Could a polio vaccine stop the coronavirus pandemic? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, May 4, 2020 -- The COVID-19 pandemic has scientists considering a few less-conventional options ...
Foraging Drosophila flies are open for new microbial partners
Their openness to associate with previously unknown yeasts could be a crucial factor for the emergence of new Drosophila speciesCredit: ...
How to put neurons into cages
Using microscopically fine 3D printing technologies from TU Wien (Vienna) and sound waves used as tweezers at Stanford University (California), ...
Discovery of bacterial enzyme activity could lead to new sugar-based drugs
Researchers from DTU have revealed the structure of an enzyme that can convert low-cost sugars into hard-to-produce alpha-GalNAc sugars with ...
NAU scientists develop interactive disease models to predict regional spread of COVID-19
Credit: Photo courtesy of Northern Arizona University Joe Mihaljevic, mathematical epidemiologist and assistant professor in Northern Arizona University's School of ...
Scientists invented an aging vaccine
Professor Viktor Seledtsov, a senior researcher at the IKBFU Center of Medical Biotechnologies and Alexei von Delwig, a researcher at ...
A $10 million grant enables BCG vaccine trial to expand internationally, enroll 10,000 healthcare workers
An $10 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will allow the Murdoch Children's Research Institute's (MCRI) clinical ...
Magnetic pulses alter salmon’s orientation, suggesting navigation via magnetite in tissue
Credit: Lynn Ketchum, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers in Oregon State University's College of Agricultural Sciences have taken ...
Stress resistance mechanisms in heat shock proteins to advance innovative biotechno
A paper by Kazan Federal University and the Institute of Cytology appeared in RSC AdvancesCredit: Kazan Federal University Researchers from ...
IKBFU scientists have discovered a way to increase wheat immunity
Wheat is one of the most common cereal crops. Scientists all over the world are looking for ways to increase ...
Outer tube-selectively boron-doped double-walled carbon nanotubes for thermoelectric applications
Credit: Copyright © 2020, American Chemical Society Carbon nanotubes, the tiny hollow tube of hexagonal carbon lattices has been touted ...
Activation of the SARS coronavirus 2 revealed
Infection researchers from the German Primate Center identify starting points for vaccine development and therapyCredit: Figure: Markus Hoffmann The SARS ...
Breakthrough in molecular machines
Credit: Mikkel Larris, University of Southern Denmark Molecules are some of life's most basic building blocks. When they work together ...
Print your own laboratory-grade microscope for US$18
An open-source design from the University of Bath gives schools, homes and labs the chance to 3D print their own ...
Characterizing two sisters, examples of exceptional longevity
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 1, 2020--A new study provides a detailed characterization of two ...
Pacific oysters may not contain as many microplastics as previously thought
Credit: Julieta Martinelli/University of Washington Plastic pollution is an increasingly present threat to marine life and one which can potentially ...
Electrocardiogram shows value in college athletes’ screens
ECG heightens detection of sudden cardiac death risk and is a cost-effective diagnostic, a new study showsCredit: UW Medicine Over ...
KIST ensures stability of desalination process with magnesium
Process is developed to inhibit the fouling of desalination membranes with the addition of magnesium. Desalination stability is expected to ...
Shrinking snowcaps fuel harmful algal blooms in Arabian sea
Climate-driven shifts disrupt fisheries, desalination plants; problems may hit other regionsCredit: Norman Kuring/NASA A uniquely resilient organism all but unheard ...
Exercise boosts motor skill learning via changes in brain’s transmitters
Researchers find switch in chemical messaging is key prelude to motor skill acquisitionCredit: Spitzer Lab, UC San Diego Doctors have ...
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