St. Jude immunologist Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, Ph.D., receives NCI award
The National Cancer Institute award provides extended support for researchers to pursue projects with groundbreaking cancer research potentialCredit: St. Jude ...
Some severe COVID-19 cases linked to genetic mutations or antibodies that attack the body
Credit: NIAID People infected by the novel coronavirus can have symptoms that range from mild to deadly. Now, two new ...
Y chromosomes of Neandertals and Denisovans now sequenced
Neandertals have adopted male sex chromosome from modern humansCredit: MPI f. Evolutionary Anthropology In 1997, the very first Neandertal DNA ...
New system detects faint communications signals using the principles of quantum physics
Researchers have demonstrated a system that could dramatically increase the performance of communications networksCredit: NIST Researchers at the National Institute ...
Stirling experts lead research into impact of climate change on rainforest elephants
Stirling and Gabonese experts lead research into impact of climate change on rainforest elephantsCredit: University of Stirling Experts from the ...
Metal wires of carbon complete toolbox for carbon-based computers
Metallic carbon circuit element enables work on faster, efficient carbon-based transistorsCredit: UC Berkeley image by Daniel Rizzo Transistors based on ...
Scientists trace severe COVID-19 to faulty genes and an autoimmune condition
Credit: The Rockefeller University More than 10 percent of young and healthy people who develop severe COVID-19 have misguided antibodies ...
Can you paint your migraine?
As migraine surgery becomes more popular, plastic surgeons ask patients to paint their painCredit: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery September 24, ...
Jindal school researchers examine COVID-19 impact on manufacturing
Credit: UT Dallas Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have examined how manufacturers are -- or aren't -- ...
Norwegian university supplying COVID-19 test kits to India, Denmark
Credit: Photo: Geir Mogen/NTNU A highly sensitive COVID-19 test, developed by researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology ...
Reasons for football injuries
Sport scienceCredit: © Sportcast Mediaportal The team reported on their findings and conclusions in the British Journal of Sports Medicine ...
Caribbean islands face loss of protection and biodiversity as seagrass loses terrain
Credit: Rebecca James Tropical islands have an important ally when it comes to battling storms and sea-level rise: seagrass. During ...
Scientists discover why tarantulas come in vivid blues and greens
Researchers from Yale-NUS College and Carnegie Mellon University have discovered that tarantulas have the ability to see in colour, contrary ...
Bridging the gap between the magnetic and electronic properties of topological insulators
Credit: Nature Communications Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) shed light on the relationship between the magnetic properties ...
Penicillium camemberti: a history of domestication on cheese
Credit: © Tatiana Giraud, CNRS researcher at the Ecology, Systematics and Evolution Laboratory (CNRS/Université Paris-Saclay/AgroParisTech), CNRS Silver Medal 2015 The ...
The return of the spin echo
A research team from Garching and Vienna discovered a remarkable echo effect - it offers exciting new possibilities for working ...
Searching together: A lesson from rats
Concentrate on your own task but also pay attention to others -- this is the key rule for success, at ...
Putting virtual rehab for stroke patients to the test
Credit: University of East Anglia Researchers at the University of East Anglia have been putting virtual reality rehabilitation for stroke ...
Antibodies protect against wide range of influenza B virus strains
Findings point the way to developing a broad-spectrum flu drugCredit: Yanan Dai Researchers have identified two antibodies that protect mice ...
Born to be wild: Fungal highways let bacteria travel in exchange for thiamine
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find a mutualistic growth mechanism between a filamentous fungus and a bacterium that allows ...
