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Findings point to a role for saliva in SARS-CoV-2 transmissionCredit: Paola Perez, PhD, Warner Lab An international team led by scientists at the National Institutes...

The very first structures in the Universe

Astrophysicists at the Universities of Göttingen and Auckland simulate microscopic clusters from the Big BangCredit: Jens Niemeyer, University of Göttingen The very first moments of...

Biocrude passes the 2,000-hour catalyst stability test

Sewage and food waste biocrude conversion process reaches major milestoneCredit: (Illustration by Michael Perkins | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) RICHLAND, WASH.--A large-scale demonstration converting biocrude...

Nearly $1 million for an INRS research project in Madagascar

A project to assess the risks of well contamination in Madagascar receives major fundingCredit: INSTN-Madagascar The project of Professor Geneviève Bordeleau, from the Institut national...

Scientists find evidence that novel coronavirus infects the mouth’s cells

NIH-funded findings point to a role for saliva in SARS-CoV-2 transmissionCredit: Paola Perez, PhD, Warner Lab, NIDCR An international team of scientists has found evidence...

MIT engineers make filters from tree branches to purify drinking water

Prototypes tested in India show promise as a low-cost, natural filtration optionCredit: Courtesy: N.R. Fuller, Sayo Studio The interiors of nonflowering trees such as pine...

New light on baryonic matter and gravity on cosmic scales

Credit: Carlos Hernández-Monteagudo (IAC). Scientists estimate that dark matter and dark energy together are some 95% of the gravitational material in the universe while the...

AllianThera Biopharma comes out of stealth and collaborates on AI with Insilico Medicine

AllianThera Biopharma lead by ex-pharma veterans, Dr. Yuan-Hua Ding and Dr. Javier Cote-Sierra partnered with an AI-driven drug discovery company, Insilico Medicine to tackle cancer...

Technology uses ‘single’ approach to develop electronics, acoustics

Credit: Purdue University/Robynne Paldi WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University innovator has developed a new approach to creating popular thin films used for devices...

New CABI research confirms presence of highly invasive apple snail in Kenya

New research published today by scientists at CABI and the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) confirms that the apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata) has been...

Harvard, Smithsonian astronomers help capture first image of black hole’s magnetic fields

This is the first time scientists have imaged magnetic fields so close to a black holeCredit: EHT Collaboration Cambridge, MA - Astronomers have now obtained...

Genome sequenced for pesky pumpkin pathogen

Credit: Montgomery Flack URBANA, Ill. - Pumpkin growers dread the tiny tan scabs that form on their fruit, each lesion a telltale sign of bacterial...

COVID-19 vaccines may not produce sufficient antibody response in transplant recipients

Credit: Public domain image courtesy of Lisa Ferdinando, U.S. Department of Defense When clinical trials were conducted to determine the immunogenicity -- the ability to...

Deadly heat waves will be common in South Asia, even at 1.5 degrees of warming

People living in South Asia already experience potentially deadly heat waves, but these events will likely become more commonplace in the coming decades even if...

Shining a healing light on the brain