Beware of false negatives in diagnostic testing of COVID-19
Credit: Keith Weller/Johns Hopkins Medicine One of the most commonly used diagnostic tools, particularly during this pandemic, is the reverse ...
Month: May 2020
Flow-through electrodes make hydrogen 50 times faster
Experiments find the sweet spot for surface area and bubbles to store energyCredit: Wiley Lab, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- ...
Urge to merge: Understanding how cells fuse
New research from UT Southwestern may help those with rare muscle diseasesCredit: UTSW DALLAS - May 25, 2020 - Scientists have known ...
Anti-malarial drug shows promise for brain cancer treatment
Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an aggressive form of cancer in the brain that is typically ...
Astrophysicists capture new class of transient objects
'A new beast is out there,' researcher says of object found in tiny galaxyCredit: Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF EVANSTON, Ill. -- ...
Warming climate is changing where birds breed
Migratory behavior and winter geography drive differential range shifts of eastern birds in response to recent climate changeCredit: Credit: Clark ...
Novel insight reveals topological tangle in unexpected corner of the universe
Credit: Image by Yuri Tikhonov, University of Picardie and Russia's Southern Federal University, and Anna Razumnaya, Southern Federal University Scientists ...
Scientists find optimal age of stem cells
Biophysicists identify 'window of opportunity' to restore heart tissue with stem cellsCredit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Biophysicists from the Moscow ...
Modern problems, primitive solutions: A glimpse into archaic protein synthesis systems
Scientists show, for the first time, how protein synthesis in an ancient organism could have inspired the molecular tools used ...
Can interactive technology ease urban traffic jams?
Researchers suggest tech as alternative to building new roadsCredit: University of Houston Traffic congestion is a serious problem in the ...
High-strain exercise linked to very early pregnancy loss
UMass Amherst scientists advance research in physical activity and the earliest stages of pregnancyCredit: UMass Amherst In women with a ...
NIST formula may help 5G wireless networks efficiently share communications frequencies
Credit: NIST Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a mathematical formula that, computer simulations ...
Essential key to hearing sensitivity discovered
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine is shedding light on ...
New 5G switch provides 50 times more energy efficiency than currently exists
Credit: University of Texas RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- As 5G hits the market, new U.S. Army-funded research has developed ...
New type of coupled electronic-structural waves discovered in magnetite
Credit: Source: Ambra Garlaschelli and MIT An international team of scientists uncovered exotic quantum properties hidden in magnetite, the oldest ...
Controlling artificial cilia with magnetic fields and light
Credit: Jessica A.-C. Liu Researchers from North Carolina State University and Elon University have made artificial cilia, or hair-like structures, ...
Triggered by light, a novel way to switch on an enzyme
Biotechnology: Researchers identify enzyme which becomes catalytically active by light; study published in 'Nature Communications'Credit: Steffen L. Drees Enzymes: they ...
Honeybees: Pesticides disrupt nursing behavior and larval development
Unique long-term videos show the bee nursery in the hiveCredit: Paul Siefert/Bee Research Institute Oberursel/Goethe University Frankfurt A newly developed ...
Eye injury sets immune cells on surveillance to protect the lens
The discovery further challenges the accepted scientific dogma that the lens is shut out from the immune protection.Credit: JodiRae DeDreu, ...
Research highlights immune molecule’s complex role in Huntington’s disease
Credit: Hyeseung Lee/ MIT Picower Institute More than a decade before people with Huntington's disease show symptoms, they can exhibit ...
