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World's First Contactless Underwater Ultrasound Scanner Aids Conservation Efforts
NewsA team of researchers has successfully scanned a pregnant wild reef manta ray underwater to obtain clear ultrasound images of her foetus, using the world’s first contactless underwater ultrasound scanner.
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Mapping Influenza's Armory in Real-time
NewsHigh-speed microscopy has been used to investigate the native structure and conformational dynamics of hemagglutinin in influenza A.
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Revealing Dangerous Pathogen's Door Key
NewsResearchers have revealed the 3D molecular architecture of the Type IV secretion system (T4SS), used by many dangerous bacteria to infect human cells, from Legionella pneumophila with unprecedented details.
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Proteins Are a Flu's Best Friend
News May 15, 2019Researchers have provided new insight on how two proteins help influenza A virus particles fight their way to human cells.
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Smile for the Camera!
News May 15, 2019Scientists have developed a method with which an enzyme at work can be “photographed”, making it possible to better understand the function of important biomolecules.
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Bacteria Better Together to Improve Plant Health
News May 15, 2019Researchers have shown for the first time that the combination of bacteria 'Bacillus subtilis' and 'Pseudomonas' can improve the health of plants, which could benefit the food industry.
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Tomato Pan-genome Makes Bringing Flavor Back Easier
News May 14, 2019Almost everyone agrees that store-bought tomatoes don't have much flavor. Now, scientists may have spotlighted the solution after constructing the pan-genome for the cultivated tomato and its wild relatives.
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Bacteria Could Help Combat Pesticide Resistance in Insects
News May 14, 2019Research into an intricate toxin delivery system found in bacteria could overcome the problem of pesticide resistance in insects, and might even lead to new cancer treatments.
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What Do Teeth and Solar Cells Have in Common?
News May 14, 2019As with its addition to toothpaste to help maintain teeth, adding a small amount of fluoride to perovskite solar cells significantly increases their stability, offering future direction for solar energy research.
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How Does Milk Work Its Magic?
News May 14, 2019It's been called the world’s most perfect food, and there’s unequivocal evidence that it can fight off disease and build better baby brains. But very little is known about how breast milk does its work. Now, chemists are building a library to catalog important parts of this amazing and sometimes mysterious body fluid.
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Solving a Mass Murder Conundrum
News May 14, 2019Ancient DNA has revealed the mass murder of a large family after the discovery of a mysterious 5000-year-old mass grave in Poland, but there are unusual twists.
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Vital Role for Bacteria in Next-Generation Wastewater Treatment
News May 14, 2019A global study expands the understanding of activated sludge microbiomes for next-generation wastewater treatment and reuse systems enhanced by microbiome engineering.
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A Closer Look at How the Brain Controls Food Intake
News May 14, 2019Regardless of how much you exercise or how balanced your diet is, controlling your weight is more brain-related than you might have thought. In a recent study, researchers show for the first time in mice that the acyl-CoA-binding protein, or ACBP, has a direct influence on the neurons that allow rodents and humans to maintain a healthy weight.
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