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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The European Court of Human Rights is “backsliding” by surreptitiously reversing its principles established to protect asylum seekers, a new study says. It is a decade since the Court first established that asylum seekers are inherently and particularly vulnerable in law. The research shows that in recent years the Court has …
by KeAi Communications Co. Comprehensive monitoring area and method of linkage instability of residual coal pillar and rock strata. Credit: Qing Ma, et al. A large number of coal pillars were left behind during the mining of multi-coal seams. These pillars, when unstable, pose significant risks during both production and well closure stages in coal …
by KeAi Communications Co. How To Fabriate The nHA/PEKK Composites. Credit: Zhongyi Wang Researchers have created scaffolds with enhanced strength by fabricating 20 vol% polydopamine-modified nano hydroxyapatite (pDA-nHA), featuring a distinctive lamellar structure. These scaffolds were then immersed in a polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) synthesis system for reinforcement, offering an innovative approach to both augment the mechanical …
Researchers at TUS develop rbNPs that arrest cell cycle and suppress the expression of proteins, such as β-catenin and cyclin D1, that promote metastasis, specifically in cancer cells. They also induce apoptosis of cancer cells, thereby displaying significant anticancer effect. Credit: Prof. Nishikawa from TUS, Japan Several types of conventional cancer therapies, such as radiotherapy …
A typical Cerrado tree wilting in the shadow of the cerradão’s canopy. Credit: Giselda Durigan A study conducted over a period of 14 years in the Brazilian savanna-like biome shows its typical vegetation rapidly becoming “cerradão”—a biodiversity-poor forest formation—while resistance to drought and wildfires weakens. The Cerrado, Brazil’s savanna biome, is being destroyed at a …
Researchers tracked bird abundance and diversity in parks and backyards in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana in summer and winter. They found that parks and backyards play complementary roles in supporting bird health and abundance. The researchers also tracked how park maintenance and preservation practices related to bird diversity. Credit: USFWS and Zak …
Schematic describing how cAMP stimulation activates PKA, allowing PKA liquid droplet formation to compartmentalize the PKA activity and extra cAMP. Credit: Molecular Cell (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2024.03.002 Healthy cells respond appropriately to changes in their environment. They do this by sensing what’s happening outside and relaying a command to the precise biomolecule in the precise domain …
Graphical abstract. Credit: Protein & Cell (2023). DOI: 10.1093/procel/pwad054 Dysregulated R-loops can cause stalled replication forks and telomere instability. However, how R-loops are recognized and regulated, is still not well understood, particularly at telomeres. In a new study, researchers used proximity-dependent biotin identification (BioID) technology to identify the ILF3 interactome and discovered that ILF3 interacts …
Researchers have uncovered a remarkable metal alloy that won’t crack at extreme temperatures due to kinking, or bending, of crystals in the alloy at the atomic level. A metal alloy composed of niobium, tantalum, titanium, and hafnium has shocked materials scientists with its impressive strength and toughness at both extremely hot and cold temperatures, a …
Scientists have watched two lifeforms merge in a once-in-a-lifetime evolutionary event. The event is so rare that scientists say it has only ever happened twice that we know of, and each time led to a massive evolutionary breakthrough. The first of these breakthroughs happened roughly 2.2 billion years ago, researchers say. That event led to …