Instrument may enable mail-in testing to detect heavy metals in water
Whisk-shaped device absorbs trace contaminants, preserves them in dry state that can be shipped to labs for analysisCredit: Image: Melanie ...
A nacre-inspired separator coating for impact-tolerant lithium batteries
Credit: SONG Yonghui Lithium batteries are easy to explode? Scientists at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) may ...
Regioselective magnetization enabled chiral semiconducting heteronanorods
Credit: ZHUANG et al. The USTC team led by Prof. Shu-Hong Yu (USTC), collaborating with Prof. Zhiyong Tang (National Center ...
USTC realizes the first quantum-entangling-measurements-enhanced quantum orienteering
Credit: TANG Junfeng et al. The CAS key lab of quantum information makes a significant progress in quantum orienteering. Under ...
Scientists develop algorithm for researching evolution of species with WGD
Scientists created an algorithm for studying the evolutionary history of species with whole-genome duplications, chiefly yeast and plantsCredit: Dmitry Lisovskiy, ...
Treatment to reset immune cells markedly improves TBI symptoms
Preclinical study suggests prolonged inflammation after brain injury can be reversed by temporarily depleting immune cellsCredit: University of Maryland School ...
Insulin signaling suppressed by decoys
C. elegans study from the lab of Matthew Gill, PhD, presents new direction for research on type 2 diabetes, insulin ...
New sandboxing approach in web browser increases security
Credit: University of Texas at Austin A powerful new approach to securing web browsers, using a tool called WebAssembly, is ...
NIH clinical trial of remdesivir to treat COVID-19 begins
Study enrolling hospitalized adults with COVID-19 in NebraskaCredit: NIAID RML A randomized, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety and ...
When it comes to conservation, ditch the ‘canary in the coal mine’
Menagerie of several species to monitor habitat health offers better conservation outcomesCredit: Nathan Skolski With habitat loss threatening the extinction ...
‘Hawk’ supercomputer inaugurated at University of Stuttgart
High-Performance Computing Center of the University of Stuttgart receives new supercomputerCredit: Ben Derzian, HLRS. On Wednesday, Feb. 19, at the ...
New study shows the effects of obesity mirror those of aging
Concordia researchers identify a shared list of health issues, from DNA damage to cognitive declineCredit: Concordia University Globally, an estimated ...
AI has helped to better understand how human brain performs face recognition
Credit: Neural Computation Scientists from Salk Institute (USA), Skoltech (Russia), and Riken Center for Brain Science (Japan) investigated a theoretical ...
CQDM partners with GlycoNet to support innovative glycomics research in Canada
The partnership aims to support the development of novel technologies in drug discovery and accelerate scientific talents across CanadaCredit: CQDM ...
New ACM journal explores how technology is transforming government
In inaugural issue, pioneers look at the development and future of digital democracyCredit: Association for Computing Machinery ACM, the Association ...
Adaptation: Competition and predation may not be the driving force scientists thought
Study of local adaptation provides important insights into evolutionary forcesCredit: Photo credit: Anna Hargreaves Species adapt to their local climates, ...
Observation of non-trivial superconductivity on surface of type II Weyl semimetal TaIrTe4
Credit: ©Science China Press Topological superconductor, with bulk superconducting gap and Majorana fermion states on the surface or edge, is ...
Lights, camera, action… the super-fast world of droplet dynamics
Credit: University of Leeds Cameras shooting up to 25,000 frames a second have been used to capture the moment two ...
Tel Aviv University researchers discover unique non-oxygen breathing animal
The tiny relative of the jellyfish is parasitic and dwells in salmon tissueCredit: American Friends of Tel Aviv University Researchers ...
Powerful mantis shrimp pull punches in air for self-preservation
Credit: Kate Feller Mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis) don't take kindly to captivity. 'They have a general baseline of being angry', ...
