Anti-amyloid drugs and Alzheimer’s disease
An estimated 50 million people around the world have Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and perhaps twice that number are unknowingly “incubating” the disease during its long...
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Fast, efficient COVID-19 biosensor under development
As the BA.5 omicron variant continues to spread, health experts are increasingly preparing for a future in which such COVID-19 variants emerge, surge and recede...
New chromosomal section effective against diseases in oats discovered
St. Paul, MN (JULY 2022)—Whether you opt for a crunchy granola bar, mushy bowl of oatmeal, or smooth glass of oat milk, it is clear...
Buckyballs on gold are less exotic than graphene
Graphene consists of carbon atoms that crosslink in a plane to form a flat honeycomb structure. In addition to surprisingly high mechanical stability, the material...
Researchers chart advances in ancient DNA technology
Over the past 10 years, researchers led by FU Qiaomei from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences...
An anti-bacterial liaison
Macrophages are key cells of our innate immune response. By populating almost all tissues in our body, these cells have an essential role in maintaining...
Sick animals struggle to problem solve and adapt to changing environments
Even common infections can come with acute or lingering cognitive symptoms; one of the best-known examples is “COVID fog.” In a review published on July...
Flexible method for shaping laser beams extends depth-of-focus for OCT imaging
WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed a new method for flexibly creating various needle-shaped laser beams. These long, narrow beams can be used to improve optical...
Majority of early career researchers in physical science want to publish OA, but face financial barriers
Findings are from a new global study ‘OA in physics: researcher perspectives’ commissioned by leading learned society physics publishers Credit: n/a Findings are from a new...
Biology’s hardest working pigments and ‘MOFs’ might just save the climate
Some of the economic sectors that are the hardest to decarbonize would benefit from the emergence of substantially more efficient catalysts involved in energy conversion...
At the water’s edge: Self-assembling 2D materials at a liquid–liquid interface
The past few decades have witnessed a great amount of research in the field of two-dimensional (2D) materials. As the name implies, these thin film-like...
Innovative approach to treating chronic pain receives $5 million from NIH
UVA Health researchers are pioneering a new way to treat chronic pain that does not respond to medication. Their innovative approach will receive more than $5...
Generating power where seawater and river water meet
Scientists have known since the 1950s that it is theoretically possible to generate electricity through the movement of water at the place where seawater and...
Focused ultrasound foundation and children’s tumor foundation partner on neurofibromatosis study
The Focused Ultrasound Foundation and the Children’s Tumor Foundation (CTF) have established a partnership to advance innovative, noninvasive treatments in pediatrics. For more than 15...
Microbial ´dark matter´: Centuries-old lava caves of Hawaiʻi Island contain thousands of unknown bacterial species
The lava caves, lava tubes and geothermal vents on the big island of Hawaiʻi have higher bacterial diversity than scientists expected, reports a new study...
