Making sense of the viral multiverse
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University In November of 2019--likely, even earlier--a tiny entity measuring just a few ...
Month: April 2020
In preparing for COVID-19 cases, plan early, communicate often
Credit: ATS April 27, 2020 - Hospitals facing a growing population of COVID-19 cases need a coordinated approach with a ...
Giving distressed lungs a safer fighting chance
FDA grants Pitt spinout ALung Technologies emergency use approval for its Hemolung to treat COVID-19 patients with respiratory distressCredit: ALung ...
Virus-infected honey bees more likely to gain entrance to healthy hives
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Honey bees that guard hive entrances are twice as likely to allow ...
Researchers use machine learning to unearth underground Instagram ‘pods’
A team led by NYU Tandon creates a means to track how 'pod people' manipulate social media popularity through reciprocity ...
It takes a neutron beam to find a proton
Researchers from Osaka University use neutron crystallography to pinpoint hydrogen atoms and protons in the structure of a large enzyme ...
Rice engineers: Make wastewater drinkable again
Model shows recycling could dramatically slash cities' need for fresh water resourcesCredit: Lu Liu/Rice University HOUSTON - (April 27, 2020) ...
Survey: Most Americans want government commitment to reduce inequality
New national survey shows a majority of Americans want the federal government to reduce inequality amid the Covid-19 economic crisis. ...
Urban slums are uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19. Here’s how to help.
Report provides eight urgent recommendations for reducing the impact of COVID-19 on people living in povertyCredit: Photo by Jason Corburn ...
Duke awarded NSF rapid grant to develop fast diagnostic test for COVID-19
Biomedical engineers adapt simple, low-cost platform to diagnose the new coronavirusCredit: Michaela Kane, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers ...
Investigating the causes of the ozone levels in the Valderejo Nature Reserve
A study by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country analyses the influence of ozone formation precursors in the ReserveCredit: UPV/EHU ...
Researchers make key advance toward production of important biofuel
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - An international research collaboration has taken an important step toward the commercially viable ...
Three years of monitoring of Oregon’s gray whales shows changes in health
Credit: GEMM Lab, Oregon State University NEWPORT, Ore. - Three years of "health check-ups" on Oregon's summer resident gray whales ...
Research on the International Space Station shows key changes in cultured heart cells
Spaceflight changes much about the human body, including how the heart functions and how cells that create heart tissue behave. ...
Beta cells from stem cells
Potential for cell replacement therapyCredit: ©Helmholtz Zentrum München The loss of insulin-secreting beta cells by autoimmune destruction leads to type ...
Novel anti-PD-1 drug was approved for melanoma treatment
Credit: BIOCAD The first Russian original PD-1 inhibitor Forteca® (INN: prolgolimab) was granted approval for market authorization by the Russian ...
Antibiotic exposure can ‘prime’ single-resistant bacteria to become multidrug-resistant
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Antibiotics save lives -- but using them also helps antibiotic-resistant strains evolve ...
NASA catches formation and final fate of Eastern Pacific’s Tropical Depression 1E
Credit: NASA/NRL The Eastern Pacific Ocean's hurricane season may not officially start until mid-May, but the first tropical cyclone of ...
Harnessing the power of gallium nitride and machine learning
$2.5 million project will develop compact power conversion systemsCredit: University of Houston Military installations, especially on ships and aircraft, require ...
HudsonAlpha scientists collaborate to uncover a gene that doubles the risk of developing several neurodegenerative diseases
Credit: HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology April 27, 2020 (Huntsville, Ala.) - Scientists at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, the University ...
