Savoring the sweetness: Unraveling pineapple"s SWEET10 as a glucose transporter
Researchers from Professor Yuan Qin's group at Guangxi University have now harnessed cutting-edge AlphaFold technology to unveil the hidden secrets of sugar transporter proteins, known as SWEET (Sugars Will Eventually be Exported Transporters)......»»
Homebrew project adds continuous glucose monitoring to the Apple Watch
An Apple Watch owner has created a complication and watchOS app that works with a glucose monitor, so they can keep track of their blood glucose level from their wrist.Numerous rumors have claimed Apple is actively working on some form of glucose mon.....»»
Nuclear isomers were discovered 100 years ago, and physicists are still unraveling their mysteries
Nobel laureate Otto Hahn is credited with the discovery of nuclear fission. Fission is one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century, yet Hahn considered something else to be his best scientific work......»»
Unraveling the genetic keys to improve canola crop yield
An international team of researchers, including one from The University of Western Australia (UWA), has successfully unraveled the genomes of 418 unique samples of rapeseed from across the globe to identify traits that breeders can use to improve cro.....»»
A nontoxic glue for plywood—from glucose, citric acid
The go-to materials for building home furniture, décor and floors are composite wood products that come in large sheets. But the glues and resins holding together particleboard, fiberboard and plywood usually contain formaldehyde and could release t.....»»
Fast X: The Incredible Hulk Director Louis Leterrier to Replace Justin Lin
Universal is set to hire Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier to replace Justin Lin as director on Fast X.Louis Leterrier, the director behind The Incredible Hulk starring Edward Norton and the first two Transporter movies, has signed on to repla.....»»
Apple Watch Series 8 might feature a sophisticated new temperature sensor
Apple plans to add various sophisticated health sensors to the Apple Watch in the near future. The wearable might measure key parameters like blood pressure and blood glucose. That’s what reports say while warning that the features are still in dev.....»»
Bioactive and sustainable plastic material made by reusing pineapple residues
A group of researchers from the University of Alicante Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Sciences has been working, since the end of 2021, on a project on development of natural bioaromas to increase the shelf life of fresh food.....»»
Diabetes Successfully Treated Using Ultrasound In Preclinical Study
Across three different animal models researchers have demonstrated how short bursts of ultrasound targeted at specific clusters of nerves in the liver can effectively lower insulin and glucose levels. New Atlas reports: Reporting in the journal Natur.....»»
Researchers discover bacteria capable of killing fungus that causes yield-reducing disease in sugarcane
A study conducted at the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) has discovered that three strains of Pseudomonas bacteria can inhibit growth, and even cause the death, of the fungus responsible for pineapple sett rot, a disea.....»»
Unraveling the mystery of parrot longevity
Parrots are famous for their remarkable cognitive abilities and exceptionally long lifespans. Now, a study led by Max Planck researchers has shown that one of these traits has likely been caused by the other. By examining 217 parrot species, the rese.....»»
Unraveling tautomeric mixtures
A team at HZB has developed a method of experimentally unraveling tautomeric mixtures. Based on resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) at BESSY II, not only proportions of the tautomers can be deduced, but the properties of each individual tautom.....»»
See the giant crawler that will carry NASA’s mega moon rocket to the pad
NASA is transporting a huge rocket to its launch pad using a massive crawling vehicle called the Crawler Transporter-2......»»
Does pineapple really make your cum taste better? An investigation.
As Sex and the City's Samantha Jones once said, "Honey, they don't call it a job for nothing." And, as you might have guessed from the headline, we're talking about blowjobs. Specifically, whether consuming pineapple affects the taste of your, err, s.....»»
Chemists find the surprisingly simple way mammals keep their bloodstream in balance
We tend to think of the human body as operating out of a sense-and-respond paradigm. For example, you eat sugar, the pancreas senses the intake, and it responds by releasing the hormone insulin to keep the body's glucose levels in check......»»
Tiny, reusable sensing chip could lead to new point-of-care medical tests
The proliferation of point-of-care testing, from at-home blood glucose meters to COVID-19 rapid tests, is accelerating and improving medical care......»»
Team develops novel chemical glucose sensing method based on boronic acids and graphene foam
Researchers at the University of Bath, working in collaboration with industrial partner Integrated Graphene, have developed, for the detection of glucose levels in the blood, a new sensing technique based on graphene foam. Since it is a chemical sens.....»»
Epistar develops SWIR LED chips for bio-sensing
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar has developed SWIR (short-wavelength infrared; wavelength exceeding 1,100nm) LED chips for use in non-invasive bio-sensing applications, such as measuring blood glucose and blood lipids; Epistar is poised fo.....»»
MIT Is Working On An All-In-One Approach To Diabetes Treatment
MIT, Brigham, and Women's Hospital researchers are working to eliminate many of the headaches associated with treating diabetes. According to Engadget, "They're developing all-in-one devices that measure glucose, calculate the necessary insulin dose.....»»
Falcon 9 completes launch, has now lifted 550 satellites into orbit [Updated]
This was the booster's 10th flight to space. Enlarge / The Transporter-3 mission launches on Thursday morning from Florida. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann) 10:40 am ET Update: With clearing skies and moderate winds, SpaceX's Falcon.....»»
With Thursday’s launch, SpaceX continues to increase cadence of booster reuse
For this rideshare mission, the Falcon 9 will launch 105 different spacecraft. Enlarge / The Transporter 3 mission is on the launch pad and ready to go. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann) SpaceX will seek to launch its "Transporter-3".....»»