Month: February 2021

This project has detected this atypical fungus, responsible for very serious pneumonia in immunosuppressed patientsCredit: Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla ...

Trapping gases better with boron nitride “nanopores”

Scientists demonstrate high-performance gas molecule confinement with "nanoporous" boron nitride, promising to replace standard porous carbon in futureCredit: 2021 Takahiro ...

Establishment testing standards for particulate photocatalysts in solar fuel production proposed

Credit: DICP Utilization of renewable solar energy is crucial for addressing the global energy and environmental concerns and achieving sustainable ...

Anticancer drug may improve outcome for severe COVID-19 patients

Credit: Ulf Sirborn Treating severe COVID-19 patients with the anticancer drug bevacizumab may reduce mortality and speed up recovery, according ...

Climate change may have driven the emergence of SARS-CoV-2

Credit: Dr Robert Beyer Global greenhouse gas emissions over the last century have made southern China a hotspot for bat-borne ...

Mapping hotspots of undersized fish and crustaceans may aid sustainable fishing practices

Credit: G. Milisenda and coathors A new study in Frontiers in Marine Science provides a first-of-its-kind evaluation of which regions ...

Severely frail individuals with COVID-19 are three times more likely to die, study finds

Credit: University of Birmingham New research led by the University of Birmingham has revealed for the first time the extent ...

People infected with COVID-19 have a higher risk of dying after a cardiac arrest

Women are nine times more likely to dieCredit: European Heart Journal COVID-19 patients who suffer a cardiac arrest either in ...

Nehandertals’ gut microbiota and the bacteria helping our health

Credit: University of Bologna Neanderthals' gut microbiota already included some beneficial micro-organisms that are also found in our own intestine. ...

Silicon anode structure generates new potential for lithium-ion batteries

Scientists reveal a new nanostructure that could revolutionize technology in batteries and beyond.Credit: Schematic created by Pavel Puchenkov, OIST Scientific ...

Pushed to the limit: A CMOS-based transceiver for beyond 5G applications at 300 GHz

Credit: ISSCC 2021 Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and NTT Corporation (NTT) develop a novel CMOS-based transceiver ...

SSRgenotyper: A new tool to digitally genotype simple sequence repeats

Credit: Lewis, D. H., D. E. Jarvis, and P. J. Maughan. 2020. SSRgenotyper: A simple sequence repeat genotyping application for ...

Large-area periodic perovskite nanostructures for lenticular printing laser displays

Credit: @Science China Press Lead halide perovskites, with high refractive index and excellent optoelectronic property, have been used in both ...

Charge radii of exotic potassium isotopes challenge nuclear structure theory

Credit: CERN In nuclear physics so-called magic number are such nuclear proton and/or neutron numbers, for which the nucleus is ...

In symbiosis: Plants control the genetics of microbes

Credit: University of Ottawa/ Microscope Laboratory (Ottawa-RDC, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Researchers from the University of Ottawa have discovered that ...

GW’s Program on Extremism tracking criminal cases linked to the attack on Capitol Hill

Credit: GW Program on Extremism WASHINGTON (Feb. 4, 2021)--The George Washington University Program on Extremism has continued to update a ...

Switching nanolight on and off

Columbia researchers discover a new way to program light on an ultra-small scaleCredit: Ella Maru Studio A team of researchers ...

New test provides fast and accurate diagnosis of liposarcomas

Emerging technologies harnessed to develop a faster, cheaper, and more accurate test for these hard-to-diagnose tumors, researchers report in The ...

U.S. Air Force Academy intervention reduces unwanted sexual contact by over 40 percent

Study led by George Mason University College of Health and Human Services faculty finds that prevention program effectively reduces unwanted ...

Vaithianathan receives $1.9 million grant for retinal research