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WVU team unmasks effective N95 alternatives
Credit: Travis Goldsmith/West Virginia University The novel coronavirus pandemic has nearly exhausted stockpiles of medical gear in the United States....
Adapting smartwatches to improve distance learning and health
Rose Faghih Wins NSF CAREER Award for MINDWATCH ProposalCredit: University of Houston As schools and universities around the globe pivot...
Tailoring treatment for triple-negative breast cancer
Research led by the School of Veterinary Medicine's Rumela Chakrabarti identified a molecular pathway responsible for the disease's progression and...
Could inhibiting the DPP4 enzyme help treat coronavirus?
Credit: Dr. Gianluca Iacobellis Researchers and clinicians are scrambling to find ways to combat COVID-19, including new therapeutics and eventually...
Study finds remdesivir effective against a key enzyme of coronavirus that causes COVID-19
Remdesivir already in human trials in search for treatment of deadly diseaseCredit: Melissa Fabrizio Scientists at the University of Alberta...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing, next steps, and the role of small business
Credit: NIAID-RML, CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en) The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences....
Tight spaces tip presence of petrochemicals
Rice engineers' study reveals critical role of molecular confinement in interpreting NMRCredit: Arjun Valiya Parambathu/Rice University HOUSTON - (April 13,...
Toxic cell atlas guides new therapies for neurodegeneration
New study generates an 'atlas' of toxic immune cells in the brainCredit: Lauren Bayless: Gladstone Institutes A common thread in...
Cell membrane proteins imaged in 3D
Scientists used lanthanide-binding tags to image proteins at the level of a cell membrane, opening new doors for studies on...
Is there a link between the physics of hearing and the ability to interpret music?
UH engineer awarded a Guggenheim fellowship to pursue the questionCredit: University of Houston Pradeep Sharma, a mechanical engineer at the...
Loss of smell and taste validated as COVID-19 symptoms in patients with high recovery rate
Study suggests clinicians should include sensory impairment as standard screening measureCredit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Loss of smell and...
New Rutgers saliva test for coronavirus gets FDA approval
Emergency use authorization granted for new biomaterial collection approachCredit: Rutgers University The FDA has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to...
Graphene heterostructures with black phosphorus, arsenic enable new infrared detectors
Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office MIPT scientists and their colleagues from Japan and the U.S. have calculated the parameters of...
Scientists discover bent-toed gecko species in Cambodia
Credit: Thy Neang A new species of bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus phnomchiensis) has been described from Cambodia's Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary...
Diagnostics, meet CRISPR
New CRISPR diagnostic testCredit: Michael Kaminski, MDC The simplicity of urine sampling has been combined with the excellent sensing abilities...
Foxglove plants produce heart medicine; can science do it better?
Two studies mark an early step in a UB biologist's quest to understand how foxgloves make medicinal compoundsCredit: Zhen Wang...
FDA approves first ever treatment for neurofibromatosis
According to the Children's Tumor Foundation, approval of AstraZeneca and MSD (Merck)'s Koselugo (selumetinib) increases potential for successful tumor reduction...
Reducing sulfur dioxide emissions alone cannot substantially decrease air pollution
Credit: Qianqian Zhang High loadings of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) during haze are mostly produced from the chemical reactions of...
UCI-led team designs carbon nanostructure stronger than diamonds
Novel plate-cell architecture reaches theoretical limit of performanceCredit: Cameron Crook and Jens Bauer / UCI Irvine, Calif., April 13, 2020...
Research provides new insights into menopause and weight gain
UCLA biologists reveal interplay between estrogen and key geneCredit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA Can women in menopause get the benefits of hormone...
