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IU-connected startup enabling precision medicine for mental health, pain
Credit: Indiana University INDIANAPOLIS -- A new startup company founded on science developed at Indiana University is working to enable...
High brightness mid-infrared laser expands horizon of spectroscopic analytical technique
Quantum cascade laser-based infrared spectroscopic ellipsometry could offer real-time monitoring for industrial and scientific applications WASHINGTON -- Researchers have used...
The secret of mushroom colors
Mushrooms: Darker fruiting bodies in cold climates The fly agaric with its red hat is perhaps the most evocative of...
Study: Brain injury common in domestic violence
Advocates say lasting 'invisible' injuries often go unrecognized COLUMBUS, Ohio - Domestic violence survivors commonly suffer repeated blows to the...
Getting more heat out of sunlight
Material developed at MIT can passively capture solar heat for home heating or industrial applicationsCredit: Lin Zhao CAMBRIDGE, MA --...
Remote but remarkable: Illuminating the smallest inhabitants of the largest ocean desert
Scientists make an inventory of microbial life in the world's most remote ocean region, the South Pacific GyreCredit: Tim Ferdelman...
Atmosphere of mid-size planet revealed by hubble and spitzer
Credit: NASA, ESA, and L. Hustak (STScI) Two NASA space telescopes have teamed up to identify, for the first time,...
Parasitology — On filaments and fountains
Microbiologists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have shown that Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite that is responsible for toxoplasmosis, utilizes at...
Redefining the limits of measurement accuracy
Researchers at Leibniz University Hannover and Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt develop more sensitive quantum sensorsCredit: Fabian Wolf For centuries, humans have been...
Dose-dependent effects of esmolol-epinephrine combination therapy in myocardial ischemia
The article by Dr. Tobias Eckle et al. is published in Current Pharmaceutical Design, Volume 25, 2019 Epinephrine has been...
New chemical tools to modify and study biomolecules
Credit: J. Waser/B. Fierz (EPFL) Understanding the structure and metabolism of cells and living organisms is essential for the development...
HIV eliminated from the genomes of living animals
Temple, UNMC collaborate on study detailed in Nature CommunicationsCredit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University In a major...
Holy crocodiles
Credit: Yusuke Fukuda East Timor's origin is shrouded in myth. The Southeast Asian island is said to have formed from...
Future Drug Discovery publishes its first issue
Future Science Group (FSG) is pleased to announce the publication of the first issue of its new open access journal,...
CU Anschutz researchers win grant to commercialize miniature microscope
The tiny microscope allows scientists to peer inside the living brain AURORA, Colo. (July 2, 2019) - A team of...
Antibiotics weaken flu defenses in the lung
Credit: Andreas Wack, Francis Crick Institute Antibiotics can leave the lung vulnerable to flu viruses, leading to significantly worse infections...
UH researcher reports the way sickle cells form may be key to stopping them
Process could be similar to how first living cells formed; applications to industry possibleCredit: University of Houston University of Houston...
DNA from tooth in Florida man’s foot solves 25-year-old shark bite mystery
Credit: Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- When Jeff Weakley tweezed open a blister-like bulge on his...
Creating ‘movies’ of thin film growth at NSLS-II
Coherent x-rays at NSLS-II enable researchers to produce more accurate observations of thin film growth in real timeCredit: Brookhaven National...
Gut microbes protect against flu virus infection in mice
Credit: Bradley and Finsterbusch et al./Cell Reports Commensal gut microbes stimulate antiviral signals in non-immune lung cells to protect against...
