UQ researchers solve a 50-year-old enzyme mystery
Credit: The University of Queensland Advanced herbicides and treatments for infection may result from the unravelling of a 50-year-old mystery ...
Month: July 2020
Revealing winners & losers in projected future climates
New research reveals how winners & losers from climate change can be identified based on their ability to adapt to ...
UCLA receives Department of Energy grant to transform CO2 into construction materials
Credit: Gabriel Falzone/UCLA A UCLA research team has received a two-year, $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy ...
Polarization of Br2 molecule in vanadium oxide cluster cavity and new alkane bromination
Credit: Kanazawa University Alkanes are major constituents of natural gas and oil, consisting of carbon and hydrogen atoms only. The ...
Liquid metal synthesis for better piezoelectrics: Atomically-thin tin-monosulfide
Potential materials for future wearable electronics and other motion-powered, energy-harvesting devicesCredit: FLEET RMIT-UNSW collaboration applies liquid-metal synthesis to piezoelectrics, advancing ...
Commentary in Pediatrics: Children don’t transmit Covid-19, schools should reopen in fall
Rising cases in Texas childcare facilities could be misinterpreted, says commentary authorCredit: www.vperemen.com / CC BY-SA A commentary published in ...
CT of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) versus CT of influenza virus pneumonia
Most COVID-19 lesions located in peripheral zone and close to pleura; influenza virus more prone to show mucoid impaction and ...
A new role for a tiny linker in transmembrane ion channels
UMass Amherst, Washington University team reveals new mode of channel regulationCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In the molecular-level world ...
Unique integrated health monitoring system for stroke survivors patented in Lithuania
Group of biomedical engineers from biotech company Gruppo Fos Lithuania and researchers at Kaunas University of Technology and Lithuanian University ...
Rochester community initiative increases teenage use of effective contraception
A University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) partnership resulted in adoption of long-acting reversible contraception five-times greater than the US ...
Researcher earns federal grant to study stress-induced irritable bowel syndrome
Credit: OU Medicine OKLAHOMA CITY -- Anyone who suffers from irritable bowel syndrome can testify to its signature trait: It ...
New study supports remdesivir as COVID-19 treatment
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center The news about remdesivir, the investigational anti-viral drug that has shown early promise in the ...
Neonatal exposure to antigens of commensal bacteria promotes broader immune repertoire
This mouse study looked at a group of immune cells called innate-like B-1 B cellsCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University ...
Biologists trace plants’ steady mitochondrial genomes to a gene found in viruses, bacteria
Presence of MSH1 gene in plants offers clue for why animal mitochondrial genomes tend to mutateCredit: Dan Sloan/Colorado State University ...
A complex gene program initiates brain changes in response to cocaine
This work is a step forward in understanding early molecular changes that influence the development of addiction, and may have ...
Salmonella biofilm protein causes autoimmune responses — Possible link with Alzheimer’s
Credit: Debra Marshall/VIDO-InterVac Scientists from the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) ...
Argonne to explore how digital twins may transform nuclear energy with $8 million award
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory ARPA-E's GEMINA funding will allow Argonne's nuclear scientists to partner with industry and develop tools for the advanced ...
Expansion stress enhances growth and migration of breast cancer cells
This study was done in mice and with a novel, tissue-engineered, three-dimensional breast cancer mimetic systemCredit: UAB Expansion stress can ...
An $18 million boost to materials science research at UC San Diego
Students and faculty will shape the nano- and bio- materials that will make life better, healthier and saferCredit: University of ...
Global wildlife surveillance could provide early warning for next pandemic
Experts propose decentralized system to monitor wildlife markets, other hotspotsCredit: Ishaan Raghunandan The virus that causes COVID-19 probably originated in ...
