Faster drug discovery through machine learning
New technique speeds up calculations of drug molecules' binding affinity to proteins.Credit: Image courtesy of MIT News, Xinqiang Ding and Bin Zhang Drugs can only...
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There might be many planets with water-rich atmospheres
UChicago study finds way that hot, rocky planets in other systems could form and keep atmospheresCredit: Engine House VFX, At-Bristol Science Centre, University of Exeter...
Twisting, flexible crystals key to solar energy production
Researchers show how shapes and movements of halide perovskites create desirable renewable energy propertiesCredit: ORNL/Jill Hemman DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers at Duke University have revealed...
Story tips: Urban climate impacts, materials’ dual approach and healing power
Credit: Andy Sproles/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Modeling - Urban climate impacts Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have identified a statistical relationship between the...
Could we recycle plastic bags into fabrics of the future?
Engineers have developed self-cooling fabrics from polyethylene, a material commonly used in plastic bagsCredit: Image courtesy of Svetlana Boriskina In considering materials that could become...
Voltage from the parquet
Piezoelectric woodCredit: ACS Nano / Empa Ingo Burgert and his team at Empa and ETH Zurich has proven it time and again: Wood is so...
Bacteria adapt syringe apparatus to changing conditions
Study shows how pathogenic bacteria can adapt to varying conditions of the digestive tractCredit: Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology Basic, acidic, basic again: for...
Open door to treatment of renal fibrosis by showing that it is caused by telomere shortening
Renal fibrosis leads to kidney failure, which can only be treated by dialysis and whose incidence is increasing due to the ageing of the population....
UNIST takes top prize at 2021 Samsung Humantech Paper Award
Credit: UNIST Nine UNIST students have been recognized for their excellence in academic and research work at the 27th Annual Samsung Humantech Paper Award ceremony....
Saarbrücken based bioinformaticians trace down molecular signals of Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Oliver Dietze In their study, which is now published in the journal Nature Aging, they show that the level of non-coding RNAs in the...
Households in Zimbabwe affected by fall armyworm are 12% more likely to experience hunger
CABI has led the first study to explore the income and food security effects of the fall armyworm invasion on a country -- revealing that...
Global river flow contingent upon climate change
Credit: Michigan State University More often than ever before, water available in rivers is at the mercy of climate change, international researchers collaborating on a...
Significant variation found in timing andselection of genetic tests for non–small-cell lung cancer
Whole-genome sequencing instead of biomarker testing may streamline selection of appropriate therapy, investigators report in the Journal of Molecular DiagnosticsCredit: van de Ven, Michiel, et...
Melting glaciers could speed up carbon emissions into the atmosphere
Credit: Lee Brown The loss of glaciers worldwide enhances the breakdown of complex carbon molecules in rivers, potentially contributing further to climate change. An international...
Rare open-access quantum computer now operational
Scientists worldwide can use ion-based testbed at Sandia National LaboratoriesCredit: Bret Latter, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A new Department of Energy open-access quantum...
