Microcrystal electron diffraction supports a new drug development pipeline
Credit: Bruhn, J. et al. Front. Mol. Biosci., 2021 8, 354. CAMBRIDGE July 13, 2021 - To date, solving structures of potential therapeutics using X-ray...
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Galactic gamma ray bursts predicted last year show up right on schedule
Sherlock Holmes story gives clue to successful prediction of bursts from nearby magnetarCredit: Mikhail Denissenya, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan Magnetars are bizarre objects -- massive, spinning...
Researchers roll out new process for lighter, more efficient solar power technology
University of Arizona engineering professor harnesses the power of perovskites with a $700,000 grant from the Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office.Credit: University of...
Rats prefer to help their own kind; humans may be similarly wired
New study reveals brain mechanism that drives rats to act out of kindnessCredit: Photo courtesy of Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal A decade after scientists discovered that...
COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality: Sex differences
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 13, 2021--Males with COVID-19 had significantly higher rates of hospitalization and of transfer to the...
Allocating COVID vaccines based on health and socioeconomic factors could cut mortality
Study suggests spatial relationship between COVID-19 mortality and population-level health factorsCredit: Kandula S and Shaman J, 2021, PLOS Medicine, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) An estimated 43...
Allocating COVID-19 vaccines based on health and socioeconomics could reduce mortality
Study suggests spatial relationship between COVID-19 mortality and population-level health factorsCredit: Kandula S and Shaman J, 2021, PLOS Medicine COVID-19 vaccination strategies in the United...
Less is more: the efficient brain structural and dynamic organization
Credit: @Science China Press The human brain has extreme ability in thinking and computation, but it only requires a very low energy power of about...
Photorhabdus Virulence Cassette as a causative agent in Photorhabdus asymbiotica
Credit: @Science China Press Contractile injection systems (CISs) are widely distributed in bacteria and archaea that can form a nanomachine resembling the contractile tails of...
The two-thousand-year-old mystery of the havoc-wreaking worm
New research reveals that we know less about the history-altering shipworm than we thoughtCredit: Barry Goodell AMHERST, Mass. - Humans have known for over two...
USF awarded four-year, $69.9 million NIH grant to continue type 1 diabetes research
The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young study is led by USF Health's Jeffrey Krischer, who has built a worldwide epidemiological hub for autoimmune...
Long-term memory setup requires a reliable delivery crew
Synaptic plasticity depends on molecular hauler KIF5C, carrier of more than 650 RNAs, study findsCredit: Scott Wiseman for Scripps Research JUPITER, FL - The brain...
One shot of the Sputnik V vaccine triggers strong antibody responses
Credit: Rossi and Ojeda et al./Cell Reports Medicine A single dose of the Sputnik V vaccine may elicit significant antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2, finds a...
US-wide, non-white neighborhoods are hotter than white ones
Wealthier, whiter urban and small-town residents benefit more from cooling infrastructure and treesCredit: Suzanne Benz WASHINGTON--In cities and towns across the United States, neighborhoods with more...
US citizen migrant children in Mexico lacking adequate health insurance
Researchers call for transborder policies to address place-based inequity in health coverageCredit: University of Houston While attending a conference at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de...
