Detecting small amounts of virus in early infections
Device could preconcentrate samples from COVID-19 patients in asymptomatic stages of the disease, providing early detection capabilityCredit: Amy Drexelius WASHINGTON,...
Decorating windows for optimal sound transmission
Optically transparent glass material allows sound to propagate efficiently without any airflow.Credit: Xihan Tan WASHINGTON, September 1, 2020 -- Glass...
How dangerous are burning electric cars?
Fire experiments in test tunnelCredit: Amstein+ Walthert Progress AG / Empa There' s a loud bang, and then it starts:...
Ultraviolet B exposure expands proenkephalin+ regulatory T cells with a healing function
Proenkephalin+ regulatory T cells expanded by ultraviolet B exposure maintain skin homeostasis with a healing functionCredit: Department Immunology, Nagoya City...
From virtual to reality! Virtual training improves physical and cognitive functions
Credit: Tohoku University Researchers at the Smart-Aging Research Center (IDAC) at Tohoku University have developed an innovative training protocol that,...
Story tips: Cool smart walls, magnetism twist, fuel cost savings and polymers’ impact
Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Buildings - Cool smart walls Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers used additive manufacturing to...
$1.3 million DOE grant funds study of how fungus may help grow sorghum for biofuels
Findings will help advance basic understanding of the genetic mechanisms by which plants control their associations with potentially beneficial root-associated...
Helping SMEs adopt open innovation
Credit: Singapore Management University SMU Office of Research & Tech Transfer - Small and medium enterprises (SMEs), as defined by...
Spacing Singapore to improve social distancing
Credit: Singapore Management University SMU Office of Research & Tech Transfer - Four days before Singapore implemented its 'circuit breaker'...
Clemson receives $2.5 million grant to study the mechanisms of ecosystem health
Researchers to identify microbes that relate to the health of ecosystemsCredit: College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina - Clemson University...
Memory in a metal, enabled by quantum geometry
Credit: Ella Maru Studios The emergence of artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques is changing the world dramatically with novel...
Securing the internet
Credit: Singapore Management University SMU Office of Research & Tech Transfer - While many people can name an Internet Service...
Venom from honeybees found to kill aggressive breast cancer cells
Australian research published in Nature Precision OncologyCredit: Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research Using the venom from 312 honeybees and...
RethiNKing which immune cells are the best weapon against lung cancer
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Immune cells called 'natural killer' (NK) cells could be a powerful weapon for fighting...
Growth hormone plays key role in early puberty, breast cancer risk
Groundbreaking findings based on following 180+ girls for 14 yearsCredit: Cincinnati Children's When girls reach puberty at an unusually early...
One in two Americans fear a major health event could lead to bankruptcy
West Health-Gallup US healthcare survey finds growing fears of financial ruin amid the COVID-19 pandemicCredit: Gallup-West Health U.S. Healthcare Study,...
Idle threat
University of Utah engineers to design and test real-time air pollution warning system for school, hospital parking lotsCredit: Dan Hixson/University...
Brain estrogen is key to brain protection when oxygen is low
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University When the brain isn't getting enough oxygen, estrogen produced by neurons in both...
New electronic skin can react to pain like human skin
Prototype device electronically replicates the way human skin senses painCredit: Ella Maru Studio Researchers have developed electronic artificial skin that...
GCS coordinates projects to build Pan-European HPC Competency Network
The EuroCC and CASTIEL projects, coordinated by the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing, aim at creating a Europe-wide network of national...
