UK local authorities not ready for the number of deaths from Covid-19
The situation could lead to a bottleneck in burials and cremations, mortuaries filled beyond capacity and the possibility of mass ...
Month: March 2020
Copper boosts pig growth, and now we know why
Credit: University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences URBANA, Ill. - Pigs have better feed conversion rates ...
Ventilator costing less than $300 developed by Rice University and Metric Technologies
Metric Technologies -- physicians, engineers work to deliver automated bag valve mask solution for COVID-19 crisisCredit: Brandon Martin/Rice University HOUSTON ...
Benefiting from the national gene vector biorepository
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 26, 2020--Gene therapy investigators can greatly benefit from the resources ...
Medical University of South Carolina team releases plans for 3D-printed masks
The team has been in contact with the US Food and Drug Administration to obtain emergency approval of the device ...
New drug could reverse treatment resistance in advanced multiple myeloma
Multiple myeloma is an incurable type of bone marrow cancer in urgent need of new treatment optionsCredit: Worldwide Cancer Research ...
Scientists identify gene that first slows, then accelerates, progression of ALS in mice
Columbia study underscores complexities of deadly neurodegenerative disease; offers promising strategies to target disease's underlying genetic mechanismsCredit: Valeria Gerbino/Maniatis lab/Columbia's ...
Forgotten tale of phage therapy history revealed
Phage therapy was successfully used against dysentery and staphylococcal infectionsCredit: Picture: The University of Jyväskylä/Gabriel Almeida In the current situation ...
I won’t have what he’s having: The brain and socially motivated behavior
Researchers at the National Institutes of Natural Sciences in Okazaki, Japan find brain cells that are responsible for socially based ...
A funnel of light
Credit: University Rostock / Alexander Szameit Professor Ronny Thomale holds a chair for theoretical condensed matter physics, the TP1, at ...
Disasters can affect cervical cancer screening for years
Credit: 2020 Miki et al. Cervical cancer screening rates in Japan were significantly affected in the years following the devastating ...
ALMA resolves gas impacted by young jets from supermassive black hole
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), K. T. Inoue et al. Astronomers obtained the first resolved image of disturbed gaseous clouds in a ...
How to boost immune response to vaccines in older people
Apply immune expertise and some genital wart cream!Credit: Babraham Institute Research just published by the Linterman lab shows that the ...
Better, safer batteries
A new battery chemistry promises safer high-voltage lithium-ion batteriesCredit: © 2020 Yamada et al. For the first time, researchers who ...
Control of anthropogenic atmospheric emissions can improve water quality in seas
HKU study shows that control of anthropogenic atmospheric emissions can improve water quality in China's coastal SeasCredit: Photo courtesy: Dr ...
Highly efficient and stable double layer solar cell developed
Credit: KAIST Solar cells convert light into energy, but they can be inefficient and vulnerable to the environment, degrading with, ...
Citizen scientists are helping researchers design new drugs to combat COVID-19
Credit: Credit: Foldit/David Baker Lab The best thing most of us can do to fight COVID-19 is stay home, to ...
Small hearts have strong vortex flow, large hearts have mild vortex — studied in dogs
Credit: Ryou Tanaka/TUAT An international collaboration led by veterinary scientists at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Japan, has ...
Completely new antibiotic resistance gene has spread unnoticed to several pathogens
Credit: Photo by Johan Wingborg Aminoglycoside antibiotics are critically important for treating several types of infections with multi-resistant bacteria. A ...
Why does your cotton towel get stiff after natural drying?
Credit: J. Surfact Deterg (2016), 19, 183 The remaining "bound water" on cotton surfaces cross-link single fibers of cotton, causing ...
