From age 8 we spontaneously link vocal to facial emotion
UNIGE scientists have tracked the eye movements of children to show how they make the link - spontaneously and without...
Light from inside the tunnel
Credit: University of Rostock, B. Liewehr Steering and monitoring the light-driven motion of electrons inside matter on the time-scale of...
Study: Walking backward to get ahead
UC researchers study backward treadmill walking to help stroke survivors learn to stride forwardCredit: Colleen Kelley/UC Creative + Brand Walking...
Scientists develop N-doped self-cleaning membranes that use visible light irradiation
Credit: ZHANG Huiru Researchers from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Argonne National...
Lab-grown ‘mini-brains’ suggest COVID-19 virus can infect human brain cells
Credit: Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health A multidisciplinary team from two...
Face mask construction, materials matter for containing coughing, sneezing droplets
Simulated coughs and sneezes from mannequins show higher efficacy in multilayered, well-fitted cloth masks.Credit: CREDIT: Siddhartha Verma, Manhar R. Dhanak...
Researchers identify multiple molecules that shut down SARS-Cov-2 polymerase reaction
A library of molecules with unique structural and chemical features inhibit the novel coronavirus polymerase, a key drug target for...
Respiratory droplet motion, evaporation and spread of COVID-19-type pandemics
Mathematical model sheds light on the motion and evaporation of respiratory droplets responsible for disease transmissionCredit: Swetaprovo Chaudhuri, Saptarshi Basu,...
Discovery of new step in how brain cells work could lead to new therapies for epilepsy
Credit: Lafayette Photography Dublin, Tuesday, 30 June 2020: Researchers have identified a critical new step in how brain cells function...
Functional in silico dissection of the brain during the natural wake-sleep cycle
A study involving Gustavo Deco, ICREA research professor and director of the Center for Brain and Cognition, published in the...
Whole-town study reveals more than 40% of COVID-19 infections had no symptoms
Credit: Andrea Crisanti A study of COVID-19 in the quarantined Italian town of Vò, where most of the population was...
HKUST sets up a platform of vaccine target recommendations for COVID-19
Credit: HKUST As genetic sequences of SARS-CoV-2, the cause of the novel pneumonia (COVID-19), are similar to those of the...
Optoelectronic parametric oscillator
Credit: by Tengfei Hao, Qizhuang Cen, Shanhong Guan, Wei Li, Yitang Dai, Ninghua Zhu, and Ming Li Parametric oscillators are...
Northwestern launches a national resource to unlock role of metals in human health
Partners include Argonne National Laboratory and leading research universitiesCredit: Sample courtesy of the Kozorovitskiy and O'Halloran groups, analysis software from...
Australian Space Agency backs locally-designed space suit development
Australian researchers will lead development of the next generation of space suits in a major international collaboration with NASA, the...
No touching: Skoltech researchers find contactless way to measure thickness of carbon nanotube films
Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Scientists from Skoltech and their colleagues from Russia and Finland have figured out a non-invasive...
A vaccine targeting aged cells mitigates metabolic disorders in obese mice
Researchers from Osaka University develop a novel vaccine that removes senescent immune cells from the body to improve obesity-induced metabolic...
Salk researchers accelerate, expand COVID-19 research
Salk scientists tackle COVID-19 pandemic with innovative research projects on immunity, vaccine development, viral imaging and moreCredit: Salk Institute LA...
Research reveals fishing pressures affect tropical and temperate reefs differentl
Credit: Elizabeth Madin, University of Hawai'i In a study published recently in Ecology and Evolution, an international team of researchers...
A cosmic mystery: ESO telescope captures the disappearance of a massive star
Credit: ESO/L. Calçada Using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered the absence of an unstable...
