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Having sustainability in mind: lithium from the Upper Rhine Graben for batteries
Research project on the use of deep geothermal energy to extract the raw material - funding is granted by the...
The interconnection of global pandemics — Obesity, impaired metabolic health and COVID-19
Credit: Norbert Stefan In a Nature Reviews Endocrinology article authors from the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) highlight the...
Turbulence model could help design aircraft capable of handling extreme scenarios
Engineers make it possible to simulate complete 'dance' of colliding vortices at reduced computational timeCredit: Purdue University/Rebecca McElhoe WEST LAFAYETTE,...
Study suggests that gut fungi are not associated with Parkinson’s disease
Although the bacterial microbiome is strongly connected to PD and gut dysfunction is nearly universal in this diseaseCredit: Parkinson Canada/Parkinson...
Seeds transfer their microbes to the next generation
Credit: Stockholm University Scientists have been pondering if the microbiome of plants is due to nature or nurture. Research at...
RUDN University neurosurgeon created a method to collect mental activity data of software developers
Credit: RUDN University A neurosurgeon from RUDN University studied the mental activity of developers at work. In his novel method,...
ETS among the first Canadian universities to sign the DORA
The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)Credit: ÉTS The École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) is among the first Canadian...
Important cause of preeclampsia discovered
Cholesterol crystals are the missing piece of the puzzleCredit: Photo: NTNU Despite being the subject of increasing interest for a...
Strange colon discovery explains racial disparities in colorectal cancer
One side of the colon ages faster than the other, scientists revealCredit: UVA Health The colons of African-Americans and people...
A display that completely blocks off counterfeits
Credit: POSTECH Despite the anticounterfeiting devices attached to luxury handbags, marketable securities, and identification cards, counterfeit goods are on the...
Tough childhood damages life prospects
Credit: David Naylor An adverse upbringing often impairs people's circumstances and health in their adult years, especially for couples who...
How the brain learns that earmuffs are not valuable at the beach
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba in Japan and the NEI in the USA have discovered a circuit in the...
Diamonds need voltage
In addition to heat and high pressure, small electric fields can also play a decisive role in the formation of...
New journal to push the boundaries of biological imaging
Credit: Cambridge University Press A new Open Access journal from Cambridge University Press will provide a home for interdisciplinary research...
COVID-19 virus helps block host immunity
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 20, 2020--SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, blocks the processes...
Smooth touchdown: novel camera-based system for automated landing of drone on a fixed spot
Researchers demonstrate automated drone landing using 2D camera-based symbol detection, with potential applications in rescue missionsCredit: Malik Demirhan and Chinthaka...
Kar?na Narbute’s research in extracellular vesicles earns her Young Investigator Award
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Kar?na Narbute, Ph.D. is the latest recipient of STEM CELLS Translational Medicine's Young Investigator...
NAS honors Heino Falcke and Sheperd Doeleman with Henry Draper Medal
American National Academy of Sciences honours Heino Falcke and Sheperd Doeleman with the Henry Draper MedalCredit: National Academy of Sciences...
Size of connections between nerve cells determines their signaling strength
Credit: Kristian Herrera and authors The neocortex is the part of the brain that humans use to process sensory impressions,...
The immune system mounts a lasting defense after recovery from COVID-19
Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Immunology at The Rockefeller University As the number of people who have fought off SARS-CoV-2 climbs...
