Real-world flight data shows continued need for social distancing
Credit: Dr. Islind REYKJAVIK, Iceland 26 May 2021 - Current vaccination programmes alone will have a limited effect in stopping ...
Resetting the biological clock by flipping a switch
Credit: Issey Takahashi The biological clock is present in almost all cells of an organism. As more and more evidence ...
ACM recognizes far-reaching technical achievements with special awards
Recipients made groundbreaking contributions in many areasCredit: Association for Computing Machinery ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today announced the ...
Even among the insured, cost may delay follow up care for cancer survivors
Credit: Augusta University Even among a large group of cancer survivors who were mostly insured, college educated and had annual ...
Conserving and monitoring genetic diversity will benefit nature and society
The loss of genetic diversity is a crisis tied to mass species extinctions and climate change; it could be just ...
National Foundation for Cancer Research announces 2021 Salisbury Award Competition Winners
The program is designed to catalyze and advance promising cancer research innovations onto a path of commercialization and patient impactCredit: ...
Prism adaptation treatment improves rehabilitation outcomes in people with spatial neglect
Performing daily sessions of prism adaptation therapy during rehabilitation results in higher functional and cognitive independence scores for stroke survivorsCredit: ...
Skoltech researchers proposed an attractive cheap organic material for batteries
Credit: ACS Applied Energy Materials A new report by Skoltech scientists and their colleagues describes an organic material for the ...
Does cold wildfire smoke contribute to water repellent soils in burned areas?
New pilot study finds severe water repellency in sand samples after treatment with both hot and cold smokeCredit: Vera Samburova/DRI. ...
Holograms increase solar energy yield
A newly developed holographic light collector boosts solar panel efficiency for an energy conversion increase of approximately five percent over ...
Microbes metabolizing toxic substances were found in the burning coal seams of Kuzbass
Microbes that metabolize substances harmful to humans were found in the burning coal seams of KuzbassCredit: Vitaly Kadnikov Geothermal ecosystems, ...
Dimensions of invasion success
Credit: Trevor Fristoe and Mark van Kleunen Invasive alien plants are plant species that grow in an environment outside their ...
Non-hallucinogenic psychedelic analog reverses effects of stress in mouse study
Free of toxic and hallucinogenic side effects, ibogaine-inspired tabernanthalog shows promise as a potential treatment for the detrimental effects of ...
Study shows how fungi and bacteria can activate genes associated with head and neck cancer
A research group at São Paulo State University (UNESP) analyzed how Candida albicans fungi and Staphylococcus aureus bacteria influence gene ...
A COVID-fighter’s guide to T cells
New LJI review shows how T cells target more than 1,400 sites on SARS-CoV-2Credit: CDC LA JOLLA--In a new paper, ...
Scientists discover a protein that naturally enhances wheat resistance to head scab
Credit: John McLaughlin Fusarium Head Blight (FHB), also known as scab, is a significant disease of small grain cereals, such ...
Made in the shade or fun in the sun
New insights into how phytochromes help plants sense and react to light, temperatureCredit: Washington University in St. Louis Plants contain ...
For men, low testosterone means high risk of severe COVID-19
New clues on why more men than women develop severe diseaseCredit: SARA MOSER Throughout the pandemic, doctors have seen evidence ...
Candid cosmos: eROSITA cameras set benchmark for astronomical imaging
An overview and performance assessment of the seven cameras of eROSITA, a space x-ray telescope launched in 2019Credit: P. Friedrich, ...
Hurricane Matthew storm surge data wins NHERI DesignSafe Dataset Award 2021
Data assimilation method improves NOAA forecasts of coastal floodingCredit: FEMA News Photos Hurricane storm surge is one of the most ...