How Twitter takes votes away from Trump but not from Republicans
In the 2016 US presidential election, Twitter made independent voters less likely to vote for Donald Trump but did not...
HSE Faculty of Chemistry scientists discovered new anti-cancer molecule
Credit: Victor S.Stroylov et.al. A group of Moscow scientists has discovered and explained the activity mechanism of a new anti-cancer...
Sensors driven by machine learning sniff-out gas leaks fast
ALFaLDS works on large oil& gas infrastructure, can help cut methane emissions by 90%Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS,...
Yearlong study of coronavirus in frontline workers underway
Credit: Kim Ratliff, Production Coordinator, Augusta University Fifteen hundred frontline workers are being recruited for a yearlong study to find...
Waiter! This soup is not fly
New research outlines barriers to eating climate-friendly Black Soldier Fly larvae as a protein alternative for humansCredit: (c) Leah_Gourmet Grub...
Chemical scissors snip 2D transition metal dichalcogenides into nanoribbon
New 'nanoribbon' catalyst should slash cost of hydrogen production for clean fuelsCredit: KAIST One of the biggest challenges in making...
Mouse studies link some autism to brain cells that guide sociability and platonic love
Research suggests potential for drug therapies that target parvocellular brain cellsCredit: Gül Dölen, M.D., Ph.D. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Johns Hopkins...
NUS researchers develop novel process that turns waste into nutritional supplements
Credit: National University of Singapore The shells of crustaceans and wood waste such as branches pruned from trees usually end...
A new method to measure optical absorption in semiconductor crystals
Credit: Kazunobu Kojima Tohoku University researchers have revealed more details about omnidirectional photoluminescence (ODPL) spectroscopy - a method for probing...
Changes in subcellular traffic increase invasiveness of radioresistant cancer cells
Credit: Ping-Hsiu Wu Scientists have revealed the molecular mechanism regulating the trafficking of lysosomes that increases the invasiveness of radioresistant...
Scientists discover new structures in the smallest ice cube
Credit: LI Gang and LI Qinming The freezing of water is one of the most common processes. However, understanding the...
New $53 million grant to create world-wide fleet of robotic floats to monitor ocean health
Credit: Image courtesy of SOCCOM (NSF Award PLR-1425989) MOSS LANDING, CA - On October 29, 2020 the National Science Foundation...
$39 Million to better integrate renewables into power grid
Credit: Erik Jepsen/University of California San Diego The National Science Foundation has awarded $39 million to a team of engineers...
Escaping the ‘Era of Pandemics’: experts warn worse crises to come; offer options to reduce risk
Highlights: Intergovernmental council on pandemic prevention; risk drivers include deforestation, wildlife trade; tax high pandemic-risk activities; 540,000 - 850,000 unknown...
Motivation to seek cocaine is driven by elegant cellular communication
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina and the National Institutes of Health uncover how drug cues change the...
Study reveals robust performance in aged detonator explosive
PETN explosive is used extensively in commercial detonators and in the nuclear stockpileCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M.,...
Cancer-fighting gene restrains ‘jumping genes’
Finding sheds light on why mutations of the gene p53 are associated with cancer and could lead to new diagnostics...
Radical diagnostic could save millions of people at risk of dying from blood loss
Credit: Monash University / BioPRIA - In a world-first, engineers at Monash University in Australia have developed a diagnostic that...
Early results from DETECT study suggest fitness trackers can predict COVID-19 infections
Sensor data from wearable devices can complement virus testing and conventional screening to signal new infectionsCredit: Scripps Research LA JOLLA,...
Remdesivir for COVID-19: FDA approved but still unproven
Researchers say effective public health strategies are more urgently neededCredit: Florida Atlantic University The United States has become the epicenter...
