Evolution might stop humans from solving climate change

Evolution might stop humans from solving climate change

Central features of human evolution may stop our species from resolving global environmental problems like climate change, says a new study led by the University of Maine. Humans have come to dominate the planet with tools and systems to exploit natural resources that were refined over thousands of years through the process of cultural adaptation … Read more

What makes urine yellow? Scientists discover the enzyme responsible

What makes urine yellow? Scientists discover the enzyme responsible

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the University of Maryland and National Institutes of Health have identified the microbial enzyme responsible for giving urine its yellow hue, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Microbiology. The discovery of this enzyme, called bilirubin reductase, paves the way for further research into the gut … Read more

New method illuminates druggable sites on proteins

Evolution might stop humans from solving climate change

Identifying new ways to target proteins involved in human diseases is a priority for many researchers around the world. However, discovering how to alter the function of these proteins can be difficult, especially in live cells. Now, scientists from Scripps Research have developed a new method to examine how proteins interact with drug-like small molecules … Read more

Fears in Wales over legacy of its coalmining past

Fears in Wales over legacy of its coalmining past

A landslip of old mining debris hit Tylorstown in south Wales in 2020. It was nearly four years ago but the memory of the landslip that sent 60,000 tons of old mining debris sliding down a Welsh hillside still haunts former miner Jeff Coombes. First the river he was walking along with his dog in … Read more

New AI tool brings precision pathology for cancer and beyond into quicker, sharper focus

Evolution might stop humans from solving climate change

A new artificial intelligence tool that interprets medical images with unprecedented clarity does so in a way that could allow time-strapped clinicians to dedicate their attention to critical aspects of disease diagnosis and image interpretation. The tool, called iStar (Inferring Super-Resolution Tissue Architecture), was developed by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the … Read more

Astrophysicists explore links between atmospheric oxygen and detecting extraterrestrial technology on distant planets

Astrophysicists explore links between atmospheric oxygen and detecting extraterrestrial technology on distant planets

Air Supply: Coined by astrophysics Adam Frank and Amedeo Balbi, the “oxygen bottleneck” describes the critical threshold that separates worlds capable of fostering technological civilizations from those that fall short. “Without a ready source of fire, you’re never going to develop higher technology,” says Frank . Credit: University of Rochester illustration / Michael Osadciw In … Read more