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UAH Collaboration Creates Self-Learning AI Platform To Discover New Drugs

A cross-college collaboration at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has developed a self-learning artificial intelligence (AI) platform that uses big data analytics to discover how new pharmaceutical drugs and various molecules work inside living cells.

Could A Refined UAH Space Weather Model Help Scientists Find Life Elsewhere?

A refinement to a space weather model developed by a center director at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) could help scientists check out which planets outside our solar system are likely to have someone home.

UAH-Led Research Uncovers Key System In E. Coli That Could Lead To New Antibiotics

Research led by the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has for the first time identified the precise genetic operational structure of a key system in Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria, opening the door to possible new antibiotics to treat the infections it causes.

Pioneering UAH Astrophysics Research Quantifies Galactic Gas Tail Mixing Processes

In work that is promising for future galactic modeling, an astrophysics team led by Dr. Ming Sun at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has quantified processes involved in gas mixing in the tails of galaxies being stripped of their gas envelopes.

Scientists Engineer Bacteria to Cope in Challenging Environments

Researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Hamburg have engineered bacteria with internal nutrient reserves that can be accessed when needed to survive extreme environmental conditions.

Transport for London’s Junk Food Advertising Restrictions Linked to Reductions in High Fat, Salt and Sugar Product Purchases

Restricting the outdoor advertising of high fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) foods and drinks across the Transport for London (TfL) network is estimated to have significantly decreased the average amount of calories purchased by households every week from these products, according to new research in PLOS Medicine.

Scientists Discover How Plants Evolved to Colonise Land Over 500 Million Years Ago

Scientists analysing one of the largest genomic datasets of plants have discovered how the first plants on Earth evolved the mechanisms used to control water and ‘breathe’ on land hundreds of millions of years ago.

Why Parents in Their Prime Produce the Best Offspring

Inspired by the tsetse fly, scientists have developed a theory about how an individual’s age and experience affect investment in their offspring.

Advanced Computer Simulations Shed Intriguing New Light on Magma Deep Below Earth’s Surface

Unlike the classic Jules Verne science fiction novel Journey to the Center of the Earth or movie The Core, humans cannot venture into the Earth’s interior beyond a few kilometres of its surface.

Bereaved People Who Are Socially Isolated Have Higher Levels of Grief and Support Needs, Finds National Survey

People in the UK bereaved during the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic showed higher levels of grief and support needs if they were socially isolated or lonely.

P53 Protein Plays a Key Role in Tissue Repair, Study Finds

New research led by the University of Bristol has found the protein p53 plays a key role in epithelial migration and tissue repair.

Widely-Used Hormone Drug Associated with Increased Risk of Benign Brain Tumour at High Doses

High doses of a widely-used drug used in the hormonal treatment of conditions such as excessive hair growth, early puberty, prostate cancer are linked to an increased risk of meningioma —

When Europe Was Flooded by the Oceans

About 200 million years ago, much of Europe was transformed by a huge flood. What had been land, occupied by early dinosaurs and other reptiles, was covered by shallow seawater, from Poland in the east to Wales and south-west England in the west.

SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Binds to Heart’s Vascular Cells Potentially Contributing to Severe Microvascular Damage

A new study has shown how SARS-CoV-2 may contribute to severe microvascular damage seen in severely-ill COVID-19 patients by transforming human heart vascular cells into inflammatory cells, without infecting them.

Bristol Scientists Develop Insect-Sized Flying Robots with Flapping Wings

A new drive system for flapping wing autonomous robots has been developed by a University of Bristol team, using a new method of electromechanical zipping that does away with the need for conventional motors and gears.

Sweet Pressure – Scientists Discover Link Between High Blood Pressure and Diabetes

The long-standing enigma of why so many patients suffering with high blood pressure (known as hypertension) also have diabetes (high blood sugar) has finally been cracked by an international team led by the universities of Bristol, UK, and Auckland, New Zealand.

Researchers Create Self-Assembled Logic Circuits From Proteins

In a proof-of-concept study, researchers have created self-assembled, protein-based circuits that can perform simple logic functions.

Decreased Genetic Diversity in Immune System Could Impact Endangered Toad Survival

A new study from North Carolina State University examines immune system diversity in the critically endangered Wyoming toad and finds that genetic bottlenecks could impact a species’ ability to respond to new pathogens.

Study Finds Offshore Wind Could Drive Down Energy Costs in New England

A new analysis led by North Carolina State University researchers found offshore wind power could help lower wholesale electricity prices on average for six states in New England, with relatively low risk of wind turbines failing during extreme winter storms.