Higher body temperatures still a factor in patients in remission from rheumatoid arthritis
A pioneering study carried out among patients in remission from rheumatoid arthritis has determined that they display significantly higher temperatures ...
Month: December 2020
Multiple semiconductor type switching to boost thermoelectric conversion of waste heat
Credit: Tokyo Tech In recent years, the energy consumption in developed countries has been rather wasteful. Nearly two-thirds of the ...
$2 million NIH grant to develop Zika virus vaccine
Credit: Virginia Tech Flaviviruses -- a group of viruses transmitted by ticks or mosquitoes -- infect an estimated 400 million ...
Ability to predict C-diff mortality nearly doubled with new guidelines
University of Houston team assesses change to severity definitionsCredit: University of Houston Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is the most common ...
Henry Ford Hospital performs first procedure in U.S. using CG-100 for colorectal cancer
Device could reduce the need for colorectal patients to undergo an ostomy procedureCredit: Colospan Ltd. DETROIT - Henry Ford Health ...
‘Sparkling’ clean water from nanodiamond-embedded membrane filters
Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c15194 Although most of the planet is covered by water, ...
Tri-lab initiative leads innovation in novel hybrid energy systems
Credit: Idaho National Laboratory Future novel hybrid energy systems could lead to paradigm shifts in clean energy production, according to ...
Magnesium contact ions stabilize the macromolecular structure of transfer RNA
Credit: MBI In cells transfer RNA (tRNA) translates genetic information from the encoding messenger RNA (mRNA) for protein synthesis. New ...
DeepLabCut-Live! real-time marker-less motion capture for animals
Credit: Kane et al, eLife 2020 Gollum in “The Lord of the Rings”, Thanos in the “Avengers”, Snoke in “Star ...
Within a hair’s breadth–forensic identification of single dyed hair strand now possible
Scientists develop modern analytical techniques as a tool for advancing forensic investigationsCredit: Shinsuke Kunimura from Tokyo University of Science In ...
ERC Consolidator Grant for Konstanz chemist
Credit: AG Gaich/University of Konstanz For her research project entitled "Cooperative Synthesis by Molecular Deconvolution" (CoSyMoDe), Professor Tanja Gaich from ...
Alzheimer Europe sets out future vision of EU dementia policy
Credit: Alzheimer Europe Luxembourg, 9 December 2020 – At an online European Parliament workshop hosted by Sirpa Pietikäinen, MEP (Finland), ...
Nature conservation requires more dynamic approach to weather impacts of climate change
Current nature conservation practices are not sufficiently flexible and dynamic to weather the impacts of climate change. Credit: Anton Jordaan ...
Listen to the birds: illegal diet pill DNP might kill you on the long run
Credit: Cédric Sueur Weight loss appears as a holy grail in our modern societies. DNP (2,4-dinitrophenol), a molecule decreasing the ...
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