Arshpreet Khattra was the lead author of a study that developed a framework for food processors to preserve quality and maintain food safety. Credit: University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Sometimes the processing that makes food safe can compromise flavor and nutrients, but food scientist Jennifer Acuff is looking for a way to make … Read more
Graphical abstract. Credit: Developmental Cell (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.03.027 A new study details how nutrient-starved cells divert protein transport stations to cellular recycling centers to be broken down, highlighting a novel approach cells use to deal with stressful conditions. New proteins bound for outside the cell are manufactured on the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)—a snaking membrane inside … Read more
Marta Arretche during her lecture at FAPESP Week Illinois. Credit: Elton Alisson/Agência FAPESP The theories offered by the dominant literature in political science today to try to explain the sources of the political polarization that has endangered democracy around the world are adequate for the United States and Europe, but do not make sense for … Read more
White fissures on the magnetar’s surface symbolizing starquake activity, and conical spikes extending from the surface representing multiple bursts of FRBs. The spikes vary in size, mirroring the variability in burst energy. Green lines connecting the bursts indicate a random walk path, symbolizing the stochastic nature of fast radio burst activity. There’s no direct link … Read more
ProtoDUNE begins liquid argon filling. Credit: CERN CERN’s Neutrino Platform houses a prototype of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) known as ProtoDUNE, which is designed to test and validate the technologies that will be applied to the construction of the DUNE experiment in the United States. Recently, ProtoDUNE has entered a pivotal stage: the … Read more
A Chaunax documented on the southwestern flank of Rapa NuiA Chaunax (genus of bony fish in the sea toad family) documented during Dive 664, a transect is located on the southwestern flank of Rapa Nui. The dive began at ~600 m depth and traveled upslope to ~200-300 m. The island is located near the western … Read more
Seasonal variation of bacterial and micro-eukaryotic community composition in CWs. Credit: Li Xi Microbial communities in constructed wetland (CW) sediments are often disturbed by wastewater. It is necessary for the microbial community to maintain a relatively stable composition or biomass in order to continue to remove pollutants from wastewater. A research group led by Prof. … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Water levels at Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe have dropped dramatically because of the latest El Niño drought. The country’s president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has declared a national disaster. Historian and social scientist Joshua Matanzima grew up at Lake Kariba and has spent the past 10 years researching socioeconomic life there. He discusses … Read more
Infrared image of the shockwave (red arc) created by the massive giant star Zeta Ophiuchi in an interstellar dust cloud. The tenuous winds of sun-like main-sequence stars are much more difficult to observe. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech; NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); C. R. O’Dell, Vanderbilt University An international research team led by a researcher … Read more
Artist’s visualization of GRB 221009A showing the narrow relativistic jets—emerging from a central black hole—that gave rise to the GRB and the expanding remains of the original star ejected via the supernova explosion. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, Northwestern University postdoctoral fellow Peter Blanchard and his team detected the supernova for the first time, … Read more
