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Say ‘ahhh’: This ecofriendly tongue depressor checks vitals
Doctors often use tongue depressors when peering in a patient’s mouth and throat. But what if that flat wooden spatula...
UNC Charlotte faculty member receives NASA Exobiology grant
For the first time in the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s nearly 80-year history, a faculty member has won...
CityU: world’s first university to manufacture next-generation, self-designed compact electron microscopes
An EM system composed of a pulsed electron source, a fast camera, a staged pumping vacuum system, and an aberration...
Fabrication and applications of van der Waals heterostructures
The explosion of two-dimensional layered materials (2DLMs) with various unique properties provides basic building blocks for van der Waals heterostructures...
Enhanced performance of oxygen vacancies on CO2 adsorption and activation over different phases of ZrO2
Excessive use of fossil energy causes global warming and other environmental problems. To reduce the greenhouse effect, two major greenhouse...
New smartphone app helps students with eating disorders at KU, with potential for broader reach
LAWRENCE — Researchers at the University of Kansas are carrying out ongoing clinical trials of a promising new app that’s...
How to land on a planet safely
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2023 – When a lander descends toward the moon – or a rocky planet, asteroid, or comet...
‘Smart’ tech is coming to a city near you
DURHAM, N.C. -- If you own an internet-connected “smart” device, chances are it knows a lot about your home life.Credit:...
Horses living in groups are better at following human indications than horses living in individual paddocks
A new study shows that horses living in big enclosures and in groups of at least three horses are better...
Reduced access to TAVR to treat aortic stenosis in Canada compared to the US may affect mortality risk, potentially threatening lives
Philadelphia, April 25, 2023 – A new study has found substantial regional differences in access to transcatheter aortic valve replacement...
Improving bloodstain pattern analysis with fluid dynamics
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2023 – Often left on the surfaces of a crime scene or on the clothes of an...
Global research reveals countries where record-breaking heatwaves are likely to cause most harm
A new study has highlighted under-prepared regions across the world most at risk of the devastating effects of scorching temperatures.Credit:...
Luring the virus into a trap
Viruses like influenza A and Ebola invade human cells in a number of steps. In an interdisciplinary approach, research teams...
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine discover how long-lasting memories form in the brain
April 25, 2023—(BRONX NY)—Helping your mother make pancakes when you were three…riding your bike without training wheels…your first romantic kiss:...
HKUMed finds global prevalence of H. pylori infection steadily declining over 40 years Combination of antibiotics in treating H. pylori could alter the virus community in the gut
A research team led by Professor Leung Wai-keung from Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine,...
Research links common insecticide to neurodevelopmental disorders
A new study from The University of Toledo suggests early exposure to a common class of insecticides called pyrethroids may...
Columbia University launches Center for Precision Psychiatry & Mental Health with $75 million grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation
NEW YORK, April 24, 2023—Columbia University today announced the establishment of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Center for Precision Psychiatry...
NIAID appoints Ted Pierson as new Vaccine Research Center director
“Ted brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in virology and human immune responses to viruses. He has played a...
New dual mode ratio fluorescence sensing system enables rapid in situ detection of carbaryl residues
A team of researchers led by Prof. JIANG Changlong from Institute of Solid State Physics (ISSP), Hefei Institutes of Physical...
Defect-rich MnOx nanobelts prepared for glutathione detection in recent study
A recent study published in Sensors and Actuators: B. Chemical highlights the development of highly active oxidase mimics using MnOx...
