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Two’s a crowd: Nuclear and renewables don’t mix
Only the latter can deliver truly low carbon energy, says new studyCredit: University of Sussex If countries want to lower...
Deep learning gives drug design a boost
Rice translator expands metabolite prediction of chemical reactions in the human bodyCredit: Kavraki Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 5, 2020)...
A RUDN University biologist described how a harmless bacterium turns into a phytopathogen
Credit: RUDN University A researcher from RUDN University suggested that Xanthomonas bacteria that are harmful to plants might have developed...
Are brain-computer interface spellers secure?
Credit: @Science China Press Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) record and decode brain signals to construct a communication pathway, which allows people...
Amphiphilic AIE-active sensor: Breaking the bottleneck of AIE bioimaging
Credit: @Science China Press Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) sensors bestow distinct advantages on bioimaging, especially in lighting up organelles with targeting...
Hunger encourages risk-taking
Meta-analysis by research team from the universities of Bielefeld and Jena shows that in animals, difficult living conditions increase risk-taking...
A RUDN University physicist simplified the Einstein-lovelock theory for black holes
Credit: RUDN University Allowing for quantum corrections, the Einstein-Lovelock theory describes black holes with an equation that contains an infinite...
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher receives award to study pediatric brain cancer
Prestigious $300,000 Rally Foundation grant supports exploration of a subgroup of pediatric brain tumors that tend to be particularly deadlyCredit:...
Efficient pollen identification
Interdisciplinary team of researchers combines image-based particle analysis with artificial intelligenceCredit: Susanne Dunker From pollen forecasting, honey analysis and climate-related...
80-year-old antibiotic redesigned for new medical uses
Synthetic strategy to enhance natural chemistryCredit: Image by Hiroaki Itoh, first published in Nature Communications, CC-BY. Physicians and scientists have...
NIH intramural researcher Dr. Harvey Alter wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Credit: NIH National Institutes of Health intramural researcher Harvey J. Alter, M.D., has won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology...
Potential drug treatment for particular type of lung-cancer
Credit: Kanazawa University The effectiveness of cancer treatment is often hampered by cancer cells being heterogeneous. This is the case...
Microscope lens inspired by lighthouse
Credit: © 2020 KAUST; Andrea Bertoncini An optical device that resembles a miniaturized lighthouse lens can make it easier to...
New tools improve care for cancers that spread to the brain
Credit: UVA Health Ambitious efforts at UVA Cancer Center to improve care delivered to patients with cancer that has spread...
Statistical model improves analysis of skin conductance
Credit: Sandya Subramanian/MIT Picower Institute Electrodermal activity - the sweat-induced fluctuations of skin conductance made famous in TV dramatizations of...
On the trail of causes of radiation events during space flight
Lessons from conjunction observations with ISS detectors and the Arase satelliteCredit: Ryuho Kataoka et al., 2020 Scientists have made significant...
Reducing the high social cost of death
Researchers investigate far-reaching ramifications of bereavement and their mitigationCredit: Kyoto University Japan - How will you cope with the death...
Promising breath-test for cancer
Potential for early warning of head, neck cancerCredit: Flinders University The global quest to use a person's breath analysis for...
The best of both worlds: A new take on metal-plastic hybrid 3D printing
Scientists develop a novel and surprisingly simple method to print 3D structures made of metal and plastic, paving the way...
Diagnosing COVID-19 in just 30 minutes
Credit: POSTECH The year 2020 can be summarized simply by one word - COVID-19 - as it was the culprit...
