Passing the COVID test in just five minutes
Researchers at Osaka University develop a new highly sensitive test for the SARS-CoV-2 virus that utilizes a fusion of artificial intelligence and nanopore technology which...
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New manufacturing technique for flexible electronics
Ultrathin, flexible computer circuits have been an engineering goal for years, but technical hurdles have prevented the degree of miniaturization necessary to achieve high performance....
‘Unshackled’ palm-destroying beetles could soon invade Australia
A destructive pest beetle is edging closer to Australia as biological controls fail, destroying home gardens, plantations and biodiversity as they surge through nearby Pacific...
Coelacanths may live nearly a century, five times longer than researchers expected
Once thought to be extinct, lobe-finned coelacanths are enormous fish that live deep in the ocean. Now, researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on...
Defining the Hund physics landscape of two-orbital systems
Researchers identify exotic metals in unexpected quantum systems Electrons are ubiquitous among atoms, subatomic tokens of energy that can independently change how a system behaves--but...
UBCO researchers identify best strategy to reduce human-bear conflict
Computer modelling shows reducing attractants most effective in keeping bears away Conservationists have long warned of the dangers associated with bears becoming habituated to life...
Study of young chaotic star system reveals planet formation secrets
New observations of young stellar object Elias 2-27 confirm gravitational instabilities and planet-forming disk mass as key to formation of giant planets A team of...
Mutant genes can promote genetic transfer across taxonomic kingdoms
Bacteria do not sexually reproduce, but that does not stop them from exchanging genetic information as it evolves and adapts. During conjugal transfer, a bacterium...
Alpine plant spins its own flavonoid wool
Credit: Matthieu Bourdon and Karin Müller Like the movie version of Spider-Man who shoots spider webs from holes in his wrists, a little alpine plant...
Numerical study first to reveal origin of ‘motion of the ocean’ in the straits of Florida
Scientists identify mechanisms of instability responsible for the formation of sub-mesoscale eddies Ocean currents sometimes pinch off sections that create circular currents of water called...
Racism and racial trauma as barriers to breastfeeding
African American mothers continue to have the lowest breastfeeding rates, even as the breastfeeding rates have risen in the U.S. over the past 25 years....
Anna M. Sawka, MD, Ph.D. appointed incoming Editor-in-Chief of Thyroid®
We are pleased to announce that Anna M. Sawka, MD, PhD, has been appointed the next Editor-in-Chief of Thyroid®, the Official Journal of the American...
Prototype may diagnose common pregnancy complications by monitoring placental oxygen
NIH researchers pursue innovative method for observing maternal and fetal health during pregnancy Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have developed a prototype device...
Study identifies trigger for ‘head-to-tail’ axis development in human embryo
Scientists have identified key molecular events in the developing human embryo between days 7 and 14 - one of the most mysterious, yet critical, stages...
Hired blade: Anchoring complex in plant cells recruits its own katana sword
Researchers from Nara Institute of Science and Technology find that an anchoring complex stabilizes microtubule creation sites within plant cells, then recruits katanin - named...
