Autoimmunity may explain why an important immune system is absent in many bacteria
Credit: Ellinor O. Alseth New findings from University of Exeter researchers reveal how bacterial immune systems can be harmful for ...
Month: January 2020
Novel coronavirus: ECDC updates risk assessment for Europe
Further global spread likely along with moderate likelihood of imported cases being detected in EU/EEA countriesCredit: ECDC The novel coronavirus ...
Texas A&M engineers develop recipe to dramatically strengthen body armor
Credit: Texas A&M University College of Engineering According to ancient lore, Genghis Khan instructed his horsemen to wear silk vests ...
Montana State researcher harnesses microorganisms to make living building materials
Credit: MSU Photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez BOZEMAN -- To make a building material that's alive, Montana State University researcher Chelsea ...
Scientists isolate biomarkers that can identify delirium risk and severity
Opens door to easy, early identification of individuals at risk for delirium complicationsCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Regenstrief Institute and ...
CPRIT grant bolsters Rice biosciences
Texas initiative brings synthetic biologist Caroline Ajo-Franklin to explore biological, inorganic interfacesCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. 22, 2020) ...
What it’s like to live without a sense of smell
Credit: University of East Anglia The smell of cut grass, freshly baked bread, childhood memories, lost loved ones, Christmas. What ...
Light at the end of the tunnel for most individuals with low-vision
Vision loss after damage to the retina, optic nerve or brain is in part reversible, reports a special issue of ...
Genetic identification of human remains from the Spanish Civil War and the dictatorship
A research team at the UPV/EHU is working to optimise genetic analyses for identifying victims who disappeared during the Spanish ...
University of Miami study explores cognitive function in people with mental illness
Credit: University of Miami Health System A study funded by the Veterans Administration and directed by researchers at the University ...
Is it time to stop ringing the cancer bell?
Patients who celebrate the end of cancer treatment by ringing a bell report more stressful memories of treatment than those ...
Sustainability claims about rubber don’t stick
Research led by the University of Göttingen calls into question sustainability claims by large corporationCredit: F. Otten, University of Göttingen ...
Scientists take the first step towards extending the Standard Model in physics
Researchers calculated previously unexplored effects in atomsCredit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Researchers of Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic ...
Mapping the path of climate change
A probabilistic framework is used to understand how climate change progresses under the influence of the greenhouse effect and other ...
Signals from inside the Earth: Borexino experiment releases new data on geoneutrinos
Credit: Copyright: Borexino Collaboration Scientists involved in the Borexino collaboration have presented new results for the measurement of neutrinos originating ...
Neutron source enables a look inside dino eggs
Did oviraptoridchicks hatch at the same time? Researchers at the University of Bonn and the TU Munich provide presumptive evidenceCredit: ...
Acousto-optic modulation of photonic bound state in the continuum
Credit: by Zejie Yu and Xiankai Sun Harnessing bound states in the continuum (BICs) in photonic integrated circuits (PICs) allows ...
Potential way to halt blinding macular degeneration identified
Scientists find unexpected connection between 2 main forms of AMDCredit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Researchers have successfully treated age-related ...
Brewing a better espresso, with a shot of math
Credit: Five Senses Coffee (Australia) Mathematicians, physicists, and materials experts might not spring to mind as the first people to ...
Residues in fingerprints hold clues to their age
Credit: Adapted from Analytical Chemistry 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04765 Police have long relied on the unique whorls, loops or arches encoded ...
