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Screen-Printing Method Can Make Wearable Electronics Less Expensive

The glittering, serpentine structures that power wearable electronics can be created with the same technology used to print rock concert t-shirts, new research shows.

Enzyme “Atlas” Helps Researchers Decipher Cellular Pathways

Biologists have mapped out more than 300 protein kinases and their targets, which they hope could yield new leads for cancer drugs.

Sustainable Fertilizer Production Method Proven to Be Cost-Effective

Sustainable methods to produce synthetic ammonia for fertilizer can be cost competitive with the current fossil-fuel based method, according to a Washington State University study.

Low-Impact Human Recreation Changes Wildlife Behavior

Even without hunting rifles, humans appear to have a strong negative influence on the movement of wildlife. A study of Glacier National Park hiking trails during and after a COVID-19 closure adds evidence to the theory that humans can create a “landscape of fear” like other apex predators, changing how species use an area simply with their presence.

Holding Information In Mind May Mean Storing It Among Synapses

Comparing models of working memory with real-world data, MIT researchers find information resides not in persistent neural activity, but in the pattern of its connections.

Parasite Common in Cats Causes Abortion in Bighorn Sheep

A parasite believed to be present in more than 40 million people in the United States and often spread by domestic and wild cats could hamper ongoing conservation efforts in bighorn sheep.

Can You Trust Your Quantum Simulator?

A new technique helps verify the accuracy of experiments that probe the strange behavior of atomic-scale systems.

How Huntington’s Disease Affects Different Neurons

A new study identifies cells that are the most vulnerable within a brain structure involved in mood and movement.

Webb Space Telescope Reveals Previously Shrouded Newborn Stars

Webb’s infrared camera peers through dust clouds, enabling discovery

Putting Clear Bounds On Uncertainty

Putting clear bounds on uncertainty. Computer scientists want to know the exact limits in our ability to clean up, and reconstruct, partly blurred images.

Daylong Wastewater Samples Yield Surprises

Rice method to find antibiotic-resistant genes shows limits of ‘snapshot’ samples, chlorination

More Links Aren’t Necessarily Better for Hybrid Nanomaterials

Adding charge acceptors can slow electron transfer in some light-activated materials

Climate Warming Reduces Organic Carbon Burial Beneath Oceans

Painstaking study of 50-plus years of seafloor sediment cores has surprise payoff

Targeting Cancer With A Multidrug Nanoparticle

Using bottlebrush-shaped particles, researchers can identify and deliver synergistic combinations of cancer drugs.

Lab Lights Way to Simple Chemical Synthesis

Rice lab photochemistry method eases manufacture of drug, chemical precursors Inexpensive

Study: Superconductivity Switches On And Off In “Magic-Angle” Graphene

A quick electric pulse completely flips the material’s electronic properties, opening a route to ultrafast, brain-inspired, superconducting electronics.

Paying It Forward

When she’s not analyzing data about her favorite biomolecule, senior Sherry Nyeo focuses on improving the undergraduate experience at MIT.

DNA Repair Scheme Gets Closer Look for Cancer Therapy

Rice lab details mechanism of DNA-repair enzyme that’s been linked to cancer

Rice University Scientists Get Fungi to Spill Their Secrets

High-efficiency gene-editing tool significantly improves the pace of new drug discovery

New Fluorescent Dye Can Light Up the Brain

Rice U. lab develops imaging tool that holds promise for cancer treatment