Are China’s pollution remediation efforts making the planet warmer?
China's efforts to combat aerosol pollution resulted in warming throughout the northern latitudesCredit: Yixuan Zheng, Ken Caldeira, Dan Tong,Steven Davis,...
Researchers create artificial lung to support pre-term babies in distress
Credit: McMaster University HAMILTON, ON, Sept. 29, 2020 -- An international team led by current and former McMaster University researchers...
Argonne targets lithium-rich materials as key to more sustainable cost-effective batteries
Credit: (Juan Garcia and Hakim Iddir / Argonne National Laboratory.) Next-generation batteries using lithium-rich materials could be more sustainable and...
New woodlands can help reduce flooding risk within 15 years
Credit: Buckfastleigh Flood Action Group The planting of woodlands in upland areas could play a significant role in preventing the...
Nanotech filter coating offers promise against COVID-19
Coating developed by UH professor being tested in New York CityCredit: University of Houston A physics professor from the University...
A revised map of where working memory resides in the brain
Credit: Laboratory of Neural Dynamics and Cognition at The Rockefeller University Working memory: it's how you make a mental shopping...
Marine biodiversity reshuffles under warmer and sea ice-free Pacific Arctic
Credit: Irene D. Alabia, et al., Science of The Total Environment, supplementary file, July 15, 2020 Climate warming will alter...
Kawasaki disease is not a homogenous disease nor are its triggers
Credit: Erik Jepsen, UCPA Researchers at University of California San Diego report that while Kawasaki disease (KD) occurs in clusters,...
Scientists studied nanoparticles embedded in silver-ion-exchanged glasses
Researchers have registered the formation of silver nanoparticles in an ion-exchanged glass as a result of infrared laser irradiation.Credit: Peter...
UVA launching project to determine long-term brain effects of military blast exposures
UVA researchers developing model to predict impact of repeated exposuresCredit: UVA Health University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers are...
Why disordered light-harvesting systems produce ordered outcomes
Credit: Ilias Patmanidis and Misha Pchenitchnikov Scientists typically prefer to work with ordered systems. However, a diverse team of physicists...
A cancer shredder
Substance with new mechanism of action foundCredit: Dr. Sandy Pernitzsch The villain in this drama has a pretty name: Aurora...
Identified the cellular process by which Cisplatin chemotherapy causes neuronal damage
Credit: Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) Despite the great advances in cancer research in recent years, treatments that can cause...
In a field where smaller is better, researchers discover the world’s tiniest antibodies
Researchers at the University of Bath in the UK and biopharma company UCB have found a way to produce miniaturised antibodies, opening...
Discovery of cells that heal cardiac damage after infarction
Cima and the Clinica Universidad de Navarra lead an international research showing the molecular mechanisms involved in the activation of...
Scientists present a comprehensive physics basis for a new fusion reactor design
Special Issue 'Status of the SPARC Physics Basis', from the 'Journal of Plasma Physics'Credit: CFS/MIT-PSFC - CAD Rendering by T....
Second alignment plane of solar system discovered
Credit: NAOJ A study of comet motions indicates that the Solar System has a second alignment plane. Analytical investigation of...
Inflammatory gene provides clue to obesity risk
Credit: Pexels A gene that helps to control inflammation increases the risk of obesity and could be turned off in...
Evolution of pine needles helps trees cope with rainfall impact
Exploring the effect of rainfall on pine needles may lead to future fibers that are extremely water-repellent.Credit: Lebanoff and Dickerson,...
Prostate cancer: immunotherapy offers hope
An antibody for treating advanced prostate cancer improves progression-free survival in patients with metastasised, castration-resistant prostate cancer. This is the...
