SwRI awarded $1.9 million to develop treatment for COVID-19 in collaboration with DOD
DOD supercomputers virtually screen millions of drug compounds with SwRI's Rhodium softwareCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- May 28,...
Researchers in Brazil develop low-cost mechanical ventilators
Created at the University of São Paulo's Engineering School, the machine costs approximately 7% as much as a conventional ventilator...
Modified Parkinson’s drug shows potential in treating nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Scientists spur advances in fatty liver disease therapy by modifying an existing neurological drugCredit: Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology...
Reusable face mask could be answer to PPE shortfall
The University of Cincinnati won a national grant to develop reusable facemasks that are sterilized with heatCredit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC...
Well begun is half done? Skoltech researchers study the recipe for efficient protein synthesis
Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Skoltech scientists and their colleagues have studied more than 30 thousand variants of genetic sequences...
CT findings of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in children ‘often negative’
Largest case series (n=30) to date yields high frequency (77%) of negative chest CT findings among pediatric patients (10 months-18...
Modelling predicts COVID-19 resurgence if physical distancing relaxed
Credit: University of Guelph If physical distancing measures in Ontario are relaxed too much or too quickly, the province could...
Gold mining with mercury poses health threats for miles downstream
Assumption that distance lowers risk doesn't hold upCredit: William Pan, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. - Small-scale gold mining in the...
Cancer drugs cause large cells that resist treatment; scientist aims to stop it
Credit: National Cancer Institute A cancer therapy may shrink the tumor of a patient, and the patient may feel better....
In planet formation, it’s location, location, location
Credit: Credits: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI) and the Westerlund 2 Science Team Astronomers using...
Using electrical stimulus to regulate genes
Credit: Illustration: Katja Schubert / after Krawczyk K et al., Science 2020 This is how it works. A device containing...
Changes in cropping methods, climate decoy pintail ducks into an ecological trap
Important waterfowl species struggling with conditions in the Prairie Pothole RegionCredit: F. Greenslade-Delta Waterfowl After a severe drought gripped the...
New study finds cannibalism in predatory dinosaurs
Credit: PLOS ONE Big theropod dinosaurs such as Allosaurus and Ceratosaurus ate pretty much everything--including each other, according to a...
Reintroduction of wolves tied to return of tall willows in Yellowstone National Park
Credit: Luke Painter, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - The reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park is tied to...