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Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Two top scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine are seeking answers...

Researcher repurposes social networking models to predict COVID spread

Applying different social distancing policies to population statisticsCredit: Tarek Abdelzaher Since the COVID-19 epidemic began, there has been plenty of...

Novotech selected as CRO for Karyopharm’s COVID-19 clinical study

The Asia-Pacific's largest specialist biotech CRO Novotech has been engaged for a Phase 2 COVID-19 study by biotech sponsor Karyopharm Therapeutics...

Novel method produces life-saving T cells from mesenchymal stromal cells

Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - A new study released today in STEM CELLS suggests for the first time that...

Gaffen and Kuchroo jointly recognized for 2020 ICIS-BioLegend William E. Paul Award

for their combined contribution deciphering the role of a key cytokine IL-17 in health and disease.Credit: International Cytokine & Interferon...

Ending the daily work commute may not cut energy usage as much as one might hope

Credit: University of Sussex A mass move to working-from-home accelerated by the Coronavirus pandemic might not be as beneficial to...

New technology revolutionizes 3D metal printing

LED instead of laser or electron beamCredit: © TU Graz Selective LED-based melting (SLEDM) - i.e. the targeted melting of...

Clinicians warn of the dangers of equating COVID-19 with high altitude pulmonary edema

Credit: ATS April 29, 2020 - Early reports of COVID-19 symptoms and the compelling need to quickly identify treatment options...

Reduced obesity for weighted-vest wearers

Credit: Photo by Elin Lindstrom and Cecilia Hedstrom Scientists from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have found a new method...

A new way to accurately estimate COVID-19 death toll

Rutgers engineer's mathematical model can predict cumulative deaths in USCredit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention A Rutgers engineer...

Making safe choices: It’s in our DNA

Researchers from Osaka University demonstrate how DNA replication machinery plays an important role in the choice of recombination pathway at...

New STM technique points way to new and purer pharmaceuticals

Credit: University of Warwick Using an ultra-thin and sharp needle tipped with a single carbon monoxide molecule frozen to minus...

New evidence for optimizing malaria treatment in pregnant women

Credit: Susan Elden, DFID The research, published today in The Lancet Infectious Diseases is the fruit of joint project between...

KU Leuven researchers unravel protein mystery of three brain diseases

Credit: Microscopy by Anke Van der Perren The accumulation of one particular protein in the brain is at the basis...

Astronomers capture rare images of planet-forming disks around stars

Credit: Jacques Kluska et al. An international team of astronomers has captured fifteen images of the inner rims of planet-forming...

Bermudagrass harvest management options with poultry litter fertilization

Credit: John Read When fertilizing bermudagrass with poultry litter, turfgrass managers must consider limiting the buildup of soil P or...

A step closer to eradicating malaria

New strategies significantly cut disease in challenging low-transmission settingsCredit: UTSW DALLAS - April 29, 2020 - Strategies that treat households in the broad...

Learning from fish and flags to inform new propulsion strategies

Connections between resonance and nonlinearity in swimming performance of a flexible heaving plateCredit: Debra Levey Larson From the vibrations of...

Computational techniques explore ‘the dark side of amyloid aggregation in the brain’

UMass Amherst scientists advance knowledge of neurodegenerative fibril formationCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - As physicians and families know too...

Superoxide produces hydroxyl radicals that break down dissolved organic matter in water