Biomaterial discovery enables 3D printing of tissue-like vascular structures
Credit: Professor Alvaro Mata An international team of scientists have discovered a new material that can be 3D printed to ...
Month: March 2020
Bristol scientists demonstrate first non-volatile nano relay operation at 200°C
Discovery is significant step in developing electronics for extreme energy efficiency and harsh environmentsCredit: Dr Dinesh Pamunuwa Researchers at the ...
Rapid DNA test quickly identifies victims of mass casualty event
Credit: Butte County Sheriff's Office To quickly identify victims of the 2018 Camp Fire, the deadliest wildfire in California's history, ...
Supercomputers drive ion transport research
XSEDE-allocated Stampede2 supercomputer powers path-sampling molecular simulationsCredit: Malmir et al. For a long time, nothing. Then all of a sudden, ...
Cover crops can benefit hot, dry soils
Credit: Rajan Ghimire The Southern High Plains of the United States have low annual rainfall. When it does rain, though, ...
The brains of shrimps and insects are more alike than we thought
Crustaceans share a brain structure known to be crucial for learning and memory in insects, a University of Arizona-led research ...
UH Hilo professor’s marine animal biodiversity research featured in Science
Credit: UH Hilo A team of researchers led by the Biology Department at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo has its new ...
Jellyfish help understand the timing of egg production
Key protein has links to regulators of vertebrate feeding and reproductionCredit: Gonzalo Quiroga Artigas In animals, releasing eggs in a ...
Chinese researchers detail chest CT findings in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia
Most patients have ground-glass opacities (GGO) or mixed GGO and consolidation and vascular enlargement in the lesion--lesion likely to have ...
Hydrogen sulfide heightens disease in tuberculosis, suggesting a new therapeutic target
The tuberculosis bacteria induce increased hydrogen sulfide production by human macrophages, which increases pathogenesis.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A new ...
Anti-evolution drug could stop antibiotic resistance
Credit: Veening lab The spread of antibiotic resistance is partly due to the ability of bacteria to pick up DNA ...
Scientists created an ‘impossible’ superconducting compound
Credit: Science Advances Scientists have created new superconducting compounds of hydrogen and praseodymium, a rare-earth metal, one substance being quite ...
Two complete genome sequence for coronavirus in Brazil were published
With FAPESP's support, researchers at the University of São Paulo in Brazil, Adolfo Lutz Institute and Oxford University in the ...
How our brains create breathing rhythm is unique to every breath
'Every breath is like a new song with the same beat.'Credit: UCLA/Feldman lab Breathing propels everything we do--so its rhythm ...
‘Optical tweezers’ help in quest for better cancer treatments
Credit: Matthew Comstock Stem cells involved in replenishing human tissues and blood depend on an enzyme known as telomerase to ...
New technology helps reduce salt, keep flavor
Credit: WSU Eating too much salt can have significant negative health implications, and modern processed food typically contains high levels ...
Researchers develop new explanation for destructive earthquake vibrations
Credit: Julia Carr PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Earthquakes produce seismic waves with a range of frequencies, from the long, rolling motions ...
New Cas9 variant makes genome editing even more precise
Researchers develop more specific CRISPR-Cas9 gene scissorsCredit: Bratovic et al., 2020 CRISPR-Cas9 has revolutionized the field of genetics by its ...
Reitman Foundation funds pilot study of treatments for neonatal abstinence syndrome
Kessler Foundation researchers examine outcomes of neonates who undergo treatment at Children's Specialized Hospital for withdrawal from prenatal exposure to ...
UTA associate professor named fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Adnan honored by engineering societyCredit: UT Arlington Ashfaq Adnan, an associate professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at ...
