Comparing face coverings in controlling expired particles
Surgical, N95 masks block most particlesCredit: Christopher Cappa, UC Davis Laboratory tests of surgical and N95 masks by researchers at...
Columbia leads effort to develop a quantum simulator
The project is supported by a NSF Convergence Accelerator award that funds team-based, multidisciplinary initiatives addressing challenges of national importanceCredit:...
LSU physicists develop a method to improve gravitational wave detector sensitivity
Credit: LSU Gravitational wave detectors have opened a new window to the universe by measuring the ripples in spacetime produced...
New storage battery more efficient and heat-resistant
Chemists at the University of Jena develop new polymer electrolytes for redox flow batteriesCredit: (Image: Philipp Borchers/University of Jena) (Jena,...
“Stretching rack” for cells
An ingenious device, only a few micrometers in size, enables to study the reaction of individual biological cells to mechanical...
The surprising organization of avian brains
A research team clears up 150 years of false assumptionsCredit: RUB, Biopsychlogy. These findings refute 150-year-old assumptions. The team, published...
Remnants of an ancient asteroid shed new light on the early solar system
Credit: Modified after Koike et al. (2020) EPSL Researchers have shaken up a once accepted timeline for cataclysmic events in...
Secure nano-carrier delivers medications directly to cells
Nanoparticles with synthetic DNA can control release of active agentsCredit: Uli Benz / TUM Medications often have unwanted side-effects. One...
Family care? Healed injuries suggest social behavior in ancestral wolves
New specimens from Ice Age of China provide clues to origin of pack-hunting in modern wolvesCredit: Mairin Balisi Wolves today...
An enhanced ruthenium-based catalyst for primary amine synthesis
Credit: Yusuke Kita Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed a high-performance reusable ruthenium-based catalyst for the...
Pale melanomas masked by albino gene
Credit: iStock People with pale coloured melanomas are more likely to have a gene mutation associated with albinism, University of...
Astronomers model, determine how disk galaxies evolve so smoothly
Credit: Illustration by Jian Wu/Iowa State University. Galaxy image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. AMES, Iowa - Computer simulations...
Spin clean-up method brings practical quantum computers closer to reality
Osaka City University develops a quantum algorithm that removes pesky spin contaminants from chemical calculations on quantum computers.Credit: Kenji Sugisaki,...
Ultrapotent antibody mix blocks COVID-19 virus attachment
A cocktail of powerful antibodies identified in recovered patients locks the coronavirus infection machinery, inhibits SARS-CoV-2 attachment to host cells,...
Study could be first step in providing personalized care to patients with ureteral stents
Credit: Lawson Health Research Institute LONDON, ONTARIO - For patients with kidney stones, ureteral stents (hollow devices placed in the...
UTA computer scientists investigating framework for sharing sensor data
Business model would share sensor dataCredit: UT Arlington Sensors are everywhere, collecting data in nearly every part of society and...
A clearer view of what makes glass rigid
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Researchers led by The University of Tokyo employed...
Potential drug target for dangerous E. coli infections identified
Credit: UNSW Sydney Escherichia coli, known as E. coli, are bacteria which many people associate with causing mild food poisoning,...
3D printed nasal swabs work as well as commercial swabs for COVID-19 diagnostic testing
A multisite clinical trial, led by USF Health and Tampa General Hospital, provides the first evidence that both devices are...
PLUS takes 3D ultrasound images of solids
Credit: Yoshikazu Ohara, Tohoku University A new system, developed by Tohoku University researchers in Japan in collaboration with Los Alamos...
