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A huge chunk of energy usage goes towards heating and cooling homes and buildings, so it’s important to find new ways to regulate temperature passively. Engineers in China and Germany have developed a new wood-based foam that can drastically cool build… Continue reading Wood-based foam passively cools buildings to cut energy bills
Though there is so much to learn about the way Alzheimer’s develops in the human brain, amyloid beta proteins have long been implicated in its advance. A new study has uncovered a previously unknown hairpin-like structure within this protein that proved critical to an antibody response seen in mice, with an engineered version of the protein fragment also laying the groundwork for a vaccine against the disease in humans.
Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, University of Leicester, University of Göttingen, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading Discovery of amyloid hairpin structure hints at vaccine for Alzheimer’s
Though there is so much to learn about the way Alzheimer’s develops in the human brain, amyloid beta proteins have long been implicated in its advance. A new study has uncovered a previously unknown hairpin-like structure within this protein that proved critical to an antibody response seen in mice, with an engineered version of the protein fragment also laying the groundwork for a vaccine against the disease in humans.
Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, University of Leicester, University of Göttingen, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading Discovery of amyloid hairpin structure hints at vaccine for Alzheimer’s
Sadly agriculture isn’t the most efficient process, requiring huge amounts of land and resources, and as the human population grows, our food supply will be put under increasing stress. But a new study has shown that farming protein from microbes could… Continue reading Microbes anyone? Study outlines huge potential of solar-powered protein
By taking advantage of recent advances in smartphone technology and the infinite possibilities of Lego, scientists in Germany have built a cheap and easy high-resolution microscope. Part educational tool and part toy, the fully-functional scientific in… Continue reading High-resolution microscope is built with Lego and cheap smartphone lenses