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Tumor associated macrophages are host macrophages recruited by the tumor, which promote tumor progression. A team of researchers from Tokyo University of Science and other institutes have discovered…

Lithium ion batteries find wide applications in everyday use objects, but the number of ions that can be stored in their graphite anodes is limited. Prof. Jun Kang from National Korea Maritime and…

Spintronic devices, which use electron spin to process data, are emerging at the forefront of semiconductor applications. Staying a step ahead, scientists from Korea recently developed a novel…

Combinatorial optimization problems arise in everyday situations such as determining the shortest route that can be taken between multiple points. Researchers at the Tokyo University of Science have…

Host cells infected with giant viruses behave in a unique manner. To gain deeper insight into the infection mechanism of giant viruses, scientists at Tokyo University of Science developed a…

Concerns about the scarcity of lithium and other materials necessary in the now-ubiquitous lithium-ion batteries have recently driven many researchers to look for alternatives, such as sodium and…

The process of photosynthesis is well known but it is a complex phenomenon involving a myriad of proteins. The molecule Chl f, a new type of chlorophyll, is known to play a part in photosynthesis but…

In response to environmental changes and nutrient starvation, cells undergo extreme alterations including switching from one type to another and changes in metabolic pathways. In a new study, a…

Environmental scientists are always in search of new tools that can better characterize the Earth’s surface. In a new study published in Scientific Reports, a group of researchers in the US and Japan…

A recently discovered autoimmune disease is the IgG4-related disease that affects millions and has no known cure. Previous research indicates that T cells and the immunoglobulin IgG4 are key…