Study describes COVID-19 transmission pattern
Model developed by Brazilian researchers predicts spatial and temporal evolution of epidemic diseases and can help plan more effective social ...
Month: October 2020
Idaho laboratory joins national research programs for making ‘green’ hydrogen
Credit: Idaho National Laboratory Idaho National Laboratory is a member of two new Department of Energy research consortia charged with ...
UCI, others see agriculture as major source of increase in atmospheric nitrous oxide
Long-lived greenhouse gas could hinder international climate goals, researchers sayCredit: Global Carbon Project Irvine, Calif. ¬ - An international team ...
New editor-in-chief appointed for SPIE journal Neurophotonics
Anna Devor will take on her new role beginning in January 2021Credit: SPIE BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA -- On 1 January, ...
UC Davis Pavement Research Center receives $32 million interagency agreement from caltrans
Credit: Gregory Urquiaga, UC Davis The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has approved a $32 million interagency agreement to continue ...
NASA examines Hurricane Delta’s early morning structure
Credit: Credit: UWM/SSEC/CIMSS/William Straka III The NASA-NOAA Suomi NPP satellite provided two nighttime views of Hurricane Delta as it moved ...
Study finds fungal disease of snakes in 19 states, Puerto Rico
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- In a collaborative effort between scientists and personnel on military bases ...
2020 Neukom Awards honors complex stories in complex times
Winners peer into imagined worlds with real consequencesCredit: Turnbull photo credit: Anju Manandhar; Chiang photo credit: Alan Berner. HANOVER, N.H. ...
New drug carrier systems
University of Delaware researchers advance drug delivery systems to treat connective tissue disordersCredit: Graphic illustration by Jeffrey C. Chase University ...
Deep-seabed mining lastingly disrupts the seafloor food web
Especially the microbial part of the carbon cycle is affectedCredit: ROV-Team/GEOMAR The deep sea is far away and hard to ...
Avoiding ableist language in autism research
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY --Ableist language is often used by autism researchers, which assumes that ...
Successful crash test meets major milestone for nuclear deterrence program
Sandia team worked through COVID-19 challenges, delivered results on timeCredit: Photo by Bret Latter, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- ...
Treating cystic fibrosis with mRNA therapy or CRISPR
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 8, 2020--The potential for treating cystic fibrosis (CF) using mRNA ...
How an egg cell’s “operating manual” sets the stage for fertility
Genetic instructions immature egg cells go through step by step as they mature into functionality revealed in unprecedented detailCredit: Figure ...
NIH trial testing hyperimmune intravenous immunoglobulin and remdesivir to treat COVID-19
Credit: NIAID A clinical trial to test the safety, tolerability and efficacy of a combination treatment regimen for coronavirus disease ...
Quality control mechanism closes the protein production ‘on-ramps’
Newly discovered quality control system in the protein production assembly line has implications for neurogenerative diseaseCredit: Artwork courtesy of Kamena ...
Vaporized metal in the air of an exoplanet
Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STSci) WASP-121b is an exoplanet located 850 light years from Earth, orbiting its star ...
HKU Engineering team develops novel miniaturised organic semiconductor
an important breakthrough essential for future flexible electronic devicesCredit: The University of Hong Kong Field Effect Transistors (FET) are the ...
Signals from distant stars connect optical atomic clocks across Earth for the first time
Transportable radio telescopes could provide global high-precision comparisons of the best atomic clocks.Credit: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology ...
World’s largest experiment shows shack fires move with devastating speed
Twenty shacks destroyed in five minutesCredit: Stellenbosch University Twenty shacks destroyed in five minutes. That's how quickly fires can spread ...
