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Researchers to investigate wind power effects on bats in the Baltic Sea region
Credit: Thomas Lilley Researchers from the Universities of Turku and Helsinki in Finland have been looking into literature about wind...
IKBFU scientists suggest using heather as an antioxidant
According to the scientists, this plant is a source of valuable biologically active substances with cardioprotective, neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, and...
New study: MassBiologics discovers antibodies that may protect against COVID-19
Credit: UMass Medical School A new study by researchers at MassBiologics of UMass Medical School published in Nature Communications suggests...
Machine learning peeks into nano-aquariums
Credit: Graphic courtesy ACS and the Qian Chen group CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- In the nanoworld, tiny particles such as proteins...
Microsoft’s AI for Health supports COVID-19 vaccine development
Philanthropic grant for more rapid researchCredit: Vaxine Pty Ltd, Flinders University Given the global urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic, Microsoft's...
Sussex study enables predicting computational power of early quantum computers
Credit: Winfried Hensinger, University of Sussex University of Sussex quantum physicists have developed an algorithm which helps early quantum computers...
Strigolactones increase tolerance to weevils in tobacco plants
In a crosstalk with other plant hormones, these novel plant hormones regulate the resistance to endophytic Trichobaris mucorea larvaeCredit: Anna...
Observing ancient neutrinos
Super-Kamiokande gets an upgrade to see neutrinos from ancient supernovaeCredit: © 2020 Kamioka Observatory, ICRR (Institute for Cosmic Ray Research),...
Energy-efficient design for mmWave-enabled NOMA-UAV networks
Credit: ©Science China Press Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and millimeter-wave (mmWave) are two crucial techniques of 5G to meet the...
Social media information can predict a wide range of personality traits and attributes
Findings could bring new technologies to mental health diagnostics and personalized nudgesCredit: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)...
Flexible production system enables variety of variants
Engineers at KIT and industrial partners work on the economic production of individualized industrial and consumer goodsCredit: (Graphic: wbk, KIT)...
Finding a way to STING tumor growth
UTSW researchers discover a new function of the immune protein STING -- one that could lead to improved immunotherapies to...
Lensless light-field imaging through diffuser encoding
Credit: Zewei Cai, Jiawei Chen, Giancarlo Pedrini, Wolfgang Osten, Xiaoli Liu, and Xiang Peng Light-field imaging can detect both spatial...
Wide variations in car seat breathing assessment conducted on premature newborns
UM School of Medicine researchers cite need for clearer guidelines to help hospitals implement consistent safety practicesCredit: NHTSA BALTIMORE, MD...
Fossil pollen record suggests vulnerability to mass extinction ahead
Credit: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech Reduced resilience of plant biomes in North America could be setting the stage for the...
Mechanisms identified to restore myelin sheaths after injury or in multiple sclerosis
Researchers reveal a potential method for treating multiple sclerosis / Theophylline activates histone deacetylase, enabling the reconstruction of myelin sheathsCredit:...
RNA quality control system goes awry in frontotemporal lobar degeneration
Researchers at Osaka University identify vicious cycle involving RNA exosome that accelerates disease progression in FTLD/ALSCredit: Yuya Kawabe, Kohji Mori...
Routing valley exciton emission of a WS2 monolayer via in-plane inversion-symmetry broken PhC slabs
Credit: by Jiajun Wang, Han Li, Yating Ma, Maoxiong Zhao, Wenzhe Liu, Bo Wang, Shiwei Wu, Xiaohan Liu, Lei Shi...
Birds of a feather flock together, but timing depends on typhoons
Credit: Kiyoaki Ozaki, Yamashina Institute for Ornithology Six black-naped terns -- a coastal seabird found in the Pacific and Indian...
The interplay of nonlinearity and topology–nontrivial eigenmodes coupling induced by nonlinearity
Credit: by Shiqi Xia, DarioJuki?, NanWang, DariaSmirnova, LevSmirnov, Liqin Tang, Daohong Song, Alexander Szameit, Daniel Leykam, JingjunXu, Zhigang Chen and...
