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Carbon-loving materials designed to reduce industrial emissions
Credit: Credit: Zhenzhen Yang/University of Tennessee Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of...
nTIDE June 2020 Jobs Report: Numbers up but COVID spikes may impact economic recovery
Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire nTIDE Report -- featuring the nonprofit National Organization on Disability, which guides business...
Good news and bad news: Changing trends in cardiovascular disease in Canada
Analysis of ten years of inpatient records published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology yields important insights into the changing...
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland State University receive $1.2 million NIH award to recruit minority Ph.D. students
Research team aims to increase number of underrepresented minority scientists in Cleveland areaCredit: Cleveland Clinic July 2, 2020, CLEVELAND: At...
New Human Gene Therapy editorial: Concern following gene therapy adverse events
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 2, 2020--The Editor-in-Chief of Human Gene Therapy, the first journal...
Timing of SNAP benefits can reduce childhood injuries
Credit: Syracuse University Syracuse, N.Y. - A new study published recently in "BMC Pediatrics" shows a connection between the time...
Newer variant of COVID-19-causing virus dominates global infections
Virus with D614G change in Spike out-competes original strain, but may not make patients sickerCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS...
Arctic plants may not provide predicted carbon sequestration potential
Credit: University of Stirling The environmental benefits of taller, shrubbier tundra plants in the Arctic may be overstated, according to...
How a mutation on the novel coronavirus has come to dominate the globe
A small variation has made the novel coronavirus fitter--but not more deadlyCredit: La Jolla Institute for Immunology LA JOLLA--Flashback to...
Stellar fireworks celebrate birth of giant cluster
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Y. Cheng et al.; NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello; NASA/ESA Hubble. Astronomers created a stunning new image showing celestial...
Moss protein corrects genetic defects of other plants
Study by the University of Bonn could contribute to the development of more efficient cropsCredit: © Bastian Oldenkott/Uni Bonn Almost...
New technique in which drugs make bacteria glow could help fight antibiotic resistance
Credit: Dr Stefano Pagliara, University of Exeter New technique in which drugs make bacteria glow could help fight antibiotic resistance...
How that preprint about a ‘more contagious strain’ of coronavirus changed in peer review
Credit: Korber et al. / Cell On May 5, 2020, news broke about a reportedly more contagious variant of SARS-CoV-2--the...
A loving ‘outsider’s’ bird’s eye-view of China’s transformation
World Scientific publishes 'China's Millennium Transformation, the Belt and Road Initiative,' an unusual book by Da Hsuan FengCredit: World Scientific...
Targeting deep areas of the skeletal muscles effectively alleviates postoperative pain
In a clinical trial, the NETOIMS method rapidly reduced pain resulting from open abdominal surgery, according to Journal of American...
Unprecedented ground-based discovery of 2 strongly interacting exoplanets
Credit: Institut d'astrophysique de Paris, Mark A. Garlick Several interacting exoplanets have already been spotted by satellites. But a new...
A scientific measure of dog years
Credit: Ideker Lab, UC San Diego How old is your tail-wagging bundle of joy in human years? According to the...
Marine alga from the Kiel Fjord discovered as a remedy against infections and skin cancer
GEOMAR research group successfully applies bioinformatics methods and machine learning in marine drug discoveryCredit: Larissa Büdenbender Healing with the help...
Typhoon changed earthquake patterns
Intensive erosion influenced seismicityCredit: NASA/LANDSAT The Earth's crust is under constant stress. Every now and then this stress is discharged...
Algae as living biocatalysts for a green industry
Credit: RUB, Marquard Better still: living algae can be used as biocatalysts for certain substances, and they bring the co-substrate...
