PM2.5 trends in December – February: 2024-25 vs. 2025-26 I Courtesy: Suresh Pokhrel, ICIMOD Kathmandu, Feb 12 – Air quality in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley showed a brief improvement in December but quickly deteriorated again in…
$2.6 million NIH grant backs search for genetic…
Tyler Daniel, at left, a doctoral student in the lab of Professor Sherry Gao, at right. IMAGE: Bella Ciervo Fourteen million people worldwide suffer from enlarged hearts, or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a genetic disease that thickens the…
Progress towards potassium-ion batteries
Potassium-ion batteries could have a higher energy density than sodium-ion batteries. This is important for large-scale energy storage such as for renewable energy. In a review published in Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, researchers have…
Chinese researchers uncover mechanisms of locust swarming, paving…
The biosynthesis and intervention of locust aggregation pheromone 4-vinylanisole (4VA). Image by Prof. KANG Le's Lab A team of Chinese researchers has uncovered the biological mechanisms behind locust swarming, offering new insights into how humans…
Breaking new ground: Novel human stem cell-derived liver…
Tokyo- Adding bile acids as farnesoid X receptor agonists to the culture medium supported the growth and development of unique stem cell-derived hepatic organoids, report researchers from Japan. These three-dimensional liver organoids were capable of…