Difficult to build a family after exposure to chemical weapons
Credit: Photo by Siri Sjolin People who have been exposed to chemical warfare agents (CWAs) feel uncertain, decades after the...
Trial targets deadly lung cancer
Urgent research as mesothelioma numbers peakCredit: Flinders University With more than 650 Australians diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma last year, Flinders...
Prize for ‘clean earth technologies’
National science prize for polymers made from wasteCredit: Flinders University Flinders University Associate Professor Justin Chalker has won the Prize...
NEJM: clinical trial indicates monoclonal antibody lowered hospitalizations and emergency visits
Therapy may hold promise for fighting pandemicCredit: Photo by Cedars-Sinai COVID-19 (coronavirus) patients who were administered a novel antibody had...
Flash graphene rocks strategy for plastic waste
Rice University lab detours potential environmental hazard into useful materialCredit: Tour Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 29, 2020) - Plastic...
Smart tablecloth can find fruit and help with watering the plants
Interactive fabric senses everyday non-metallic objectsCredit: Figure courtesy of XDiscovery Lab. HANOVER, N.H. - October 29, 2020 - Researchers have...
Industry impact: Wojciech Misiolek honored for materials processing advances
Lehigh University materials science and engineering chair, a leading expert in aluminum metal forming, wins ASM International's prestigious William Hunt...
Fungal species naturally suppresses cyst nematodes responsible for major sugar beet losses
Credit: James Borneman The plant pathogenic nematode Heterodera schachtii infects more than 200 different plants, including sugar beets, and causes...
Salt wars: The battle over the biggest killer in the American diet by Michael F. Jacobson
Available now from The MIT PressCredit: The MIT Press A high-sodium diet is deadly; studies have linked it to high...
UC scientist receives over $700,000 for a multi-year research project
Pharmacy faculty member studies properties that are environmentally friendlyCredit: University of Cincinnati University of Cincinnati cosmetic scientist Harshita Kumari has...
Researcher making drones smarter, situationally aware and team-oriented
NSF-funded project to enable UAVs to monitor themselves and each other, taking into account different scenariosCredit: Courtesy Northern Arizona University...
Amount of COVID viral RNA detected at hospital admission predicts how patients will fare
Credit: American Thoracic Society Oct. 29, 2020-- A new study published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society...
Autoantibody order, timing predict genetically at-risk children most likely to get T1D
USF Health-led TEDDY analysis focuses on development of multiple distinct autoantibodies targeting insulin-producing cells, from initial autoimmunity to symptomatic type...
Tube-dwelling anemone toxins have pharmacological potential, mapping study shows
Analysis identified 525 genes encoding proteins that act on the nervous system, cardiovascular system and cell walls. One of the...
Two-hour sepsis test in development at Penn State and Stanford University
A National Institutes of Health grant will fund a precise and quick test to help treat one of the largest...
Rice finds path to nanodiamond from graphene
A spot of pressure enables chemical conversion to hardened 2D materialCredit: Illustration by Pavel Sorokin HOUSTON - (Oct. 29, 2020)...
Models show how COVID-19 cuts a neighborhood path
Credit: Thomas et al., 2020, PNAS The coronavirus doesn't spread uniformly through a community. But in the world of disease...
UMass Amherst research compares sensitivity of all genes to chemical exposure
Using an unbiased approach, scientists for the first time analyzed more than ½-million chemical-gene interactionsCredit: UMass Amherst A University of...
‘Time machine’ offers new pancreatic cancer drug testing approach
Testing drugs within a tumor may combat pancreatic cancer drug resistanceCredit: Purdue University/Rebecca McElhoe WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Many patients...
Water fleas on ‘happy pills’ have more offspring
All those medicines we take? A lot end up in treated wastewater -- with sometimes surprising resultsCredit: Photo: Per Harald...
