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Electrical impedance tomography plus extracellular voltage activation technique simplifies drug screening

When developing new drugs, understanding their effects on ion channels in the body, such as the human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) ion channel found in neurons and heart muscle cells, is critical. Blocking hERG channels can disrupt a normal hear.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgAug 1st, 2024

Enhancing recombinant protein expression in lettuce

Recombinant proteins are crucial in pharmaceutical and other industries. A production method uses plants as hosts in transient protein expression systems. Researchers at the University of Tsukuba developed a technique to increase recombinant protein.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Specially designed transistors allow researchers to "hear" defects in a promising nanomaterial

An international research team led by NYU Tandon School of Engineering and KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) has pioneered a new technique to identify and characterize atomic-scale defects in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), a.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

A blueprint for mapping melting ice sheets: Open-source tool can help make radar systems at a fraction of the cost

Researchers in the Stanford Radio Glaciology lab use radio waves to understand rapidly changing ice sheets and their contributions to global sea-level rise. This technique has revealed groundwater beneath Greenland, the long-term impacts of extreme m.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

T-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones are good for users

Carriers fight plan to require unlocking of phones 60 days after activation. T-Mobile and AT&T say US regulators should drop a plan to require unlocking of phones within 60 days o.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

All-optical switch device paves way for faster fiber-optic communication

Modern high-speed internet uses light to quickly and reliably transmit large amounts of data through fiber-optic cables, but currently, light signals hit a bottleneck when data processing is necessary. For that, they must convert into electrical sign.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 19th, 2024

Pioneering river restoration declared a success

A year on from the completion of a three-year project on the National Trust's Holnicote Estate in Somerset to reconnect a section of a river to its floodplain—the innovative "Stage 0" river restoration technique, first pioneered in Oregon, U.S.—h.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024

Molecular "cut and sew" process could accelerate drug design

A innovative molecular "cut and sew" process by University of Dundee scientists has allowed the design of a research tool that will accelerate drug design for diseases for which no other options exist, including cancer......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024

Simple voltage pulse can restore capacity to Li-Si batteries

The bad news is that there's not a lot of pure Li-Si batteries in use. If you're using a large battery for a specialized purpose—say grid-scale storage or an electric vehicle—.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024

Fast super-resolved microscopy enables structured illumination and extended depth detection

Fluorescence microscopy is a powerful tool in biology, allowing researchers to visualize the intricate world of cells and tissues at a molecular level. While this technique has revolutionized our understanding of biological processes, imaging large a.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024

First results from the Axion Dark-Matter Birefringent Cavity experiment establish a new technique for axion search

Researchers at MIT recently published the first results of an experiment aimed at searching for axion dark matter by probing the axion-induced birefringence of electromagnetic waves. While these findings, published in Physical Review Letters, did not.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024

Amazon simplifies its lineup with the new Fire TV Stick HD

With the advent of the Amazon Fire TV Stick HD, the company's low-cost streaming stick lineup goes from four devices to just three......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024

Computational method works backwards from observations to track down river polluters

A new computational method developed by researchers at the University of Oxford and Imperial College London uses an innovative new technique to track down the sources of river pollutants. The method can work backwards from observations of polluted ri.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

Drug kingpin Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory leaves federal prison for a residential program in Miami

Drug kingpin Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory leaves federal prison for a residential program in Miami.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

More efficient phenotypic screening method can simultaneously test multiple drugs

Some of the most widely used drugs today, including penicillin, were discovered through a process called phenotypic screening. Using this method, scientists are essentially throwing drugs at a problem—for example, when attempting to stop bacterial.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

Plant fungus provides new drug target for colorectal cancer therapy

Novel chemical compounds from a fungus could provide new perspectives for treating colorectal cancer, one of the most common and deadliest cancers worldwide......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

Microbiome studies in humans and zoo animals pave the way for new drug development

Microorganisms do not just colonize the body of mammals during infections. Billions of microbes can be found on and in healthy humans and animals at any given time, communicating with each other via chemical signals and thus influencing their health......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

New technique enhances precision in measuring short-lived atomic nuclei

Researchers at the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL-CSR) have introduced a technique, Tune-IMS, designed to improve the precision of isochronous mass spectrometry (IMS) in measuring short-lived atomic nuclei. The development offers refin.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

Hybrid quantum error correction technique integrates continuous and discrete variables

A major challenge in realizing quantum computers is the development of quantum error correction technology. This technology offers a solution for addressing errors that occur in the qubit, the basic unit of quantum computation, and prevents them from.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

mRNA vaccines for disease outbreaks can be synthesized in less time with new technique

In an era where viral outbreaks can escalate into global pandemics with alarming speed, the ability to quickly develop new vaccines has become crucial. However, the speed of vaccine production is limited because the mRNA used in it is partly chemical.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

Drugmakers can keep making off-brand weight-loss drugs as FDA backpedals

FDA is reviewing its decision to remove tirzepatide drugs from the shortage list. Facing a lawsuit, the Food and Drug Administration has decided to reconsider its decision to take.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 15th, 2024