Sub-cellular localization of SA nanosensor in living plants. Confocal images of tobacco leaf infiltrated with SA sensor to visualize the subcellular localization of SA sensor: a, e, j Chlorophyll autofluorescence (red), b, f, k SA sensor Cyan florescence, c, g, l overlay and (d, h, m) brightfield. Row 1—SA fluorescence was observed in epidermal cell … Read more
An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City, U.S., December 11, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Eli Lilly on Wednesday said its highly popular weight loss drug Zepbound showed the potential to treat patients with the most common sleep-related breathing disorder in two late-stage clinical trials. The … Read more
The Fermi-Dirac distribution at three different temperatures including absolute zero (blue line). Credit: Lauro B. Braz/Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FermiDist.png Researchers from Germany and Singapore have studied a non-equilibrium state of Fermi liquids called the Floquet Fermi liquid (FFL), which is formed when Fermi liquids are subjected to a periodic driving force and kept in contact with … Read more
Dubai is underwater. Heavy storms have caused flash flooding across the United Arab Emirates, leading to shocking scenes circulating on social media: Cars abandoned by the roadside, planes sloshing through flooded runways. Hundreds of flights have been canceled at Dubai’s busy international airport, and at least 18 people have died in neighboring Oman. News reports … Read more
First authors Stefanie Imminger and Dimitri Meier sampling biocrusts in the Negev Desert, Israel. Credit: S. Imminger und D.V. Meier Prolonged droughts followed by sudden bursts of rainfall—how do desert soil bacteria manage to survive such harsh conditions? This long-debated question has now been answered by an ERC project led by microbiologist Dagmar Woebken from … Read more
Box-and-whisker plot of NO3−, Cl−, Na+, NH4+, K+ concentrations as well as δ18O–NO3– and δ15N–NO3– values of the sake from each brewery (sake breweries A to K). Credit: LWT (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2024.115963 The demand for sake, a Japanese alcoholic drink, has increased globally. However, the rise in the popularity of sake has the potential for … Read more
A steelhead trout caught in the Gulf of Alaska in 1990 aboard the fishing vessel W.E. Ricker is prepared for release after being tagged by researchers. Credit: Skip McKinnell A massive new analysis of high seas salmon surveys is enhancing the understanding of salmon ecology, adding details about where various species congregate in the North … Read more
A firefighter battles flames during the September 2012 Shockey wildland fire near San Diego. Credit: Dept. of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate. Fires that blaze through the wildland-urban interface (WUI) are becoming more common around the globe, a trend that is likely to continue for at least the next two decades, new research finds. … Read more
Credit: EMBO Molecular Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44321-024-00064-8 A recent study from the lab of Tanya Kalin, MD, Ph.D., professor of Child Health and Internal Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine—Phoenix, has shown potential to improve therapeutic outcomes for patients suffering from lung cancers. “We have identified the novel protein FOXF1 that stabilizes … Read more
Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research led by the University of Oxford has found that perceptions of globally shared life experiences and globally shared biology can strengthen psychological bonding with humanity at large, which can motivate prosocial action on a global scale and help to tackle global problems. The findings have been published today in … Read more
