Vilcek Foundation announces open call for $150,000 in prizes to immigrant scientists
In 2024, the Vilcek Foundation will award three Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science of $50,000 each. The prizes recognize and celebrate the...
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteria produce a molecule that paralyzes immune system cells
Bacteria of the species Pseudomonas aeruginosa are antibiotic-resistant hospital germs that can enter blood, lungs and other tissues through wounds and cause life-threatening infections. In...
Rare in modern science: A new snake family was identified – Micrelapidae
Researcher from Tel Aviv University took part in an extensive international study Credit: David David Researcher from Tel Aviv University took part in an extensive...
On a warming planet, these arctic geese rapidly found (and shared) a new migratory route
As the planet warms, animals that breed in the Arctic are at particular risk. But a new study reported in Current Biology on March 1...
NASA awards $680,000 to study evolution of chemical systems on Titan
Vincent Chevrier, an associate professor at the U of A Center for Space and Planetary Sciences, has been awarded $680,000 from NASA to study the...
Ice Age survivors
The team analysed the genomes of 356 prehistoric hunter gatherers from different archaeological cultures – including new data sets of 116 individuals from 14 different...
Cleveland researchers reveal how oxygen is delivered to tissues, open door to new class of drugs
CLEVELAND—Cardiovascular medicine, hematology and pulmonary medicine may soon have the first-ever therapies to correct poor tissue oxygenation, a key driver of disease in millions, including...
Quantum chemistry: Molecules caught tunneling
Tunneling reactions in chemistry are very difficult to predict. The quantum mechanically exact description of chemical reactions with more than three particles is difficult, with...
Metal ion plasma generation under strong magnetic field
OverviewCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview Professor Satoshi Fujii (Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology)...
Modulating and characterizing d-band center on Pt-based electrocatalysts under practical conditions
This study is led by Prof. Yanxia Jiang (College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University) and Prof. Bin-Wei Zhang (School of Chemistry and Chemical...
Real AI will need biology: Computers powered by human brain cells
The time has come to create a new kind of computer, say researchers from John Hopkins University together with Dr Brett Kagan, chief scientist at...
Sustainable process for the production of vanillin from lignin makes further progress
The demand for vanillin vastly outstrips the natural resources of this flavoring agent. A chemical process is thus used to produce the required large quantities...
Gut bacteria are crucial for liver repair
When parts of the liver are removed, the body can replace the missing tissue. A team of researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM)...
Chinese Medical Journal study identifies major risk factors of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with pneumoconiosis in China
Pneumoconiosis comprises a group of heterogeneous lung diseases resulting from the inhalation of mineral dust. It is an occupational hazard with significant economic and social...
JAMA Network names new editor in chief of JAMA Internal Medicine
Chicago, March 1, 2023 — Sharon K. Inouye, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Milton and Shirley F. Levy Family...
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