Virtues of modeling many faults: New method illuminates shape of Alaskan quake
A University of Tsukuba research team find that the irregular behavior of the conjugate fault system responsible for the 2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake was...
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Dog vs. machine: Who’s a better bomb detector? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, March 22, 2021 -- What's better at finding a hidden bomb -- a dog or an electronic chemical detector?...
Hormone drugs may disarm COVID-19 spike protein and stop disease progression
A new Penn Medicine study shows how anti-androgen drugs disrupt key receptors required for viral invasion of cellsCredit: Getty Images PHILADELPHIA--Hormone drugs that reduce androgen...
Toronto researchers develop rapid low cost method to measure COVID-19 immunity
New test can accurately detect coronavirus antibodies in a drop of blood in less than an hourCredit: Farzaneh Aboualizadeh Igor Stagljar made his career building...
Atomic techniques reveal the evolution of a bacterial protein
Credit: © 2021 KAUST; Vladlena Kharchenko A combination of an array of atomic-level techniques has allowed researchers to show how changes in an environment-sensing protein...
Big breakthrough for ‘massless’ energy storage
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology have produced a structural battery that performs ten times better than all previous versions. It contains carbon fibre that...
RedHill announces compassionate use treatment with opaganib of Swiss COVID-19 patients
RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (Nasdaq: RDHL) today announced that it has acted on a request to provide opaganib treatment on an outpatient basis under compassionate use...
NYSCF advances toward a cell therapy for age-related macular degeneration
Credit: The NYSCF Research Institute The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) today announced that they are developing a stem cell therapy to treat patients...
Expressing some doubts about android faces
Researchers at Osaka University study the expressiveness of android faces using motion capture cameras and identify ways in which they still lack the complexity of...
Toxic PAH air pollutants from fossil fuels ‘multiply’ in sunlight
Credit: Therese van Wyk, University of Johannesburg When power stations burn coal, a class of compounds called Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, or PAHs, form part of...
UNIST signs MoU with Ulsan Metropolitan City to promote digital new deal in Ulsan!
Credit: UNIST UNIST and Ulsan Metropolitan City have embarked on an effort to successfully promote the Digital New Deal in Ulsan region. On February 4,...
Four UNIST laboratories, selected as excellent safety management laboratories!
Credit: UNIST UNIST has announced that four laboratories of UNIST Central Research Facilities (UCRF) were selected to receive the 'Excellent Safety Management Laboratory' certification by...
LSU Veterinary School receives $11M COBRE grant for a pre-clinical cancer research center
Credit: LSU The Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, or LSU SVM, has received an $11 million grant to establish a Center of Biomedical...
How our microplastic waste becomes ‘hubs’ for pathogens, antibiotic-resistant bacteria
A new study shows how microplastics found in our daily personal care products can also host pathogens and boost antibiotic-resistant bacteria by up to 30...
For good health, trust your gut
UC chemist uses federal grant to study brain-immune system communicationCredit: Ravenna Rutledge/UC Creative If it seems like your stomach has a mind of its own,...
