New metasurface laser produces world’s first super-chiral light
Laser opens up a new world of applications using optical control of physical objects.Credit: Wits University Researchers have demonstrated the ...
Coupled magnetic materials show interesting properties for quantum applications
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Like fans that blow in sync, certain magnetic materials can exhibit interesting energetic properties. In order ...
Proteasome phase separation for destruction
Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science The proteasome is a major proteolytic machine that regulates cellular proteostasis through selective ...
Scientists unveil how general anesthesia works
A study in mice and rat brains reveals how general anesthesia dampens high frequency brain activity by weakening synapsesCredit: OIST ...
Eye pupil an indicator of effective decision making, study finds
Credit: US Army image ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (April 27, 2020) - A team of Army and academic researchers are ...
The North Atlantic right whale population is in poor condition
New research by an international team of scientists reveals that endangered North Atlantic right whales are in much poorer body ...
Grant funds research on community-level intervention to address opioid overdoses
Credit: Clayton Metz for Virginia Tech Keep people alive. Refer them to those who save lives. Finally, connect them to ...
Early-career researchers from preLights launch covidpreprints.com
The new website tracks landmark coronavirus studies throughout the pandemic on an interactive timeline.Credit: covidpreprints.com Cambridge, UK, 27 April 2020 ...
Development of a new ventilator prototype for the ICU against COVID-19
Collaboration between UC3M and Hospital Gregorio MarañónCredit: UC3M Researchers and technicians from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and ...
COVID-19 could spell the end of an egalitarian National Health Service
A return to the principles of equality and universality of care that informed the NHS 70 years ago could be ...
University of the Witwatersrand publishes first clinical data on COVID-19 in South Africa
This special issue of the Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine covers a range of aspects of the pandemic, from the ...
Researchers identify key mechanisms involved in pulmonary fibrosis development
New therapeutic opportunities in targeted treatmentsCredit: Photo: Leitz/Charité Working alongside research groups from Heidelberg, researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin ...
Abundant element to power small devices
A thin, iron-based generator uses waste heat to provide small amounts of powerCredit: © 2020 Sakai et al Researchers have ...
New species of moths discovered in the Alps named after three famous alpinists
Credit: P. Buchner / Tiroler Landesmuseen The discovery of new, still unnamed animal species in a well-researched European region like ...
Scientists develop stable luminescent composite material based on perovskite nanocrystals
Scientists develop light-emitting composite material based on perovskite nanocrystals with air- and water resilient optical characteristicsCredit: ChemNanoMat An international team ...
New understanding of asthma medicines could improve future treatment
Credit: Image reproduced with permission from RDD Online / Virginia Commonwealth University. New research has revealed new insights into common ...
Biochemists unveil molecular mechanism for motor protein regulation
Lis1 activates dynein by preventing dynein's ability to turn itself offCredit: Markus Lab/Colorado State University Movement signals life, and nowhere ...
Unique Namibian trial finds smart interventions reduce malaria transmission by 75%
University of the Witwatersrand scientists along with Namibian, UK and US partners have shown how the smart application of existing ...
SU2C-funded research to be presented during the AACR Virtual Meeting — April 27-28, 2020
Research involves immunotherapy, cancer interception, lung and pediatric cancersCredit: Stand Up To Cancer (New York) April 27, 2020 - Stand ...
NUS-led team develops artificial intelligence platform to combat infectious diseases
Novel tool identifies optimal drug combination therapies at unprecedented speedCredit: National University of Singapore As the COVID-19 crisis continues to ...
