A new research center based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities of the future which will revolutionize urban life. The Centre for Integrated Sensing and Communication Enabling Cognitive…
Ikaros–Foxp3 interaction mediates target gene repression in Tregs
PHOTO: Kenji Ichiyama, Ph.D., Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University Osaka, Japan – The immune system is tightly regulated to ensure that it only responds to actual health threats, instead of attacking our own bodies,…
NASA Awards $1.25 Million to Three Teams at…
IMAGE: OSU/CFAES/Kenneth Chamberlain NASA has awarded a total of $1.25 million to three U.S. teams in the third and final round of the agency’s Deep Space Food Challenge. The teams delivered novel food production technologies…
MIT engineers design tiny batteries for powering cell-sized robots
These zinc-air batteries, smaller than a grain of sand, could help miniscule robots sense and respond to their environment. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A tiny battery designed by MIT engineers could enable the deployment of cell-sized,…
Long-distance relationships revealed in the seemingly random behavior…
Applying chaos theory to the movement of iconic arctic whales uncovered a 24-hour diving cycle and a long-range (~100 km) synchronization. Hokkaido— Bowhead whales are among the largest and longest-lived mammals in the world. They…