Countries led by women haven’t fared significantly better in the COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Windsor et al, 2020 (PLOS ONE, CC BY 4.0) Countries led by women have not fared significantly better in the COVID-19 pandemic than those...
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Researchers measure, model desalination membranes to maximize flow, clean more water
Credit: Image by the Ganapathysubramanian research group/Iowa State University and Gregory Foss/Texas Advanced Computing Center. AMES, Iowa - Nature has figured out how to make...
Multiple mosquito blood meals accelerate malaria transmission
Credit: W. Robert Shaw, 2020 (CCBY 2.0) Multiple bouts of blood feeding by mosquitoes shorten the incubation period for malaria parasites and increase malaria transmission...
Stretching diamond for next-generation microelectronics
Credit: Dang Chaoqun / City University of Hong Kong Diamond is the hardest material in nature. But out of many expectations, it also has great...
New mutations in malaria parasite encourage resistance against key preventive drug
The mutations are already widespread in parasite populations in Africa and AsiaCredit: Lauren Holden, Wellcome Collection (CC BY 4.0) In the ongoing arms race between...
Spontaneous robot dances highlight a new kind of order in active matter
Credit: Thomas A. Berrueta Predicting when and how collections of particles, robots, or animals become orderly remains a challenge across science and engineering. In the...
Traditional Ghanaian medicines show promise against tropical diseases
Credit: Osei-Safo 2020 (CC-BY 2.0) The discovery of new drugs is vital to achieving the eradication of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Africa and around...
Asian tiger mosquito poses low risk for Zika virus outbreaks
Credit: Albin Fontaine and Céline Jourdan, 2020 (CCBY 2.0) The Asian tiger mosquito does not pose a major risk for Zika virus epidemics, according to...
Two University of Tennessee leaders honored by Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
UTIA's Neal Schrick and Hongwei Xin recognized as FSLI FellowsCredit: Image provided by FSLI. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Two leaders from within the University of Tennessee...
RedHill announces positive top-line data from P2 COVID-19 study of opaganib
Phase 2 COVID-19 study of opaganib showed that orally-administered opaganib was safe and demonstrated consistent trends of greater improvement in reducing oxygen requirement across key...
Study points the way to boost immunotherapy against breast cancer, other solid tumors
Credit: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center CHAPEL HILL, NC--Boosting immune system T cells to effectively attack solid tumors, such as breast cancers, can be done...
Combined approach could boost breast cancer immunotherapy, study suggests
Credit: © 2020 Xu et al. Originally published in Journal of Experimental Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20200844 Activating an immune signaling pathway best known for fighting viral and...
Maritime Strategy and Naval Innovation
Technology, Bureaucracy, and the Problem of Change in the Age of CompetitionCredit: US Naval Institute Press The essays in this book highlight the connective tissue...
Blood vessel cells implicated in chronic inflammation of obesity
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - Dec. 30, 2020 - When fat cells in the body are stuffed with excess fat, the surrounding tissue...
DUAL takes AI to the next level
A brain-inspired computing architecture speeds up complex data processing by running its algorithms inside its memory, significantly saving time and energy.Credit: dgist "Today's computer applications...
