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 E-Mail An international team of researchers has characterized the effect and molecular mechanisms of an amino acid change in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein N439K. Viruses with this mutation are both common and rapidly spreading around the globe. The peer reviewed version of the study appears January 25 in the journal Cell. Investigators found that viruses carrying this mutation are similar to the wild-type virus in their virulence and ability to spread but can bind to the human angiotensin con...

Share this article Share this article AMSTERDAM, Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics and the Royal Danish Library have agreed on a four-year contract to support continued reading and open access (OA) publishing for Danish researchers. This is the first time the Danish consortium led by the Royal Danish Library has signed an open access transformative agreement with any publisher and this agreement complements Elseviers transf...

 E-Mail Credit: Blake J. Laham/Princeton University For mice, the earliest social memories can form at three days old and last into adulthood, scientists report on January 26 in the journal Cell Reports. They show that mouse pups prefer their mothers to unfamiliar mouse mothers as newborns and remember them after up to 100 days apart--although they prefer unfamiliar mouse mothers as adults. "Im really interested in studying the development of social memory," says first author Blake J. Laham o...

 E-Mail IMAGE: This graphical abstract shows how AI can be used to improve electric vehicle charging station infrastructure. view more  Credit: Ha et al./Patterns Although electric vehicles that reduce greenhouse gas emissions attract many drivers, the lack of confidence in charging services deters others. Building a reliable network of charging stations is difficult in part because its challenging to aggregate data from independent station operators. But now, researchers reporting Ja...

01-22-2021 By Earth.com staff writer In a new study published by Cell Press, experts report that a quarter of all known bee species have not appeared in public records since the 1990s, even though the number of available records has increased.  A lack of recorded data does not necessarily mean that the bees have all gone extinct, but it does suggest that the bees have become so rare that no one is observing them in nature.  Study first author Eduardo Zattara i...

 E-Mail IMAGE: This photo shows a giant Patagonian bumblebee (Bombus dahlbomii). Four decades ago, these bees were abundant in Chile and Argentina, but now they have become an uncommon sight. view more  Credit: Eduardo E. Zattara Researchers at the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) in Argentina have found that, since the 1990s, up to 25% of reported bee species are no longer being reported in global records, despite a large increase in the number o...

OHIO professors advance international astronaut and space biology research Published: January 20, 2021 Author: Staff reports Ohio University faculty are part of a team of researchers who have published a special compilation of papers that is being described as the largest set of astronaut and space biology data ever produced. Nathaniel Szewczyk, Ph.D., professor of molecular medicine at the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Sarah Wyatt, Ph.D., professor of environme...

Monday, January 18, 2021 Yale Postdoctoral Associate Chrystal Starbird has received an inaugural Rising Black Scientist Award, it has been announced. Her selection from a pool of over 300 scientists by Cell Press editors and an academic advisory board recognizes an exceptional scientist and inspirational advocate for scholars of color. Starbird is a structural biology postdoc in the Yale Cancer Biology Institute (YCBI) at the Yale School of Medicine and is Co-chair of the Yale Black Postdoctora...

Credit: Liu et al With a small snout, a short and curled tail, and a big, round stomach, mini pigs are the epitome of cute--and sometimes, they snore. Now, researchers think these snoring pigs can be used to study obstructive sleep apnea. A study appearing January 19 in the journal Heliyon found that obese Yucatan mini pigs do have naturally occurring sleep apnea and that MRI scans taken while theyre in sedated sleep can be used to gain new insights into what happens in the airways during slee...

A touch of chili peppers can spice up just about any dish – and maybe, it turns out, even solar cells. Researchers have now found that adding a sprinkle of capsaicin to a perovskite precursor can improve the efficiency of solar cells.