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)......»»
Nickel phosphide nanoparticle catalyst is the full package
Most catalysts that promote the conversion of glucose to sorbitol offer certain properties while requiring compromises on others. Now, researchers from Osaka University have reported a hydrotalcite-supported nickel phosphide nanoparticle catalyst (na.....»»
Developing fibrillated cellulose as a sustainable technological material
Nanocellulose lines the cell walls of plants, trees, algae and bacteria consisting of glucose rings that link together like a chain and give it a rigged structure. In a perspective published in Nature, a University of Maryland (UMD) research team led.....»»
Apple Watch Series 7 Rumored To Feature Blood Glucose Monitoring
According to Korea's ETNews, Apple is expected to feature blood glucose monitoring via an optical sensor in the Apple Watch Series 7. MacRumors reports: The report, which mainly focuses on the blood glucose capabilities of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4,.....»»
Next Apple and Samsung smartwatches could feature non-invasive blood glucose monitoring
Conditions such as type 1 diabetes, which affects this writer, require checking blood glucose levels many times every day. It usually involves pricking a finger using a lancet and placing a drop of blood in a glucose meter—a process that causes mar.....»»
SpaceX launches 143 satellites into orbit, most ever [Updated]
Party in the payload bay: 143 total satellites deployed in a dozen waves. The Transporter-1 mission lifts off on Sunday morning. [credit: Trevor Mah.....»»
SpaceX sets new record for most satellites on a single launch with latest Falcon 9 mission
SpaceX has set a new all-time record for the most satellites launched and deployed on a single mission, with its Transporter-1 flight on Sunday. The launch was the first of SpaceX’s dedicated rideshare missions, in which it splits up the payloa.....»»
SpaceX launches 134 satellites into orbit, most ever [Updated]
Party in the payload bay: 143 total satellites deployed in a dozen waves. The Transporter-1 mission lifts off on Sunday morning. [credit: Trevor Mah.....»»
As weather improves, SpaceX to make second rideshare launch attempt [Updated]
Party in the payload bay: 143 total satellites deployed in a dozen waves. Foul weather scrubbed a launch attempt of the Transporter-1 mission on Saturday. [credit:.....»»
How to watch SpaceX launch its Transporter-1 mission today
SpaceX is gearing up for a launch for its SmallSat Rideshare Program today, when it will deploy 133 spacecraft into orbit......»»
SpaceX scrubs first attempt to launch 143 satellites [Updated]
Party in the payload bay: 143 total satellites deployed in a dozen waves. SpaceX's Transporter-1 mission is set to lift off on Saturday, January 23rd at 9:40am EST. [credit.....»»
SpaceX to set record for most satellites launched on a single mission
Party in the payload bay: 143 total satellites deployed in a dozen waves. SpaceX's Transporter-1 mission is set to liftoff Saturday, January 23rd at 9:40 a.m. EST. [credit:.....»»
Biden Rejoins Paris Climate Accord, Works To Overturn Trump"s Climate Policies
During his first moments in the Oval Office on Wednesday, President Biden returned the United States to the Paris climate accord and directed federal agencies to begin unraveling Donald Trump's environmental policies. The Washington Post reports: Bid.....»»
Dopant-free, humidity-stable organic layers give perovskite solar cells 21% efficiency
Durable, high-performing perovskite solar cells also require durable, high-performing charge-transporting layers. Scientists have developed the first organic hole transporter that does not need a dopant to attain high charge mobility and stability. A.....»»
Better diet and glucose uptake in the brain lead to longer life in fruit flies
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered that fruit flies with genetic modifications to enhance glucose uptake have significantly longer lifespans. Looking at the brain cells of aging flies, they found that better glucose uptake.....»»
Rare quadruple-helix DNA found in living human cells with glowing probes
New probes allow scientists to see four-stranded DNA interacting with molecules inside living human cells, unraveling its role in cellular processes......»»
Drones are being made out of pineapple leaves in Malaysia
Keen to reduce agricultural waste, researchers in Malaysia have found a way to transform pineapple leaves into durable frames for drones......»»
The Site of Hawaii"s First Tesla Supercharger? Probably Larry Ellison"s 3,400-Person Island
Electrek reports that 2021 will bring one of Tesla's fast-charging Supercharger to a state that's never had one before: Lanai Island, a former pineapple plantation that was almost entirely (98%) purchased by Oracle founder and Tesla board member Lar.....»»
Transporter protein that regulates cell membrane cholesterol likely played an important role in vertebrate evolution
Almost four decades of research have led scientists at Japan's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) to propose that a family of transporter proteins has played an important role in species evolution. One protein in particular, call.....»»