Why are we still failing to stop deforestation?
Credit: Data from the Global Forest Watch While national and international efforts to reverse the trend of deforestation have multiplied ...
Month: May 2020
NUS researchers develop a new library of atomically thin 2D materials
Credit: National University of Singapore Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have created a whole new library of ...
Breaking down stubborn cellulose in time lapse
Analyses of TU Graz prove the efficient operation of the cellulose degrading biological nanomachine cellulosome. This can provide new perspectives ...
A thin lensless camera free of noise
Credit: by Jiachen Wu, Hua Zhang, Wenhui Zhang, Guofan Jin, Liangcai Cao and George Barbastathis Lensless imaging technology introduces computing ...
Bricks made from plastic, organic waste
New binding solution targets construction usesCredit: Flinders University Revolutionary 'green' types of bricks and construction materials could be made from ...
UToledo chemists identify toxic chemicals in fracking wastewater
Scientists are zeroing in on water quality and environmental concerns of fracking wastewater to determine if it is safe for ...
Ocean virus hijacks carbon-storing bacteria
Rice scientists analyze structure, mechanism of phage protein that steals electronsCredit: Illustration by Ian Campbell/Rice University HOUSTON - (May 22, ...
Using wastewater to monitor COVID-19
Credit: NIAID Wastewater could be used as a surveillance tool to monitor the invasion, spread and eradication of COVID-19 in ...
A natural amino acid could be a novel treatment for polyglutamine diseases
Researchers from Osaka Univ., National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, and Niigata Univ. identify the amino acid arginine as a ...
Peer-reviewed data shows remdesivir for COVID-19 improves time to recovery
Preliminary results from NIH clinical trial publishedCredit: NIAID WHAT: The investigational antiviral remdesivir is superior to the standard of care ...
Stem cells from placental amniotic membrane slow lung scarring in pulmonary fibrosis
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - In a study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM), a team led ...
Female Gulf War combat veterans have persistent symptoms more than 25 years later
Credit: Augusta University photographer Kim Ratliff AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 25, 2020) - More than a quarter century after the Gulf ...
Defects in developing frog brain can be prevented or repaired with bioelectric drugs
Researchers suggest the discovery offers a roadmap for exploration of therapeutic drugs that could help repair birth defects in humansCredit: ...
7,000 years of demographic history in France
Credit: © Eva-Maria Geigl et Thierry Grange, Institut Jacques Monod (CNRS/Université de Paris) A team led by scientists from the ...