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For the first, time UNC School of Medicine scientist Katie Baldwin, Ph.D., and colleagues revealed a central role of the glial protein hepaCAM in building the brain and affecting brain function early in life.The findings, published in Neuron, have implications for better understanding disorders, such as autism, epilepsy, and schizophrenia, and potentially for creating therapeutics for conditions such as the progressive brain disorder megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts (MLC).

Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University jointly with their colleagues have synthetized a unique molecule of verdazyl-nitronyl nitroxide triradical. Only several research teams in the world were able to obtain molecules with similar properties. The molecule is stable. It is able to withstand high temperatures and obtains promising magnetic properties. It is a continuation of scientists' work on the search for promising organic magnetic materials. The research findings are published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (IF: 14.612, Q1).

In 2021 Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B (APSB) is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The journal was founded with the goal of creating a global high-level forum centred around drug discovery and pharmaceutical research/application. APSB was included by Chemical Abstracts in 2011, accepted by PubMed Central in 2015, indexed by Science Citation Index in 2017 and has evolved to become one of the most important international journals in the field of pharmaceutical sciences.

Babies are generally poorer at seeing and recognizing objects than adults because of their immature visual abilities. However, a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on June 23, 2021 reported that, in some circumstances, infants younger than 7 months old can perceive objects that older infants and adults cannot. This surprising result demonstrates the distinct mechanisms of visual perception between young infants and adults.

Rising greenhouse gases and declining aerosols have triggered an approximate four-day delay in rainfall over tropical land and the Sahel.

What The Study Did: Researchers looked at whether age-related hearing impairment among older adults is associated with poorer and faster decline in physical function and reduced walking endurance.

What The Study Did: This analysis describes the use of a multifaceted COVID-19 control plan to reduce spread of SARS-CoV-2 at a large urban university during the second wave of the pandemic.

What The Study Did: Researchers examined the association of closures of childcare facilities with the employment status of women and men with children in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.

What The Study Did: This study evaluated changes in hospitalization and death rates related to COVID-19 before and after U.S. states reopened their economies in 2020.

A near-perfectly preserved ancient human fossil known as the Harbin cranium sits in the Geoscience Museum in Hebei GEO University. The largest of Homo skulls, scientists now say this skull represents a newly discovered human species named Homo longi or "Dragon Man." Their findings, appearing in three papers publishing June 25 in the journal The Innovation, suggest that the Homo longi lineage may be our closest relatives--and may reshape our understanding of human evolution.

James Cook University scientists in Australia believe they have made a breakthrough in the science of keeping premature babies alive.

Chemists at Scripps Research have solved a long-standing problem in their field by developing a method for making a highly useful and previously very challenging type of modification to organic molecules.

Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) have demonstrated direct homophilic interaction of lysosomal-associated membrane protein 2 (LAMP2). They found that the two-domain architecture of LAMP-2 underlies its proper arrangement and function.

University of Tsukuba researchers used time-resolved photoelectron emission microscopy (TR-PEEM) to probe the exciton dynamics of thermally activated delayed fluorescence organic light-emitting diodes (TADF-OLEDs). TADF-OLEDs based on solid-state substrates have significant potential for use in display technology owing to their high efficiency; however, their electron dynamics are not well understood. The TR-PEEM method showed electron accumulation that indicated exciton dissociation. It is hoped that the findings will contribute to advances in OLED displays.

Researchers at Arizona State University are using bioengineering to trigger and control cell differentiation and transition is expand possibilities for diagnostics, vaccine development and therapeutic treatments.

Curtin University research has found tiny amounts of gold can be trapped inside pyrite, commonly known as 'fool's gold,' which would make it much more valuable than its name suggests.

Recently, a Korean research team has drawn attention for developing a technology to reduce the adverse effects by accumulating the peripheral substances of cells on the surfaces of the materials. The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has released an announcement that the research team of Dr. Yoon Ki Joung, from the Center for Biomaterials, has successfully developed a material that can be used to accumulate substances present at the cell periphery on the surface of implantable medical materials.

The contemporary materials industry raises the problem of creating a microscopic theory that allows to describe the observed physicochemical properties of a wide class of substances which are in demand in modern industry, medicine, and agriculture.

Perovskite colloidal quantum dots (Pe-CQDs) are highly promising nanocrystals for optoelectronic applications. However, the size of the crystals should ideally be equal to ensure a consistent energy landscape. In a recent study, scientists clarified the relationship between differences in particle size -- polydispersity -- and the optoelectronic characteristics of Pe-CQDs. They showed that using equally sized, or 'monodisperse,' quantum dots results in markedly better performance in Pe-CQD solar cells, paving the way for future optoelectronic devices.

Researchers from University of Tsukuba have found that the share of calls to after-hours house call medical services for fever or cold symptoms decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo, but that the severity of symptoms in those patients was significantly increased. Use of such services could reduce the burden on hospitals and early detection could improve patient outcomes if hesitancy to seek treatment in a pandemic can be addressed.