UCLA researchers develop improved technique for creating brain tissue from stem cells
UCLA researchers have developed an improved technique for creating simplified human brain tissue from stem cells. Because these so-called “mini brain organoids” mimic human brains in how they grow and develop, they’re vital to studying complex neurological diseases. (more…)
Wer beim Frühjahrsputz Staub einatmet, setzt sich in manchen Gebieten Deutschlands einem erhöhten Infektionsrisiko durch Hantaviren aus. Diese finden sich unter anderem in Staub, der mit den Ausscheidungen infizierter Rötelmäuse kontaminiert ist. (more…)
An international team of scientists just finished probing the depths of the Pacific Ocean offshore of Alaska and British Columbia, to better understand the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather Fault. During the past century, the 700-mile-long fault has generated at least half a dozen major earthquakes, and future shocks threaten coastal communities in both the United States and Canada. (more…)
Transgene Organismen verhelfen der biomedizinischen Forschung heute zu wichtigen Einsichten in die Funktionsweise des Lebens. Der Zoologe Peter Ladurner hat gemeinsam mit niederländischen Forschern nun eine Methode entwickelt, mit der transgene Tiere von einem von ihm und Kollegen erstmals beschriebenem Plattwurm gezüchtet werden können. (more…)
A new type of smart fabric developed at the University of Washington could pave the way for jackets that store invisible passcodes and open the door to your apartment or office. (more…)
Freiburger Wissenschaftler klären Mechanismus zum Einbau von Eiweißmolekülen in Hülle der Mitochondrien auf
Forscherinnen und Forschern der Universität Freiburg ist es gelungen zu beschreiben, wie die so genannten Beta-Barrel-Proteine in die Membran von Mitochondrien eingebaut werden. Diese Proteine ermöglichen es den Zellkraftwerken, Moleküle zu importieren und zu exportieren. (more…)
COLUMBIA, Mo. – “Place-based identity” is the idea that people form a sense of place and establish connections to a geographical area. Often, place-based struggles arise when that sense of home is threatened by development or undermined by non-local actors. In a new book that focuses on place-based activism led by indigenous people in the United States, Canada and New Zealand, Soren Larsen suggests that today’s place-based battles are transforming the way native and non-native people are understanding and relating to place itself. (more…)
In an unmarked, windowless building at a confidential location, bad things happen to good hardware.
Surface Pens are forced to scribble nonstop for months. Packaged Surface devices crash hard inside a “shock tower.” And Surface laptops endure a grievous gauntlet – tests mimicking a lifetime of exposure to high heat, deep cold, rain, humidity, dust, fog, chemicals and ultraviolet radiation. (more…)
