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Wood formation can now be followed in real-time — and possibly serve the climate of tomorrow
Credit: Dr. René Schneider A genetic engineering method makes it possible to observe how woody cell walls are built in...
Study reveals cause of common Zika virus birth defect
Cleveland Clinic-led research published in Nature MicrobiologyCredit: Cleveland Clinic CLEVELAND - Cleveland Clinic researchers have described for the first time...
Neural network has learned to identify tree species
Credit: Svetlana Illarionova et al., IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. Skoltech scientists have...
New ion trap to create the world’s most accurate mass spectrometer
Credit: Evgeny Nikolaev and Anton Lioznov/Skoltech Mass spectrometers are widely used to analyze highly complex chemical and biological mixtures. Skoltech...
Redhill further expands opaganib manufacturing capacity for COVID-19 with Cosmo
New agreement further expands manufacturing capacity for orally-administered opaganib following positive top-line data from its P2 COVID-19 study, progress with...
Machine-learning to predict the performance of organic solar cells
In this study, researchers have demonstrated that by feeding machine-learning algorithms with high-throughput experimental datasets, it is possible to retrieve...
Efficient fluorescent materials and OLEDs for the NIR
Credit: by Alessandro Minotto, Ibrahim Bulut, Alexandros G. Rapidis, Giuseppe Carnicella, Maddalena Patrini, Eugenio Lunedei, Harry L. Anderson, and Franco...
Using science to explore a 60-year-old Russian mystery
Credit: Gaume/Puzrin In early October 2019, when an unknown caller rang EPFL professor Johan Gaume's cell phone, he could hardly...
£375k study launched to explore experiences of ‘long COVID’
Credit: University of Stirling A new £375,000 study led by the University of Stirling is seeking to understand the lived...
Dalian coherent light source reveals the origin of interstellar medium S2 fragments
Credit: DICP Studying the creation and evolution of sulfur-containing compounds in outer space is essential for understanding interstellar chemistry. CS2...
Frequent cannabis use by young people linked to decline in IQ
Credit: Ray Lohan/ RCSI Thursday, 28 January 2021: A study has found that adolescents who frequently use cannabis may experience...
X-Ray tomography lets researchers watch solid-state batteries charge, discharge
Credit: Matthew McDowell, Georgia Tech Using X-ray tomography, a research team has observed the internal evolution of the materials inside...
New treatment helps patients with a spinal cord injury
Spinal cord injuries disrupt the mechanism by which our bodies regulate blood pressure; a team of Swiss and Canadian scientists...
Skoltech team developed on-chip printed ‘electronic nose’
Credit: Skoltech Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from Russia and Germany have designed an on-chip printed 'electronic nose' that serves...
Physicists develop record-breaking source for single photons
Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics Researchers at the University of Basel and Ruhr University Bochum have developed a...
Three mental health conditions contribute to violent offenses, WCU study finds
Credit: Western Carolina University Western Carolina University researchers find a disproportionate number of inmates with violent offenses suffer from post-traumatic...
Micro-brewing goes more micro
Credit: Ho Vu A PhD student and 'beer scientist' has inadvertently discovered a way to conduct extremely small-scale brewing experiments,...
Listening to the call of the wild: Tracking deer movements using sound
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan -- In the marchland of Japan's Oze National Park,...
High schoolers discover four exoplanets through Harvard and Smithsonian mentorship program
The high schoolers turned scientists published their findings this week, thanks to a research mentorship program at the Center for...
Senquan Liu named STEM CELLS Young Investigator of 2020
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Senquan Liu, Ph.D., is STEM CELLS's Young Investigator of 2020 for his work on...
