Study: Countering hate on social media
Credit: Garland et al, EMNLP 2020 The rise of online hate speech is a disturbing, growing trend in countries around ...
TTUHSC scientist takes next step in search for bone disease treatment
Das study indicates KLF2 induction in DPSCs can promote osteoblastCredit: TTUHSC For more than a decade, Hiranmoy Das, Ph.D., has ...
Arturo Azcorra, recipient of the Reginald Fessenden Award
The director of the IMDEA Networks Institute has been recognised for his contribution to the development of 5G technologyCredit: IMDEA ...
Lehigh’s Plasma Control Group awarded $1.5 million DOE grant for fusion research
Professor Eugenio Schuster leads new project at the National Spherical Torus Experiment Upgrade (NSTX-U) that will contribute to the eventual ...
NRL researchers catch supermassive black holes launching newborn radio jets
Credit: (Photo illustration by National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Credit: Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF) WASHINGTON -- U.S. Naval Research Laboratory researchers led ...
A sulfur molecule to block the coronavirus
Some viruses can get inside cells via a mechanism that involves sulfur organic molecules. Chemists at UNIGE have discovered effective ...
Scientists investigate solutions for building cell membrane defense against COVID-19
Credit: ORNL/Jill Hemman The cell membrane is the cell's outermost line of defense against SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus responsible for ...
Turning waste plastic into carbon nanotubes to transmit electricity
£270,000 award for Swansea teamCredit: ESRI, Swansea University The Welsh government is backing a cutting-edge science project at Swansea University ...
Scientist who developed quantum computing code wins ORNL’s top science award
Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Paul Kent, a computational nanoscience researcher in Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Computing and Computational ...
Biofriendly protocells pump up blood vessels
Credit: Nature Chemistry (2020). An international team comprising researchers from the University of Bristol, and Hunan and Central South Universities ...
Materials developed at Sandia help extinguish solar panel fires before they ignite
Local company uses special polymer within flame prevention deviceCredit: Photo by Bret Latter, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- As ...
Microplastics in the death zone
Scientists find plastic fibres in snow samples from Mount EverestCredit: Baker Perry, National Geographic Scientists have identified the highest recorded ...
Collaborative AI effort unraveling SARS-CoV-2 mysteries wins Gordon Bell Special Prize
Credit: (Image produced by Anda Trifan, Argonne/University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC); John Stone, UIUC; Lorenzo Casalino and Rommie ...
NSF grant to study oxygen delivery in insects
Credit: Virginia Tech With support from an NSF grant, two faculty members in biomedical engineering and mechanics have combined forces to answer ...
New insights into memristive devices by combining incipient ferroelectrics and graphene
Credit: Banerjee lab, University of Groningen Scientists are working on new materials to create neuromorphic computers, with a design based ...
Team preparing for SKA shortlisted for ‘Nobel Prize of supercomputing’
Credit: Credit: ICRAR/UWA An international team led by The University of Western Australia was one of six finalists for the ...
One-way street for electrons
Scientists observe directed energy transport between neighbouring molecules in a nanomaterialCredit: University of Oldenburg Whether in solar cells, in photosynthesis ...
Highly efficient, long-lasting electrocatalyst to boost hydrogen fuel production
Surface oxygen adsorbed during synthesis of the single atomic alloy catalyst stabilizes the catalytic intermediate, ensuring a full cycle of ...
Think you have COVID? This camera could tell you
Credit: University of South Australia A key symptom of COVID-19 - oxygen saturation - is now being estimated remotely from ...
Alternative gene control mechanism based on organization of DNA within nucleus
Genes that give plant nucleus its shape discovered, also regulate copper toleranceCredit: Image by Yuki Sakamoto, CC BY, first published ...
