T cells use force to destroy cancer cells
As a part of our immune defences, cytotoxic T cells – or killer T cells – seek out and destroy ...
Month: September 2022
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology researchers pave the way for large-scale, efficient organic solar cells with water treatment
Organic solar cells (OSCs), which use organic polymers to convert sunlight into electricity, have received considerable attention in recent times ...
Smithsonian researchers discover extinct prehistoric reptile that lived among dinosaurs
Smithsonian researchers have discovered a new extinct species of lizard-like reptile that belongs to the same ancient lineage as New ...
Immunotherapy reduces lung and liver fibrosis in mice
Fibrosis is a pathological proliferation of connective tissue that destroys the organ tissue. It is the ultimate consequence of almost ...
The Rising Black Scientists Awards expand to the physical sciences with key support from the Elsevier Foundation
Cell Press and Cell Signaling Technology (CST) have partnered with the Elsevier Foundation to expand the reach of the Rising ...
‘Digital mask’ could protect patients’ privacy in medical records
Scientists have created a ‘digital mask’ that will allow facial images to be stored in medical records while preventing potentially ...
Research team undertakes study of perovskite photovoltaic modules
A research team has conducted a review of recent advances in perovskite photovoltaic modules. Perovskite solar cells hold great promise ...
Hotel smoking restrictions fail to fully protect guests from thirdhand smoke
How well are hotels’ smoke-free policies protecting guests from cancer- and asthma-associated pollutants from secondhand and thirdhand smoke residue that ...
FAU resident physicians report COVID-19 impacts
The COVID-19 pandemic has had many deleterious consequences for health care workers, including the challenges of caring for severely ill ...
Moonshot Goal 1: the 2nd International Symposium on Cybernetic Avatars: September 30
The Moonshot Research and Development Program launched by the Cabinet Office of Japan promotes high-risk, high-impact R&D aiming to achieve ...
Public knowledge of monkeypox increases
PHILADELPHIA – The public’s knowledge about monkeypox has increased rapidly in recent weeks though misconceptions and uncertainty persist, and over ...
Refreezing poles feasible and cheap, new study finds
The poles are warming several times faster than the global average, causing record smashing heatwaves that were reported earlier this ...
Global warming doubled the risk for Copenhagen’s historic 2011 cloudburst
It is seven o'clock in the evening on July 2nd, 2011. A cloudburst of historic proportions has just struck north ...
Scientists reveal the true identity of a Chinese octopus
As they were collecting cephalopod samples in Dongshan island in China’s Fujian Province, a team of researchers came across an ...
Talk with your hands? You might think with them too!
How do we understand words? Scientists don’t fully understand what happens when a word pops into your brain. A research ...
The Lancet: New report details “massive global failures” of COVID-19 response, calls for improved multilateral cooperation to end pandemic and effectively manage future global health threats
Peer-reviewed/ Review, Opinion and Analysis/ PeopleCredit: The Lancet Peer-reviewed/ Review, Opinion and Analysis/ People New Lancet Commission critically considers the ...
Using artificial intelligence to improve tuberculosis treatments
Imagine you have 20 new compounds that have shown some effectiveness in treating a disease like tuberculosis (TB), which affects ...
First-in-Canada MOU between university of Ottawa and College of Family Physicians of Canada to advance global training and research
A new, first-in-Canada MOU between the Faculty of Medicine and the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) reinforces the ...
University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine team reveals underpinnings of how motor memory forms
When you are first learning how to ride a bicycle or play a musical instrument, your physical movements are uncoordinated ...
Europlanet Science Congress 2022 – Final media invitation and details of media briefings
The 2022 Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) will take place at the Palacio de Congresos de Granada, Spain, from 18-23 September 2022. The ...
