Ultrafast, on-chip PCR could speed diagnosis during current and future pandemics
Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c02154 Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has been the gold standard for diagnosis ...
UNH research: Journey of PFAS in wastewater facilities highlights regulation challenges
Credit: UNH DURHAM, N.H.--Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have conducted two of the first studies in New England ...
COVID-related mental health disparities? There’s an app for that
NIH awards $2.7 million for clinical trial to develop, test digital therapeuticCredit: University of Houston A University of Houston researcher ...
How antibiotic-filled poop helps ‘bessbug’ beetles stay healthy
Understanding the communities of antimicrobial-producing bacteria that thrive in the feces of horned passalus beetles could help scientists discover new ...
HKUST’s meta-analysis shows SARS-CoV-2 variants unlikely to affect T cell responses
Credit: HKUST In a new study, scientists at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have revealed that ...
Report reveals impact of £1.8billion+ on UK science and economy by Diamond Light Source
Credit: Diamond Light Source/Technopolis A recent study by Technopolis and Diamond estimates a cumulative monetised impact of at least £1.8 ...
University of Kentucky researchers discover fundamental roles of glucosamine in brain
Credit: Photo by Pete Comparoni | UKphoto LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 26, 2021) - Using novel imaging methods for studying brain ...
NASA’s Roman mission to probe cosmic secrets using exploding stars
Credit: Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab? NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will see thousands ...
Electric fish — and humans — pause before communicating key points
Credit: Tsunehiko Kohashi American writer and humorist Mark Twain, a master of language and noted lecturer, once offered, "The right ...
Dinosaur-age fossils provide new insights into origin of flowering plants
Credit: NIGPAS Flowering plants (angiosperms) dominate most terrestrial ecosystems, providing the bulk of human food. However, their origin has been ...
Engineering researcher receives $450K grant
Marianna Maiaru earns Air Force Young Investigator awardCredit: UMass Lowell LOWELL, Mass. - UMass Lowell researcher Marianna Maiaru, assistant professor ...
Collin Ewald to present at the 8th Aging Research & Drug Discovery Meeting 2021
Collin Ewald to present new research in the biology of aging at the world's largest aging research for drug discovery ...
LHAASO detect dozen sources of ultra-high energy gamma-rays
Credit: YANG Jianrui; MA Xiaohan; LIU Yuanbo Discovered by Victor Hess in 1912, cosmic rays, relativisitic particles that shower Earth, ...
Hardware-software contracts for secure speculation, Best Paper Award at the 42nd IEEE Symposium
Credit: Comunidad de Madrid IMDEA Software Institute researchers Marco Guarnieri and Pepe Vila together with Boris Köpf (Microsoft Research) and ...
To sting or not to sting?
Credit: Morgane Nouvian When do bees sting and how do they organise their collective defence behaviour against predators? An interdisciplinary ...
What causes the deep Earth’s most mysterious earthquakes?
The cause of Earth's deepest earthquakes has been a mystery to science for more than a century, but a team ...
Infrared imaging to detect lymphatic filariasis
Infrared thermal imaging as a novel non-invasive point-of-care tool to assess filarial lymphoedemaCredit: Louise Kelly-Hope A paper published in the ...
Scientists find a way to detect the spectral signals of amyloid fibrils
It will help to better understand the mechanism of neurodegenerative diseasesCredit: SPbU Alzheimer's disease is the most common neurodegenerative disorder ...
Better understanding membranes
Experts from the University of Goettingen and the Hereon present new research strategiesCredit: Graphic: Authors of the paper Whether in ...
UTA team to test geothermal de-icing technique on working bridge
De-icing system moving from test site to Texas bridgeCredit: UT Arlington A geothermal de-icing system designed by researchers at The ...