‘Natural killer’ cells could halt Parkinson’s progression
Credit: UGA Researchers at the University of Georgia's Regenerative Bioscience Center and their colleagues have found that "natural killer" white ...
Month: March 2020
Compartments without borders
New method to create 'membraneless compartments' lends insight into cellular processesCredit: Keating Lab, Penn State A new laboratory method allows ...
Building a better botox
Small engineering tweaks to botulinum toxin B could make it more effective and longer-lasting with fewer side effectsCredit: Yin L; ...
Common anti-parasite treatments used on cattle have devastating impacts on wildlife
Experts have stressed an urgent need to find alternatives to wormers and anti-ectoparasitic products used widely on cattleCredit: © Fiona ...
Artificial intelligence helps prevent disruptions in fusion devices
Credit: Photo and collage by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications. An international team of scientists led by a graduate student ...
New understanding of immune modulator interleukin-2 guides drug discovery
A new study shows how IL-2's flexible structure governs its effects on the immune system, providing crucial information for harnessing ...
Long-distance fiber link poised to create powerful networks of optical clocks
Low-noise links between high-precision clocks could benefit early earthquake detection and other applicationsCredit: Tomoya Akatsuka, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation ...
New coronavirus stable for hours on surfaces
SARS-CoV-2 stability similar to original SARS virusCredit: NIAID RML WHAT: The virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is stable ...
Pediatrician uses her ‘trusted voice’ to help kids
Children missed in the census spend a majority of their childhood not being counted in the planning and allocation of ...
Webinars with patients-survey: 73% with chronic illnesses feel more COVID-19 risk
Ongoing series of surveys of 1,300 patients is tracking changing concerns over two weeks as pandemic continuesCredit: Health Perspectives Group ...
New research reveals that scents alter how memories are processed in the brain
Credit: Dr. Stephanie Grella (Ramirez Lab) In a new paper published in Learning and Memory, researchers from Boston University's Center ...
Hollow-core fiber technology closes in on mainstream optical fiber
Credit: University of Southampton Researchers from the Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics at the University of Southampton have demonstrated ...
Technologies of the Human Corpse by John Troyer
New book from the MIT Press explores the relationship of the dead body with technology through historyCredit: MIT Press By ...
Mysterious ancient sea-worm pegged as new genus after half-century in ‘wastebasket’
Credit: Anna Whitaker, et al. LAWRENCE -- When a partial fossil specimen of a primordial marine worm was unearthed in ...
Tropical Cyclone Herold’s eye opens further on NASA satellite imagery
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview As Tropical Cyclone Herold intensified, its eye appeared more defined in imagery taken by NASA's Terra ...
Innovative NICU training lauded as ‘best article’ by national journal
Credit: Children's National Hospital "Fires, tornadoes and other natural disasters are outside of our team's control. But it is within ...
Perovskite solution aging: Scientists find solution
Credit: WANG Xiao Perovskite solar cells have developed quickly in the past decade. But like silicon solar cells, the efficiency ...
Composing new proteins with artificial intelligence
Using machine learning to create new proteins by translating proteins into musical scoresCredit: Markus J. Buehler WASHINGTON, March 17, 2020 ...
Physicists propose new filter for blocking high-pitched sounds
Credit: Robert Rivera, University at Buffalo; Luis Machado, Federal University of Pará in Brazil BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Need to reduce ...
Semiconductors can behave like metals and even like superconductors
Credit: Hungria/Universidad de Cádiz, Ramin/DESY, Klinke/University of Rostock and Swansea University. The crystal structure at the surface of semiconductor materials ...
