EU project will SHOWCASE the path to biodiversity-friendly farming
Credit: Project SHOWCASE SHOWCASing synergies between agriculture, biodiversity and Ecosystem services to help farmers capitalising on native biodiversity (SHOWCASE) is ...
Month: December 2020
DARPA and JPEO-CBRND award $37.6M to The Wistar Institute and collaborators
Synthetic DNA-encoded monoclonal antibodies make the recipient's body the production plantCredit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (Dec. 15, 2020) -- ...
Augmented reality visor makes cake taste moister, more delicious
By manipulating the way light comes off food via an augmented reality visor system, researchers have tricked people into thinking ...
New fullerene crystal production method 50 times faster than predecessor
Credit: Yokohama National University Researchers from Yokohama National University and the University of Electro-Communications in Japan have developed a highly ...
Undruggable diseases gain a new RNA drug-discovery tool
'Functionalized fragments' help design RNA medicines against a cancer targetCredit: Scripps Research JUPITER, Fla. --Dec. 14, 2020--Imagine trying to throw ...
The mask matters: How masks affect airflow, protection effectiveness
A computer model deepens our understanding of airflow while wearing face masks, where particles land in the respiratory tract and ...
Fast walking in narrow corridors can increase COVID-19 transmission risk
Long streams of virus-laden droplets can trail behind infected individuals walking through a narrow corridor, impacting safe social distancing guidelines.Credit: ...
‘Chaotic’ way to create insectlike gaits for robots
By using small networks of Rössler systems, a locomotion controller enables a brain-machine interface for a six-legged antlike robot.Credit: Ludovico ...
The farthest galaxy in the universe
Chemical signatures give away the distance to the most distant galaxyCredit: © Kashikawa et al. A team of astronomers used ...
Neuroscientists tap gamers to learn how people problem-solve
New cellphone app helps neuroscientists compare human vs machine strategiesCredit: Gautam Agarwal, UC Berkeley Fans of Candy Crush Saga, Flow ...
UMBC team reveals possibilities of new one-atom-thick materials
New computational research makes reliable predictions about desirable properties of new 2D materials, saving experimental researchers time and money and ...
Biochemist Josh Sakon chosen as National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Election based on chemist's many inventions focused on treatments for osteoporosis, alopecia and bone metastasisCredit: University of Arkansas Josh Sakon, ...
New, ultrastable tetrahedral “chiral zinc” added to synthetic chemistry toolbox
Catalyst with chirality at the zinc center could be useful for drug, electronic manufacturingCredit: Image by Mitsuhiko Shionoya, CC-BY Researchers ...
Study shows women less likely to survive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest than men
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - Dec. 15, 2020 - A study of patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest ...
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