Jan Philipp Junker receives Helmholtz AI grant
Credit: Pablo Castagnola/MDC Scientists generally understand how stem cells transform into a specialized heart, brain or muscle cell. But now ...
Detecting antibodies with glowing proteins, thread and a smartphone
Credit: Adapted from ACS Sensors 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.0c00564 To defend the body, the immune system makes proteins known as antibodies ...
Latest findings on bitter substances in coffee
Why caffeine is not the sole contributor to bitternessCredit: ©Leibniz-LSB@TUM; Dr. Antonella Di Pizio Coffee is very popular around the ...
Using tiny electrodes to measure electrical activity in bacteria
Organic microbial electrochemical transistor monitoring extracellular electron transferCredit: Thor Balkhed Scientists at Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linköping University, have developed ...
UVA physicians, medical students launch COVID-19 podcast
Series offers health tips, closeup look at coronavirus care, researchCredit: UVA Health UVA School of Medicine physicians and students have ...
How the giant sequoia protects itself
Credit: Photo: Plant Biomechanics Group Freiburg The giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) has developed effective strategies to protect itself against external ...
Photonics: From custom-built to ready-made
Credit: Lin Chang (UCSB) Information technology continues to progress at a rapid pace. However, the growing demands of data centers ...
NTU invents antimicrobial compound used in reusable face masks made by Ghim Li Group
Credit: Ghim Li Group Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a sustainable and green way to ...
Tick surveillance and control lagging in US, study shows
First-ever survey of tick-management programs shows clear public health gapCredit: Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases Annapolis, MD; ...
Researchers study COVID-19, health disparities on caregivers of people with ADRD
Credit: Northern Arizona University Sixteen million family members in the US are caregivers for the more than 6 million people ...
Two NAU research centers receive Flinn Foundation funding to support COVID-19 response
Grants to support testing of vaccines and treatments for the coronavirus in NAU's Pathogen and Microbiome Institute (PMI) and disease-intervention ...
Call for caution for using a CAR-T immunotherapy against acute myeloid leukemia
Credit: Pablo Menéndez Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a hematological malignancy which incidence increases with age, that is biologically, phenotypically, ...
Energy storage using oxygen to boost battery performance
Credit: Jeung Ku Kang, KAIST Researchers have presented a novel electrode material for advanced energy storage device that is directly ...
Liver perfusion could save 7 in 10 rejected donor livers
Credit: Mr Hynek Mergental, Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham and Consultant Surgeon at the UHB Liver Unit ...
COVID-19: Impact on environmental justice
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 16, 2020--COVID-19 is like a heat-seeking missile that targets the ...
High performance sodium-ion capacitors based on Nb2O5 nanotubes@carbon cloth
Credit: ©Science China Press Hybrid sodium-ion capacitors (SICs) bridge the gap between supercapacitors (SCs) and batteries and have huge potential ...
Tracking Australia’s gigantic carnivorous dinosaurs
Credit: Dr Anthony Romilio North America had the T. rex, South America had the Giganotosaurus and Africa the Spinosaurus - ...
New nanoparticle drug combination for atherosclerosis
Credit: Professor Ji-Ho Park, KAIST Physicochemical cargo-switching nanoparticles (CSNP) designed by KAIST can help significantly reduce cholesterol and macrophage foam ...
Red squirrels making comeback as return of pine marten spells bad news for invasive grey squirrel
NUI Galway study finds Ireland's native species recovering and returning to natural habitatsCredit: Poshey Aherne The number of red squirrels ...
Nanofiber masks can be sterilized multiple times without filter performance deterioration
Credit: Copyright ©2020 American Chemical Society With the global spread of coronavirus infections, personal protective equipments especially hygeine face masks ...
