Once-discounted binding mechanism may be key to targeting viruses
Rice, MD Anderson team models complex that immune system uses to recognize virusesCredit: Kavraki Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (Nov. 12, 2020) - "Position 4" didn't...
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Weather-proof chip aims to take self-driving tech, wireless communications to next level
Credit: The University of Texas at Austin. Modern communications technology, regardless of use, relies on a similar formula: devices send signals and information through data...
Researchers make key advance for printing circuitry on wearable fabrics
Credit: OSU College of Engineering CORVALLIS, Ore. - Electronic shirts that keep the wearer comfortably warm or cool, as well as medical fabrics that deliver...
Study reveals how to improve natural gas production in shale
Molecular-dynamics simulations and high-pressure small-angle neutron scattering help team discover optimal methane-releasing pressure rangeCredit: stock image LOS ALAMOS, N.M., November 12, 2020--A new hydrocarbon study...
RUDN University chemists developed cheap and eco-friendly surfactants
Credit: RUDN University An international team including chemists from RUDN University suggested an economically feasible and environmentally friendly method to synthesize surfactants. The new compounds...
Mimicking SARS-CoV-2 nasal infection in monkeys
Credit: Pixabay user RobbieRoss A new rhesus macaque animal model recapitulates the clinical and pathological manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) observed in humans by...
Pollution and pandemics: A dangerous mix
Research from Chakrabarty lab finds that as one goes, so goes the other -- to a pointCredit: Professor Rajan Chakrabarty, Washington University in St. Louis...
Exoskeleton-assisted walking improves mobility in individuals with spinal cord injury
Multi-center U.S. trial shows exoskeleton training is safe, feasible, and effective across wide spectrum of individuals with mobility deficits caused by traumatic spinal cord injuryCredit:...
Research produces intense light beams with quantum correlations
Potential applications of research conducted at the University of São Paulo include high-precision metrology and information encoding.Credit: Marcelo Martinelli / IF-USP The properties of quantum...
Scientists pinpoint two new potential therapeutic targets for rheumatoid arthritis
Credit: Trinity College Dublin A collaborative team of scientists has pinpointed two new potential therapeutic targets for rheumatoid arthritis - a painful inflammatory disease that...
Advancing fusion energy through improved understanding of fast plasma particles
Credit: Collage by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications. Unlocking the zig-zagging dance of hot, charged plasma particles that fuel fusion reactions can help to harness...
Skoltech scientists developed a novel bone implant manufacturing method
Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Design, Manufacturing, and Materials (CDMM) have developed a method for designing and manufacturing complex-shaped...
Insilico Medicine rebrands Pandomics as PandaOmics, releases a new version
Insilico Medicine introduces new features in its new target discovery platform and announces a name change from Pandomics to PandaOmicsCredit: Insilico Thursday, November 12, 2020...
NIST designs a prototype fuel gauge for orbit
Credit: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Liquids aren't as well behaved in space as they are on Earth. Inside a spacecraft, microgravity allows liquids to freely...
Interactive virtual reality emerges as a new tool for drug design against COVID-19
Credit: University of Bristol Bristol scientists have demonstrated a new virtual reality technique which should help in developing drugs against the SARS-CoV-2 virus - and...
