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Novel risk score for predicting blood cancer relapse
Medical researchers in China develop a new risk score to predict relapse of leukemiaCredit: Chinese Medical Journal Leukemia is a...
Glial cells help mitigate neurological damage in Huntington’s disease
Credit: Dr. J Botas/eLife, 2021 The brain is not a passive recipient of injury or disease. Research has shown that...
Cosmic hand hitting a wall
Credit: NASA/SAO/NCSU/Borkowski et al. Motions of a remarkable cosmic structure have been measured for the first time, using NASA's Chandra...
The job you want vs. the job you get
Research connects dream jobs with the future of workCredit: University of Houston When it comes to career aspirations for teenagers,...
Decoding humans’ survival from coronaviruses
Credit: Pixabay image by Gerd Altmann An international team of researchers co-led by the University of Adelaide and the University...
Spreading of infections = need for collaboration between biology and physics
Credit: Bjarke Frost Nielsen/Kim Sneppen Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, together with epidemiologist Lone Simonsen from...
Coronavirus crisis and social citizenship in India
German Research Foundation funds new project at the University of GöttingenCredit: Claus Becker The initial spread of the coronavirus in...
Versatile, fast and reliable SARS-CoV-2 antibody assay
Automated microarray rapid test for detecting SARS-CoV-2 antibodiesCredit: Sebastian Kissel / TUM During the continued progression of the Corona pandemic,...
Membrane proteins of bacteria and humans show surprising similarities
Research cooperation uncovers structure and function of PspA and discovers evolutionary link of a bacterial protein to human ESCRT-III proteinsCredit:...
New findings on body axis formation
Heidelberg researchers discover an enzyme that prevents the formation of multiple heads and axes in the freshwater polyp HydraCredit: Berenice...
Elephant seal diving mystery solved: 24-hour feeding could be climate change sentinel
Credit: Photo by Taiki Adachi (NIPR/University of St Andrews) Female elephant seal weigh on average 350 kg, and dive continuously...
Light-sensitive protein in eye of birds is magnetic sensitive as well
Credit: XIE Can Recently, a collaboration of researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), Universities of Oldenburg (Germany)...
South Korean team to develop nanofilm-based “cell cage” technology
Credit: seoul national university A research team, led by Prof. Nathaniel S. Hwang and Prof. Byung-gee Kim, from Seoul National...
Non-invasive potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland Ultrasound can overcome some of the detrimental effects of ageing and dementia...
Theoretical proof that a strong force can create light-weight subatomic particles
Credit: Kavli IPMU Using only a pen and paper, a theoretical physicist has proved a decades-old claim that a strong...
New two-step algorithm could prove “a paradigm shift” in cloud data confidentiality
Credit: The author, Fursan Thabit, from the conceptual security framework project. The central goal of cloud computing is to provide...
Updated analysis of US COVID-19 deaths shows drops, disparities in average lifespans
In the US, COVID-19 reduced overall life expectancy by over 1.3 years, with the effects on Black and Latino populations...
Ultralight material withstands supersonic microparticle impacts
The new carbon-based material could be a basis for lighter, tougher alternatives to Kevlar and steelCredit: Courtesy of Carlos Portela...
Preventing the break-in of the toxoplasmosis parasite
Scientists from the universities of Geneva and Zurich and the PSI have identified the structure and functions of RON13, an...
The fifth quartet: Excited neon discovery could reveal star qualities
Researchers at Osaka University and Kyoto University use particle scattering to obtain new evidence for a predicted nuclear state of...