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Biology’s hardest working pigments and ‘MOFs’ might just save the climate
Some of the economic sectors that are the hardest to decarbonize would benefit from the emergence of substantially more efficient...
At the water’s edge: Self-assembling 2D materials at a liquid–liquid interface
The past few decades have witnessed a great amount of research in the field of two-dimensional (2D) materials. As the...
Innovative approach to treating chronic pain receives $5 million from NIH
UVA Health researchers are pioneering a new way to treat chronic pain that does not respond to medication. Their innovative...
Generating power where seawater and river water meet
Scientists have known since the 1950s that it is theoretically possible to generate electricity through the movement of water at...
Focused ultrasound foundation and children’s tumor foundation partner on neurofibromatosis study
The Focused Ultrasound Foundation and the Children’s Tumor Foundation (CTF) have established a partnership to advance innovative, noninvasive treatments in...
Microbial ´dark matter´: Centuries-old lava caves of Hawaiʻi Island contain thousands of unknown bacterial species
The lava caves, lava tubes and geothermal vents on the big island of Hawaiʻi have higher bacterial diversity than scientists...
Protective T cells remain 20 months after COVID-19
Patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop protective immune responses, mediated by virus-specific T cells and antibodies, shortly after the infection. There...
ATS Research Program awards unrestricted grants for 2021-22
July 21, 2022 –The American Thoracic Society Research Program today announced the five recipients of Unrestricted Grants for the 2021-2022...
Heart muscle scarring found in patients with hypertension are associated with worse outcomes
Singapore, 21 July 2022 – A recent study conducted by the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) discovered that myocardial fibrosis...
Physiological features of Japanese black cattle with high methane production
Japan's agricultural sector produced 32.3 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions in 2022, accounting for 2.8% of the country's total...
Lithiophilic seeds and rigid arrays synergistic induced dendrite-free and stable Li anode towards long-life lithium-oxygen batteries
Recently, Dr. Yue Li and co-workers (from Tianjin University) prepared lithiophilic aluminum oxide (Al2O3) seeds induced rigid carbon nanotube arrays/three-dimensional...
Better outcomes when police, ambulance and mental health services attend 111 mental health emergencies together, NZ study finds
Having emergency services work together to attend mental health emergencies reduces the likelihood of the person in crisis ending up...
Deep learning for new alloys
When is something more than just the sum of its parts? Alloys show such synergy. Steel, for instance, revolutionized industry...
Post-COVID lung disease shares origins with other scarring lung disorders
While most people recover from COVID-19 within a week or two, up to one-third of survivors experience persistent or new...
Improving serious illness communication for patients with advanced cancer
LEBANON, NH – Patients with advanced cancer want and need to partner with their care team to make treatment decisions...
Finding the right target to prevent medulloblastoma relapse
When MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher Jezabel R. Blanco, Ph.D., began studying neurosciences, first as a graduate student and later...
Introducing a protocol for using robotic pets in memory care
You might think it was a typical therapy session at a long-term care facility. In a quiet room, a therapist...
Six new species of miniature frog discovered
Eric Smith, a professor of biology at The University of Texas at Arlington, and a team of international researchers have...
Brain stimulation improves motor skill learning at older age
Even though we don’t think about it, every movement we make in our daily life essentially consists of a sequence...
Zoom calls between ideologically-opposed U.S. adults go better than they predict, and may help inform and soften attitudes
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0270355Credit: Binnquist et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0270355 Article Title: The Zoom solution:...
