Story tip from Johns Hopkins experts on COVID-19
Credit: Robert Stevens How can scientists predict a covid-19 outbreak? There's an app for that. Media Contact: Rachel Butch; [email protected] "COVID Control" using self-reported virus...
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Why do some neurons degenerate and die in Alzheimer’s disease, but not others?
New Gladstone research points to a mechanism driven by a protein associated with a higher risk of developing the diseaseCredit: Photo: Michael Short/Gladstone Institutes SAN...
In graphene process, resistance is useful
Rice lab uses laser-induced graphene process to create micron-scale patterns in photoresistCredit: Tour Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (May 6, 2021) - A Rice University laboratory...
‘Molecular glue’ makes perovskite solar cells dramatically more reliable over time
Credit: Padture lab/Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A research team from Brown University has made a major step toward improving the long-term reliability of perovskite...
Hollings researchers study SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in asymptomatic & symptomatic individuals
Call to action for SC scientists, cross-disciplinary research spurs SARS-CoV-2 antibody discoveriesCredit: MUSC/Marquel Coaxum MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers added to the understanding of the...
Ice core data show why, despite lower sulfur emissions in US and Western Europe, air pollution is
Credit: Hokkaido University The air in the United States and Western Europe is much cleaner than even a decade ago. Low-sulfur gasoline standards and regulations...
New grant-funded research could help improve therapies for sepsis
Credit: University of Kentucky A University of Kentucky College of Medicine professor has been awarded a $1.9 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for...
COVID-19 vaccine is associated with fewer asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital COVID-19 screening and vaccination program for employees offers early evidence that vaccine protects against asymptomatic infection, which has fueled the...
By age 10, retinoblastoma patients’ learning and life skills rebound
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital researchers studied how retinoblastoma survivors fared years later at home and at school.Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Retinoblastoma starts...
Top prizes in ethics cartooning contest address COVID-19 and more
Credit: Alyssa Wiener Five prizes were awarded in the fourth annual Morgridge Institute for Research Ethics Cartooning Contest, which invites participants to make a cartoon...
Space weather and solar blobs
Scientists receive funding to study conditions that can disrupt communications satellitesCredit: (Astrophysical inages courtesy of NASA / headshots and collage courtesy of Elle Starkman) Scientists...
Researchers speed identification of DNA regions that regulate gene expression
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have developed a highly efficient method to address a major challenge in biology--identifying the genetic 'switches' that regulate gene...
ORNL’s Sergei Kalinin elected Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America
Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Sergei Kalinin, a scientist and inventor at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a...
New study tracked large sharks during hurricanes
Researchers found sharks behaviors differed by species and location during major storm eventsCredit: Figure from Gutowsky et al. (2021 Tiger shark: Neil Hammerschlag Ph.D., University...
New boost in quantum technologies
Credit: University of Stuttgart, Physics 3 Quantum computers or quantum sensors consist of materials that are completely different to their classic predecessors. These materials are...
