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Breakthrough in understanding Warsaw breakage syndrome
11:41am, 1st September, 2018

Breakthrough in understanding Warsaw breakage syndrome

(Tokyo Metropolitan University) Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University and the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology (IFOM) in Italy have uncovered a previously unknown function of the DDX11 helicase enzyme. Mutations in the gene which codes f...
Inspired by feet
9:20am, 31st August, 2018

Inspired by feet

(Kiel University) A research team from Kiel University has succeeded in boosting the adhesive effect of a silicone material significantly inspired by the structure of beetle feet. In addition, they found out that the adhesiveness of the structured ma...
Water worlds could support life, study says
6:47am, 31st August, 2018

Water worlds could support life, study says

(University of Chicago) The conditions for life surviving on planets entirely covered in water are more fluid than previously thought, opening up the possibility that water worlds could be habitable, according to a new paper from the University of Ch...