Gold leaf could help diagnose viral infections in low-resource settings
Credit: Adapted from ACS Central Science 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c00186 Gold leaf -- gold metal hammered into thin sheets -- is used by artists and crafters...
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Army Corps of Engineers awards UToledo $1.4-M to develop new methods to combat toxic algae
UToledo researchers are collaborating with municipal water treatment plants in OhioCredit: Daniel Miller, The University of Toledo The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded researchers...
Artificial intelligence tool uses chest X-ray to differentiate worst cases of COVID-19
Credit: CREDIT Courtesy of Nature Publishing or npj Digital Medicine Trained to see patterns by analyzing thousands of chest X-rays, a computer program predicted with...
Brand new physics of superconducting metals refuted by Lancaster physicists
Credit: Lancaster University Lancaster scientists have demonstrated that other physicists' recent "discovery" of the field effect in superconductors is nothing but hot electrons after all....
Southern African dinosaur had irregular growth
Credit: Dorling Kindersley Anyone who's raised a child or a pet will know just how fast and how steady their growth seems to be. You...
Eliminating bias from healthcare AI critical to improve health equity
Algorithms must be tested and continually monitored to assess impact of biasCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven healthcare has the potential to transform...
New study: Kefir package claims don’t always accurately reflect composition of commercial products
Researchers reporting in JDS CommunicationsTM found overstated microorganism density and nonlabelled bacterial species, potentially misleading consumersCredit: B.N. Metras, M.J. Holle, V.J. Parker, M.J. Miller, and...
Defining climate-smart pathways towards tree crop yield intensification
The trajectory for palm oil production in Indonesia raises sustainability concerns due to deforestation and biodiversity impacts; researchers modeled climate-smart approaches for climate change mitigation...
NTU study of ancient corals in Indonesia reveals slowest earthquake ever recorded
Study highlights missing factors or mismodelling in global risk assessmentsCredit: NTU Singapore A 'slow-motion' earthquake lasting 32 years - the slowest ever recorded - eventually...
‘Pre-bunk’ tactics reduce public susceptibility to COVID-19 conspiracies and falsehoods
Credit: University of Cambridge A short online game designed to fight conspiracies about COVID-19 boosts people's confidence in detecting misinformation by increasing their ability to...
COVID-19 vaccine does not damage the placenta in pregnancy
Study adds to growing evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are safe in pregnancyCredit: Northwestern University CHICAGO --- A new Northwestern Medicine study of placentas from patients...
History of giants in the gene: Scientists use DNA to trace the origins of giant viruses
Scientists investigate the evolution of Mimivirus, one of the world's largest viruses, through how they replicate DNACredit: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 2003 was a...
Tiny, wireless, injectable chips use ultrasound to monitor body processes
Columbia Engineers develop the smallest single-chip system that is a complete functioning electronic circuit; implantable chips visible only in a microscope point the way to...
Gene editing expands to new types of immune cells
Gladstone researchers fine-tuned CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing to work on human immune cells called monocytesCredit: Photo: Michael Short/Gladstone Institutes In the decade since the advent of...
Low-temperature crystallization of phase-pure α-formamidinium lead iodide enabled by study
Credit: Ahlawat Paramvir, @EPFL Though different fabrication approaches exist, two-step deposition is one of the main experimental techniques now used to make efficient, stable PSCs,...
