Social media can guide public pandemic policy: QUT research
Social media analytics now a valuable tool in understanding the thoughts and actions of the public during a pandemicCredit: QUT With 2020 hijacked by COVID-19,...
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New understanding of how proteins operate
Credit: Centenary Institute A ground-breaking discovery by Centenary Institute scientists has provided new understanding as to the nature of proteins and how they exist and...
The ebb and flow of brain ventricles
Expansion of ventricles in MS patients often recedesCredit: Millward et al., MDC It is not only the heart that has chambers - the brain does,...
The burning question of Bonfire Night pollution
Credit: Michael Adams Bonfire Night celebrations contaminate our air with hugely elevated amounts of soot, scientists have found. Researchers from the University of Leeds were...
The biggest trees capture the most carbon: Large trees dominate carbon storage in forests
Large-diameter trees make up 3% of total stems, but account for 42% of total carbon storage in Pacific Northwest forest ecosystemsCredit: The authors Older, large-diameter...
Prejudice, poverty, gender – illustrations show the reality of living with disease
Community-based research programme leads to innovative 'cartoons'Credit: Sightsavers Illustrations by a local artist in Nigeria are helping health workers and policy makers understand what it's...
The first duckbill dinosaur fossil from Africa hints at how dinosaurs once crossed oceans
Credit: Credit: Raul Martin The first fossils of a duckbilled dinosaur have been discovered in Africa, suggesting dinosaurs crossed hundreds of kilometres of open water...
Nature-inspired solutions to sustainably increase crop yield
The 5-year 8M € project GAIN4CROPS aims to improve photosynthetic efficiency of the oil crop sunflower using nature-inspired solutions and innovative breeding techniques.Credit: Photo by...
Better health – for people and the planet – grows on trees
Tropical fruit trees can improve health, reduce hunger, boost incomes and fight climate change; so why don't we grow and eat more?Credit: Center for International...
SLAC, Stanford to host national service center for cryo-ET sample preparation
The center complements other NIH centers at SLAC and elsewhere that broaden access to this cutting-edge technology for biomedical researchCredit: Jesús G. Galaz-Montoya and Kirk...
Turning up the heat on molten salt valves
$2.5 million DOE grant to advance critical component for concentrating solar powerCredit: Photo by Randy Montoya ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories is partnering with...
Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers names Sandia Labs Organization of the Year
Sandia computer scientist also bestowed Professional Achievement AwardCredit: Photo by Randy Montoya ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories has been named 2020 Organization of the...
Near-atomic ‘maps’ reveal structure for maintaining pH balance in cells
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Wei Lü, Van Andel Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 4, 2020) -- For the first time, scientists have visualized a new...
Nature-inspired design–Mimicking moth eyes to produce transparent anti-reflective coatings
Scientists develop a simple and scalable strategy to produce resin films with anti-reflective nanostructures--inspired by eyes of mothsCredit: Ian Lindsay on Pixabay There is a...
Researchers identify key marker to help speed development of CMV vaccines
The finding provides a surrogate for testing the effectiveness of vaccine candidatesCredit: Jennifer Jenks, Duke University School of Medicine DURHAM, N.C. -- A Duke Health-led...
