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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have developed an imaging technique to capture information about the structure and function of brain tissue at subcellular level – a few billionth of a metre, while also capturing information about the surrounding environment. The unique approach detailed in Nature Communications today (25 May), overcomes the challenges of imaging tissues at different scales, allowing scientists to see the surrounding cells and how they function, so they can build a complete picture of neural networks in the brain.

Around the world, hundreds of millions of acres of land are being abandoned. Land regeneration could restore habitats and sequester carbon, but this is unlikely to happen without policy interventions, according to a new study in Science Advances, which shows that much of the land is eventually recultivated.

Unique MoS2-SnS2 heterogeneous nanoplates have in-situ grown on poly(zwitterionic liquids) functionalized polypyrrole/graphene oxide by the interfacial induced effect, which act as electrocatalysts and exhibit good NRR performance by the synergistic effect.

An alliance of research teams, led by Dr. Tae-Young Yoon in Seoul National University – the first in the world to observe the folding process of a glucose transporter protein in vitro – has found a common evolutionary principle among metazoan membrane proteins. Throughout their evolutionary history, the membrane proteins had to strike a balance between their ability to fold into structures and their capability to transport sugars across cell barriers.

Engineers at RMIT University in Australia have discovered a bitumen blend that is both UV-resistant and withstands traffic loads, with the potential to save governments millions on road maintenance annually.

The world’s only nocturnal hawk – Australia’s Letter-winged kite - may not be any better at seeing in the dark than its closest, day-hunting relatives. An international study, led by Flinders University’s Weisbecker Lab, has revealed that the rarely observed kite’s visual system is no different to that of its close relatives that are active during the day, challenging many decades of speculation that the Letter-winged Kite might be becoming more like an owl than a hawk.

A grim prediction made half a decade ago by University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health epidemiologists and modelers has come true: More than 100,000 people are now dying from drug overdoses annually in the U.S. The milestone comes as the International Journal of Drug Policy publishes a special section of the June issue reflecting on the exponential growth in drug-related deaths the Pitt team uncovered in 2017.