New method gives robust transistors
Transmorphic epitaxial growth of AlN nucleation layers on SiC substrates for high-breakdown thin GaN transistorsCredit: Magnus Johansson A new method ...
Month: January 2020
Researchers develop universal flu vaccine that protects against 6 influenza viruses in mice
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--A novel nanoparticle vaccine that combines two major influenza proteins is effective in providing broad, long-lasting ...
NASA planet hunter finds its 1st Earth-size habitable-zone world
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its ...
‘Census’ in the zebrafish’s brain
Dresden scientists explore newborn, regenerated neuronsCredit: Christian Lange The zebrafish is a master of regeneration: If brain cells are lost ...
Scientists discover the mechanism of DNA high-order structure formation
Credit: KAIST The genetic material of our cells--DNA--exists in a high-order structure called "chromatin". Chromatin consists of DNA wrapped around ...
Physicist Georg Woltersdorf appointed Max Planck Fellow — research project on spintronics
Credit: Marco Warmuth/TGZ Halle Professor Georg Woltersdorf, head of the Optics Group at the Institute of Physics at Martin Luther ...
Take heart: Pitt study reveals how relaxin targets cardiovascular disease
Pitt researchers detail the interplay between relaxin and Wnt signaling, noting its positive effects on an aging heartCredit: Dr. Guillermo ...
The growing pains of orphan chimpanzees
Mothers may be shaping pre-adult growth and offspring muscle mass even without direct provisioningCredit: Liran Samuni The prolonged periods of ...
Versatile in use — FBH semiconductor light sources
Credit: FBH/schurian.com FBH exhibits novel diode lasers and modules at Photonics West 2020. Applications include materials processing, LiDAR, medicine, and ...
Abandoning pastures reduces the biodiversity of mountain streams
A study of 15 South Tyrolean waterways shows that the presence of extensive pastures increases biodiversity in streams and riversCredit: ...
Scientists make breakthrough in ion-conducting composite membranes
Credit: DAI Qing Chinese researchers under the direction of Profs. LI Xianfeng and ZHANG Huamin from the Dalian Institute of ...
Need to control blood sugar? There’s a drink for that, says UBC prof
Ketone supplement may control glucose by mimicking some aspects of a ketogenic dietCredit: UBC Okanagan With more people with diabetes ...
Utilizing relativistic effects for laser fusion: A new approach for clean power
Activating relativistic effects of intense laser light in plasma, researchers at Osaka University test a new method for achieving consistent ...
New ‘umbrella’ species would massively improve conservation
Credit: The University of Queensland The protection of Australia's threatened species could be improved by a factor of seven, if ...
Million Veteran Program study sheds light on genetic basis of anxiety
Largest genetic study of anxiety to date reports findingsCredit: Robert Lisak In the largest genetic study on anxiety to date, ...
The birds and the bats: Evolving to fly may have had big effect on gut microbiome
Comparing microbiomes in 900 vertebrate species revealed that bats have guts more like birds than other mammalsCredit: UC San Diego ...
Birds and bats have strange gut microbiomes — probably because they can fly
Credit: Holly Lutz At a time when kombucha is commonplace on cafe menus and "probiotic-fortified" has become the newest health ...
NCI-MATCH: T-DM1 shows promising activity in salivary gland cancer
Discovery in the NCI-MATCH precision medicine cancer trial is consistent with another recent trial, signaling that the data on ado-trastuzumab ...
Biomarker predicts which patients with heart failure have a higher risk of dying
Credit: DEAN ISHIDA A UCLA-led study revealed a new way to predict which patients with "stable" heart failure -- those ...
Study links Medicaid expansion and recipients’ health status
Credit: Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine In Southern states that expanded their Medicaid programs under the ...
