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Biochemical pathways of kidney disease revealed
Researchers have developed an innovative fruit fly-based model of the types of harmful cysts that…
Deep learning helps scientists keep track of cell’s inner parts
High throughput screens of image-based data allow a direct view of proteins’ whereabouts in the…
New nuclear magnetic resonance technique offers ‘molecular window’ into living organisms
A new nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique has potential for noninvasive disease diagnosis using current…
Long lost monitor lizard ‘re-discovered’ on Papua New Guinean island
Scientists have recently found and re-described a monitor lizard species from the island of New…
Bending sheet glass using lasers and gravity
A new technique makes it possible to bend sheet glass into complex or unconventional shapes…
1000 km range for e-cars thanks to a new battery concept
You cannot get far today with electric cars. One reason is that the batteries require…
Antioxidants, plastics could be made from byproducts of wheat milling
It’s usually used as livestock feed, but wheat bran’s value in human nutrition and medicine…
Fashion mannequins communicate ‘dangerously thin’ body ideals
The body size of mannequins used to advertise female fashion in the UK are too…
Feeding strategies in competing hummingbird species observed in a small area in Brazil
Being the vertebrates with the highest metabolic rate thanks to their rapid wing flaps, the…