A protective probiotic blunts the ill effects of alcohol in mice
A probiotic treatment reduced the negative effects of alcohol consumption in mice.
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Nanoplasmonic imaging reveals real-time protein secretion
Researchers have used a nanoplasmonics approach to observe the real-time production of cell secretions, including proteins and antibodies; an advancement that could aid in the development of cancer treatments, vaccines, and other therapies.
Family tree of ‘boring’ butterflies reveals they’re anything but
Important species often get overlooked if they lack flashy colors or charismatic behavior. This is true of euptychiine butterflies, one of the most common insects in the Amazon Rainforest that have been largely ignored by scientists and naturalists thr…
Diverse teams survive longer when facing environmental changes
Researchers examined the interplay of environmental change and the internal and external conditions governing a venture’s founding. For businesses founded in dynamic environments, they found that assembling more functionally diverse founding teams lead…
Merons and antimerons
Sliding and twisting of van der Waals layers can produce fascinating physical phenomena. Scientists show that moiré polar domains in bilayer hBN give rise to a topologically non-trivial winding of the polarization field, forming networks of merons and …
New insights on brain development sequence through adolescence
Brain development does not occur uniformly across the brain, but follows a newly identified developmental sequence, according to a new study. Brain regions that support cognitive, social, and emotional functions appear to remain malleable — or capable…
Early crop plants were more easily ‘tamed’
Borrowing a page from what we know about animal behavior, archaeologists say that we should reassess our understanding of the process of plant domestication.
Table tennis brain teaser: Playing against robots makes our brains work harder
Brain scans taken during table tennis reveal differences in how we respond to human versus machine opponents.
Novel immunotherapy agent safe, shows promise against high-risk prostate cancers
A new drug, a monoclonal antibody known as enoblituzumab, is safe in men with aggressive prostate cancer and may induce clinical activity against cancer throughout the body, according to a phase 2 study. If confirmed in additional studies, enoblituzuma…
Kids judge Alexa smarter than Roomba, but say both deserve kindness
Most kids know it’s wrong to yell or hit someone, but what if that someone is a robot named Alexa? A new study asked kids how smart and sensitive they thought the virtual assistant was compared to a robotic vacuum. Four- to eleven-year-olds rated Alexa…