Month: April 2020

UCI study finds supplement inhibits cell growthCredit: UCI School of Biological Sciences Using a modified natural substance along with current ...

A new way to deliver drugs in MOFs

Credit: Grzegorz Krzyzewski, IPC PAS Scientists from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC PAS) ...

Simple, low-cost ventilator builds on available resuscitation bags

Credit: Steven Norris, Georgia Tech A simple, low-cost ventilator based on the resuscitation bags carried in ambulances - and widely ...

Houston Methodist ramps up plasma therapy as FDA approves clinical trial

Credit: Houston Methodist The FDA's announcement Friday to approve convalescent serum therapy as a large-scale clinical trial opened the door ...

Making biofuels cheaper by putting plants to work

Berkeley Lab researchers describe how biofuels can achieve cost parity with petroleum fuelsCredit: Marilyn Sargent /Berkeley Lab Biofuels are an ...

Viruses don’t have a metabolism; but some have the building blocks for one

Virginia Tech researchers discovered genes for cellular metabolic cycles in the genomes of giant virusesCredit: Dr. Chuan Xiao and Yuejiao ...

Evaluating grip strength to identify early diabetes

Healthcare practitioners can use assessment of normalized grip strength to routinely screen for type 2 diabetes in apparently healthy adults, ...

Cold War nuclear bomb tests reveal true age of whale sharks

The radioactive legacy of the arms race solves a mystery about the world's largest fishCredit: Paul Fanning, Pakistan node of ...

Virginia Tech scientists reveal brain tumors impact normally helpful cells

Researchers at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute show far-reaching effects of gliomaCredit: Virginia Tech When the brain gets injured, star-shaped brain ...

Using sponges to wipe out cancer

The natural product manzamine A, derived from Indo-Pacific marine sponges, exhibits anti-cancer properties in a preclinical study, report researchers at ...

Study identifies new temperature sensing mechanism in plants

Phytochrome foci have different behaviors at different temperatures and types of lightCredit: Stan Lim/UC Riverside A protein called phytochrome B, ...

New laser technique will allow more powerful — and smaller — particle accelerators

Credit: (H. Palmer and K. Palmisano) By observing electrons that have been accelerated to extremely high energies, scientists are able ...

Suffering from skin damage from face masks?

Award-winning skin infection expert offers remedies to healCredit: Andrea Piacquadio via Pexels.com DOCTORS and nurses on the COVID-19 frontline are ...

UMass Amherst engineers, nurses design low-cost face shield PPE for health care

Protective plastic face shields can be mass-produced quickly by existing manufacturersCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In just under two ...

Deep-sea worms and bacteria team up to harvest methane

Credit: Alvin/WHOI Scientists at Caltech and Occidental College have discovered a methane-fueled symbiosis between worms and bacteria at the bottom ...

Extreme rainfall days in metropolitan São Paulo have risen four-fold in seven decades

Study by researchers at Brazil's National Disaster Surveillance and Early Warning Center (CEMADEN) also shows a rise in the number ...

NASA-NOAA satellite catches Tropical Cyclone Harold develop near Solomon Islands

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Southern Pacific ...

A direct protein-to-protein binding couples cell survival to cell proliferation

This discovery has implications in cancer, stem cell growth, and blood or neuron progenitor cell speciationCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - ...

New study identifies characteristics of patients with fatal COVID-19

Credit: ATS April 03, 2020-- In a new study, researchers identified the most common characteristics of 85 COVID-19 patients who ...

Trial for potential coronavirus treatment is underway at Montefiore and Einstein