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First 3D nanoscale maps of human airway epithelium reveal hidden architecture of lung defense cells
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University of Cambridge in collaboration with colleagues at HHMI Janelia and NIH, have created some of the mo...
Lithium ions sprint up to 10,000 times faster when their molecular cages briefly open
An international collaborative research group led by Professor Bong June Sung of the Department of Chemistry at Sogang University and Professor Shinji Saito of...
Zebrafish rebuild damaged 'second brain' networks in nine days, offering clues for nerve repair
Why can zebrafish regenerate damaged gut nerves while humans largely cannot? Michigan State University researchers have developed a new research tool that allow...
Yeast survives after all 300 known spliceosomal introns are removed
Spliceosomal introns are noncoding DNA sequences located between exons in many eukaryotic protein-coding genes. Most are removed post-transcriptionally by RNA s...
Trace DNA reveals critically endangered Chinese bahaba in Hong Kong after decade without records
The Chinese bahaba (Bahaba taipingensis), a marine fish species endemic to the Chinese coast and known as the "Panda of the Sea," is critically endangered and o...
Nanopores can activate human T cells without biochemical signals
Immune cells protect and heal the human body. In medicine, they are specifically activated through biochemical reactions to treat certain diseases. Researchers...
How AI is helping states cut through decades of red tape
Bureaucracy moves slowly, and decades of outdated provisions clogging the bylaws of cities and states only make it worse. Sometimes dubbed "policy sludge," such...
Less cannabis use among adolescents, but social disparities persist
Past studies have shown that cannabis use during adolescence is associated with a variety of negative impacts—including emotional distress, adverse academic out...
Virtual café experiment finds Japanese participants keep greater distance than Italians
How close do we stand to other people during a social interaction? The distance we maintain between our body and that of another person—known as interpersonal d...
Recycling does not weaken support for broader climate action, survey finds
In research published in npj Climate Action, UNSW Sydney behavioral scientists, in collaboration with researchers from Griffith University, say they found no ev...
Human impacts rewrite the rules of island biodiversity around the globe
A new study reveals that human activities have fundamentally reshaped biodiversity patterns on islands across the globe, with important implications for how sci...
How insect submariners survive the depths without imploding
Deep-diving insect larvae are challenging a long-held idea about why there are almost no insects in the ocean, thanks to sturdy air sacs. In Lake Malawi in East...