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UH geologists search for remains of lost ocean beneath earth’s surface
Team awarded 2.5 million CPU hours on NSF-funded supercomputer to conduct researchCredit: University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and...
Among the leaders in medical and biological engineering
Prof. Thomas H. Epps, III named to American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of FellowsCredit: Photo by Kathy...
Sulfur: the consequences
How sulfur metabolism may have paved the way for the evolution of multicellularityCredit: © MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, B....
An intelligent soft material that curls under pressure or expands when stretched (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Plants and animals can rapidly respond to changes in their environment, such as a Venus flytrap...
Cancer research to gain from identification of 300 proteins that regulate cell division
Credit: KTH Royal Institute of Technology/SciLifeLab With the hope of contributing to the fight against cancer, researchers in Sweden have...
Scientists map the brain of a nematode worm
Credit: University of Leeds Researchers have mapped the physical organization of the brain of a microscopic soil-living nematode worm called...
Researchers find new way to diagnose potential for Alzheimer’s disease method less invasive, costly
Credit: University of Tennessee Health Science Center MEMPHIS, TN, FEBRUARY 24, 2021:- Early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease has been shown...
Transplant patients may not need steroid treatment in the long run
University of Cincinnati transplant researcher says trial confirms a regimen used at UC for yearsCredit: Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati Long-term...
Accelerator physics: Experiment reveals new options for synchrotron light sources
An international team has shown through a sensational experiment how diverse the possibilities for employing synchrotron light sources are.Credit: Tsinghua...
Efficient, systematic genetic analysis helps dissect disease inheritance
Credit: DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03211-0 Many genetic variants have been found to have a linkage with genetic diseases, but the understanding of...
Nature’s funhouse mirror: understanding asymmetry in the proton
Credit: (Image by Brookhaven National Laboratory.) Asymmetry in the proton confounds physicists, but a new discovery may bring back old...
New $40-million investment to address diabetes and chronic-disease prevention
The transformative partnership reunites University of Toronto and Novo Nordisk to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin...
Expanded Frontera supercomputer to support urgent computing
National Science Foundation, Dell Technologies and Intel support extra capacity for emergency responsesCredit: TACC Frontera -- the 9th fastest supercomputer...
New research identifies the most important global supply chain linkages
Credit: College of ACES, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. ¬- In today's global economy, production of goods depends on inputs...
Human lung and brain organoids respond differently to SARS-CoV-2 infection in lab tests
Findings may help explain the wide variety in COVID-19 symptoms and aid search for therapiesCredit: UC San Diego Health Sciences...
David Kaplan elected to National Academy of Engineering
Tufts biomedical engineer and researcher is recognized for his contributions to silk-based materials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicineCredit: Alonso...
COVID-19 vaccination axillary adenopathy detected during breast imaging
Open-access AJR article details clinical and imaging features of adenopathy detected during screening and diagnostic breast mammography, ultrasound, and MRI...
Cybersecurity research collaboration grants from the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative
Credit: Virginia Tech Led by Virginia Tech, the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative's (CCI) Southwest Virginia node received eight multidisciplinary grants to...
Recent progress in heterogeneous III-V-on-silicon photonic integration
Credit: by Di Liang and John E. Bowers Integrated photonics was rejuvenated as Si starting challenging the dominant position of...
Twin atoms: A source for entangled particles
Quantum experiments that could previously only be performed with photons are now also possible with atoms: Beams of entangled atoms...
