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HIV drugs could prevent diabetes, study suggests
Credit: UVA Communications A group of drugs used to treat HIV and hepatitis B could be repurposed to prevent type...
A high potential biphenol derivative cathode
Toward a highly stable air-insensitive aqueous organic flow batteryCredit: ©Science China Press With the development of society, energy demand increases....
Meditation for mind-control
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering A BCI is an apparatus that allows an individual to control a machine...
New materials: A toggle switch for catalysis
Electrochemical reactions, which will play an important role in the future of energy supply, can now be explained in detail,...
Single photon emission from isolated monolayer islands of InGaN
Credit: by Xiaoxiao Sun, Ping Wang, Tao Wang, Ling Chen, Zhaoying Chen, Kang Gao, Tomoyuki Aoki, Li Mo, Jian Zhang,...
New tool mimics human skin to allow detailed study of mosquito biting
Researchers develop a human skin mimic to study mosquito biting in high resolution without using humans as 'bait'Credit: Felix Hol...
UBCO researchers concerned about prey and predator species in post-fire logging areas
Salvage harvesting damages vital habitat for wildlife speciesCredit: Photo credit Angelina Kelly. New research from UBC Okanagan shows that salvage...
Insilico releases Pandomics, AI-powered platform for Novel Therapeutic Target Discovery
A novel end-to-end AI-hypothesis generation engine that seamlessly interprets OMICS and text-based data for the discovery and analysis of novel...
Amyloid deposits not associated with depression in the elderly
New study reports that cognitive decline is not due to the Alzheimer's hallmarkCredit: Biological Psychiatry, Elsevier Philadelphia, September 23, 2020...
Scientists predict potential spread, habitat of invasive Asian giant hornet
Credit: Photo courtesy WSDA PULLMAN, Wash. - Researchers at Washington State University have predicted how and where the Asian giant hornet,...
SNU’s HYEON Taeghwan named to Clarivate Analytics’s Nobel Prize watch list
Credit: IBS Clarivate Analytics has selected Taeghwan Hyeon, nanochemist and Distinguished Professor of Seoul National University (SNU) and Director of...
First evidence that air pollution particles and metals are reaching the placenta
Pollution particles, including metals, have been found in the placentas of fifteen women in London, according to research led by...
Faulty transportation of messenger RNA is the culprit in ALS
The lack of protein TDP-43 in two neurodegenerative diseases is shown to prevent neuron growth via failed transport of RNA...
Perovskite light-emitting/detecting bifunctional fibers for wearable LiFi communication
Credit: by Haibo Zeng A vast amount of data is booming generated every single day in this information era, which...
Decreased protein degradation in cerebellum leads to motor dysfunction
Progress in overcoming spinocerebellar ataxia, an intractable genetic diseaseCredit: Associate Professor Takahiro Seki A research team from Kumamoto University, Japan...
Converting lateral scanning into axial focusing to speed up 3D microscopy
Credit: by Tonmoy Chakraborty, Bingying Chen, Stephan Daetwyler, Bo-Jui Chang, Oliver Vanderpoorten, Etai Sapoznik, Clemens Kaminski, Tuomas P.J. Knowles, Kevin...
Don’t sleep on the hypnotic potential of thalidomide
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba demonstrate that the hypnotic and teratogenic effects of thalidomide are separableCredit: University of Tsukuba...
WPI math professor verifies centuries-old conjecture about formation of the solar system
Findings have implications for understanding our place in the universeCredit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute/Matthew Burgos Worcester, Mass. - Sept. 23, 2020...
New mouse model of tau propagation
Credit: TMIMS Accumulation of assembled tau protein in the central nervous system is characteristic of Alzheimer's disease and several other...
Ethical challenges in cross-cultural research
Social science researchers offer recommendations for navigating ethical dilemmas in studying global societies.Credit: Kathrine Starkweather A group of social scientists...
