Scientists launch quest to develop quantum sensors for probing quantum materials
SLAC and Stanford partner with two Illinois universities to create the Center for Quantum Sensing and Quantum Materials, which aims ...
Month: October 2020
Order in the disorder:
density fluctuations in amorphous silicon discoveredCredit: Eike Gericke/HZB Silicon does not have to be crystalline, but can also be produced ...
Individual red foxes prefer different foods in the city and the countryside
Credit: S. Kramer-Schadt, IZW Foxes are considered to be particularly adaptable and suited to life in large cities. A team ...
Decadeslong effort revives ancient oak woodland
Credit: Photo by Stephen Packard CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Vestal Grove in the Somme Prairie Grove forest preserve in Cook County, ...
Asteroid Ryugu shaken by Hayabusa2’s impactor
The artificial impactor disturbed boulders within a 30m radius from the center of the impact crater- providing important insight into ...
Shining a (UV) light on the glow-in-the-dark platypus
Biofluorescent fur could help some mammals spot each other after darkCredit: Goddard Photography The fur of the platypus - an ...
New research shows SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins disrupt the blood-brain barrier
First study to show SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins disrupt the blood-brain barrier, potentially raising risk of neurological damage in COVID-19 patientsCredit: ...
American Institute of Physics announces 2020 Science Communication Award winners
Credit: Hockfield, Sokol, Manley WASHINGTON, October 29, 2020 -- The American Institute of Physics recognizes the winners of the 2020 ...
Brainstem neurons control both behaviour and misbehaviour
Credit: Samir Sadik-Ogli A recent study at the University of Helsinki reveals how gene control mechanisms define the identity of ...
UH and CWRU announce study of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
Phase 3 clinical trial of AZD1222 uses a replication-deficient chimpanzee viral vectorCredit: UH CLEVELAND - University Hospitals (UH) and Case ...
Copolymer helps remove pervasive PFAS toxins from environment
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers have demonstrated that they can attract, capture and destroy PFAS ...
Syracuse University sociologist part of team recognized for research on rural America
Credit: Syracuse University A research team of 39 investigators from 28 colleges and universities from across the United States has ...
Smart bottle brushes
Neutrons make structural changes in molecular brushes visibleCredit: Reiner Mueller / TUM They look like microscopic bottle brushes: Polymers with ...
How the immune system deals with the gut’s plethora of microbes
Credit: Laboratory of Lymphocyte Dynamics of The Rockefeller University The gut is an unusually noisy place, where hundreds of species ...
Measuring the expansion of the universe: Researchers focus on velocity
Credit: Peter Laursen Ever since the astronomer Edwin Hubble demonstrated that the further apart two galaxies are, the faster they ...
VCUarts and Massey Cancer Center win Hamilton International Arts in Health Award
Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center Last year, 12 patients in the Supportive Care Clinic at VCU Massey Cancer Center stepped ...
CAM modes provide environment-specific water-saving benefits in a leaf metabolic model
Credit: Toepfer/ IPK During photosynthesis, plants take in CO2 from the environment and, with the help of sunlight, convert it ...
The need for speed and science: Virgin Hyperloop to benefit from WVU’s expertise on brain impacts
Credit: Greg Ellis/WVU Before the first Virgin Hyperloop ride takes off, the brains behind pioneering neuroscience research at West Virginia ...
Unravelling the origins of autoimmune psychosis
A first step towards potential treatmentsCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Anti-NMDAR encephalitis is an autoimmune brain illness that is often mistaken ...
Face mask aims to deactivate virus to protect others
Anti-viral layer attacks respiratory droplets to make mask wearer less infectiousCredit: Northwestern University In the pandemic, people wear face masks ...
