Month: February 2020

Credit: Joël Bloch / ETH Zurich Many of the membrane proteins in eukaryotic cells are decorated with complex sugar trees ...

New radiopharmaceutical shows promise for improved detection of neuroendocrine tumors

Credit: Images created by T.L. Andersen, Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark. The newly developed 55Co-DOTATATE imaging ...

Two neuroplasticity breakthroughs come together for a synergistic impact in brain health

Abilities Neurological Rehabilitation, Surrey Neuroplasticity Clinic and ABI Wellness join forces to offer innovative neuro-rehabilitation program for individuals with chronic ...

Imaging can guide whether liquid biopsy will benefit individual glioblastoma patients

Penn study shows MRI may help identify appropriate liquid biopsy candidatesCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Tracking brain cancer with a ...

Computer scientists’ new tool fools hackers into sharing keys for better cybersecurity

DEEP-Dig (DEcEPtion DIGging) ushers intruders into a decoy site so the computer can learn from hackers' tacticsCredit: UT Dallas Instead ...

Existing drugs may offer a first-line treatment for coronavirus outbreak

Broad-spectrum antiviral agents could be a possible quick response to the potential COVID-19 pandemicCredit: https://drugvirus.info/ The number of people infected ...

New app launched for public to help pioneering hand identification research

Scientists behind a pioneering hand-identification research program are launching a new app and are calling on thousands of members of ...

STATICA: A novel processor that solves a notoriously complex mathematical problem

-Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have designed a novel processor architecture that can solve ...

Metal-organic frameworks can separate gases despite the presence of water

Credit: Vervoorts P. et al., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Jan. 27, 2020 Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising materials for ...

TRAX air quality study expands

Sensors capture fireworks, inversions and now SE Salt Lake ValleyCredit: University of Utah For more than five years, University of ...

Research projects to reduce the impact of carbon emissions on climate

Credit: Virginia Tech The correlation between carbon dioxide emissions and global climate change is a critical issue that has significant ...

New book on tracking, monitoring disease outbreaks, including COVID-19

Credit: Virginia Tech A Virginia Tech statistician has co-authored a timely new book that touches on the recent novel coronavirus ...

Cold sintering produces capacitor material at record low temperatures

Credit: Clive Randall, Penn State Barium titanate is an important electroceramic material used in trillions of capacitors each year and ...

How low can you go? Lower than ever before

NIST scientists make most sensitive measurements to date of silicon's conductivity for future solar cell, semiconductor applicationsCredit: S. Kelley/NIST Silicon, ...

NIH announces $1 million prize competition to target global disease diagnostics

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to offer supplementary support for designs that can be developed into products on a rapid ...

Kessler researchers test trunk-strengthening program for hemiplegia post stroke

Rakesh Pilkar, Ph.D., will conduct a pilot study of the AllCore360º device for improving core strength, posture and balance in ...

Revving up immune system may help treat eczema

Boosting natural killer cells in mice improves skin rashCredit: Huy Mach The aggravating skin condition eczema is most commonly treated ...

Mosaic evolution painted lorikeets a rainbow of color