 17, 2022Research Highlight Biology
Mouse stem cells for primitive endoderm established
The third type of stem cells that make up the precursors of mouse embryos has been established for the first time -
May 17, 2022Research Highlight Biology
Arabidopsis thaliana shoots regenerate better in balmy conditions
Simply turning up the heat can boost the regeneration of cuttings of thale cress -
May 13, 2022Press Release Physics / Astronomy
Hyperfast white dwarf stars provide clues for understanding supernovae
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May 9, 2022Research Highlight Medicine / Disease
Iron-snatching compound effective against the parasitic amoeba Entamoeba histolytica
A safe and effective drug against a parasitic amoeba could come from a new approach that exploits the parasite’s need for iron -
May 6, 2022Press Release Computing / Math
It takes three to tangle: long-range quantum entanglement needs three-way interaction
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Apr. 28, 2022Press Release Biology
An epigenetic cause of miscarriages is identified and cured in mice