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‘Silencing’ protein to weaken COVID-19
Researchers from ITQB NOVA have characterized a therapeutic target with great potential and built its first three-dimensional modelCredit: ITQB NOVA...
Stay on track! Support system to help the visually impaired navigate tactile paving
Scientists develop improved image processing algorithm that can more accurately detect tactile paving in various lighting conditions and environmentsCredit: Shibaura...
Commencement of shortwave propagation simulator (HF-START) service
Demonstrating radio wave propagation paths between any two points based on real-time space weather informationCredit: ©National Institute of Information and...
School-based telehealth connects underserved kids to quality and sustainable health care
Implementation of school-based telehealth in communities facing health care barriers across South Carolina provides children with accessible care.Credit: Medical University...
New research textbook provides expert guidance for advancing health disparities science
The Science of Health Disparities Research integrates various research disciplines into one comprehensive, first-of-its-kind volume.Credit: © Wiley-Blackwell The National Institute...
The life and research of José Yorinori, the “Father of Soybean Pathology in Brazil”
New APS book highlights the importance of plant pathology worldwideCredit: APS PRESS Soybean rust--perhaps the most feared and studied of...
NIH grant focuses on eye disorders
$1.6M to UD lab will build on breakthrough discovery of gene linked to eye disordersCredit: Photo by Evan Krape When...
Corona waste kills animals throughout the entire world
Dutch scientist want to know how bad the problem is, exactlyCredit: Alexander Schippers It all started when litter researchers found...
Stanford economist and others assess aquaculture’s promise and peril
Credit: Created by Overview, source imagery by Maxar Technologies Despite aquaculture's potential to feed a growing world population while relieving...
Towards a better understanding of societal responses to climate change
Scholars of archaeology, geography, history and paleoclimatology lay out a new framework for uncovering climate-society interactionsCredit: Degroot et al., 2021...
Black hole shows magnetic fields surrounding it are strong enough to resist gravity
Wits University astrophysicists are the only two scientists on African continent that contributed to the study.Credit: Credit: © EHT Collaboration...
Shining light to make hydrogen
ITQB NOVA researchers engineer light-driven bacterial factories to produce hydrogenCredit: Inês Cardoso Pereira; Mónica Martins Decarbonizing the economy and achieving...
Dangerous landfill pollutants ranked in order of toxicity by MU researchers
In partnership with the USDA Forest Service, University of Missouri researchers developed a system to prioritize most toxic pollutants.Credit: Missouri...
Family ties protect against opioid misuse among U.S. young adults
Credit: Data Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Syracuse, N.Y. - As opioid use disorders and overdoses...
A better treatment for sickle cell disease
An organ-on-a-chip device designed by Texas A&M researchers could provide a more personalized approach to addressing the illness.Credit: Texas A&M...
Study of chilli genetics could lead to greater variety on our plates
Credit: World Vegetable Center Scientists investigating the genetics of chilli pepper species have discovered a whole host of new chilli...
Small robot swimmers that heal themselves from damage (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Living tissue can heal itself from many injuries, but giving similar abilities to artificial systems, such...
Female salmon are dying at higher rates than male salmon
Credit: UBC Female adult sockeye from the Fraser River are dying at significantly higher rates than their male counterparts on...
Dow-like index for energy prices might help smooth transition to clean power
New metric can calculate and forecast the average price of the energy in the United StatesCredit: Rachel Barton/Texas A&M Engineering...
Waste from making purple corn chips yields a natural dye, supplements, kitty litter
Credit: Patrizia De Nisi The more colorful a food, the more nutritious it probably is. For example, purple corn contains...
