SARS-CoV-2: Estimating infectiousness
Science publishes new study on viral loadCredit: © Charité | Victor Corman What started as the preliminary analysis of routine laboratory data has since evolved...
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Probing deeper into origins of cosmic rays
Simulation model provides first step in developing algorithms to enhance detection methods.Credit: Salvatore Buonocore WASHINGTON, May 25, 2021 -- Cosmic rays are high-energy atomic particles...
SARS-CoV-2 RNA discovery unlocks new potential treatments
Credit: Molecular Cell An international and multidisciplinary team led by researchers at the University of Oxford, University of Glasgow, and University of Heidelberg, has uncovered...
Two new attacks break PDF certification
Credit: RUB, Kramer A security issue in the certification signatures of PDF documents has been discovered by researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. This special form of...
CWRU-led research to determine which diabetic people can donate corneas for transplant
With five-year, $6.4M grant from National Eye Institute of NIHCredit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND--About a third of the corneal transplant surgeries in the United...
Superflimsy graphene turned ultrastiff by optical forging
Stiffened graphene opens up avenues for novel applicationsCredit: University of Jyväskylä/Pekka Koskinen, Vesa-Matti Hiltunen Graphene is an ultrathin material characterized by its ultrasmall bending modulus,...
China makes remarkable gains in maternal and child survival rates
Credit: Rui Xu China has made remarkable gains in reducing the number of women who die during childbirth and boosting child survival rates over the...
Light-emitting MXene quantum dots
Credit: Opto-Electronic Advances In a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI https://doi.org/10.29026/oea.2021.200077, Researchers led by Professor Jeongyong Kim at the Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan...
Can TV shows help teens navigate bullying, depression and other mental health issues?
Yes, says a UCLA report, but only when they approach topics in a credible, supportive wayCredit: UCLA Center for Scholars and Storytellers Popular television shows...
Scientific software – Quality not always good
Computer scientists at KIT and HITS develop open-source tool that automatically checks adherence of scientific software to development standards - 48 tools evaluatedCredit: Photo: Markus...
Pain monitoring helps assess the effectiveness of opioid-sparing approaches during surgery
Credit: Medasense A new study has shown that effective opioid-sparing anaesthesia with dexmedetomidine can be guided with NOL pain monitoring technology (Medasense, Israel). The study...
Mapping the local cosmic web
Dark matter map reveals hidden bridges between galaxiesCredit: Hong et. al., Astrophysical Journal UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A new map of dark matter in the...
“Bite” defects in bottom-up graphene nanoribbons
Quantum electronicsCredit: Empa / EPFL (adapted with permission from J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021,12, 4692-4696, Copyright 2021 American Chemical Society) Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), narrow strips...
Superoxide produced in the cochlea of inner ears causes acquired hearing loss
-Breakthrough discovery will pave the way for the development of the world's first pharmacological interventions against hearing loss-Credit: Takehiko Ueyama Professor UEYAMA Takehiko (Biosignal Research...
Newly discovered enzymes are not heavy metal fans
Researchers at Tsukuba University discover a new group of carbonic anhydrase enzymes that do not require any metal ions for their activity, which improves our...
