Science News
Dormant threat: Abnormal proteins unleash latent toxicity in neurodegenerative diseases
A new mechanism of action by which misfolded proteins cause indirect damage to neuronsCredit: DGIST Thanks to modern medicine, humans...
The microbiome of Da Vinci’s drawings
The microbial composition of art pieces can reveal interesting facts about their past and the journey they madeCredit: The authors...
Near-infrared probe decodes telomere dynamics
A repetitive DNA sequence that causes health risks when it malfunctions can now be watched inside living cells using a...
Chemical physicist to collaborate on NASA-funded study of Saturn’s moon Titan
Findings will contribute to NASA's mission to Titan in 2026Credit: Courtesy Northern Arizona University Scientists say Saturn's largest moon, Titan,...
USAMRIID scientist receives medal of honor from French military
Credit: Embassy of France MAJ Jeffrey R. Kugelman, Ph.D., received the Medal of Honor from the French Military Health Service...
Increasing diversity and community participation in environmental engineering
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 19, 2020--Black, Hispanic, and Native American students and faculty are...
Breaking the power and speed limit of lasers
Researchers invent a novel vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser, the workhorses of datacenters and optical sensorsCredit: Volker Sorger/GWU SUMMARY Researchers at the...
Predicting forces between oddly shaped nanoparticles
Simplified model of van der Waals forces will allow previously impossible simulations of how faceted nanoparticles self-assemble into larger structuresCredit:...
Could kelp help relieve ocean acidification?
Credit: Image credit: Heidi Hirsh Ethereal, swaying pillars of brown kelp along California's coasts grow up through the water column,...
RIT students discover hidden 15th-century text on medieval manuscripts
Imaging system they built as freshmen reveals new information about Otto Ege CollectionCredit: RIT Rochester Institute of Technology students discovered...
CZI awards $4.7 million for open source software and organizations advancing open science
Funding supports software tools essential to biomedicine and organizations that promote reproducible researchCredit: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Today, the Chan Zuckerberg...
How the flu virus spreads within cities
Credit: CDC, 2020 New insights into the local transmission of seasonal influenza may be valuable for planning interventions to combat...
A pressure sensor at your fingertips
An imperceptible thin-film sensor to record movement and the sense of touchCredit: © 2020 Someya et al. Researchers have developed...
An app may make digital contact tracing for COVID-19 more private and secure
With an award from the National Science Foundation, researchers at WPI and Virginia Tech are developing an app with technology...
Insights in the search for new antibiotics
Credit: Zhao, S., Adamiak, J.W., Bonifay, V. et al. Defining new chemical space for drug penetration into Gram-negative bacteria. Nat...
Plastic film used to protect foods and surfaces inactivates novel coronavirus
In laboratory tests, the material eliminated 79.9% of SARS-CoV-2 particles in three minutes and 99.99% in up to 15 minutes...
University of Göttingen receives another Alexander von Humboldt professorship
Physicist Dr. Jan Huisken nominated for top level research at the Cluster of Excellence MBExCCredit: sample by Julie Jurgens, Elizabeth...
Nonlinear ionization dynamics of hot dense plasma observed in a laser-plasma amplifier
Researchers have succeeded in directly observing the formation and interaction of highly ionized krypton plasmaCredit: Image: Jens Meyer/University of Jena...
Scientists age quantum dots in a test tube
Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Researchers from MIPT and the RAS Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics have proposed a...
Vibrations of coronavirus proteins may play a role in infection
Study suggests mechanical properties of spike proteins can predict infectivity and lethality of different coronavirusesCredit: Markus Buehler and Yiwen Hu/MIT...
