Month: March 2020

Credit: Ola Joensen Entanglement, a powerful form of correlation among quantum systems, is an important resource for quantum computing. Researchers ...

‘Tequila’ powered biofuels more efficient than corn or sugar

Ethanol from agave could be used for transport fuel and hand sanitizerCredit: University of Sydney The agave plant used to ...

Cells must age for muscles to regenerate in muscle-degenerating diseases

Exercise and a cell-aging drug could help cases of chronic myopathyCredit: Yuki Saito et al., Nature Communications. February 14, 2020 ...

NIH researchers discover gene for rare disease of excess bone tissue growth

Findings provide insight that may inform search for treatmentsCredit: National Institutes of Health WHAT: Researchers at the National Institutes of ...

Mucus and the coronavirus

University of Utah biomedical engineers will study the role mucus plays in spreading a coronavirus like COVID-19Credit: Dan Hixson/University of ...

Blood test accurately detects over 50 types of cancer, often before symptoms show

Test also identifies where in the body the cancer has originatedCredit: Allen McCrodden, Associate Director, Creative Group of ProEd Communications ...

New artificial intelligence system can empower medical professionals in diagnosing skin diseases

Researchers have developed an AI algorithm capable of diagnosing 134 skin disorders and supporting specialists by augmenting the accuracy of ...

Untangling the social lives of spiders

Credit: Noa Pinter-Wollman The idea of a complex spider society--in which thousands of spiders live, hunt, and raise their young ...

New pathogen threatens fennel yield in Italy

Credit: Dalia Aiello A new fennel fungal disease caused by a new genus and species - Ochraceocephala foeniculi, was observed ...

The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Comprehensive COVID-19 hospitalisation and death rate estimates help countries best prepare as global pandemic unfolds

The death rate from confirmed COVID-19 cases is estimated at 1.38%, while the overall death rate, which includes unconfirmed cases, ...

Water pressure: Ancient aquatic crocs evolved, enlarged to avoid freezing

Study pinpoints minimum survivable size of Jurassic crocodilesCredit: Steve Castillo / Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution / Scott Schrage ...

New Yorkers think feds not doing enough for the city and state

Anxiety rises over job and housing loss, and more New Yorkers fear getting sick as the virus hits people they ...

Biological ‘atlas’ shows dual personality for immune cells that cause Type 1 diabetes

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital mapped the epigenetic controls on T cells, which could aid Type 1 diabetes ...

In new book, OU professor presents new theory on LGBTQ stigma

Credit: Meredith G. F. Worthen In a new book, Meredith G. F. Worthen, professor of sociology at the University of ...

HSC professor on team using stem cells to combat COVID-19 pneumonia

Instead of finding the next Tamiflu, the team started testing whether stem cells can be used to boost a person's ...

New explanation for sudden heat collapses in plasmas can help create fusion energy

Credit: Photo and composite by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications. Scientists seeking to bring the fusion that powers the sun ...

Argonne and CERN weigh in on the origin of heavy elements

Credit: Argonne National Laboratory A long-held mystery in the field of nuclear physics is why the universe is composed of ...

A new tool for controlling reactions in microrobots and microreactors

UMass Amherst, international team use simple capillary forces to direct aqueous solutionsCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In a new ...

Well-engineered ‘watercourts’ stored live fish, fueling Florida’s Calusa kingdom

Credit: Merald Clark/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The mighty Calusa ruled South Florida for centuries, wielding military power, trading and ...

Wastewater test could provide early warning of COVID-19