A molecular pressure cooker tenderizes tough pieces of protein and helps to bite off
Credit: NINS/IMS Proteins are composed of amino acids connected by amide bonds. The amide bond exhibits high chemical stability and ...
Can an existing HIV medication slow the spread of COVID-19?
Team of Toronto researchers launches clinical trial to find out if existing HIV medication could prevent COVID-19 infectionCredit: MAP Centre ...
AGA and joint task force on allergy-immunology practice parameters release EoE guidelines
Guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for allergists and gastroenterologists focusing on the clinical management of EoE for pediatric and adult patientsCredit: ...
CNIC scientists design an experimental mouse model for investigating the mechanical function of proteins
The model, published today in Nature Communications, is based on the insertion of the HaloTag-TEV genetic cassette into titin, one ...
A great new way to paint 3D-printed objects
Efficient painting method reaches nooks and cranniesCredit: Jonathan P. Singer/Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Rutgers engineers have created a highly effective way ...
New device simulates feel of walls, solid objects in virtual reality
Strings attached to hand, fingers create more realistic haptic feedbackCredit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH--Today's virtual reality systems can create immersive ...
Two-person-together MRI scans on couples investigates how touching is perceived in the brain
An MRI in each other's arms shows how physical contact alters the brains of couplesCredit: Ville Renvall/ Aalto University Researchers ...
New DNA test will improve tracking of Salmonella food-poisoning outbreaks
The test may rapidly and sensitively distinguish subtypes of Salmonella, reports The Journal of Molecular DiagnosticsCredit: Public Health Image Library, ...
Invasive lionfish likely to become permanent residents in the Mediterranean
Credit: Marine and Environmental Research (MER) Lab An invasive species first identified in the Mediterranean Sea just eight years ago ...
Insilico and Astellas collaborate on AI for a conventionally challenging target family
Insilico Medicine enters into a collaboration research with Astellas Pharma Inc. to apply novel generative artificial intelligence system for a ...
UTA civil engineer helping DFW Airport manage storm water, predict future flooding
Teaming up to prevent flooding at DFW airportCredit: UT Arlington The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) is partnering with ...
Skoltech research shows how a ‘Swiss Army knife’ protein helps phages disarm their victims
Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Researchers from the Severinov Laboratory at Skoltech, along with their colleagues from Switzerland and Israel, ...
Navy strengthens defense industrial base with new small business funding opportunity
Credit: (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Donavan K. Patubo/released) ARLINGTON, Va.--To support the national response to ...
CUNY SPH Weekly COVID-19 Survey update week 7
Coronavirus testing ramps up in the city and more New Yorkers benefit from public and private assistanceCredit: CUNY SPH Coronavirus ...
Making sense of the viral multiverse
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University In November of 2019--likely, even earlier--a tiny entity measuring just a few ...
In preparing for COVID-19 cases, plan early, communicate often
Credit: ATS April 27, 2020 - Hospitals facing a growing population of COVID-19 cases need a coordinated approach with a ...
Giving distressed lungs a safer fighting chance
FDA grants Pitt spinout ALung Technologies emergency use approval for its Hemolung to treat COVID-19 patients with respiratory distressCredit: ALung ...
Virus-infected honey bees more likely to gain entrance to healthy hives
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Honey bees that guard hive entrances are twice as likely to allow ...
Researchers use machine learning to unearth underground Instagram ‘pods’
A team led by NYU Tandon creates a means to track how 'pod people' manipulate social media popularity through reciprocity ...
It takes a neutron beam to find a proton
Researchers from Osaka University use neutron crystallography to pinpoint hydrogen atoms and protons in the structure of a large enzyme ...
