[ad_1] Ten JCU scientists have been named to an elite group of “highly cited” researchers as part of a worldwide survey on the impact of academic work, twice the number of recognized JCU scientists in last year’s ranking. Citations are recorded when a scientist’s work is referenced by another scientist …
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[ad_1] IMAGE: Ten versions of instruments that develop (from left to right) in the different study conditions. View More Credit: University of Exeter The human ability to teach and our use of complex tools may have evolved together, according to new research. The improvement of technologies across generations, known as …
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[ad_1] IMAGE: Left: section of the cerebellum, with magnification factor 40x, obtained with electron microscopy (Dr. E. Zunarelli, University Hospital of Modena); right: section of a cosmological simulation, with an extension of 300 … views More Credit: University of Bologna In their article published in Frontiers of physics, Franco Vazza …
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[ad_1] IMAGE: Macaques were exposed to a high titer of SARS-CoV-2 via combined transmission routes. In their lung lesions, acute interstitial pneumonia with endotheliitis (mononuclear leukocytes and PMN infiltrate the interior of the intima … view More Credit: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) Characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 …
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[ad_1] The COVID-19 pandemic has plunged all of us into a state of uncertainty. In a rapidly changing situation where it is difficult to know what will happen next, making decisions can be difficult. Researchers from the University of Cambridge and University College London have created a simplistic model of …
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[ad_1] MADISON, Wis. Researchers have discovered a previously unknown way in which pancreatic cells decide how much insulin they secrete. It could provide a promising new target for drug development to increase insulin production in people with type 2 diabetes. In a couple of articles recently published in Cell metabolism, …
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[ad_1] IMAGE: A Los Alamos study reveals how production pressures can be optimized to efficiently recover natural gas. View More Credit: stock image LOS ALAMOS, NM, November 12, 2020 – A new hydrocarbon study contradicts conventional wisdom about how methane is trapped in rock, revealing a new strategy to more …
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[ad_1] New epidemic diseases have an evolutionary advantage if they are of “intermediate” severity, the research shows. Scientists tested the theory that pathogens (pathogenic organisms) that inflict intermediate levels of damage on their host have the most evolutionary success. The study, led by the University of Exeter, Arizona State University …
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[ad_1] IMAGE: The wrinkled-faced Centurio senex bat males display a hairy crease that can be pulled up to cover the lower half of the face like a mask. View More Credit: Marco Tschapka Wrinkled-faced bats not only have the most twisted faces of any bat species, the males also have …
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[ad_1] In fruit flies fed a high-sugar diet for a week, a complex that regulates taste-related sensory neurons reprogrammed the neurons to make the flies less sensitive to sweet taste. Half of these changes were not reversed even after the flies returned to a control diet, the study shows, suggesting …
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