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Ultrafast lasers map electrons ‘going ballistic’ in graphene, with implications for next-gen electronic devices
LAWRENCE — Research appearing in ACS Nano, a premier journal on nanoscience and nanotechnology, reveals the ballistic movement of electrons in graphene...
Frontiers for Young Minds and CERN ‘SPARK’ big questions in health technology
Frontiers for Young Minds, the award-winning, open-access scientific journal for kids, has published the first articles in a new collection in collaboration...
Strategies to limit redox electrolyte-enhanced carbon-based supercapacitor self-discharge
The efficient storage of clean energy is a critical component to achieving carbon neutrality. Capacitors are devices that store energy...
Third Pole environment researchers study the risk of glacial lake Outbursts in the Third Pole
The Third Pole, which spans the Tibetan Plateau and the surrounding Himalayas, Hindu Kush, and Tianshan Mountain ranges, is extremely...
Revolutionary seaweed and carbonated water based hydrogel for treating skin wounds
Acting as the main interface between the internal and the external world, the skin is the largest and most important...
Exploring the effects of vascularization strategies on brain organoids
Cerebral organoids are three-dimensional, in vitro cultured brains that mimic the activities of the human brain. They have emerged as...
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Computational model captures the elusive transition states of chemical reactions
CAMBRIDGE, MA — During a chemical reaction, molecules gain energy until they reach what’s known as the transition state —...
UM School of Medicine awarded up to $7.3M from DARPA to drive innovation in trauma triage technology, improve mass casualty response efforts
In an effort to better optimize the triage of patients during mass casualty events, University of Maryland School of Medicine...
Climate-smart ocean planning in Antarctica awarded with 1.5M€ ERC starting grant
Catarina Frazão Santos, researcher at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (Portugal) (Ciências ULisboa), has been awarded...
Mount Sinai receives $1.3 million from the National Institutes of Health to support program that introduces high school students to virus surveillance
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has received more than $1.3 million from the National Institute of General...
Social distancing was more effective at preventing local COVID-19 transmission than international border closures
LA JOLLA, CA—Elucidating human contact networks could help predict and prevent the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and future pandemic threats. A...
Can an app improve your romantic relationship?
Half of all marriages in the United States are likely to fail by the time the spouses reach their 50s. Understandably, many...
NIH research identifies opportunities to improve future HIV vaccine candidates
WHAT: An effective HIV vaccine may need to prompt strong responses from immune cells called CD8+ T cells to protect...
Ancient DNA reveals how a chicken virus evolved to become more deadly
An international team of scientists led by geneticists and disease biologists from the University of Oxford and LMU Munich have...
How can Europe restore its nature?
The ‘Nature Restoration Law’ (NRL) requires member states of the EU to implement restoration measures on at least 20 per...
SNAP recipients may struggle to meet dietary goals, especially in food deserts
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the nation’s largest nutrition program, helping 41 million participants afford “nutritious food essential...
Updated Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines advise against routinely taking aspirin daily for primary prevention of heart attack or death but acknowledge there may be a role for some people
Philadelphia, December 14, 2023 – The updated Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS)/Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology (CAIC) antiplatelet therapy guidelines for...
Research shows disadvantaged people wait significantly longer for power restoration after major storms
Hurricanes and other extreme weather events often affect disadvantaged communities more severely, and extended power outages are some of the...
Improving treatment for opioid use disorder
In the fatal world of opioid use disorder (OUD), pharmacotherapy, or using a prescribed medication to treat drug dependence, has...
