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Organic heterostructures composed of one- and two-dimensional polymorph
Credit: ©Science China Press Organic heterostructures (OHSs) with high spatial and angular precision are key component of the organic optoelectronics,...
Hubble celebrates its 30th anniversary with a tapestry of blazing starbirth
Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI Hubble Space Telescope's iconic images and scientific breakthroughs have redefined our view of the Universe....
Colliding solitons in optical microresonators
Credit: Weng Wenle/EPFL Solitons are self-reinforcing particle-like wave packets enabled by the balance between dispersion and nonlinearity. Occurring in hydrodynamics,...
USask VIDO-InterVac awarded $23 million for COVID-19 vaccine research
Credit: University of Saskatchewan The University of Saskatchewan's VIDO-InterVac (Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre) has been awarded $23...
Sanfilippo C syndrome: New brain cell models to evaluate therapies
Fighting degenerative diseasesCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA - CIBERER The Sanfilippo syndrome type C is a severe neurodegenerative disease which appearws...
Indiana State Department of Health, IU partner on COVID-19 study
Study to include random sample testing for SARS-CoV-2 viral infections, antibodiesCredit: James Brosher, Indiana University INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana State...
Feeling the pressure: How blood vessels sense their environment
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba identify the protein thrombospondin-1 as a novel extracellular mediator of mechanotransduction triggered by mechanical...
Syphilis eludes immune attack by altering a single gene
By shuffling DNA in and out of one gene, syphilis stays a step ahead of the immune system to resist...
Warming climate undoes decades of knowledge of marine protected areas
Climate change and warming seas are transforming tropical coral reefs and undoing decades of knowledge about how to protect these...
Researchers solve ‘link discovery’ problem for terahertz data networks
Credit: Mittleman Lab / Knightly Lab PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- When someone opens a laptop, a router can quickly locate it...
Adsorbent material developed with PET bottles for the removal of antibiotics from water
High-purity organic ligand was extracted from PET waste bottles and used to develop a high-efficiency adsorbent. The material maintained its...
Learn from past to protect oceans
Credit: NOAA Photo Library History holds valuable lessons - and stark warnings - about how to manage fisheries and other...
No time to waste to avoid future food shortages
Credit: Natalia Bateman, ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis During the past few weeks, empty supermarket shelves, without pasta,...
RIT scientists develop first 3D mass estimate of microplastic pollution in Lake Erie
Study shows different types of plastics accumulating in different portions of the lakeCredit: RIT Rochester Institute of Technology scientists have...
Dissolved oxygen and pH policy leave fisheries at risk
Credit: Figure courtesy of Breitburg, D., Levin, L.A., Oschlies, A., Grégoire, M., Chavez, F.P., Conley, D.J., Garçon, V., Gilbert, D.,...
Hummingbirds show up when tropical trees fall down
Credit: Photo by Henry Pollock, University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - When the tree fell that October in 2015, the...
Boosting the immune system’s appetite for cancer
Immunotherapy combo that encourages immune cells to consume tumors could lead to long-term remission for glioblastomaCredit: UTSW DALLAS - April 23, 2020...
UTEP researchers develop nanohybrid vehicle to optimally deliver drugs into the human body
Credit: Mahesh Narayan. EL PASO, Texas - Researchers in The University of Texas at El Paso's Department of Chemistry and...
COVID-19 coronavirus could cost the US billions in medical expenses
Study shows hospitalizations, ventilators, and other health resources that patients would require could cost $654 billion if a majority of...
Rice researchers look to ‘trap and zap’ coronavirus
Alvarez, Tao win National Science Foundation RAPID grant to upgrade filter technologyCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (April 23, 2020)...
