Auditory hallucinations rooted in aberrant brain connectivity
Schizophrenia symptom may be the result of increased connections between sensory and language-processing brain areasCredit: Elsevier, 2020 (Creative Commons license, ...
World’s widest graphene nanoribbon promises the next generation of miniaturized electronics
Credit: Junichi Yamaguchi, Yasunobu Sugimoto, Shintaro Sato, Hiroko Yamada With literally the thickness of one carbon atom and electrical properties ...
Seeing is believing: Effectiveness of facemasks
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science researchers use flow visualization to qualitatively test facemasks and social distancingCredit: Florida Atlantic ...
From age 8 we spontaneously link vocal to facial emotion
UNIGE scientists have tracked the eye movements of children to show how they make the link - spontaneously and without ...
Light from inside the tunnel
Credit: University of Rostock, B. Liewehr Steering and monitoring the light-driven motion of electrons inside matter on the time-scale of ...
Study: Walking backward to get ahead
UC researchers study backward treadmill walking to help stroke survivors learn to stride forwardCredit: Colleen Kelley/UC Creative + Brand Walking ...
Scientists develop N-doped self-cleaning membranes that use visible light irradiation
Credit: ZHANG Huiru Researchers from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Argonne National ...
Lab-grown ‘mini-brains’ suggest COVID-19 virus can infect human brain cells
Credit: Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health A multidisciplinary team from two ...
Face mask construction, materials matter for containing coughing, sneezing droplets
Simulated coughs and sneezes from mannequins show higher efficacy in multilayered, well-fitted cloth masks.Credit: CREDIT: Siddhartha Verma, Manhar R. Dhanak ...
Researchers identify multiple molecules that shut down SARS-Cov-2 polymerase reaction
A library of molecules with unique structural and chemical features inhibit the novel coronavirus polymerase, a key drug target for ...
Respiratory droplet motion, evaporation and spread of COVID-19-type pandemics
Mathematical model sheds light on the motion and evaporation of respiratory droplets responsible for disease transmissionCredit: Swetaprovo Chaudhuri, Saptarshi Basu, ...
Discovery of new step in how brain cells work could lead to new therapies for epilepsy
Credit: Lafayette Photography Dublin, Tuesday, 30 June 2020: Researchers have identified a critical new step in how brain cells function ...
Functional in silico dissection of the brain during the natural wake-sleep cycle
A study involving Gustavo Deco, ICREA research professor and director of the Center for Brain and Cognition, published in the ...
Whole-town study reveals more than 40% of COVID-19 infections had no symptoms
Credit: Andrea Crisanti A study of COVID-19 in the quarantined Italian town of Vò, where most of the population was ...
HKUST sets up a platform of vaccine target recommendations for COVID-19
Credit: HKUST As genetic sequences of SARS-CoV-2, the cause of the novel pneumonia (COVID-19), are similar to those of the ...
Optoelectronic parametric oscillator
Credit: by Tengfei Hao, Qizhuang Cen, Shanhong Guan, Wei Li, Yitang Dai, Ninghua Zhu, and Ming Li Parametric oscillators are ...
Northwestern launches a national resource to unlock role of metals in human health
Partners include Argonne National Laboratory and leading research universitiesCredit: Sample courtesy of the Kozorovitskiy and O'Halloran groups, analysis software from ...
Australian Space Agency backs locally-designed space suit development
Australian researchers will lead development of the next generation of space suits in a major international collaboration with NASA, the ...
No touching: Skoltech researchers find contactless way to measure thickness of carbon nanotube films
Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Scientists from Skoltech and their colleagues from Russia and Finland have figured out a non-invasive ...
A vaccine targeting aged cells mitigates metabolic disorders in obese mice
Researchers from Osaka University develop a novel vaccine that removes senescent immune cells from the body to improve obesity-induced metabolic ...
