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A new combination of plant-based ingredients tailored for 3D printing meat alternatives has been developed including a surprising ingredient — cocoa butter.

In what is believed to be the largest prospective study of its kind to date, researchers report that a rapid antigen detection test for SARS-CoV-2 proved more effective than expected when compared with virus detection rates using the established standard test, the polymerase chain reaction assay.

Switchable label proteins can change their state, for example to a signal that can be read out, or upon illumination with different colors of light. Researchers at Helmholtz Munich describe their latest work in this space.

springtails are small hexapod invertebrates that live in soil matrix and are extremely difficult to study. Soil ecologists from Japan have applied a radically new method to determine the feeding habits of springtails.

A new study has taken a world-first molecular look at the structure of black widow venom, which contains a subclass of neurotoxins called latrotoxins.

Researchers have created a new sodium-based battery material that is highly stable, capable of recharging as quickly as a traditional lithium-ion battery, paving the way toward delivering more energy than current battery technologies.

The recently discovered earthquake type are slower than conventional earthquakes. Their existence supports a scientific theory that until now had not been sufficiently substantiated by measurements.

Research shows that when cells are deprived of oxygen, another molecule called fumarate can step in and serve as a terminal electron acceptor to enable mitochondrial function in this environment.

Our understanding of how microscopic structure and changes in the shape of food affect the texture of food remains underdeveloped. Researchers have conducted a series of experiments relating the study of how soft solids and some liquids deform to texture.

Lassa fever is listed as a significant public health threat with high epidemic potential and no effective countermeasures. Researchers have now used structural biology to detail nine structures of the Lassa viral polymerase in different functional configurations.