Robert Prud’homme to receive new Princeton University award to honor faculty innovators
Prud'homme led the invention of flash nanoprecipitation to encapsulate drugs in nanoparticles for targeted deliveryCredit: Photo by David Kelly Crow....
Giving the immune system a double boost against cancer
Credit: CSHL, 2020 Cancer immunotherapies, which empower patients' immune systems to eliminate tumors, are revolutionizing cancer treatment. Many patients respond...
Specially-adapted drones gather data from unexplored volcanoes to better forecast eruptions
New drone technology improves ability to forecast volcanic eruptionsCredit: Matthew Wordell Specially-adapted drones developed by an international team have been...
Five Argonne researchers recognized as 2020 Distinguished Fellows
Credit: Image by Argonne National Laboratory.) Five leading researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have...
Mobile smartphone technology is associated with better clinical outcomes for OHCA
Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL -- Mobile smartphone technology can...
Novel adoptive cell transfer method shortens timeline for T-cell manufacture
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers demonstrated that polarized Th17 cells can effectively eradicate tumors after only four days of ex...
Coronavirus mutation may have made it more contagious
Credit: Houston Methodist/University of Texas at Austin A study involving more than 5,000 COVID-19 patients in Houston finds that the...
Collective impact partnership models help close health care workforce gap
New George Mason University study analyzes models of effective health sciences and training programs and communities of practice to scale...
VUMC study finds faster, wider spread of COVID-19 in US households
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center COVID-19 spreads faster and more widely throughout U.S. households than previously reported, according to new...
A new spin on atoms gives scientists a closer look at quantum weirdness
Credit: Rachel Davidowitz When atoms get extremely close, they develop intriguing interactions that could be harnessed to create new generations...
Should secret voting be mandatory? ‘Yes” say political scientists in new book
Making voting more convenient does not combat low voter turnout but instead jeopardizes integrity of the ballotCredit: (University of Rochester...
New fault zone measurements could help us to understand subduction earthquake
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba conducted detailed measurements of rocks formed by seismic slips in an exposed subduction zone...
Denisovan DNA found in sediments of Baishiya Karst Cave on Tibetan Plateau
Credit: HAN Yuanyuan One year after the publication of research on the Xiahe mandible, the first Denisovan fossil found outside...
Stars and skulls: New ESO image reveals eerie nebula
Credit: ESO This ethereal remnant of a long dead star, nestled in the belly of The Whale, bears an uneasy...
A malformation illustrates the incredible plasticity of the brain
People born without a corpus callosum do not have a bridge between the two cerebral hemispheres. Neuroscientists from UNIGE have...
Wistar creates a new synthetic DNA vaccine against Powassan virus
Vaccine protects animals against tick-borne Powassan virus, an emerging infectious diseaseCredit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (Oct. 30, 2020) --...
RUDN University chemist developed green method for malaria and leprosy drug production
Credit: RUDN University A chemist from RUDN University suggested an eco-friendly method for the synthesis of dapsone, a substance that...
Nelson awarded $4.5 million to study prevention and treatment of metastatic breast cancer
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Erik Nelson has won a $4.5M Era of Hope Scholar...
Galaxies in the very early universe were surprisingly mature
Credit: Credit: B. Saxton NRAO/AUI/NSF, ESO, NASA/STScI; NAOJ/Subaru Massive galaxies were already much more mature in the early universe than...
Future lake food webs in subarctic have more biomass and contain more omega-3 fatty acids
Credit: Kimmo Kahilainen & Brian Hayden Subarctic regions are facing rapid changes in climate and land-use intensity. An international research...
