Bacteria release climate-damaging carbon from thawing permafrost
Rising temperatures lead to collapse of intact permafrost soilsCredit: Monique Patzner Around a quarter of the ground in the northern ...
Month: December 2020
Natural environmental conditions facilitate the uptake of microplastics into living cells
University of Bayreuth study: A coating of biomolecules may act as a kind of Trojan horse that allows plastics to ...
State-reported data underestimate the true impact of COVID-19 social distancing
Well before stay-at-home orders were announced, individuals began to stay home; delays in social distancing may explain the disproportionate burden ...
Bad news for fake news: Rice research helps combat social media misinformation
Improved use of machine learning can double throughput of real-time information filtersCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 10, 2020) ...
Cambridge University Press launches Environmental Data Science journal
Credit: Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press is launching a new, Open Access journal - Environmental Data Science - dedicated ...
Amino acid recycling in cells: Autophagy helps cells adapt to changing conditions
Credit: Tokyo Tech Cells must utilize nutrient resources as efficiently as possible in order to ensure survival. This involves an ...
The immunomodulatory activity of a drug would improve the efficacy of immunotherapy in breast cancer
Credit: IDIBELL Despite the success of immunotherapy in the treatment of cancers such as lung or melanoma, it is still ...
A biased evaluation of employees’ performance can be useful for employers
Credit: Sergey Stepanov (HSE University) In assessing an employee’s performance, employers often listen to his immediate supervisor or colleagues, and ...
Lung ultrasounds could help determine COVID-19 outcome
Credit: Umberto Sabatini MELVILLE, N.Y., December 10, 2020 -- For some, COVID-19 can result in severe pneumonia or even death, ...
Obstructive sleep apnoea puts a strain on the heart, too
Credit: UEF / Raija Törrönen Longer nocturnal respiratory events in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) cause higher immediate heart ...
Bio-inspired lanthanide-transition metal cluster for efficient overall water splitting
Credit: ©Science China Press Photosynthesis in nature uses the CaMn4O5 cluster as the oxygen-evolving center to catalyze the water oxidation ...
Low oxygen levels in lakes and reservoirs may accelerate global change
Credit: Alexandria Hounshell Because of land use and climate change, lakes and reservoirs globally are seeing large decreases in oxygen ...
A day at the beach helps model how sound moves through coastal areas
Does wet sand affect how sound travels across a beach? Researchers set off to a coastal beach in North Carolina ...
Ferrets, cats and civets most susceptible to coronavirus infection after humans
Ducks, rats, mice, pigs and chickens had lower or no susceptibility to infection Credit: Javier Delgado Humans, followed by ferrets ...
In your face: a compact RGB scanning projector for wearable displays and smart glasses
Scientists develop a miniature laser-based device for projecting color HD video on the retinaCredit: University of Fukui Thanks to the ...
Bristol researchers publish significant step toward quantum advantage
Optimised quantum algorithms present solution to Fermi-Hubbard model on near-term hardwareCredit: A. Montanaro The team, led by Bristol researcher and ...
“Accessible Christmas”, an application that allows blind people to enjoy Christmas lights
Developed by researchers at the Universidad Carlos III de MadridCredit: iStock The Human Language and Accessibility Technologies (HULAT) research group ...
Three out of six European Research Council Grants awarded in Portugal go to IGC researchers.
European Research Council (ERC) released the 2020 list of projects distinguished with the competitive Consolidator Grants. Maria João Amorim, Raquel ...
FEFU scientists suggest using neuromodulation to treat patients with spinal cord injuries
Credit: FEFU press office Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) together with leading international experts suggest reconsidering the existing ...
Reactive Video playback that you control with your body
Computer scientists have developed an entirely new way of interacting with video content that adapts to, and is controlled by, ...
