New metabolism discovered in bacteria
Fig 1. While acetic acid creating bacteria and methanogens are dependent on the transfer of hydrogen in anoxic biotopes, Acetobacterium woodii recycles hydrogen within...
Nerve finding unravels mystery about communication between the gut and brain
Scientists at Flinders University have, for the first time, identified a specific type of sensory nerve ending in the gut and how these may...
A New Way To Deliver Drugs In Mofs
Fig 1. Organometallic frameworks are like sponges. They can hold very large amounts of drug, and then precisely 'squeeze' it out at the required...
Are animals vulnerable to COVID-19
While there's no evidence so far that pets, livestock, or their owners can infect each other with COVID-19, there is also very little research...
Crowd sourced virtual supercomputer revs up virus research
Fig 1. A
crowdsourcing project drawing on individual and corporate computing power
worldwide has created a supercomputer to help accelerate coronavirus research. Gamers, bitcoin "miners" and...
Research team produces new nanosheets for near infrared imaging
Fig 1. Egyptian blue: the
researchers obtained the nanosheets from this powder. Egyptian blue is one of the oldest manmade
colour pigments. It adorns, for...
ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers may increase the risk of severe COVID-19
Fig 1. SARS-CoV-2 Credit: Centres for Disease Control and PreventionJames Diaz, MD, MHA, MPH & TM, Dr. PH, Professor and Head of Environmental Health...
How sperm unpack dad’s genome so it can merge with mom’s
A
sperm enters an egg, an embryo develops and eventually a baby is born. But back
up a second—how does the mother's half-genome actually merge with...
Heat stress may affect more than 1.2 billion people annually by 2100
Heat stress from extreme heat and humidity
will annually affect areas now home to 1.2 billion people by 2100, assuming
current greenhouse gas emissions, according...
How a virus forms its symmetric shells
Study could inform the design of engineered nano-shells used in drug delivery Viruses have been well studied, but many
mysteries linger. One such mystery is...

























