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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from Karolinska Institutet have developed a revolutionary single-particle profiling (SPP) method to study the impact of nano-sized bioparticles on the human body. The method measures thousands of particles between 5 and 200 nanometers in size, providing essential information about their contents and properties. These findings, published in the journal Nature …
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SeaWorld Orlando’s senior veterinarian, Stacy DiRocco, received a call in May 2022 about a robust female manatee that had been found with a boat-strike injury to the side of her body. The injury was severe and it was presumed that the manatee, which was named Reckless, wouldn’t survive. She was rescued along with her newborn …
A diagram of the metacoupling framework and its relationship to sustainability. Credit: National Science Review (2023). DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwad090 The challenges of achieving sustainability in the face of climate change are significant. One pressing issue is the way that humans can become unwitting victims of problems that originate far from their immediate environment, and which are …
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Despite two centuries of research, there’s still much unknown about certain eras in the Age of Dinosaurs. The middle part of the Cretaceous, spanning from about 83 to 113 million years ago, is one of them. Paleontologists have long been curious about the famous fauna, including Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, and Ankylosaurus, from the end of the …
A groundbreaking study by researchers from Juntendo University in Japan sheds new light on the redox-independent activation of NRF2, a master transcription factor that aids in reducing oxidative stress. Using advanced techniques, the team discovered that ULK1 phosphorylates p62 within the biomolecular condensate, enhancing the NRF2 activation. This finding has important implications for understanding the …
Most of us only know the everyday functions of thermometers – whether in the form of the outside temperature flashing up on your car dashboard or at the end of a probe to check your roast chicken, they’re not too difficult to find. However, there might be more to know about these handy temperature test …
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Important differences in the post-16 pathways of disabled young people compared to those of their non-disabled peers have been revealed in a new working paper from University of Warwick researchers. Adolescent Disability, Post-16 Destinations and Early Socioeconomic Attainment: Initial Evidence from Next Steps presents a comprehensive analysis of longitudinal data …
At some point between 35 million and 80 million years ago, a whitefly landed on a leaf and started sucking its sweet sap. That fateful meal provided more than sugar. Somehow, a gene from the plant wound its way into the whitefly’s genome, a new study suggests, and may have helped its ancestors become …
At least 81 houses have been destroyed within the blaze on the Perth Hills, on the jap fringes of Australia’s fourth-biggest metropolis A mammoth effort by Australian firefighters saved houses from an out-of-control bushfire near Perth in a single day, authorities mentioned Thursday, however warned robust winds and tough terrain posed an ongoing problem. …