High levels of clinician burnout identified at leading cardiac centre
Physicians, nurses and allied health staff at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, UHN, were surveyed for distress and burnout.Credit: UHN Toronto (Jan. 12, 2021) -...
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iCeMS makes highly conductive antiperovskites with soft anion lattices
An atomic switch is bringing us closer to highly effective solid-state batteries for electric vehiclesCredit: Mindy Takamiya/Kyoto University iCeMS A new structural arrangement of atoms...
Master designers: Architects of the brain revealed
Credit: Kanazawa University Brain cells often cluster and grow together creating three-dimensional columns. While this pillar-like pattern of neurons is established, the exact mechanism behind...
Long-range energy transport in perovskite nanocrystal films
Credit: by Tze Chien Sum Producing clean energy and reducing the power consumption of illumination and personal devices are key challenges to reduce the impact...
FAU develops simplified COVID-19 diagnostic method to ramp up widespread testing
Rapid, reliable protocol offers distinct advantages with less labor, expertise and equipment neededCredit: Florida Atlantic University To properly monitor and help curb the spread of...
Climate change reduces the abundance and diversity of wild bees, study finds
Credit: Kate Anton, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Wild bees are more affected by climate change than by disturbances to their habitats, according to...
New humanized mouse model provides insight into immunotherapy resistance
Tumor-infiltrating mast cells are connected to immune checkpoint inhibitor resistance in melanomaCredit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (Jan. 12, 2021) -- Scientists at The Wistar...
Future too warm for baby sharks
Credit: M. Johnson New research has found as climate change causes the world's oceans to warm, baby sharks are born smaller, exhausted, undernourished and into...
The changing paradigm of next-generation semiconductor memory development
Proposed a principle of nanomagnetism, in which the spin direction changes on its own upon applying electric current without external spins. Expected to accelerate commercialization...
The odd structure of ORF8: Mapping the coronavirus protein linked to disease severity
Biologists used crystallography performed at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source to reveal the new virus's unusual protein structureCredit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab A team of HIV...
Comprehensive characterization of vascular structure in plants
Biology: Key publication in The Plant CellCredit: HHU / Ji-Yun Kim The leaf vasculature of plants plays a key role in transporting solutes from where...
Grant to aid UTA electrical engineer in study of high-voltage insulators
Research aimed at improving efficiency of Navy shipsCredit: UT Arlington David Wetz, professor of electrical engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, has received...
Discovery of quantum behavior in insulators suggests possible new particle
Credit: Image designed by Kai Fu for the Wu Lab, Princeton University In a surprising discovery, Princeton physicists have observed an unexpected quantum behavior in...
Machine learning accelerates discovery of materials for use in industrial processes
Platform aims to minimize resources required in the development of new materials for use in targeted applicationsCredit: Courtesy of University of Toronto TORONTO, ON -...
Levels of stress hormone in saliva of newborn deer fawns may predict mortality
Research finding suggests that stress levels may be key to fawn survivalCredit: Tess Gingery/Penn State The first-ever study of the levels of the stress hormone...
