On the front lines: Correctional nurses and the COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 14, 2021-Firsthand reports from nurses in correctional facilities detail the ...
Launch of UNITE4TB partnership marks a new era in Tuberculosis treatment development
The partnership will accelerate the development of new Tuberculosis (TB) drug regimens as part of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), ...
Autophagy may be the key to finding treatments for early Huntington’s disease
Autophagy disruption may be at the root of early cognitive changes in Huntington's disease and is a potential target for ...
Computer Scientist proves safety claims of the programming language Rust
ACM and ETAPS Doctoral Dissertation Award and Otto-Hahn-MedailleCredit: Timo Mann, MPI-SWS For his doctoral thesis, in which Jung established the ...
RUDN University chemists obtained an unusual planar nickel complex exhibiting magnetic properties
Credit: RUDN University RUDN University chemists obtained a metal-containing complex with an unusual planar architecture. The unexpected structure was formed ...
RUDN University chemists propose a one-step synthesis of substances for medicine
Credit: RUDN University The RUDN University chemists have discovered a reaction for the synthesis of acetimidamides, heterocyclic compounds with biological ...
Tracking COVID-19 across Europe
Credit: A. Naqvi (2021) According to the World Health Organization, a third wave of COVID infections is now all but ...
Looking beyond the numbers to see pandemic’s effect on nursing home residents
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Nursing homes throughout the United States have been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic with many ...
Early-life inflammation induces depression in adolescence
Credit: CAO Peng et al. Early-life inflammation, such as trauma and viral infections, strongly increases the risk of individual for ...
Researcher creates cell lines to help treat mitochondrial diseases in children
Credit: Virginia Tech The mitochondrion has garnered quite the reputation for its role as the "powerhouse of the cell." These ...
Bioengineering discovery paves way for improved production of bio-based goods
Credit: Courtesy of Klaudia Ciurkot Scientists have uncovered a way to control many genes in engineered yeast cells, opening the ...
Researchers find new protein conducting piRNA expression
Credit: HUANG Xinya et al. PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), a class of conserved non-coding small RNAs, are essential for sex determination, ...
A genome of photosynthetic animals decoded
Genome analysis reveals chloroplast acquisition without gene transfer in photosynthetic sea slugsCredit: Taro Maeda Plants, algae and some bacteria are ...
Visibly transparent radiative cooler under direct sunlight
Credit: POSTECH Since the Paris Climate Agreement that took effect in 2016, 121 countries have pledged to become carbon neutral ...
The cells combating a deadly lung disease
A subset of fibroblasts located in small foci of tissue on the edges of extensive scarring produce a protein that ...
Study IDs risk factors for irregular heartbeats in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients
Credit: UVA Health New research will help doctors identify, treat and prevent potentially dangerous irregular heartbeats in patients with hypertrophic ...
James Peyer to present at the 8th Aging Research & Drug Discovery Meeting 2021
James Peyer to present new research in the biology of aging at the world's largest aging research for drug discovery ...
A rapid method to quantify antibodies against SARS-CoV-2
Credit: Keine Nishiyama, et al. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. June 5, 2021 Scientists have developed a rapid, highly accurate test to ...
UBCO researchers light the way to cleaner water
Fluorescence lighting helps detect impurities in waterCredit: UBC Okanagan Shining a beam of light into potentially contaminated water samples may ...
Biomolecular bonsai: Controlling the pruning and strengthening of neuron branches
Researchers identify molecular cues that make developing neurons remodel their connectionsCredit: Kyushu University, bonsai provided by @h.h.rockkraft on Instagram Fukuoka, ...