Handgun ownership associated with firearm suicide
Handgun ownership, not shotgun ownership, is associated with greater odds of a person having died from self-inflicted gunshot woundCredit: Raymond...
Emissions of banned ozone-depleting substance back on decline
International team to tackle atmospheric pollutionCredit: AGAGE/NASA Earth Observatory http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov Two international studies of a consortium including more than a...
A new way of forming planets
Credit: Image: Jean Favre CSCS. In the last 25 years, scientists have discovered over 4000 planets beyond the borders of...
Protected areas see continued deforestation but at a reduced rate, OSU research shows
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - A survey of more than 18,000 land parcels spanning 2 million square miles...
Study finds even the common house sparrow is declining
Citizen scientists provide the research dataCredit: Donald Metzner, courtesy Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Ithaca, NY--The European House Sparrow has a...
Compounds from apples may boost brain function
Credit: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Dresden, Germany Natural compounds found in apples and other fruits may help stimulate the...
Machine-learning how to create better AAV gene delivery vehicles
Machine learning study initiated at the Wyss Institute in collaboration with Google Research enables unprecedented AAV capsid diversification with potential...
Insilico announces MolGrow — a new generative model for hierarchical molecular generation
Insilico presented its new molecular generation model at the 35th AAAI Conference on Artificial IntelligenceCredit: Insilico Medicine February 11, 2021...
Coronavirus test from a suitcase
Mobile laboratory for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 for AfricaCredit: Dr Ahmed Abd El Wahed The PCR test is the most...
Highly efficient metasurface poised to improve communication and biosensing
Nanostructured thin film works over an unprecedented centimeter-scale areaCredit: Maiken H. Mikkelsen, Duke University WASHINGTON -- Researchers have created a...
TalTech scientists developed novel immune diagnostics of multiple sclerosis
Credit: Tõnu Tuulas Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common neurological disease in young adults, affecting more than 2 million...
Vaporised crusts of Earth-like planets found in dying stars
Remnants of planets with Earth-like crusts have been discovered in the atmospheres of four nearby white dwarf stars by University...
Stirring up conflicts in tumour cells
Credit: Gabriele Buechel / University of Wuerzburg Neuroblastomas are malignant solid tumours that occur mainly in early childhood. They arise...
Wafer-scale production of graphene-based photonic devices
Graphene Flagship researchers have devised a wafer-scale fabrication method that paves the way to the next generation of telecom and...
Safety and security for embedded systems
KIT coordinates new European project XANDAR - "X-by-Construction" will provide standardized toolchain for software development and hardware/software integrationCredit: (Photo: XANDAR)...
Small is big: the need for a holistic approach to manage cerebral small vessel disease
Cerebral small vessel disease manifests as a wide range of symptoms, requiring a holistic approach for identification and interventionCredit: Gerd...
Finnish study shows how the uncertainty in the Bitcoin market responds to cyberattacks
Credit: PIRO4D Pixabay.com CC A total of 1.1 million bitcoin were stolen in the 2013-2017 period. Given the current price...
Capturing free-space optical light for high-speed wifi
Plasmonic speed enhancements previously constrained to nanoscale phenomena are replicated on macroscopic devicesCredit: Andrew Traverso, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -...
Scientists discovered new physical effects important for the ITER reactor operation
Researchers discovered new effects, which affect the energy flow in the reactorCredit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University The energy...
Origami-inspired antenna technology for use in small satellites
A multidisciplinary team engineered a small, light, and low-cost deployable antenna for nano- and micro-satellite communicationsCredit: Pusan National University Modern...
