Protein function and activity is determined by both their assembly and secondary structure. Abnormalities related to either protein aggregation or secondary structure can lead to neurodegenerative di… [+3884 chars]
A swarm? Of bugs? Not quiteSwarm is ESA's mission to unravel the mysteries of Earth's magnetic field. It's made up of three satellites, A, B and Caffectionately known as Alpha, Bravo and Charlie. W… [+4564 chars]
The primary objective of the European Space Agencys (ESA) Gaia satellite is to observe more than a billion stars to create the most accurate and complete map of the Milky Way. The mission recently re… [+4866 chars]
An important function of our cells' signaling pathways is to coordinate growth with environmental cues, such as the availability of nutrients in the cell's environment. Cell growth plays an important… [+5557 chars]
<li>Araújo, A. et al. Paleoparasitology of chagas disease: A review. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz104, 916 (2009). MathSciNet PubMed Article Google Scholar </li><li>Otranto, D. et al. Human and … [+8482 chars]
An international team of astronomers has conducted an astrometric and photometric wide-field study of the open cluster Messier 37. As a result, the researchers completed a comprehensive catalog of mo… [+3844 chars]
IntroductionRecognizing that science and exploration go hand in hand, NASA created SSERVI in 2013 to advance human exploration of the Moon and other solar system destinations. The SSERVI Awards recog… [+15326 chars]
A novel three-dimensional model of the fluid stored deep in Earth's crust along the Cascadia Subduction Zone provides new insight into how the accumulation and release of those fluids may influence s… [+4698 chars]
Researchers led by Prof. Huang Qing from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have proposed a new method to evaluate the antioxidant activity of astaxan… [+2620 chars]
At the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, scientists have suggested a neuron-inspired all-around telechelic polymer exhibiting unusua… [+3182 chars]
Highly energetic and difficult to detect, neutrinos travel billions of light years before reaching our planet. Although it is known that these elementary particles come from the depths of our univers… [+5719 chars]
Astronomers have detected a mysterious radio burst, with a pattern similar to a beating heart, from a far-away galaxy. In their findings, published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature on Wednesday, … [+3213 chars]
