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ECDC and WHO call for improved HIV testing in Europe
AIDS-free future at stakeCredit: ECDC The number of people living with undiagnosed HIV is increasing in the WHO European Region....
A cold-health watch and warning system for cold waves in Quebec
A team from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique and the Institut national de santé publique du Québec has...
German researchers compile world’s largest inventory of known plant species
Catalogue vastly expands global knowledge of plant diversityCredit: Swen Reichhold Leipzig could mean for the future of plant taxonomy what...
ETRI Hologram Technologies won I-zone Best Prototype Award in Displayweek 2020
1μm pixel pitch panel and 360° table top hologram were exhibited. warded for the first time to South Korea, a...
Scientists claim controversial results of comets observations are consistent
Opposite data sets only benefit the researchersCredit: FEFU press office Astrophysicists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) joined the international...
The smell of cooperation
Research team with the University of Göttingen finds effect of odour on helpfulness in ratsCredit: Manon Schweinfurth Despite their reputation,...
Engineering researcher receives EPSCoR grant for electrocatalysis work
Research will provide scientific basis improving battery materials and electrocatalysts for polymer recycling and water treatmentCredit: Russell Cothren, University of...
Neutrinos yield first experimental evidence of catalyzed fusion dominant in many stars
The CNO energy-production mechanism in the universe is detectedCredit: Borexino Collaboration AMHERST, Mass. - An international team of about 100...
An ionic forcefield for nanoparticles
Tunable coating allows hitch-hiking nanoparticles to slip past the immune system to their targetCredit: (Image courtesy of Eden Tanner/ Harvard...
Pitt researchers create nanoscale slalom course for electrons
Professors from the Department of Physics and Astronomy have created a serpentine path for electronsCredit: Jeremy Levy PITTSBURGH--A research team...
Offshore submarine freshwater discovery raises hopes for islands worldwide
Credit: University of Hawai'i Twice as much freshwater is stored offshore of Hawai'i Island than was previously thought, according to...
Quantum nanodiamonds may help detect disease earlier
The quantum sensing abilities of nanodiamonds can be used to improve the sensitivity of paper-based diagnostic tests, potentially allowing for...
Doctors use existing treatment earlier to save the lives of Covid-19 patients
Credit: Lancaster University The lives of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 are being saved by doctors who are using an existing...
Novel haplotype-led approach to increase the precision of wheat breeding
Credit: John Innes Centre Wheat researchers at the John Innes Centre are pioneering a new technique that promises to improve...
Understanding the power of our Sun
The Borexino collaboration, in which also scientists from TU Dresden are involved, has succeeded after more than 80 years in...
A microscope for everyone: Jena researchers develop open-source optical toolbox
The open-source system from the 3D printer delivers high-resolution images like commercial microscopes at hundreds of times the priceCredit: UC2...
COVID-19 vaccine candidate tested preclinically at UAB nears first clinical test in people
Maryland-based Altimmune Inc. has submitted an Investigational New Drug application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to commence a...
Wheat diversity due to cross-hybridization with wild grasses
Credit: Rebecca Leber, UZH A variety of bread wheat that flourishes across Switzerland would remain just a poorly growing grass...
Landmark study generates first genomic atlas for global wheat improvement
USask-led study sequences genomes of 15 wheat varieties around the worldCredit: Christina Weese/USask SASKATOON - In a landmark discovery for...
Progress in electronic structure and topology in nickelates superconductors
Credit: ©Science China Press The discovery of high Tc superconductivity in cuprates attracts people to explore superconductivity in nickelates, whose...
