Month: February 2021

Research offers new lead for cancer drug discoveryCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- An antioxidant found in green tea ...

George Mason, Rutgers partner to better inform HER2 breast cancer treatment

A George Mason University and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey collaboration received the U.S. Army's Breast Cancer Research Program ...

Drone-based photogrammetry: A reliable and low-cost method for estimating plant biomass

Credit: Photo credit: Lane Scher. Remote sensing technology has become a vital tool for scientists over the past several decades ...

Finding the best targets to improve crop yield by following CO2 journey inside the leaf

Credit: Natalia Bateman, CoETP A team of scientists have measured the relative importance of the different obstacles that carbon dioxide ...

New study gives hope of eliminating mother-to-baby transmission of HIV

Credit: Karolinska Institutet. Anti-retroviral drugs are a vital tool in the prevention and treatment of HIV. A new study of ...

Tuning the circadian clock, boosting rhythms may be key to future treatments and medicines

New article unravels the remarkable relationship between time-of-day and physiologyCredit: Imogen Reekie Irvine, CA - February 11, 2021 - Subconsciously, ...

Three UH engineers named to National Academy of Inventors

Hien Nguyen, Jeffrey Rimer and Gangbing song elected to senior member class of 2021Credit: University of Houston Three University of ...

UMass Amherst team helps demonstrate spontaneous quantum error correction

New research tackles a central challenge of powerful quantum computingCredit: UMass Amherst To build a universal quantum computer from fragile ...

Implant improves balance, movement and quality of life for people with inner ear disorder

Credit: Johns Hopkins Vestibular NeuroEngineering Laboratory Getting around without the need to concentrate on every step is something most of ...

A new quantum switch for electronics

Credit: Oleg Lychkovskiy A Russian physicist and his international colleagues studied a quantum point contact (QCP) between two conductors with ...

Mathematical modeling suggests kids half as susceptible to COVID-19 as adults

New findings could deepen understanding of spread and inform public health policiesCredit: Nik Anderson, www.vperemen.com A new computational analysis suggests ...

Facts on the ground: How microplastics in the soil contribute to environmental pollution

Scientists in Korea investigate the abundance, characteristics, and potential sources of microplastic pollutants in agricultural soil samplesCredit: StockSnap from Pixabay ...

Heat islands and lack of running water promote dengue fever in Delhi, India

Credit: © Olivier Telle/CSH/CNRS What if more inclusive urban planning for poor populations was key to fighting dengue fever? This ...

Rebuilding soil microbiomes in high-tunnel agricultural systems focus of study

Credit: Laura Kaminsky, Penn State The presence of high salt and nitrogen concentrations in high- tunnel soils may make it ...

Tap water access linked to dengue risk

Credit: Ryan, Flickr Dengue virus is among growing number of mosquito-borne viruses that have adapted to spread in urban environments ...

New NRL 3D-printed antenna designs reduce cost, weight and size

Credit: (Photo by U.S. Navy photo by Jonathan Steffen) WASHINGTON -- U.S. Naval Research Laboratory experts created and tested 3D-printed ...

Most people are naturally armed against SARS-CoV-2

Credit: Mor M, et al., 2021, PLOS Pathogens, CCBY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) The majority of the population can produce neutralizing antibodies ...

Teaching an old spacecraft new tricks to continue exploring the moon

Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has far exceeded its planned mission duration, revealing that the ...

A new perceptually-consistent method for MSI visualization

Credit: Skoltech Skoltech scientists have proposed a Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MSI) method leveraging the unique features of human vision. The ...

Patient education program with mental health component reduces cardiovascular disease risks