Tiny implant cures diabetes in mice without triggering immune response
Nanofiber device allows insulin to be released while defending against immune cells A team of researchers led by diabetes specialists ...
Month: June 2021
Quantum Hall effect and the third dimension
The quantum Hall effect traditionally only plays a role in two-dimensional electron systems. Recently, however, a three-dimensional version of the ...
How HIV infection shrinks the brain’s white matter
Researchers from Penn and CHOP detail the mechanism by which HIV infection blocks the maturation process of brain cells that ...
How is the genome like an open book? New research shows cells’ ‘library system’
Findings offer promise for better understanding disease The organization of the human genome relies on physics of different states of ...
New study may help explain low oxygen levels in COVID-19 patients
U of A researchers find SARS-CoV-2 infects immature red blood cells, reducing oxygen in the blood and impairing immune response ...
Similarity of legs, wheels, tracks suggests target for energy-efficient robots
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - A new formula from Army scientists is leading to new insights on how to build ...
The powerhouse future is flexoelectric
'Giant flexoelectricity' breakthrough in soft elastomers paves way for improved robots and self-powered pacemakers Researchers have demonstrated "giant flexoelectricity" in ...
Pandemic shows essential role of ECT as treatment for severe depression
Survey of 20 centers nationwide reveals impacts of reduced services When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in North America in March ...
Aging: Cdkn1a transcript variant 2 is a marker of aging and cellular senescence
Upon treating mice systemically with doxorubicin, which induces widespread cellular senescence in vivo, variant 2 increased to a larger extent ...
Sinai Health scientists provide detailed map to understanding human cells
Researchers from Sinai Health have published a study providing an ultra-detailed look at the organization of a living human cell, ...
Study finds specialty behavioral health establishments increased, but more needs to be done
The number of specialty behavioral health establishments, their workforce and their wages have increased steadily between 2011 and 2019, according ...
Current global environmental law and policy are failing, experts say
In a landmark special issue of Environmental Policy and Law, noted scholars lay out their vision for a complete overhaul ...
NIH launches study to determine best time for gestational diabetes screening
Nationwide study aims to recruit people in the first trimester of pregnancy A new study supported by the National Institutes ...
NIH supports mathematical optimization of tumor treatment
Research aims to reduce side effects of radiation therapy for head and neck cancer HOUSTON - (June 2, 2021) - ...
Less aviation during the global lockdown had a positive impact on the climate
Scientific study by scientists at Leipzig University, Imperial College London and the Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace in Paris They studied the ...
New nanoparticle design paves way for improved detection of tumors
Nano-sized particles have been engineered in a new way to improve detection of tumors within the body and in biopsy ...
Study evaluates the filtration efficacy of 227 commercially available face masks in Brazil
Models for professional use were the most effective at retaining aerosol particles of a size equivalent to the novel coronavirus, ...
Coloring tumors reveals their bad influence
Studies on cancer are limited by the threshold at which cellular transformations become clinically detectable. However, the very initial phase ...
Entangled quantum memories for a quantum repeater: A step closer to the Quantum Internet
* ICFO researchers report in Nature on having achieved, for the first time, entanglement of two multimode quantum memories located ...
USTC constructs a multiplexed quantum repeater based on absorptive quantum memories
Chinese researchers realized an elementary link of a quantum repeater based on absorptive quantum memories (QMs) and demonstrated the multiplexed ...
