Improving the trafficking of brain-cell proteins to reduce toxic buildup holds possibilities for new therapies against Alzheimer’s disease.
Daily Archives: March 1, 2018
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Researchers have amassed a family tree of 13 million people to trace the last 500 years of Western marriage and migration patterns. They also show that the genetic basis of longevity is lower than many have suggested.
Molecular engineers have now show that it is possible to build complex, custom-designed transmembrane proteins from scratch. In the living world, transmembrane proteins naturally occur embedded in the membranes of cells and cellular organelles. They are essential for a number of functions, such as movement of signals or substances from […]
Physicists have managed to alter the flow of spin waves through a magnet, using only an electrical current. This is a huge step towards the spin transistor that is needed to construct spintronic devices. These promise to be much more energy efficient than conventional electronics.
An international team of scientists has used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to study the atmosphere of the hot exoplanet WASP-39b. By combining this new data with older data they created the most complete study yet of an exoplanet atmosphere. The atmospheric composition of WASP-39b hints that the formation processes […]
Everyone loves a nice plate of pasta. After all, starch is the ultimate energy food. Now, we have proof that carbo-loading has been a thing for at least 280 million years.
The first step to seeking help is admitting you have a problem. That’s what Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, did today when he admitted that the popular social media platform has a serious problem with online harassment, abuse and trolls. In a series of threaded tweets, Dorsey wrote that […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been making big changes to the news feed recently. James Martin/CNET Your news feed won’t be splitting up after all. In October, Facebook said it was testing a change in the news feed that separated it into two distinct feeds: one for personal posts from […]