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NIST adds new ‘fingerprints’ to chemical identification database
The NIST Mass Spectral Library has expanded to include new human and plant metabolites, variants of fentanyl and other synthetic...
A Neandertal from Chagyrskaya Cave
Neandertals may have lived in very small groups, and genes expressed in the basal ganglia of their brains may have...
New family of enzymes reveals the Achilles’ heel of fungal pathogens
GlycoNet scientists share findings that could lead to therapeutics to treat fungal infectionsCredit: University of Toronto (Dr. Lynne Howell), McGill...
How Toxoplasma parasites glide so swiftly (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society If you're a cat owner, you might have heard of Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoan that sometimes...
Uncovering hidden flow patterns in coastal waters likely leads to faster disaster response
Credit: Virginia Tech Each year, the U.S. Coast Guard performs thousands of search and rescue missions at sea. In situations...
UConn, Army Research lab collaborate on new portable, renewable energy technology
Credit: Army Research Lab UConn's Associate Dean for Research and Industrial Partnerships, S. Pamir Alpay, and Yomery Espinal '18 PhD...
Kavli Prize for Pioneers of Electron Microscopy
Maximilian Haider, Harald Rose, Knut Urban, and Ondrej Krivanek are awarded the 2020 Kavli Prize for their contributions to the...
Self-powered ‘paper chips’ could help sound an early alarm for forest fires
Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c04798 Recent devastating fires in the Amazon rain forest and...
Microlandscaped abrasive tools deliver perfect grinding results
Credit: Oliver Dietze Tiny pyramids and cubes precisely aligned in rows and columns or radial lines of minute raised dots...
Juicy genomics
Study reveals DNA secrets of 100 tomato typesCredit: Zachary Lippman When Pulitzer Prize and Grammy award winner Kendrick Lamar rapped...
Jan Philipp Junker receives Helmholtz AI grant
Credit: Pablo Castagnola/MDC Scientists generally understand how stem cells transform into a specialized heart, brain or muscle cell. But now...
Detecting antibodies with glowing proteins, thread and a smartphone
Credit: Adapted from ACS Sensors 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.0c00564 To defend the body, the immune system makes proteins known as antibodies...
Latest findings on bitter substances in coffee
Why caffeine is not the sole contributor to bitternessCredit: ©Leibniz-LSB@TUM; Dr. Antonella Di Pizio Coffee is very popular around the...
Using tiny electrodes to measure electrical activity in bacteria
Organic microbial electrochemical transistor monitoring extracellular electron transferCredit: Thor Balkhed Scientists at Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linköping University, have developed...
UVA physicians, medical students launch COVID-19 podcast
Series offers health tips, closeup look at coronavirus care, researchCredit: UVA Health UVA School of Medicine physicians and students have...
How the giant sequoia protects itself
Credit: Photo: Plant Biomechanics Group Freiburg The giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) has developed effective strategies to protect itself against external...
Photonics: From custom-built to ready-made
Credit: Lin Chang (UCSB) Information technology continues to progress at a rapid pace. However, the growing demands of data centers...
NTU invents antimicrobial compound used in reusable face masks made by Ghim Li Group
Credit: Ghim Li Group Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a sustainable and green way to...
Tick surveillance and control lagging in US, study shows
First-ever survey of tick-management programs shows clear public health gapCredit: Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases Annapolis, MD;...
Researchers study COVID-19, health disparities on caregivers of people with ADRD
Credit: Northern Arizona University Sixteen million family members in the US are caregivers for the more than 6 million people...
