Miscarriage risk increases each week alcohol is used in early pregnancy
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Each week a woman consumes alcohol during the first five to 10 weeks of pregnancy ...
Retesting for COVID-19: UPMC shares its experience
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Aug. 10, 2020 - In the first large, multicenter analysis of its kind, the 40-hospital UPMC health ...
Imaging method highlights new role for cellular “skeleton” protein
Molecules of actin help control the division of mitochondria, with implications for diseaseCredit: Salk Institute/Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center LA JOLLA--(August ...
Individual differences in the brain
If selection reinforces a behavior, brain activities soon change as wellCredit: MPI of Neurobiology / Kuhl Personality varies widely. There ...
Breaking molecular traffic jams with finned nanoporous materials
New porous catalyst with ultra-small fins facilitates molecular transportCredit: University of Houston and J.C. Palmer Thousands of chemical processes used ...
Personal connections key to climate adaptation
Credit: Dean Miller. Connections with friends and family are key to helping communities adapt to the devastating impact of climate ...
Detailed molecular workings of a key system in learning and memory formation
UMass Amherst team discovers new regulatory role for a calcium-tuning proteinCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - One of the new ...
Quantitative Science Studies Journal to participate in transparent peer review
Credit: The MIT Press The MIT Press announced today that Quantitative Science Studies (QSS), the official open access journal of ...
The CNIO pave the way for a future gene therapy to reverse pulmonary fibrosis associated with ageing
Credit: CNIO Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a potentially lethal disease for which there is currently no cure and that is ...
Scientists develop first quantum algorithm to characterize noise across large systems
Australian and North American physicists display rigorous, scalable diagnostic toolCredit: IBM Noise is the main obstacle to building large-scale quantum ...
Space invaders as MOFs act as liquids
Credit: © 2020 KAUST Innovative materials called metal organic frameworks (MOFs) could become much more versatile following research that shows ...
Breakthrough technology purifies water using the power of sunlight
Credit: Monash University A global research team has been able to transform brackish water and seawater into safe, clean drinking ...
UBC helps Arc’teryx stay green and dry with next-generation water-repellent fabrics
New research creates sustainable and non-toxic replacement for traditional water-repellent chemistryCredit: UBC Okanagan A sustainable, non-toxic and high-performance water-repellent fabric ...
Nanocatalysts that remotely control chemical reactions inside living cells
Credit: In su Lee (POSTECH) The enzymes responsible for catalytic reactions in our body's biological reactions are difficult to use ...
Discovery of massless electrons in phase-change materials provides next step for future electronics
Credit: Akio Kimura, Hiroshima University Researchers have found electrons that behave as if they have no mass, called Dirac electrons, ...
Katherine Hornbostel selected as fellow for RCSA’s Scialog: Negative Emissions Science
Credit: Ramon Cordero / Mainline Photography The Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) has named Katherine Hornbostel, assistant professor of ...
From nanocellulose to gold
Self-assembly of mechanoplasmonic bacterial cellulose-metal nanoparticle compositesCredit: Magnus Johansson When nanocellulose is combined with various types of metal nanoparticles, materials ...
Mobility 2035: Technology calendar supports small and medium-sized companies in their transformation
Study compares mobility scenarios and helps with strategic decisionsCredit: Sandra Goettisheim Autonomous driving, electromobility, synthetic fuels: the mobility in our ...
Magnesium alloy with eddy-thermal effect for novel tumor magnetic hyperthermia therapy
Credit: ©Science China Press Magnetic hyperthermia therapy (MHT) as a noninvasive local treatment strategy is able to ablate tumors using ...
Inside the ice giants of space
By reconstructing on a small scale the physical processes that take place within ice giant planets, such as Uranus and ...