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Metabolic syndrome linked to worse outcomes for COVID-19 patients
Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were over three times more likely to die if they had metabolic syndromeCredit: Paula Burch-Celentano, Tulane...
Tracing the cosmic origin of complex organic molecules with their radiofrequency footprint
Scientists confirm the presence of acetonitrile in a distant interstellar gas cloud using a radio telescopeCredit: Tokyo University of Science...
UC researchers pinpoint hierarchy of breast cancer cells as potential cause for treatment resistance
Credit: University of Cincinnati Creative + Brand You might have heard the old proverb, "It takes a village to raise...
New insights into lithium-ion battery failure mechanism
Credit: University of Cambridge Researchers have identified a potential new degradation mechanism for electric vehicle batteries - a key step...
Danish researchers invent a new way to compress data
A new project will make it possible to read data directly from compressed IoT data. The project is being headed...
UVA-designed COVID-19 swab to support high-priority testing across Virginia
State to receive 60,000 swabs weeklyCredit: UVA Health The Commonwealth of Virginia will receive 60,000 nasopharyngeal swabs weekly to support...
New study shows evolutionary breakdown of ‘social’ chromosome in ants
Credit: Yannick Wurm & Emeline Favreau Scientists from Queen Mary University of London have found that harmful mutations accumulating in...
Less is more: A soft, self-actuated pump to simplify mechatronic devices
Scientists develop a soft hydrogel driven by an oscillatory chemical reaction to produce an autonomous integrated pump for microfluidic applicationsCredit:...
Researchers reversibly disable brain pathway in primates
Credit: Wim Vanduffel et al. (2020) For the first time ever, neurophysiologists of KU Leuven, Harvard and the University of...
Scientists catalogue shark and ray distribution in Florida lagoon
FAU Harbor Branch study is first long-term, in-depth analysis of elasmobranch community in Southern Indian River lagoonCredit: Florida Atlantic University/Florida...
Hydrochloric acid boosts catalyst activity
Hydrochloric acid treatment improves catalysts for removing sulfur from crude oilCredit: Manuel Wagenhofer/TUM A research team from the Technical University...
ESMO announces winners of its awards 2020
Credit: ESMO Lugano, Switzerland, 25 August 2020 - The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), the leading organisation for medical...
Mineral dust ingested with food leaves characteristic wear on herbivore teeth
Research results presented by paleontologists of Mainz University allow for more accurate conclusions on the nutrition and habitats of extinct...
Battery life for wearable electronic devices could be improved
Credit: WMG, University of Warwick Researchers in WMG and the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick have found...
Plant living with only one leaf reveals fundamental genetics of plant growth
Future possibilities include controlling size of crop leavesCredit: Photo by Hirokazu Tsukaya, CC BY Clinging to the walls of tropical...
Study revealing structure of a protein complex may open doors to better disease research
Credit: Stony Brook University STONY BROOK, NY, August 25, 2020 - More than two decades ago scientists discovered the Arp2/3...
Life in a nutshell: New species found in the carapace of late cretaceous marine turtle
Scientists identified a new ichnospecies from the shell of an extinct marine turtle fossil, the first known species coexisting on...
Faster, more efficient energy storage could stem from holistic study of layered materials
Credit: Nina Balke/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy A team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed...
Researchers successfully replace fishmeal, fish oil in farm-raised carnivorous fish
Best performing "fish-free" diet contains algae oil rich in essential omega-3 fatty acidsCredit: © Ocean Era, Inc. Researchers in Kona,...
Computers excel in chemistry class
Credit: © 2020 KAUST Creating computers that can teach themselves how chemical structure dictates the fundamental properties of molecules and...
