New partnership to develop a new ultra-fast test for COVID-19 antibodies
The University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories, and Techcyte Inc. announced today that they have formed a partnership to develop NanoSpot.AI, ...
Month: May 2021
Scroll’n’roll — nanomaterials towards effective photocatalytic pollution treatment
Credit: Source: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski We live in times when among the most limited and precious resources on Earth ...
Ancient DNA reveals origin of first Bronze Age civilizations in Europe
Finding shed light on role of migration in Neolithic to Bronze Age transition and emergence of Indo-European languagesCredit: Ephorate of ...
SMART evaluates impact of competition between autonomous vehicles and public transit
The study conducted in Singapore determined benefits of competition and the potential impact for future urban cities and transport systemsCredit: ...
Elegant constrictions in a cellular kill switch
Credit: © 2021 KAUST; Anastasia Serin The inner workings of a "self-destruct switch" present on human cells that can be ...
Robotic flexing: biologically inspired artificial muscles made from motor proteins
Scientists develop a 3D printing-compatible strategy to actuate millimeter-scale robots using genetically modified biomolecular machineryCredit: Yuichi Hiratsuka from JAIST. Ishikawa, ...
Water flora in the lakes of the ancient Tethys Ocean islands
New biogeographical affinities in Cretaceous floraCredit: Cretaceous Research A study published in Cretaceous Research expands the paleontological richness of continental ...
Tübingen study raises hope for effective malaria vaccine
Credit: Universität Tübingen / Paul Mehnert Sanaria® PfSPZ-CVac" is a live vaccine consisting of infectious Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria parasites ...
A surprising discovery: Bats know the speed of sound from birth
Bats' "supersense" of timeCredit: Tel Aviv University A new Tel Aviv University study has revealed, for the first time, that ...
New Monarch butterfly breeding pattern inspires hope
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. -- A count of the Western Monarch butterfly population last winter saw a staggering drop in numbers, ...
Tracking down the tiniest of forces: How T cells detect invaders
T cells use their antigen receptors like sticky fingers -- a team from TU Wien and MedUni Vienna was able ...
UBCO cardiovascular researcher urges women to listen to their hearts
Ignoring medical symptoms can lead to stroke, dementia, early deathCredit: UBCO A UBC Okanagan researcher is urging people to learn ...
Probing protein’s role in cell biology to understand how it might fight cancer
A team of researchers sets out to discover the connections that lie at the heart of a protein that might ...
Cryptic sense of orientation of bats localised: the sixth sense of mammals lies in the eye
Credit: Photo by Oliver Lindecke Mammals see with their eyes, hear with their ears and smell with their nose. But ...
New map reveals genes that control the skeleton
Researchers have mapped the gene activity of osteocytes to improve their understanding of skeletal diseaseCredit: Garvan Institute of Medical Research ...
FAU gets CDC grant to test PPE efficacy and workplace virus transmission
College of Engineering and Computer Science researchers will assess safety measures against airborne transmission of viral infectionsCredit: Alex Dolce, Florida ...
Erythropoietin treatments may increase hip fracture risk in patients with kidney failure
Credit: Dr. Noguchi Erythropoietin (EPO) is a medication used to stimulate the production of new red blood cells, which is ...
Light pollution at night affects the calls of migratory birds
Credit: Tim Jones When investigators in the UK recorded the calls of migratory birds called thrushes at night, they found ...
A new pelomedusoid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar discovered
A new pelomedusoid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar provides evidence for convergent evolution of suction feeding among pleurodires.Credit: ...
UMD team demonstrates swarm of photons that somersault in lockstep
Credit: Hancock, Zahedpour, and Milchberg/University of Maryland Spinning or rotating objects are commonplace, from toy tops, fidget spinners, and figure ...
