Month: January 2021

Credit: Joseph Hoyt of Virginia Tech Since 2006, a fungal disease called white-nose syndrome has caused sharp declines in bat ...

Engineers find antioxidants improve nanoscale visualization of polymers

Credit: Brooke Kuei, Penn State Reactive molecules, such as free radicals, can be produced in the body after exposure to ...

Entangling electrons with heat

Quantum entanglement is key for next-generation computing and communications technology, Aalto researchers can now produce it using temperature differencesCredit: Aalto ...

High-speed atomic force microscopy visualizes cell protein factories

Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Ribosomes are the complexes of ribonucleoproteins at the heart of protein synthesis ...

Preserving workers’ hearing health by improving earplug efficiency

Work carried out by researchers from ÉTS and the IRSSTCredit: ÉTS Noise exposure accounts for 22% of worldwide work-related health ...

Mount Sinai launches psychedelics research center

Credit: Mount Sinai Health System The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has launched a new center for psychedelics ...

Study: e-cigarettes trigger inflammation in the gut

Chemicals used for vaping break down zipper-like junctions between cells in the gut, leading to chronic inflammation and potential for ...

10 UTA students land coveted transportation fellowships

UTA students have earned 40-plus Eisenhower Transportation Fellowships in recent yearsCredit: UT Arlington Ten students from The University of Texas ...

New discovery sheds light on the mysterious family life of notorious sabre-toothed tiger

Like many of today's millennials, adolescent Sabre-Toothed Cats stayed with family longer than expectedCredit: Illustration by Danielle Dufault © Royal ...

COVID-19 likely lingered longer than reported in Wuhan

Credit: Duan S, et al. (2021) (CC-BY 2.0) Wuhan City in China was the first place to report COVID-19 in ...

Cutting COVID-19 infectious period could prevent millions of cases

Simulations highlight potential value of developing ways to reduce how long someone is contagiousCredit: Sarah Rebbert/PHICOR, 2020 (CC-BY) A new ...

Cooling vests alleviate perceptual heat strain perceived by COVID-19 nurses

Radboud university medical center and TNO show that cooling vests reduce heat stressCredit: Radboudumc Wearing cooling vests during a COVID-19 ...

Energy sorghum may combine best of annual, perennial bioenergy crops

CABBI study shows the annual crop behaves more like the perennial grass miscanthus in its efficient use of water and ...

Keeping sperm cells on track

Credit: Gadadhar et al. / Science 2021 One essential component of each eukaryotic cell is the cytoskeleton. Microtubules, tiny tubes ...

School nutrition professionals’ employee safety experiences during onset of the COVID-19 pandemic

Attention to the safety and concerns of school nutrition employees is vital for continuation of school nutrition programs during the ...

Space Station, Cygnus test technology for 5G communications, other benefits

SharkSat is just one example of the wide variety of technology demonstrations supported by the space station for the benefit ...

Functional seizures associated with stroke, psychiatric disorders in EHR study

Credit: Donn Jones/Vanderbilt University Medical Center In a large-scale study of electronic health records, Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators have ...

Intelligence deficit: Conclusion from the mouse to the human being

Researchers create an animal model for studying GPI anchor deficienciesCredit: © Miguel Rodriguez de los Santos Impaired intelligence, movement disorders ...

IU research findings could reduce treatment-related complication for blood cancer patients

Credit: IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS-- Researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center published promising ...

Chemists invent shape-shifting nanomaterial with biomedical potential