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Improving dialysis through design
Interdisciplinary team finds better way to design clot-prone grafts currently used for dialysis People with end-stage renal disease often undergo...
Trions exhibit novel characteristics in moiré superlattices
New physics revealed by UC Riverside-led research could improve understanding of moiré superlattices RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- When two similar atomic...
Study presents new species of bizarre, extinct lizard previously misidentified as a bird
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- An international research team has described a new species of Oculudentavis, providing further evidence that the animal...
Plant-based diet protects from hypertension, preeclampsia
A plant-based diet appears to afford significant protection to rats bred to become hypertensive on a high-salt diet, scientists report....
Stents inspired by paper-cutting art can deliver drugs to the GI tract
MIT engineers used kirigami-style etching to design a stent that can temporarily lodge in tubular organs to release drugs. CAMBRIDGE,...
New model accounts for the effect of behavior changes to predict COVID-19 cases
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- By adding behavioral components to an infectious disease model, Brown University researchers have developed a new modeling...
New method makes generic polymers luminescent
Credit: Koji Kubota et al., Angewandte Chemie International Edition. May 14, 2021 Hokkaido University researchers have developed a simple method...
The sun’s clock
All cycles fit the picture: New calculations support and expand planetary hypothesis Not only the very concise 11-year cycle, but...
Novel magnet design with magic mirror-like properties
Researchers at Tohoku University have demonstrated the designability of novel magnets with magic mirror-like characteristics in organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite (OIHP)-type...
Lazy, hazy days no more: A call-to-action to better understand air pollution mechanisms
Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Earth's atmosphere has a budget, and when expenses outpace savings, secondary aerosols form in areas...
Opto-mechanical non-reciprocity in fiber
The internet era that we live in depends completely on the transfer of vast information over optical fibers. Optical fibers...
CAPPA students win national environmental design challenge
UTA student teams take first place, honorable mention in EPA competition Student teams from The University of Texas at Arlington...
PCF-based ‘parallel reactors’ unveils collective matter-light analogies of soliton molecules
Optical solitons are nonlinear optical wave-packets that can maintain their profile during the propagation even in the presence of moderate...
Study effects paradigm shift in the understanding of how red rot attacks sugarcane
Researchers at the University of São Paulo discover that the fungus Fusarium verticillioides uses volatile compounds to manipulate insects and...
New super-resolution technique allows for more detailed brain imaging
Reston, VA (Embargoed until 5:00 p.m. EDT, Sunday, June 13, 2021) - A new imaging technique has the potential to...
Are we genetically ‘grounded’?
Hebrew University identifies molecular factors that enable birds to fly, but keep the rest of us on terra firma For...
Radiotracer effective for detection and assessment of lung fibrosis
Reston, VA (Embargoed until 4:30 p.m. EDT, Saturday, June 12, 2021)--Positron emission tomography (PET) using a 68Ga-labeled fibroblast activation protein...
Deep learning with SPECT accurately predicts major adverse cardiac events
Reston, VA (Embargoed until 6:15 p.m. EDT, Friday, June 11, 2021)--An advanced artificial intelligence technique known as deep learning can...
Big data: IPK researchers double accuracy in predicting wheat yields
The enormous potential of Big Data has already been demonstrated in areas such as financial services and telecommunications. An international...
Effects of ‘Fenton-like’ reactions of ferric oxalate on atmospheric oxidation processes and radiative forcing
The Fenton reaction is a chemical transition involving hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and the ferrous (iron) ion, which acts as a...
