Month: July 2020

NSF-funded project at UC Riverside will involve new methods for measuring infants' daily learning experiences in the homeCredit: UC Riverside. ...

Berkeley lab part of multi-institutional team awarded $60M for solar fuels research

New partnership between DOE national labs and universities builds on JCAP's advances in artificial photosynthesis, renewable fuelsCredit: Image courtesy of ...

A new synthesis method for three-dimensional nanocarbons

Connecting carbon by catalysis to create octagonal structuresCredit: Issey Takahashi A team of scientists led by Kenichiro Itami, Professor and ...

Sharing a secret…the quantum way

Wits Researchers have demonstrated a new quantum approach for sharing a secret amongst many parties, setting a new record for ...

Memory loss reversed or abated in those with cognitive decline

Latest research from Affirmativ Health succeeds in treating cognitive decline using personalized, precision medicine.Credit: Affirmativ Health Latest research from Affirmativ ...

Using games to study law of motions in mind

Credit: JAIST At Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, researchers have successfully established relationships between games and law of ...

Study reveals COVID-19 transmission rate on trains

Credit: University of Southampton A study by scientists from the University of Southampton has examined the chances of catching COVID-19 ...

Proving immersion matters: UVA pioneers engineering-to-medicine faculty fellowships

The UVA Center for Engineering in Medicine pairs engineers with clinicians to transform health care researchCredit: Photo credits: UVA Communications ...

Tinkering with roundworm proteins offers hope for anti-aging drugs

The somatic nuclear protein kinase VRK-1 increases the worm's lifespan through AMPK activation, and this mechanism can be applied to ...

Reduced coral reef fish biodiversity under temperatures that mirror climate predictions

Credit: Jordan M. Casey Fast facts An international team of researchers, hosted and supported by NYU Abu Dhabi, have found ...

Nano-sponges of solid acid transform carbon dioxide to fuel and plastic waste to chemicals

Credit: Ayan Maity,TIFR, Mumbai Solid acids are amongst the most essential heterogeneous catalysts, which have the potential to replace environmentally ...

ETRI develops eco-friendly color thin-film solar cells

Credit: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) Research on solar cells to secure renewable energy sources are ongoing around the ...

Unusual electron sharing found in cool crystal

Credit: Yoshihiko Okamoto A team of scientists led by Nagoya University in Japan has detected a highly unusual atomic configuration ...

A centerpiece of EBRAINS’ human brain atlas is presented in ‘Science’

Credit: Forschungszentrum Juelich / Katrin Amunts The atlas features close to 250 structurally distinct areas, each one based on the ...

NASA-NOAA satellite tracks Isaias’ development, movement, soaking potential

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided visible imagery of ...

Researchers find increase in comorbidities among hospitalized patients with heart failure

Melissa Caughey, PhD, instructor in the UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, is the senior author of a recently ...

CZI, CZ Biohub, and the State of California partner to track COVID-19 spread statewide

California COVID tracker is the first statewide SARS-CoV-2 tracking program of its kind in the United States -- will help ...

Your brain parasite isn’t making you sick — here’s why

Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications More than 30 million Americans are infected with a brain parasite spread by cats ...

Re-engineering antibodies for COVID-19

Catholic University of America researcher uses 'in silico' analysis to fast-track passive immunityCredit: Victor Padilla-Sanchez, The Catholic University of America ...

Obesity linked to social ties in older women, more so than in men