New study may help explain low oxygen levels in COVID-19 patients
U of A researchers find SARS-CoV-2 infects immature red blood cells, reducing oxygen in the blood and impairing immune responseCredit: University of Alberta A new...
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Similarity of legs, wheels, tracks suggests target for energy-efficient robots
Credit: U.S. Army Photo ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - A new formula from Army scientists is leading to new insights on how to build an...
The powerhouse future is flexoelectric
'Giant flexoelectricity' breakthrough in soft elastomers paves way for improved robots and self-powered pacemakersCredit: University of Houston Researchers have demonstrated "giant flexoelectricity" in soft elastomers...
Pandemic shows essential role of ECT as treatment for severe depression
Survey of 20 centers nationwide reveals impacts of reduced servicesCredit: University of Michigan When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in North America in March 2020, health...
Aging: Cdkn1a transcript variant 2 is a marker of aging and cellular senescence
Upon treating mice systemically with doxorubicin, which induces widespread cellular senescence in vivo, variant 2 increased to a larger extent than variant 1Credit: Correspondence to:...
Sinai Health scientists provide detailed map to understanding human cells
Credit: Sinai Health Researchers from Sinai Health have published a study providing an ultra-detailed look at the organization of a living human cell, providing a...
Study finds specialty behavioral health establishments increased, but more needs to be done
Credit: Indiana University The number of specialty behavioral health establishments, their workforce and their wages have increased steadily between 2011 and 2019, according to a...
Current global environmental law and policy are failing, experts say
In a landmark special issue of Environmental Policy and Law, noted scholars lay out their vision for a complete overhaul of regulatory processes, approaches, and...
NIH launches study to determine best time for gestational diabetes screening
Nationwide study aims to recruit people in the first trimester of pregnancyCredit: Yale School of Medicine/Anthony DeCarlo A new study supported by the National Institutes...
NIH supports mathematical optimization of tumor treatment
Research aims to reduce side effects of radiation therapy for head and neck cancerCredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (June 2, 2021) - A new strategy...
Less aviation during the global lockdown had a positive impact on the climate
Scientific study by scientists at Leipzig University, Imperial College London and the Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace in ParisCredit: Katarina Werneburg They studied the extent to which...
New nanoparticle design paves way for improved detection of tumors
Credit: Giovanni Marco Saladino Nano-sized particles have been engineered in a new way to improve detection of tumors within the body and in biopsy tissue,...
Study evaluates the filtration efficacy of 227 commercially available face masks in Brazil
Models for professional use were the most effective at retaining aerosol particles of a size equivalent to the novel coronavirus, followed by TNT masks sold...
Coloring tumors reveals their bad influence
Credit: ©Yum/IMBA Studies on cancer are limited by the threshold at which cellular transformations become clinically detectable. However, the very initial phase on the way...
Entangled quantum memories for a quantum repeater: A step closer to the Quantum Internet
Credit: ©ICFO * ICFO researchers report in Nature on having achieved, for the first time, entanglement of two multimode quantum memories located in different labs...
