Study reveals how long-term infection and inflammation impairs immune response as we age
Credit: Hormaechea-Agulla et al., Cell Stem Cell, 2021, HOUSTON, TX - March 25, 2021 - Humans are born with tens ...
Will COVID-19 vaccines need to be adapted regularly?
Credit: Image: Jó/Charité Influenza vaccines need to be evaluated every year to ensure they remain effective against new influenza viruses. ...
A new way to visualize mountains of biological data
Researchers led by the University of Missouri create a new method for analyzing large amounts of biological data to help ...
The case of the cloudy filters: Solving the mystery of the degrading sunlight detectors
Credit: Andrew Jones/LASP More than 150 years ago, the Sun blasted Earth with a massive cloud of hot charged particles. ...
Urban agriculture can help, but not solve, city food security problems
Credit: Christine Costello/Penn State While urban agriculture can play a role in supporting food supply chains for many major American ...
Coughs create complicated airflows. A new project explores how they spread viruses.
Credit: Capecelatro Research Group, University of Michigan ANN ARBOR--Scientists don't fully understand exactly how our coughs disperse virus particles into ...
Plant gene found in insect, shields it from leaf toxins
Credit: Jixing Xia and Zhaojiang Guo Millions of years ago, aphid-like insects called whiteflies incorporated a portion of DNA from ...
Game on: Science edition
After AIs mastered Go and Super Mario, Brookhaven scientists have taught them how to "play" experiments at NSLS-IICredit: Brookhaven National ...
Automated embryo selection system might rise likelihood of success in treating infertility
The AI-based system photographs the embryos every five minutes, processes the data of their development and notifies any anomalies observed. ...
TPU scientists develop sensor with nanopores for definition doping in blood
Credit: sensor samples Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University jointly with colleagues from different countries have developed a new sensor with ...
Evidence for reduced antibody protection against SARS-CoV-2 variants
Cell culture studies show that mutated viruses are less susceptible to inhibition by antibodies from recovered or vaccinated individualsCredit: Figure: ...
The EKFZ for Digital Health researches the use of smart glasses in everyday clinical practice.
A cooperation with tooz technologies.Credit: (c) tooz technologies The tooz smart glasses are not typical, often heavy and unwieldy AR ...
The CNIO describe how embryonic stem cells keep optimal conditions for use in regenerative medicine
Credit: CNIO Scientists at the Proteomics Core Unit of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), headed by Javier Muñoz, ...
The world’s longest bottlebrush polymer ever synthesized
Potential utility for the development of flexible, low-friction polymeric materialsCredit: NIMS NIMS and RIKEN have succeeded in synthesizing the longest ...
Renewable energy, new perspectives for photovoltaic cells
In a study published in Nature Communications, scientists from the Politecnico di Milano and IFN-CNR reveal a critical mechanism for ...
Nearly half of poison control calls for supersized alcopops involve underage drinkers
A new George Mason University study found that calls to US poison control centers for supersized alcopops disproportionately involved underage ...
The imaginary part of quantum mechanics really exists!
Credit: Source: USTC For almost a century, physicists have been intrigued by the fundamental question: why are complex numbers so ...
Ancient megafaunal mutualisms and extinctions as factors in plant domestication
Of the vast diversity of plants on Earth, only a few evolved to become prominent agricultural crops. Scholars now suggest ...
Better postoperative recovery for physically active
Credit: Photo: Anna Onerup People who are physically active on a regular basis recover better after surgery for colorectal cancer. ...
Planting trees to save the planet: The Chinese experience
Credit: Yangyong Ye A coordinated global effort to reduce the production of greenhouse gas emissions from industry and other sectors ...