First images of cells exposed to COVID-19 vaccine reveal native-like Coronavirus spikes
Credit: University of Southampton New research has for the first time compared images of the protein spikes that develop on the surface of cells exposed...
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Manual workers face twice the risk of developing ALS
Scientists discover that the majority of ALS patients had a blue-collar jobCredit: Source: Mark Zammit Cordina, Times of Malta ALS is a progressive neurological disease...
The structure and function of cortical brain cells modulated by attention
This is the subject of the work by Demetrio Ferro, a researcher at the Center for Brain and Cognition, published on 23 March in the...
Early indicators of magma viscosity could help forecast a volcano’s eruption style
2018 eruption of Kīlauea Volcano in Hawai'i provided scientists with an unprecedented opportunity to identify new factors that could help forecast the hazard potential of...
Reversing a genetic cause of poor stress responses in mice
Credit: Minghui Wang/Van Aelst Lab, CSHL/2021 Everyone faces stress occasionally, whether in school, at work, or during a global pandemic. However, some cannot cope as...
First transiting exoplanet’s ‘chemical fingerprint’ reveals its distant birthplace
Astronomers have found evidence that the first exoplanet that was identified transiting its star could have migrated to a close orbit with its star from...
Designing selective membranes for batteries using a drug discovery toolbox
By binding specific ions in specially designed cages within its pores, a new membrane could enable more efficient flows in energy storage devicesCredit: Artem Baskin/Berkeley...
The muon’s magnetic moment fits just fine
A new estimate of the strength of the sub-atomic particle's magnetic field aligns with the standard model of particle physicsCredit: Dani Zemba, Penn State A...
Two young scientists selected for ‘Se Jong Science Fellowship’ by Ministry of Science and ICT
Providing stable research base for promising young researchersCredit: DGIST DGIST announced that Research Professor Kyung Ah Han of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences...
New proposal for the management of low back pain with a proprioceptive approach
Scientists from Japan developed a protocol to evaluate postural balance control for elderly patients with low back pain with frequency-tunable vibrationsCredit: Image courtesy: Yoshifumi Morita...
Silver linings to New Zealand lockdown
Credit: University of Otago Two thirds of New Zealanders believed there were 'silver linings' to the country's Alert Level 4 COVID-19 lockdown imposed in March...
Estimating costs of uterine transplantation
Credit: Photo: Emma Busk Winquist, Charlotte Perhammar and Cecilia Hedström Sweden's acclaimed research on uterine transplants has taken a new step forward: into the field...
Visionary bone damage study
X-rays confirm promise of new luminescent markersCredit: Flinders University A novel way to pinpoint and illuminate bone damage promises to make X-rays more efficient at...
Nanoparticles reveal their location via mirror SELFI
Can a mirror turn an orange into a doughnut?Credit: Dr Fan Wang Can a mirror turn an orange into a doughnut? The answer is definitely...
Cleaner solutions for marine and off-road transport
Finnish consortium aims for a breakthroughCredit: Riikka Kalmi, University of Vaasa The Clean Propulsion Technologies project consortium, led by the University of Vaasa, aims to...
