uOttawa Ph.D. student receives Fire Researcher of the Year Award
Credit: University of Ottawa Jennifer Keir, a uOttawa PhD student and Research Associate whose research investigates firefighters' health and their ...
Month: September 2020
UTEP partnership receives federal grant to combat opioid abuse in West Texas counties
Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre, UTEP Communications. EL PASO, Texas - The University of Texas at El Paso's Minority AIDS Research ...
Theoretically, two layers are better than one for solar-cell efficiency
Credit: Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Penn State Solar cells have come a long way, but inexpensive, thin film solar cells are still ...
Fish oil without the fishy smell or taste
Sustainable processing delivers highest quality, minimizing odor and taste, says UC researcherCredit: University of Cincinnati A new study, co-led by ...
A NASA-NOAA nighttime view finds a slightly better organized tropical storm Karina
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided an infrared look ...
Water vapor imagery reveals hurricane Paulette’s strongest side, dry air
Credit: Credits: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed Hurricane Paulette's water vapor content as it continued to move away from Bermuda ...
COVID-19 virus uses heparan sulfate to get inside cells
Discovery opens new possibilities for treating COVID-19 by disrupting virus' ability to bind the carbohydrate, potentially by using a repurposed ...
Storing information and designing uncrackable codes with DNA
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State university For billions of years, Nature has used DNA like a molecular bank ...
Cigarette smoking associated with worse outcomes for bladder cancer patients after surgery
Study from Keck Medicine of USC links smoking with a higher risk of death and cancer recurrence, and less responsiveness ...
New dopamine sensors could help unlock the mysteries of brain chemistry
Researchers develop a wider spectrum for dLight1 sensor, allowing multiplex imaging of neurotransmittersCredit: UC Regents Sacramento, CA-- In 2018, Lin ...
Going small for big solutions: sub-nanoparticle catalysts made from coinage elements as effective c
Credit: Tokyo Tech Due to their small size, nanoparticles find varied applications in fields ranging from medicine to electronics. Their ...
NASA satellite imagery shows Teddy consolidating
Credit: NASA/NRL When a tropical cyclone consolidates, it means that it is getting more organized and its circulation is improving. ...
Real neurons are noisy. Can neural implants figure that out?
The brain has adaptive noise filters that change with conditions, making signals 20 - 100 percent more accurateCredit: Marija Rudzite, ...
Researchers identify key role of immune cells in brain infection
Credit: Michael BD, et al. Cell Rep 2020 A new study has detailed the damaging role played by the immune ...
CU researchers now better understand ovarian cancer tumors and treatment outcomes
Credit: CU Cancer Center After nearly four years of work, a group of researchers and clinicians from the University of ...
CNIC researchers discover a cell-cleaning system that keeps hearts healthy
The discovery suggests that cardiac dysfunction may, in some cases, arise from defects in immune cells, rather than from cardiomyocytesCredit: ...
Study finds concussions are a risk for young athletes in all sports – not just football
Retrospective study reveals that younger brains take longer to healCredit: Getty Images DETROIT - A recent study from the Henry ...
NASA Aqua satellite casts three eyes on sally and finds heavy rain potential
Credit: Credits: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed the cloud top temperatures and water vapor content in Hurricane Sally as it ...
Decoding the genetics that drive disease
Credit: Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay From Alzheimer's to obesity, life can change dramatically if you discover you have ...
Exercise protocol mitigates one of the most incapacitating symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
Brazilian researchers use complex training program to stimulate different motor and cognitive skills simultaneously and restore brain regions associated with ...
