Month: July 2021

New study proposes structure-guided design to create prodrugs that act as a "Trojan Horse," allowing antibiotics to reach resistant bacteriaCredit: ...

An automated flight control system for drone swarms has been developed

Credit: Andrew Coop/Unsplash "The project's main objective is to integrate a certain degree of automation, so that an operator can ...

RedHill Biopharma announces last patient out for phase 2/3 COVID-19 study of oral Opaganib

Top-line results expected in the coming weeksCredit: RedHill Biopharma TEL AVIV, Israel and RALEIGH, NC, July 19, 2021, RedHill Biopharma ...

Understanding the physics in new metals

Credit: Jonathan Pelliciari/BNL Researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), working in an international ...

Deconstructing the infectious machinery of SARS-CoV-2

Scientists collaborate to model the complex protein responsible for SARS-CoV-2 replication, revealing its potential weak spots for drug developmentCredit: Greg ...

Personalized immunotherapy response studied in body-on-a-chip cancer models

Credit: WFIRM WINSTON-SALEM, NC, JULY 19, 2021 -- Wake Forest researchers and clinicians are using patient-specific tumor 'organoid' models as ...

COVID-19 antibodies persist at least nine months after infection

Credit: Andrea Crisanti Testing of an entire Italian town shows antibody levels remain high nine months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, whether ...

Bonding’s next top model — Projecting bond properties with machine learning

Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Designing materials that have the necessary properties to ...

US corn and soybean maladapted to climate variations, study shows

Credit: Laura Mabry, College of ACES, University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - U.S. corn and soybean varieties have become increasingly ...

Using technology to help informal caregivers manage medication for patients with dementia

NIA grant will fund user-centered design to create and test Helping the Helpers appCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Most of ...

New alpine moth solves a 180-year-old mystery

Credit: Jürg Schmid Butterflies and moths (order Lepidoptera) are one of the most diverse animal groups. To date, scientists have ...

Discrimination and safety concerns barriers to accessing healthy food for food-insecure young adults

New study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics indicates interventions of specific relevance to COVID-19, including ...

A bug’s life: Millimeter-tall mountains on neutron stars

Credit: ESO / L. Calçada New models of neutron stars show that their tallest mountains may be only fractions of ...

US$3 million grant to the University of Surrey for research into nature of time and life itself

July 17, 2021

Jim Al-Khalili and Dr Andrea Rocco from the University of Surrey, are to lead a major US$3m new research project ...

New long-term satellite analysis shows “plum” rainy season wetter now than ever before

July 17, 2021

Meiyu-Baiu fronts in the most recent decade the wettest on recordCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo ...

3D “assembloid” shows how SARS-CoV-2 infects brain cells

Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children's Institute ...

Study finds vaccine hesitancy lower in poorer countries

New study examines vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in 10 low- and middle-income countries in Asia, Africa, and South AmericaCredit: Fadil ...

Researchers surprised to find bacterial parasites behind rise of ‘super bugs’

Credit: Vaughn Cooper PITTSBURGH, July 16, 2021 - For the first time ever, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School ...

Invention: The Storywrangler

Vermont scientists create tool to explore billions of social media messages, potentially predict political and financial turmoilCredit: UVM For thousands ...

Study examines the role of deep-sea microbial predators at hydrothermal vents