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Ghasempour receives 2020 Marconi Society Young Scholar Award
ECE alum honored for Ph.D. work on terahertz wireless network connectionCredit: Photo courtesy of Rice University HOUSTON -- (Aug 4,...
Grooming behavior between dairy cows reveals complex social network
Insights into how cattle react to changes in social groups could help shape future farm management practicesCredit: Gustavo E. Monti...
Penn medicine receives $4.9 million grant to improve uptake of cancer care best practices
Funding from National Cancer Institute is part of the Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot InitiativeCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - While extensive...
Implantable transmitter provides wireless option for biomedical devices
Credit: Hansraj Bhamra/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University innovators are working on inventions to use micro-chip technology in...
Surface clean-up technology won’t solve ocean plastic problem
Credit: Making Oceans Plastic Free Clean-up devices that collect waste from the ocean surface won't solve the plastic pollution problem,...
A targeted treatment for emphysema?
Small engineered peptide maintains lung tissue in animal modelsCredit: Hao Wu, PhD, Boston Children's Hospital Emphysema is a progressive, debilitating...
Hydrogel paves way for biomedical breakthrough
Plasma technology could improve viability of implantsCredit: University of Sydney Published in Advanced Functional Materials, a University of Sydney team...
COVID-19: Lower incidence at high altitudes?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 3, 2020--Despite recent reports of lower COVID-19 incidence among high-altitude...
Half of low-income communities have no ICU beds
Policies that facilitate hospital coordination are urgently needed to mitigate effects of the COVID-19 pandemicCredit: Health Affairs, August 2020 PHILADELPHIA...
Identifying the blind spots of soil biodiversity
Only few studies investigate soil biodiversity in tropical and subtropical regionsCredit: Andy Murray Soils harbour a substantial part of the...
Unequal neutron-star mergers create unique “bang” in simulations
Credit: Adapted from figure 4 in "Accretion-induced prompt black hole formation in asymmetric neutron star mergers, dynamical ejecta and kilonova...
Monkeying around: Study finds older primates father far fewer babies
Credit: Photo courtesy of Krista Milich, Washington University in St. Louis Infertility is a worldwide clinical problem for human health...
Tackling the bioethics challenges raised by COVID-19
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (August 3, 2020) - The diverse situations experienced by health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic often...
How COVID-19 changed the way patients responded to a heart attack
Credit: University of Leeds The death rate for patients who experienced what is normally a lower-risk heart attack rose sharply...
Researchers uncovered the Zika virus mutation responsible for quick spread, birth defects
Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas - A multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas...
Machine learning makes drug repurposing for psychiatric disorders more effective
Researchers have correlated information on drugs, genes and diseases to identify potential candidates for psychiatric and neurological treatment; the methodology...
NASA satellites show two views of California’s Apple Fire
Credit: NASA/NOAA NASA's satellites were working overtime as they snapped pictures of the large Apple Fire in Banning Canyon near...
Study reveals less connectivity between hey brain regions in people with FXTAS premutation
Credit: McKinney, et al. LAWRENCE -- A new paper in the journal NeuroImage: Clinical from researchers at the University of...
New published study from K-State virologists identifies potential COVID-19 treatment
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Yunjeong Kim and Kyeong-Ok "KC" Chang, virologists in the College of Veterinary Medicine...
NASA puts visible and water vapor eyes on Tropical Storm Isaias
Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). NASA's Aqua satellite obtained visible and water...
