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Identifying the Unknown in Drinking Water
NewsWhen we drink a glass of water, we ingest an unknown amount of by-products that are formed in the treatment process, many unidentified... until now.
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Making Light of the Raman Dance of Solids
NewsScientists investigated the excitation and detection of photogenerated coherent phonons in polar semiconductor GaAs through an ultrafast dual pump-probe laser for quantum interferometry.
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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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Fishing for Signals
News May 13, 2019Researchers have developed a new method for analyzing the signaling molecules of staphylococci. Greater knowledge of how staphylococci communicate with each other may make it possible to prevent them from causing infections, regardless of whether or not they are resistant.
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Needleless Viral Vaccines Get Helping Hand From Physicists
News May 13, 2019Physicists have delivered virologists a "recipe" for improving vaccine drops using methods from the world of nanophysics.
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Efficient Way to Mimic Natural Immune Response Complexes
News May 13, 2019A novel method to engineer large multi-antibody-like nanostructures using DNA nanotechnology could enhance properties of traditional therapies.
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Nanotubes Pave the Way for Huntington Protein
News May 13, 2019A toxic protein linked to Huntington's disease can move from neuron to neuron through a nanotube tunnel whose construction is initiated by a protein called Rhes, say scientists.
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How Do You Know If Probiotics Are Any Good?
News May 13, 2019An expert panel has called for increased transparency so consumers can identify quality probiotics.
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Brain Tumor Imaging Method Uses Scorpion Venom Protein
News May 10, 2019A novel imaging technique that uses a synthesized form of scorpion venom to light up brain tumors has shown promise in a clinical trial. The imaging system enables neurosurgeons to better see malignant growths that often are difficult to fully eliminate.
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How Superbugs Play Hide and Seek With Their Host
News May 10, 2019New research has discovered how a hospital superbug evades the immune system to cause infection – paving the way for new treatments.
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Designing “Smart” Drugs to Prevent Malaria Treatment Resistance
News May 10, 2019Researchers at the Crick and Imperial College London have generated malaria parasites resistant to a promising new class of candidate antimalarial drugs. By analyzing the structural changes behind the resistance, they identified novel compounds that were immune to this mechanism of resistance.
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