How COVID-19 wreaks havoc on human lungs
New structure shows how virus envelope protein hijacks cell-junction protein and promotes viral spread; findings could speed the design of drugs to block severe effects...
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Consumers spent less on candy and desserts when shopping online
Online shopping was associated with lower spending on certain unhealthy, impulse-sensitive foods, according to a new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior...
Super productive 3D bioprinter could help speed up drug development
A 3D printer that rapidly produces large batches of custom biological tissues could help make drug development faster and less costly. Nanoengineers at the University...
Srinivas Rangarajan wins NSF CAREER award for catalytic transfer hydrogenation research
Lehigh University computational chemical engineer to advance fundamental understanding of promising approach for safe, streamlined, cost-effective biomass and CO2 conversion Is it possible to build...
DFG extends funding for CRCs at University and University Medical Center G
German Research Foundation reconfirms support for Göttingen CRCs The German Research Foundation (DFG) has extended its funding for two Göttingen Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) from...
Leader in power-efficient computer architecture receives Eckert-Mauchly Award
Margaret Martonosi's work has led to new fields of research ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the IEEE Computer Society have named Margaret Martonosi,...
Clever biomolecular labelling enables identification of immune cells
Research team led by the University of Göttingen develops new strategy for labelling peptides Biomolecules regulate the biological functions inside every living cell. If scientists...
Stabilizing gassy electrolytes could make ultra-low temperature batteries safer
A new technology could dramatically improve the safety of lithium-ion batteries that operate with gas electrolytes at ultra-low temperatures. Nanoengineers at the University of California...
A new disease called halo blight threatens Michigan hop production
If you're a beer drinker, you've noticed that hoppy beers have become increasingly popular. Most of the nation's hops come from the Pacific Northwest. However,...
Visualizing cement hydration on a molecular level
Imaging technique could enable new pathways for reducing concrete's hefty carbon footprint, as well as for 3-D printing of concrete. The concrete world that surrounds...
Plants get a faster start to their day than we think
To describe something as slow and boring we say it's "like watching grass grow", but scientists studying the early morning activity of plants have found...
Atom swapping could lead to ultra-bright, flexible next generation LEDs
An international group of researchers has developed a new technique that could be used to make more efficient low-cost light-emitting materials which are flexible and...
ORNL names new Innovation Crossroads cohort of entrepreneurs
Six science and technology innovators from across the United States will join the fifth cohort of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Innovation Crossroads program in June....
A breakthrough in the physics of blood clotting
New Research shows platelets do their job better when not in total sync with one another Heart attacks and strokes -- the leading causes of...
New drug-formulation method may lead to smaller pills
Chemical engineers have found a way to load more drug into a tablet, which could then be made smaller and easier to swallow CAMBRIDGE, MA...
