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6 articles from EurekAlert
'Boss' genes could save human hearts - and the reef
- EurekAlert
- 20/12/13 06:00
UQ researchers have revealed rare decision-making genes in cells, which control how cells develop and respond to stress caused by disease or their environment. Researchers hope that in the future, they may be able to block a cell's bad decisions to prevent disease.
Changes in drinking contexts: adolescents' nightly alcohol use
- EurekAlert
- 20/12/13 06:00
New research from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation and the Illinois State University examines changes in adolescent drinking over the course of the evening.
Mangroves lock away carbon
- EurekAlert
- 20/12/13 06:00
Researchers uncover an overlooked process enhancing the carbon-removal potential of mangroves.
No association between COVID-19 and Guillain-Barré syndrome
- EurekAlert
- 20/12/13 06:00
Neuroscientists at UCL have found no significant association between COVID-19 and the potentially paralysing and sometimes fatal neurological condition Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Research reveals unexpected insights into early dinosaur's brain, eating habits and agility
- EurekAlert
- 20/12/13 06:00
A pioneering reconstruction of the brain belonging to one of the earliest dinosaurs to roam the Earth has shed new light on its possible diet and ability to move fast.
When chemistry with green light mimics what happens in life
- EurekAlert
- 20/12/13 06:00
Taking inspiration from nature, researchers at Queensland University of Technology in Australia and Ghent University in Belgium created a green light-stabilised 3D polymer structure that unfolds itself when left in darkness - the first reported example of a reversible, light-triggered process to fold polymers into single chain nanoparticles.