ETH researchers Michele Gregorini and Philippe Bechtold have developed a PCR testing device that can easily be used outside the lab — and that takes less than 30 minutes to deliver results. Now the two young entrepreneurs are focusing their efforts on getting the device approved for medical use.

A new study has revealed the role of a third intracellular loop in the GPCR’s signaling mechanism. It shares the possibility of a more targeted approach to drug discovery and a paradigm shift for new therapeutics.

Lithium batteries could soon enjoy increased performance thanks to a highly ordered inorganic foam discovered at Kaust. The self-assembling foam features a complex hierarchical structure that allows it to repeatedly soak up and then release large quantities of lithium ions with ease.

Due to increased requirements in stability, durability and recyclability, modern packaging films consist of a growing number of thin layers. This is where the previously common infrared spectroscopy reaches its limits. Horiba has unlocked new possibilities using Raman microscopy, which automatically analyses multi-layered films in just a few minutes.

Researchers have developed a soft and stretchable material that has the ability to mimic functions such as sensing pressure, temperature, strain and much more just like real skin.

In a study of adults in the United Kingdom, those who adhered closely to a Mediterranean lifestyle — including eating a healthy, plant-based diet with limited added salts and sugars and getting adequate rest, exercise, and socialization — were found to have a 29 % lower risk of all-cause mortality and a 28 % lower risk of cancer mortality compared to those who were nonadherent to the lifestyle.

A new study has concluded that arctic terns may not face major issues in the backdrop of climate change as they are strong birds which live over vast areas.

Using only inexpensive raw materials, a team from Rice’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Syzygy Plasmonics and Princeton University’s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment created a scalable catalyst that needs only the power of light to convert ammonia into clean-burning hydrogen fuel.

Scientists from the University of Bristol and NHS Blood & Transplant have announced the discovery of a new rare blood group system – Er. The study conducted by the researchers has helped to solve a 30-year mystery.

If a human comes down with a rash, they might go to the doctor and come away with some ointment to put on it. Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins get skin conditions, too, but they come about their medication by queuing up nose-to-tail to rub themselves against corals.