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James Anderson wins the Dreyfus Foundation’s high honor
The pioneer of environmental chemistry earns the 2021 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences for decades of ground-breaking workCredit: Harvard...
Gout treatment success doubled by combining two drugs, study finds
The findings are a promising step for a disease with limited treatment optionsCredit: Michigan Medicine - Jacob Dwyer By combining...
Bone-deep: Mineral found in human bone can help fight toxic organic compounds
Hydroxyapatite, a mineral present in human bones, shows efficient decomposition of hazardous organic compounds when activated using mechanical stressCredit: Image...
COVID-19 wastewater testing proves effective in new study
Research offers much-needed guidance for early detection in nursing homes, dorms, barracksCredit: Sanjay Suchak | UVA Communications Wastewater testing is...
Box fan air cleaner greatly reduces virus transmission
Decades-old public classrooms with inadequate ventilation can be made safer with the use of a cardboard frame, air filter, and...
HKBU and Cornell University develop novel targeted therapy for breast cancer with nanotechnology and Chinese medicine
Credit: Hong Kong Baptist Unversity Researchers from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), in collaboration with Cornell University, have developed a...
Researchers reveal how PIF proteins regulate cytokinesis
Credit: WANG Lei To protect their newly formed fragile organs, dark-grown dicotyledonous plants form an apical hook when penetrating through...
Pepsin-degradable plastics of bionylons from itaconic and amino acids
Credit: Image courtesy: Tatsuo Kaneko and Mohammad Asif Ali from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. Point: Novel chiral...
Lichens slow to return after wildfire
Frequent fire narrows recovery window for lichens in Chaparral shrublandsCredit: Jesse Miller Lichen communities may take decades -- and in...
Researchers reveal Knl1 gene function in plants
Credit: Dr. HAN Fangpu's group Dr. HAN Fangpu's group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese...
Discovering candidate for reflex network of walking cats: Understanding animals with robots
Credit: Osaka University A group of researchers from Osaka University developed a quadruped robot platform that can reproduce the neuromuscular...
Popcorn! Packaging for the future?
Forest scientists at Göttingen University develop plant-based, environmentally friendly materialCredit: Carolin Pertsch Modern packaging must do much more than simply...
Study shows significant benefit of PolarCap® in recovery from sports-related concussions
Results published in the journal Concussion indicate that use of cooling technology hastened safe return to play for players of...
Protecting local water has global benefits
New paper published May 11, 2021 in Nature CommunicationsCredit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. 2019....
Researchers develop magnetic thin film for spin-thermoelectric energy conversion
Credit: UNIST A team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has recently introduced a new class of magnetic materials for spin...
In ‘minibrains,’ hindering key enzyme by different amounts has opposite growth effects
Credit: Sur Lab/MIT Picower Institute Like many around the world, the lab of Professor Mriganka Sur in The Picower Institute...
Sex cells in parasites are doing their own thing
Credit: Dr Lori Peacock Researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered how microbes responsible for human African sleeping sickness...
Inhibition of proteins activated by nitric oxide reverses aortic aneurysm in Marfan syndrome
The researchers have demonstrated that silencing or inhibiting the activity of these proteins completely reverses the aortic disease in a...
New genetic copycatchers detect efficient and precise CRISPR editing in a living organism
Proof-of-principle research shows that genes can be accurately edited in cells throughout the bodyCredit: Zhiqian Li Researchers at the University...
Stabilizer residue in inks found to inhibit conductivity in 3D printed electronic
Credit: Gustavo Trindade Inks containing metal nanoparticles are among the most commonly-used conductive materials for printed electronics. Ink-jetting layers of...
