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STINGing tumors with nanoparticles
New immunotherapy drug activates the body's innate immune system to fight cancerCredit: Shenyang Zhiyan Science and Technology Co. Ltd. DALLAS...
New method developed for ‘up-sizing’ mini organs used in medical research
Credit: University of Cambridge A team of engineers and scientists has developed a method of 'multiplying' organoids: miniature collections of...
Brain protein that causes Alzheimer’s also protects against the disease: USask research
Credit: University of Saskatchewan Findings from a new study on Alzheimer's disease (AD), led by researchers at the University of...
History of vaccines offers lessons on COVID-19 for pregnant women
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - Feb. 8, 2021 - Pregnant women, who are at increased risk of preterm...
Neural roots/origins of alcoholism identified by British and Chinese researchers
Credit: University of Warwick A pathway in the brain where alcohol addiction first develops has been identified by a team...
AI researchers ask: What’s going on inside the black box?
Credit: Ben Wigler/CSHL, 2021 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Assistant Professor Peter Koo and collaborator Matt Ploenzke reported a way...
Rare blast’s remains discovered in Milky Way’s center
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Nanjing Univ./P. Zhou et al. Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA Astronomers may have found our galaxy's first example of an unusual...
Tourism mainly responsible for marine litter on Mediterranean beaches
The global COVID19 pandemic may be an opportunity to rethink the model of sustainable tourisCredit: ICTA-UAB Researchers from the Institute...
Tiny crustacean redefines ultra-fast movement
Monster claw snaps shut 10,000 times faster than blink of an eyeCredit: Patek Lab, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- The...
Mixed and matched: Integrating metal-organic frameworks into polymers for CO2 separation
New strategy boosts the performance of membranes for filtering CO2 from industrial emissionsCredit: Chris LeBoutillier on Pexels One of humanity's...
Uncovering how some corals resist bleaching
Climate change is bleaching and killing corals, but researchers from Michigan State and the University of Hawaii are investigating how...
High CO2 to slow tropical fish move to cooler waters
Credit: Image credit: Ericka Coni Under increasing global warming, tropical fish are escaping warmer seas by extending their habitat ranges...
‘Magnetic graphene’ forms a new kind of magnetism
Credit: University of Cambridge Researchers have identified a new form of magnetism in so-called magnetic graphene, which could point the...
Efficiency limits of next-generation hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar technology
Credit: by Gan Huang, Kai Wang and Christos N. Markides. Solar energy is one of the most abundant renewable energy...
A magnetic twist to graphene
By combining ferromagnets and two rotated layers of graphene, researchers open up a new platform for strongly interacting states using...
Bernese researchers create sophisticated lung-on-chip
Credit: Pauline Zamprogno, ARTORG Center for Biological Engineering Research The lung is a complex organ whose main function is to...
‘Multiplying’ light could be key to ultra-powerful optical computers
Credit: Gleb Berloff An important class of challenging computational problems, with applications in graph theory, neural networks, artificial intelligence and...
New timeline of deadliest California wildfire could guide lifesaving research and action
Credit: NIST On a brisk November morning in 2018, a fire sparked in a remote stretch of canyon in Butte...
UMass Amherst researchers gain insight into the biology of a deadly fungus
Bd's actin structures likely play roles in causing skin disease threatening amphibians worldwideCredit: UMass Amherst Researchers at the University of...
3D-printed spectrometer on a 100 x100 μm² footprint
Credit: by Andrea Toulouse, Johannes Drozella, Simon Thiele, Harald Giessen, and Alois Herkommer Femtosecond direct laser writing as a 3D...
