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Scientists from Virginia Tech, City of Hope aim to improve therapy for deadly brain cancer
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke awarded the team, including Jennifer Munson, associate professor at the Fralin Biomedical Institute...
Legendary licenses
Sandia tech transfer expert garners national awardCredit: Photo courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Licensing expert Bob Westervelt,...
Study finds green spaces linked to lower racial disparity in COVID infection rates
A new study is the first to examine the relationship between the supply of green spaces and reduced disparity in...
Protein linked to sex differences in age-related dopamine neuron loss
Credit: Zachary Freyberg PITTSBURGH, April 28, 2021 - It is not every day that scientists come across a phenomenon so...
Reducing blue light with a new type of LED that won’t keep you up all night
Credit: Jakoah Brgoch To be more energy efficient, many people have replaced their incandescent lights with light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs....
How acidic are atoms?
The acidity of molecules can be easily determined, but until now it was not possible to measure this important property...
Investigating vaccine hesitancy in Houston’s underserved communities
University of Houston researcher to develop culturally responsive vaccine education programCredit: University of Houston With COVID-19 vaccines more readily available...
Black hole-neutron star collisions may help settle dispute over Universe’s expansion
Studying the violent collisions of black holes and neutron stars may soon provide a new measurement of the Universe's expansion...
Researchers assemble error-free genomes of 16 animals–with another 70,000 coming up
Credit: Chris Birmingham, CC BY 2.0 The flightless kakapo of New Zealand is in trouble. The world's heaviest parrot--representing one...
HKUST develops a novel raman spectroscopy platform to characterize IDPs in dilute solution
Credit: Vince St. Dollente Mesias, Jinqing Huang / The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology It is challenging to...
Mapping the electronic states in an exotic superconductor
Scientists characterized how these states depend on local chemical composition, narrowing the search for where to look compositionally to enable...
Epilepsy discovery reveals why some seizures prove deadly
Credit: Courtesy Patel lab New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine has shed light on the No....
A path to graphene topological qubits
Researchers demonstrate that magnetism and superconductivity can coexist in graphene, opening a pathway towards graphene-based topological qubitsCredit: Jose Lado/Aalto University...
Rutgers Professor Joan Bennett elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Plant biologist studies the genetics and physiology of thread-like fungiCredit: Nick Romanenko/Rutgers University Joan W. Bennett, a Distinguished Professor of...
Research gives trees an edge in landfill clean-up
Credit: Paul Manley, Missouri University of Science and Technology; used with permission Rhinelander, Wis., April 28, 2021-- A research team...
New computer model helps brings the sun into the laboratory
Credit: Composite image by Elle Starkman / Solar image by NASA Goddard Media Studios Every day, the sun ejects large...
A minty-fresh solution: Using a menthol-like compound to activate plant immune mechanisms
A menthol-like compound was found to boost the expression of genes that protect crop species from pest-related damageCredit: Tokyo University...
Human antibiotic use threatens endangered wild chimpanzees
Antimicrobial resistant bacteria getting into watershedCredit: Thomas Gillespie It's well established that infectious disease is the greatest threat to the...
Research could enable biotechnology advances: medicine, protective equipment, sensors
Credit: Courtesy Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Northwestern University RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- New Army-funded synthetic biology research manipulated...
New model may explain the mystery of asymmetry in Parkinson’s disease
The alpha-synuclein Origin and Connectome (SOC) model described in this Journal of Parkinson's Disease article may explain asymmetrical motor symptoms...
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