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Crystalline supermirrors for trace gas detection in environmental science and medicine
Credit: (© 2019 Barbara Mair, Universität Wien) Manufactured in a new process based on crystalline materials, these low-loss mirrors promise...
Working together for clean water
The BMBF project "TRUST" (funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research) at the University of Stuttgart developed concepts...
Spintronics: Improving electronics with finer spin control
DGIST scientists have found a novel way to control magnetic spins in a localized spaceCredit: DGIST Spintronics is an emerging...
AI predicts lung cancer risk
Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - An artificial intelligence (AI) program accurately predicts the risk that...
Oregon State research shows why some pockets of conifer survive repeated forest fires
Credit: Will Downing, OSU CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University researchers say "topographic templates" can help forest conservation managers develop...
Colonization of the Antilles by South American fauna: Giant sunken islands as a passageway
Credit: © Cornée et al. Fossils of land animals from South America have been found in the Antilles, but how...
HKU researchers identify promising new biologics for obesity-related diseases
Credit: The University of Hong Kong The research teams at the University of Hong Kong led by Professor Xuechen LI...
Swiss farmers contributed to the domestication of the opium poppy
Credit: Raül Soteras, AgriChange Project Fields of opium poppies once bloomed where the Zurich Opera House underground garage now stands....
Postsynaptic density consisting of tubulin-based postsynaptic density lattice backbone
Credit: Tatsuo Suzuki, Shinshu University A research group led by Specially appointed professor, Dr. Tatsuo Suzuki of Shinshu University School...
How cooperative root graft networks help trees under stress
Credit: Alejandra Vovides The fact that the roots of trees of the same or even different species grow together and...
Stunning simulation of stars being born is most realistic ever
First high-resolution model to simulate an entire gas cloud where stars are bornCredit: Northwestern University/UT Austin A team including Northwestern...
How x-rays could make reliable, rapid COVID-19 tests a reality
An imaging technique pioneered by Berkeley Lab is helping reveal the best antibodies for COVID-19 detectionCredit: (Credit: Berkeley Lab) Vaccines...
Icing muscle injuries may delay recovery
Credit: Takamitsu Arakawa et al. A study using a mouse model of eccentric contraction (*1) has revealed that icing injured...
Novel method of labeling DNA bases for sequencing
Credit: IOCB Prague An international research team headed by Michal Hocek of the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of...
Epigenetics study draws link between hatchery conditions and steelhead trout fitness
Credit: Photo by WSU Photo Services PULLMAN, Wash. - Alterations in the epigenetic programming of hatchery-raised steelhead trout could account...
Synaptic transmission: Not a one-way street
Key synapse acts as a "smart teacher", sending messages against the usual flow of information in the brain. - Paper...
How to become ‘ant-i-social’
Study shows erosion of ant genome tied to loss of functional, behavioral and social traits in 3 inquiline speciesCredit: Martin...
Portable, affordable, accurate, fast: Team invents new COVID-19 test
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new coronavirus test can get accurate results from a saliva...
Deep Longevity announces partnership with LifeHub & LifeClinic in Hong Kong
Deep Longevity adds LifeHub & LifeClinic to its growing longevity network. LifeClinic physicians have been trained in longevity medicine to...
Better donor evaluation, drug therapy in sight for kidney transplants
Credit: Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 18, 2021) - Looking to improve organ transplant success, researchers are working to learn...
