Cystic fibrosis drug could help treat pneumonia
Pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 and pneumococcus can cause severe pneumonia. If the airways then fill with fluid, the patient risks developing acute respiratory distress syndrome. Researchers at...
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Finding hidden regularities in nature: JAIST researchers apply deep learning to X-ray diffraction
Ishikawa, Japan -- X-ray diffraction (XRD) is an experimental technique to discern the atomic structure of a material by irradiating it with x-rays at different...
Automated simulation software creates a world map of polymer properties
The team published their method and experimental validation on Nov. 8 in npj Computational Materials.Credit: © The Institute of Statistical Mathematics The team published their...
Ultrafast and ultra-sensitive protein detection method allows for ultra-early disease diagnoses
Osaka, Japan – Protein detection based on antigen–antibody reaction is vital in early diagnosis of a wide range of diseases. How to effectively detect proteins,...
What it would take to discover life on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus
The mystery of whether microbial alien life might inhabit Enceladus, one of Saturn's 83 moons, could be solved by an orbiting space probe, according to...
USDA, APLU and Cooperative Extension Award top honors in extension excellence and diversity
Karen Franck, an associate professor and evaluation specialist with University of Tennessee Extension Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, and collaborators from 16 land-grant institutions...
TEAM-UP Together awards 31 scholarships to African American students in physics, astronomy
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2022 – TEAM-UP Together is pleased to announce its first cohort of scholars, 31 African American students who will each receive $10,000...
Heart health tip for older adults in 2023: Step it up a bit
The evidence-based health benefits of walking continue to accumulate, according to ongoing research by a University of Massachusetts Amherst physical activity epidemiologist, who leads an...
UMass Amherst microbiologist searches for vulnerabilities in tuberculosis bacteria
A microbiologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to support research aimed ultimately at developing new, more effective...
At the edge of graphene-based electronics
A pressing quest in the field of nanoelectronics is the search for a material that could replace silicon. Graphene has seemed promising for decades. But...
Cross-cultural study examines maternal attitudes and infant development
Mothers in the samples from the UK and Uganda have different attitudes toward parenting, but while on a group level the experience and development of...
Climate impacts are increasing; textbooks aren’t keeping pace
A new study from North Carolina State University finds that biology textbooks have done a poor job of incorporating material related to climate change. For...
Small turtles cannot legally be sold as pets because of the Salmonella infection risk, but half of online sellers fail to provide information about the law and the disease risk
Small turtles cannot legally be sold as pets because of the Salmonella infection risk, but half of online sellers fail to provide information about the...
Coverage of climate change in textbooks over 50 years has not kept up with the problem
Coverage of climate change in college biology textbooks expanded greatly during the 1990s, but recent changes have been minor and emphasize the impacts of climate...
Scientists turn single molecule clockwise or counterclockwise on demand
Controlling the rotation of this molecule could lead to new technologies for microelectronics, quantum computing and more.Credit: (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.) Controlling the rotation...
