Improving ladder safety, one rung at a time
Kurt Beschorner receives a $1.8M NIOSH grant to develop safer ladder design and climbing practicesCredit: Ric Evans/University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH...
Recipe for success — interaction proteomics become a household item
Credit: Ella Maru Studio Proteins in human cells do not function in isolation and their interactions with other proteins define...
Research exposes new vulnerability for SARS-CoV-2
Electrostatic interactions enhance the spike protein's bond to host cellsCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern University researchers have uncovered...
NASA finds a wispy, wind-sheared Tropical Depression 06W
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Terra satellite revealed that a wispy looking Tropical Depression 06W in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean was...
Clemson doctoral candidate uses rockets to surf the Alaskan sky
Clemson postdoc and a multi-institutional research team documented "surfer waves" in the upper atmosphere that create a pipeline of energy...
Researchers create mask filtration effectiveness hierarchy
Research conducted at an EPA facility on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus shows that expired and sterilized used N95 masks are...
NASA finds Jangmi now an Extra-Tropical Storm
Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). NASA's Aqua satellite obtained a visible image...
Why does COVID-19 impact only some organs, not others?
COVID-19 proliferates through a receptor present in most of the human body; but if the receptor is so pervasive, why...
AI with ‘imagination’ could help doctors with diagnosis, particularly for complex case
Babylon's new Artificial Intelligence with 'imagination' could help doctors with diagnosis, particularly for complex casesCredit: Babylon Health Doctors are overworked...
Storing energy in red bricks
Credit: D'Arcy laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis Imagine plugging in to your brick house. Red bricks...
WVU toxicologist earns $3 million NIH grant to study impact of air pollution on lung healing
Credit: Greg Ellis/West Virginia University Each time we breathe in, we're not inhaling just one component that seeps into our...
Masks, PPE materials should be hydrophilic
Making masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) with hydrophilic surfaces, where droplets of coronavirus spread out and dry faster, could...
Scientists replace malfunctioning ‘vacuum cleaner’ cells linked to neurological disorders
Credit: Image credit: Xu et al, 2020, Cell Reports Researchers at Fudan University in Shanghai, China have developed three different...
Digital content on track to equal half Earth’s mass by 2245
If verified, the mass-energy-information equivalence principle will show that information is a physical, dominant, fifth state of matter, and digital...
SUTD researchers create heart cells from stem cells using 3D printing
Researchers 3D printed a micro-scaled physical device to demonstrate a new level of control in the directed differentiation of stem...
Using physics to improve root canal efficiency
Temperature is a critical parameter in determining cleansing efficiency during a root canalCredit: Hanhui Jin WASHINGTON, August 11, 2020 --...
Virginia Universities will use COVID Health Check to screen for COVID-19 on campuses
George Mason University developed and other Viriginia colleges are adopting the first-of-its-kind screening tool for real-time surveillance, early detection, coordinated...
Lab-created molecule achieves positive results in the treatment of arthritis
Tested in mice with genetically induced arthritis, the substance decreased the area affected, reduced local swelling, and assuaged the pain...
Study shows inbreeding reduces cooperation in banded mongooses
Inbreeding can reduce cooperation in banded mongooses according to a recent study by researchersCredit: Dr Hazel Nichols Inbreeding can reduce...
Baycrest researchers to investigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on dementia risk
Credit: Baycrest In addition to its clear impact on physical health, COVID-19 may also have adverse consequences for brain health....
