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Adapting laboratory techniques for remote instruction
The COVID-19 pandemic forced instructors to adapt their courses for online learning. Laboratory courses were particularly difficult due to lack...
Collaboration controls killers
St. Jude researching how effector and killer T cells can be controlled to destroy cancer cells that resist treatment Effector...
An atom chip interferometer that could detect quantum gravity
Physicists in Israel have created a quantum interferometer on an atom chip. This device can be used to explore the...
nTIDE May 2021 Jobs Report: Slow improvement as economy strives for recovery
National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) -- issued semi-monthly by Kessler Foundation and the University of New Hampshire East Hanover,...
A novel tuberculosis regimen shortens treatment course for patients
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina and elsewhere find a new antibiotic regimen that shortens the treatment course...
UMass Amherst food scientists aim to make plant-based protein tastier and healthier
New journal paper explores the scientific complexities As meat-eating continues to increase around the world, food scientists are focusing on...
Giving brown fat a boost to fight type 2 diabetes
Increasing a protein concentrated in brown adipose tissue remodels white adipose tissue to lower diabetes risk, study suggests DALLAS -...
Songbirds can control single vocal muscle fibers when singing
Singing is crucial for the recognition, sex life and speciation of songbirds; new research published in Current Biology shows songbirds...
ADHD medications associated with reduced risk of suicidality in certain children
In large observational study, CHOP researchers find ADHD drugs are associated with less suicidal behavior and thoughts in preadolescent children...
Multisensory facilitation near the body in all directions
Touch detection is facilitated by task-irrelevant approaching sound in front, rear, left, and right Details: Peripersonal space (PPS) is defined...
Researcher gets $2.7 million grant to study seasonal and universal vaccination in aged populations
ATLANTA--Dr. Sang-Moo Kang, professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received a five-year, $2.7 million...
Corals tell Arabian Sea story of global warming
Coral insights into 1,000 years of seasonal changes in the Arabian Sea warn of significant impacts caused by global warming....
How to retard time for cells
Heavy water makes biological clocks tick more slowly They recently published their findings in the renowned journal "Advanced Materials". Cells...
MLB ‘FEVER’ — improved elbow MRI view for Major League Baseball pitchers
Flexed elbow valgus external rotation (FEVER) view improves MRI evaluation of ulnar collateral ligament in Major League Baseball throwing athletesCredit:...
Mason scientists explore herbal treatment for COVID-19
Could an over-the-counter health "shot" help fight COVID-19? George Mason University researchers think it just might. Cell and Bioscience recently...
Salt marshes trap microplastics in their sediments, creating record of human plastic use
WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Plastics are everywhere. From cell phones to pens and cars to medical devices, the modern world...
Gene protection for COVID-19 identified
The first evidence of a genetic link explaining why some people who catch Covid-19 don't become sick has been discovered...
Using HPC and experiment, researchers continue to refine graphene production
Researchers from the Technical University of Munich have been using GCS HPC resources to develop more efficient methods for producing...
Most Californians unaware of law to prevent gun violence but would support using it
Gun violence restraining orders offer judicial pathway for removal of firearms from people at risk of causing harm (SACRAMENTO, Calif.)...
New findings offer improved therapy of early-stage, BRCA mutation-associated breast cancer
Houston Methodist expert who led US component of trial available to address eagerly anticipated OlympiA trial results HOUSTON-(June 3, 2021)...
