New sulfur dioxide conversion method may transform current industrial techniques
Credit: Penn State A single-step, plasma-enhanced catalytic process to convert sulfur dioxide to pure sulfur from tail gas streams may...
Forecasting elections with a model of infectious diseases
Credit: Figure courtesy of Alexandria Volkening, Daniel F. Linder, Mason A. Porter, and Grzegorz A. Rempala. Forecasting elections is a...
Reliable quality-control of graphene and other 2D materials is routinely possible
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory Graphene and other single-atom-thick substances are a category of wonder materials, with researchers...
SoundWatch: New smartwatch app alerts d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing users to birdsong, sirens and other desired sounds
Credit: Jain et al./ASSETS 2020 Smartwatches offer people a private method for getting notifications about their surroundings -- such as...
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign develops autonomous robot to kill COVID-19
Credit: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Ultraviolet light is a form of radiation that can be used for sterilization and disinfection....
Brazilian researchers discover how muscle regenerates after exercise
Adaptation of muscle tissue to aerobic exercise alters the metabolism of muscle stem cells, helping them recover from injury. Findings...
Liquid nanofoam: A game changer for future football helmets
Credit: Weiyi Lu A liquid nanofoam liner undergoing testing could prolong the safe use of football helmets, says a Michigan...
Most people mount a strong antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 that does not decline rapidly
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System (New York, NY - October 28, 2020) - The vast majority of individuals infected with...
Researchers map genomes of agricultural monsters
Hungry screwworms eat livestock alive while thrips transmit virusesCredit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative The University of Cincinnati is decoding the...
Using a volcano’s eruption ‘memory’ to forecast dangerous follow-on explosions
Credit: Pixabay Stromboli, the 'lighthouse of the Mediterranean', is known for its low-energy but persistent explosive eruptions, behaviour that is...
Sea turtle nesting season winding down in Florida, some numbers are up and it’s unexpected
Green turtle nest counts are the fifth highest recorded since 1982, in a year when their numbers were supposed to...
Election 2020 chatter on Twitter busy with bots, conspiracy theorists, USC study finds
The partisan divide -- among the botsCredit: USC Institute for Information Sciences Bots and conspiracy theorists have infested the Twitter...
Home-time metric needed to judge hospital readmissions, studies suggest
Medicare should look at the number of days spent home after discharge to ensure that low readmission rates don't reflect...
Social isolation puts women at higher risk of hypertension
Credit: UBC It's no secret that loneliness and social isolation have a negative impact on the mental and physical health...
Tabba Heart Institute and IHME collaborate to improve health
Novel analysis on the burden of cardiovascular diseases in Pakistan will help shape health policies designed to save livesCredit: Courtesy...
Researchers break magnetic memory speed record
Advance could lead to new generation of ultrafast computer chips that retain data even when there is no powerCredit: Image...
Artificial intelligence-based algorithm for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s
Machine-learning algorithm detects early stages of Alzheimer's through functional magnetic resonance imagingCredit: H. Parmar et al. doi 10.1117/1.JMI.7.5.056001. Alzheimer's disease...
New dataset provides county-level exposure numbers for tropical cyclones, human health
Credit: Anderson et al. Hurricanes and other tropical cyclones can severely impact human health in communities across the country, but...
A patch that could help heal broken hearts
Credit: Adapted from ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c00942 According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is...
Let’s (not) stick together
New Pitt research examines mechanics of mucus in cystic fibrosis patientsCredit: Tagbo Niepa / University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of...
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