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By making key signaling molecules called β-arrestins into druggable targets, scientists crack long-standing challenge
To function normally, nearly every cell in the human body relies on G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) to receive and send signals. That's why GPCRs are target...
First complete map of world's seagrass offers warnings and hope for conservation
It's time we gave seagrass the credit it's due. This hero of a plant protects coastlines, stores vast amounts of carbon and supports ecosystems that people and...
Turning low-value diamond dust into high-performance quantum materials
Diamonds have long been coveted for their beauty. Their dazzling color and clarity make them perfect candidates for luxury jewelry. However, it's their other un...
Quantum squeezing sidesteps the limits on mechanical transducers
From detecting the ripples of colliding black holes to imaging individual chemical bonds, mechanical transducers have repeatedly transformed our understanding o...
Axolotl-inspired skin matrix may help heal wounds with less scarring
Researchers in Taiwan have developed a cell-free extracellular matrix material from axolotl skin that helped mouse burn wounds close faster and show signs of re...
Scientists catch classical space-time crystals moving like Majorana quasiparticles
A research team from Hiroshima University, the University of Colorado, and other collaborators have demonstrated that space-time crystals—exotic structures that...
Five years of aerosol remote sensing in Mindelo—a milestone in atmospheric research in the Atlantic
For five years now, a distinctive green laser beam has been shining at night up to 30 kilometers (19 miles) above the harbor of the island's capital. It forms p...
From virtue to vice: How the morality of popular music lyrics has changed since the 1960s
Popular music may be reflecting a growing culture of vices, according to new research from the Center for Digital Music at Queen Mary University of London. The...
Hot Jupiter endures star-powered barbecue
You're the grillmaster at the annual family Fourth of July barbecue, and you're sweating bullets standing over the grill in the sweltering summer heat. You're t...
Do hyenas eat livestock and rhinos? Behavioral biologists investigate a surprisingly charming population
For conservation and the management of human–wildlife conflicts, it is of great interest to know which species are eaten by carnivores. Scientists from the Ngor...
Interlayer self-doping could unlock room-temperature multiferroics in atom-thin materials
Multiferroics are materials that exhibit more than one prominent "ferroic" property, such as ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity. One of their most advantageous...
Hospital workers' phones carry deadly superbugs
The largest study of its kind has found hospital workers' phones are carrying the same superbugs that kill millions of people worldwide each year. An internatio...