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Better data framework needed to improve rare disease diagnostic rates
Credit: Gorodenkoff A better framework for the reanalysis of genetic data, a game-changing process which could improve diagnostic rates by...
Untwisting plastics for charging internet-of-things devices
Credit: Takenobu Group Untwisting chains of atoms within a plastic polymer improves its ability to conduct electricity, according to a...
Caring for those most vulnerable to COVID-19 requires vigilance
Leading geriatrician provides key updates and resources for front-line nursing home staff and cliniciansCredit: Florida Atlantic University As the coronavirus...
International consortium investigates overactive immune cells as cause of COVID-19 deaths
New publication links neutrophil infiltration in the lungs of patients to COVID-19 symptomsCredit: Egeblad lab/CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY --...
Scripps Research expands international effort to rapidly repurpose drugs against COVID-19
An international research network centers around ReFRAME, the world's leading collection of drugs known to be safe in humansCredit: Calibr/Scripps...
ESO telescope sees star dance around supermassive black hole, proves Einstein right
Credit: ESO/L. Calçada Observations made with ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed for the first time that a star...
Seeing ‘under the hood’ in batteries
Technique adapted at Berkeley Lab X-ray facility finds growing use for next-gen battery R&DCredit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab From next-gen smartphones...
Soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization after the initial flush of CO2
Credit: Alan Franzluebbers Healthy soil should have abundant nitrogen to supply plant growth needs, but it should not all be...
Temple treats 1st patient in US in trial of gimsilumab for patients with COVID-19 and ARDS
Credit: Temple University Health System Temple University Hospital has treated the first patient in the United States in the BREATHE...
Depression, anxiety may be side effects as nation grapples with COVID-19
Credit: UTSW DALLAS - April 15, 2020 - Millions of Americans are being impacted by the psychological fallout from the...
Low-cost imaging system poised to provide automatic mosquito tracking
Better monitoring could bring faster and more targeted control of mosquito-borne diseasesCredit: Adam Goodwin, Johns Hopkins University WASHINGTON -- Mosquito-transmitted...
Applying mathematics to accelerate predictions for capturing fusion energy
Credit: Photo and composite by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications. A key issue for scientists seeking to bring the fusion...
Australia’s Centre for Digestive Diseases cures Crohn’s disease in new study
The Centre for Digestive Disease headed by Professor Thomas Borody has cured Crohn's disease as reported today by Dr Gaurav...
Discovering the secrets of the enigmatic caspase-6
Researchers identified the mechanisms underlying the innate immune function of the enzyme caspase-6, offering ways to combat viral infection, inflammatory...
Goals, opportunities, guides for advancing soft tissue and soft materials research
UMass Amherst scientists and team offer perspectives on cavitation scienceCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - A type of damage in...
MDI Biological Laboratory-led program reveals high arsenic in well water
Levels in many Maine and New Hampshire wells exceed maximumCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE — A program to...
Acoustic growth factor patterning
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 15, 2020--For optimally engineered tissues, it is important that biological...
New boron material of high hardness created by plasma chemical vapor deposition
The goal is material that approaches a diamond in hardness and can survive extreme pressure, temperature and corrosive environments.Credit: UAB...
The Cath Lab during COVID
Paper Published by Le Bonheur Children's Physician in the Journal of Invasive CardiologyCredit: Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Interventional cardiologists should...
Logging threatening endangered caribou
University of Guelph researchers found changes in habitat and food webs caused from deforestation is threatening the endangered woodland caribouCredit:...
