Ultra-black skin allows some fish to lurk unseen
Packed pigment granules help them blend in without blowing their coverCredit: Photo by Karen Osborn, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural ...
Month: July 2020
Beautyberry leaf extract restores drug’s power to fight ‘superbug’
A compound from a common shrub boosts an antibiotic's activity against antibiotic-resistant staph bacteriaCredit: Tharanga Samarakoon Scientists discovered a compound ...
COVID-19: Unearthing the ties that bind
New book provides deep dive into the vulnerabilities exposed by the pandemicCredit: University of Ottawa Is the global response to ...
Scientists discover how deep-sea, ultra-black fish disappear
Ultra-black fish skin absorbs more than 99.5% of light in a new, extremely efficient way, a discovery that may advance ...
Physicists celebrate Japan collider record
Particle accelerator breaks world record for collisions, raising tantalizing possibilities for new physicsCredit: Andrew Higley/UC Creative University of Cincinnati physicists ...
Avoiding food contamination with a durable coating for hard surfaces
Coating developed by collaborative team of University of Missouri engineers and food scientistsCredit: University of Missouri In the future, a ...
UIC awarded $22 million for translational research from NIH
Credit: UIC The Center for Clinical and Translational Science, or CCTS, at the University of Illinois at Chicago will receive ...
How galaxies die: New insights into the quenching of star formation
A simple model explains a wide range of observations by describing the contest between galaxy halos and their central black ...
Over $10 million awarded to Penn State for energy center
Credit: SIRO, Penn State Penn State will receive more than $10 million from the U.S. Department of Energy as an ...
NEOMED researcher awarded $2.18 million NIH grant for first human tinnitus treatment
Credit: Northeast Ohio Medical University ROOTSTOWN, OHIO--Northeast Ohio Medical University researcher and professor of anatomy and neurobiology Jianxin Bao, Ph.D., ...
Robust laser technology for climate satellites
Credit: © FBH/schurian.com The Franco-German satellite MERLIN is due to be launched into space in 2025 to measure the methane ...
UVA earns high marks in national breastfeeding care review
Far exceeds state, national averages for breastfeeding supportCredit: Dan Addison/University of Virginia University of Virginia Medical Center and UVA Children's ...
Polymers self-assembling like links of a chain for innovative materials
Nature just published the research on unprecedented "Self-assembled poly-catenanes"Credit: Politecnico di Torino The "nanolimpiad", as the complex structure of self-assembled ...
CBD may help avert lung destruction in COVID-19
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University Cannabidiol, or CBD, may help reduce the cytokine storm and excessive lung inflammation ...
Solid-state intramolecular motions in continuous fibers for fluorescent humidity sensor
Credit: ©Science China Press Taking advantages of intramolecular motion of D-A based aggregation-induced emission (AIE) molecular rotors and one-dimensional (1D) ...
New cobalt-free lithium-ion battery reduces costs without sacrificing performance
Credit: The University of Texas at Austin For decades, researchers have looked for ways to eliminate cobalt from the high-energy ...
Quantum simulation: Particle behavior near the event horizon of block hole
Credit: ©Science China Press The vast universe can always arise people's infinite imagination and yearning. Black hole, as one of ...
TUD’s BIOTEC and its PharmAI spin-off analyze active substances that could cure COVID-19
Credit: PharmAI The Biotechnology Center (BIOTEC) of TU Dresden with its bioinformatics group and the spin-off PharmAI GmbH participate in ...
Exotic neutrinos will be difficult to ferret out
Credit: Sources: Cyfronet, AGH An international team tracking the 'new physics' neutrinos has checked the data of all the relevant ...
New Springer book reflects on living with computers
James W. Cortada exposes lessons learned from the past and addresses future issues in the ever-changing human-computer interaction.Credit: Springer Nature ...
