Human disease simulator lets scientists choose their own adventure
Imagine a device smaller than a toddler’s shoebox that can simulate any human disease in multiple organs or test new drugs without ever entering —...
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Carbon-capture tree plantations threaten tropical biodiversity for little gain, ecologists say
The increasingly urgent climate crisis has led to a boom in commercial tree plantations in an attempt to offset excess carbon emissions. However, authors of...
$10 million award from the Department of Defense will fund pioneering Sensing and Cyber Center of Excellence
The Virginia Tech College of Engineering has received a $10 million, five-year Department of Defense award to fund groundbreaking research with potential military and commercial...
Lasers deflected using air
Using a novel method, beams of laser light can be deflected using air alone. An invisible grating made only of air is not only immune...
Graphene addition for enhancing the critical current density of Bi-2223 superconductors
Superconductors are materials that offer zero electric resistance to the flow of current on being cooled down below a certain critical temperature. Typically, superconductors have...
Van Andel Institute scientist awarded $2.9 million to tackle insulin resistance, a driver of Type 2 diabetes
Van Andel Institute’s Nick Burton, Ph.D., has earned a five-year, nearly $2.9 million New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health Common Fund to...
Marine chemical biologist Mandë Holford wins prestigious National Institutes of Health Pioneer Award for Venom Research
NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2023 — Mandë Holford, a professor in the Chemistry and Biochemistry departments at Hunter College and The City University of New...
Enlighten me
Kyoto, Japan -- When life gets tough, nature usually finds a way to help the little guys. Credit: KyotoU/Rui Sun Kyoto, Japan -- When life gets...
Emerging drug discovery ecosystems in Virginia
Oak Brook, IL – A Special Issue of SLAS Discovery, Emerging Drug Discovery Ecosystems, is new for September. Volume 28, Issue 6 features three perspectives,...
Optimizing continuous-variable functions with quantum annealing
Quantum annealing (QA) is a cutting-edge algorithm that leverages the unique properties of quantum computing to tackle complex combinatorial optimization problems (a class of mathematical...
Socioeconomic status and power outages
Communities with more socioeconomic vulnerability experience longer-duration power outages than more advantaged communities, according to a study. Research has shown that environmental disasters hit economically...
New biobanking partnership safeguards the genetic diversity of America’s endangered species
San Francisco, CA - The nonprofit Revive & Restore announces a groundbreaking new initiative to biobank U.S. endangered species, in partnership with the U.S. Fish...
How floods kill, long after the water has gone – global decade-long study
With New York declared a state of emergency following flash flooding, there is increasing concern such events will become more common globally.Credit: Monash University With...
Study uncovers reasons Americans did not get booster vaccines
The paper, “Understanding low bivalent COVID-19 booster uptake among US adults,” was published in the journal Vaccine.Credit: UArizona Health Sciences The paper, “Understanding low bivalent...
Gut bacteria found in wild wolves may be key to improving domestic dogs’ health
BEND, Ore. – Gut microbes found in wild wolves may be the key to alleviating a debilitating gastrointestinal condition common to domestic dogs, according to...
