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The genetic quest to understand COVID-19
Unlocking the genetic code of the novel coronavirus will help us prevent other diseasesCredit: University of Sydney How the novel...
Samara Polytech scientist designs wind-powered generator
The unique device has no analogues in the worldCredit: @SamaraPolytech Professor of the Department of Theoretical and Basic Electrical Engineering...
Artificial intelligence for very young brains
Credit: CHU Sainte-Justine Canadian scientists have developed an innovative new technique that uses artificial intelligence to better define the different...
Jumping genes help make neurons in a dish
Credit: © 2020 Della Valle et al. The process of making functional brain cells in a lab dish requires the...
Intense form of radiation slows disease progression in some men with prostate cancer
Highly focused radiation can cause systemic immune response for men with limited spread of prostate cancerCredit: Phuoc Tran, M.D., Ph.D....
Under extreme heat and drought, trees hardly benefit from an increased CO2 level
Studies of Aleppo Pines reveal: The increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in the atmosphere does not compensate the negative...
Astronomers use slime mould to map the universe’s largest structures
Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Burchett and O. Elek (UC Santa Cruz) The single-cell organism known as slime mould (Physarum...
Making sense of cells
Credit: OIST Our body's ability to detect disease, foreign material, and the location of food sources and toxins is all...
Census 2020: Understanding the Issues
Springer book covers the US Census from its Constitutional founding through the upcoming 2020 count, discusses the unique significance of...
Flavor research for consumer protection
Flavorings containing benzaldehyde can develop benzene under the influence of lightCredit: Gisela Olias / Leibniz-LSB In 2013, the German Stiftung...
COVID-19 preventative vaccine trial for healthcare workers
Credit: MCRI Professor Kathryn North AC, Director of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia, has announced its infectious...
Why life can get better as we age — study
Mindfulness helps wellbeing at all agesCredit: Flinders University People say life gets better with age. Now research suggests this may...
Holographic cosmological model and thermodynamics on the horizon of the universe
A Kanazawa University researcher proposes a novel cosmological model to study thermodynamics on the horizon of the universeCredit: Kanazawa University...
Enhanced 1.54 μm PL and EL on a perfluorinated Er3+ complex sensitized by an Ir3+ complex
Credit: by Hong-Fei Li, Xiao-Qi Liu, Chen Lyu, Jelena Gorbaciova, Li-Li Wen, Guo-Gang Shan, Peter. B. Wyatt, Huan-Qing Ye and...
Celebrating our genomic diversity: Fine-scale differences in the Japanese population
Researchers led by Osaka University use dimensionality reduction analyses to identify fine-scale differences in the Japanese population, revealing greater population...
Astronaut conducts heart research on station with former colleague
When NASA astronaut Jessica Meir recently slipped her hands into the Life Sciences Glovebox on the International Space Station to...
Insights into the diagnosis and treatment brain cancer in children
Credit: Kanazawa University Ependymoma is a rare form of brain cancer that implicates children and is often tricky to diagnose....
Overcoming primary resistance to checkpoint inhibition with selective inhibitor of TGFβ1
Selective inhibition of latent TGFβ1 activation with SRK-181 has demonstrated an improved preclinical safety profile compared to conventional inhibitors of...
Experimental model mimics early-stage myogenic deficit in boys with DMD
Large spike in TGFβ activity in injured muscle triggers a downward spiral leading to muscle degeneration and failed muscle regenerationCredit:...
Experiments in mice and human cells shed light on best way to deliver nanoparticle therapy for cancer
Credit: Robert Ivkov, Ph.D. Researchers in the cancer nanomedicine community debate whether use of tiny structures, called nanoparticles, can best...
