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New Research Sheds Light on Evolutionary History of Tardigrade Extremotolerance
Tardigrades, also known as water bears, can tolerate high doses of radiation, low-oxygen environments, desiccation, and both high and low temperatures under a dormant state called anhydrobiosis, which is a reversible halt of metabolism upon almost complete desiccation. A large amount of research has focused on the genetic pathways related to these capabilities, and a
New Research Sheds Light on Internal Structure of Dwarf Planet Eris
The trans-Neptunian dwarf planet Eris is tidally locked to its small moon Dysnomia. Recently obtained bounds on the mass of Dysnomia demonstrate that Eris must be unexpectedly dissipative (‘squishy’) for it to have despun over the age of the Solar System. New research shows that Eris must have differentiated into an ice shell and rocky
Study sheds light on how scramblase proteins rearrange cell membranes
Views of the density maps for afTEM16 in C22/Ca2+ (A), C18/Ca2+ (B), C18/0 Ca2+ (C) and C14/0 Ca2+ (D) from the extracellular (top panels) and intracellular (bottom panel) side. The C1 final unsharpened maps containing nanodisc densities were aligned, resampled on the same grid, and colored according to the Z coordinate using UCSF Chimera. The…
Samsung sheds new light on Galaxy S22 app throttling controversy
Samsung’s Game Optimizing Service (GOS) is a system app on phones like the Galaxy S22 series that’s responsible for throttling app performance. GOS should ensure that resource-intensive games do not lead to overheating and performance problems. But Galaxy S22 users found the app to impact apps that aren’t resource-hogging games. GOS on Galaxy S22 and…
Microorganism sheds new light on cancer resistance
A simple, marine-dwelling creature known as Trichoplax adhaerens has some remarkable properties. The organism can tolerate unusually high doses of radiation that would kill most other forms of life. T. adhaerens has another intriguing characteristic: the ability to resist cancer. In a new study, Angelo Fortunato and his colleagues describe T. adhaerens' unusual behavior, including…
Johnson sheds light on deal for £450k-rated “handful”, Sunderland fans will be buzzing
3 minute read 30/9/2021 | 05:40pm Sunderland manager Lee Johnson has revealed exactly how the club brought Ross Stewart to the Stadium of Light back in January. What’s been said? In recent comments cited by the Sunderland Echo, the Black Cats boss shed light on the club’s pursuit of the centre-forward, as well as revealing…
Novel and emerging tobacco products are the subject of a new WHO report that looks at a range of issues, from the harm caused by toxic ingredients and nicotine exposure to how, with hardly any regulation, new nicotine and tobacco products are aggressively marketed to potential users, including children and adolescents.The WHO study group on…