Building a Trojan Horse to fight breast cancer
Credit: Bryan Smith With a nearly $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Michigan State University researchers are ...
Month: October 2020
Identification of a viral factor that impairs immune responses in COVID-19 patients
Credit: ©Kei Sato As of October 2020, SARS-CoV-2 causes an ongoing pandemic, with more than 35 million reported cases and ...
NASA shows heaviest rainfall displaced in Typhoon Chan-hom
Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/NRL Typhoon Chan-hom was still moving parallel to Japan's east coast as NASA's satellite rainfall product, that incorporates ...
Metoprolol: an old drug with unique cardioprotective properties
CNIC scientists have defined the unique ability if metoprolol to protect the heart during a heart attack.Credit: CNIC/EHJ A drug ...
Genomes offer new insights into fig-wasp symbiotic system
Credit: WANG Gang Banyan trees are fig trees that begin their life as an epiphyte. The most noticeable feature of ...
RUDN University chemists developed a domino reaction for producing new antitumor drugs
Credit: RUDN University A team of chemists from RUDN University suggested a new reaction to produce organic compounds in one ...
New research provides fresh hope for children suffering from rare muscle diseases
Credit: Taylor & Francis Results of an international study published today in Autophagy and led by researchers from Monash University, ...
Pulmonary artery thrombosis a complication of radiation therapy
Imaging findings of in situ pulmonary artery thrombosis associated with radiation therapy are different from acute pulmonary emboli and do ...
Future ocean conditions could cause significant physical changes in marine mussels
Credit: University of Plymouth The increased temperature and acidification of our oceans over the next century have been argued to ...
Droughts are threatening global wetlands: new study
Credit: Luke Mosley University of Adelaide scientists have shown how droughts are threatening the health of wetlands globally. Published in ...
A dance of histones silences transposable elements in pluripotent stem cells
Credit: Simon Elsässer So-called transposons are abundant DNA-elements found in every eukaryotic organism as a consequence of their ability to ...
How to beat spicy pepper heat (hint: milk isn’t the best) (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2020 -- Maybe you've heard that milk is the perfect way to ...
Most nations failing to protect nature in COVID-19 pandemic recovery plans
Outbreak provides opportunity to reset economy and reverse ecosystem, species lossesCredit: Pamela McElwee The COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to ...
The Colorado river’s water supply is predictable owing to long-term ocean memory
Scientists develop new tool to forecast drought and water flow in the Colorado riverCredit: Photo by Stephen Walker A team ...
NYUAD researchers discover immune evasion strategy used by Malaria-causing parasite
Findings could lay the foundation for the development of effective therapeutic and malaria vaccine strategies, which has largely been hindered ...
UMD researchers use artificial intelligence language tools to decode molecular movements
Algorithms--like the ones that fill in words as people type--can learn to predict how and when proteins form different shapes.Credit: ...
Juan Enriquez’s “Right/Wrong”
New book analyzes how technology transforms our ethicsCredit: The MIT PRESS, 2020. "This book will make you uncomfortable and it ...
Development of cost-efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen production
Development of a highly efficient and durable electrocatalyst for water electrolysis that will lead to cost-efficient hydrogen production. Trace amounts ...
Six-Year MiSight contact lens study: 23% of eyes showed no additional myopia progression
Powerful findings from CooperVision study shared at American Academy of Optometry Annual MeetingCredit: CooperVision CooperVision is reporting the latest findings ...
Data science professor receives $1.25 million from Department of Defense
Justin Zhan develops algorithms to enhance computational speed and efficiency of applications requiring massive amounts of streaming data.Credit: University of ...
