How we know whether and when to pay attention
Fast reactions are based on estimates of whether and when events will occurCredit: Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics Fast reactions to future events are...
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Clinical trial of therapeutics for severely ill hospitalized COVID-19 patients begins
Patients with acute respiratory failure may now enroll in NIH-sponsored trialCredit: NIAID A new Phase 3 trial to test the safety and efficacy of therapeutics...
First clinical trials set for MRI cancer detection
Case Western Reserve University-developed imaging agent for MRI prostate cancer detection gets FDA approval for safety trials, set to begin in May in ColumbusCredit: Case...
Uniquely sharp X-ray view
Credit: Paul Scherrer Institute/Mahir Dzambegovic Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have succeeded for the first time in looking inside materials using the method...
Individuals in lower-income US counties or high support for former President Trump continue to be less likely to socially distance
A new nearly yearlong study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine finds that lower-income and Republican-leaning communities are less likely to socially distance than...
Multimillion euro funding for the search for ‘new physics’
Prof. Dr. Piet O. Schmidt receives ERC Advanced Grant from the EU -- 2.5 million euros for a five-year projectCredit: (Credit: PTB) It is about...
Miniaturized models of neuron-muscle interactions give insight in ALS
Credit: Dr. Pieter Baatsen, LiMoNe, Research Group Molecular Neurobiology and Katarina Stoklund Dittlau, Laboratory of Neurobiology at VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain and Disease Research...
‘Stickiness’ key to better diagnostics and pharmaceuticals
Credit: The University of Queensland The 'stickiness', or viscosity, of microscopic liquids can now be measured thousands of times faster than ever before, potentially leading...
Minimally invasive retinal reattachment procedure leads to superior photoreceptor integrity
Pneumatic retinopexy associated with best visual outcomesCredit: Unity Health Toronto A minimally invasive retinal reattachment procedure that can be done in an ophthalmologist's office leads...
Ulf-G. Meißner receives an ERC Advanced Grant
The European Union is funding the physics professor at the University of Bonn with about 2.3 million eurosCredit: © Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn What happens when...
Fighting harmful bacteria with nanoparticles
New weapons against antibiotic resistanceCredit: Empa In the arms race "mankind against bacteria", bacteria are currently ahead of us. Our former miracle weapons, antibiotics, are...
Sustainable electricity generation at low temperatures
MoNiKa: Researchers and industry work on technologies for energy-efficient power generation from low-temperature heatCredit: Markus Breig/Amadeus Bramsiepe, KIT Low-temperature heat in the form of waste...
Transport phenomena at the nanoscale
Credit: Ella Maru Studio (https://scientific-illustrations.com) Transient grating spectroscopy is an elegant method that uses two laser pulses to activate a medium by creating an interference...
EU funding to help solve fundamental problems in the interaction of hardware and software
Credit: Oliver Dietze To change this and to improve the interaction between hardware and software, the computer scientist is now being funded through an ERC...
Unlocking Australia’s biodiversity, one dataset at a time
Credit: CSIRO Australia's unique and highly endemic flora and fauna are threatened by rapid losses in biodiversity and ecosystem health, caused by human influence and...
