New findings help explain how COVID-19 overpowers the immune system
Discovery of unique virus traits offer possible explanations as to why older adults and people with diabetes or heart disease can have more severe responses...
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Liquid metal ink liberates form
Credit: POSTECH Today's electronic devices strive for new form factors - to make them foldable, stretchable, and deformable. To produce such devices that are highly...
Scientists identify workflow algorithm to predict psychosis
Cleverly combining artificial and human intelligence leads to improved prevention of psychosis in young patientsCredit: Gerd Altmann Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry,...
NUS researchers concoct probiotic coffee and tea drinks
New fermented coffee and tea contain live probiotics which could improve gut health; these non-dairy and plant-based beverages are suitable for a broader spectrum of...
Construction of carbon-based cell-like-spheres for robust potassium anode
Credit: @Science China Press With the rapid development of smart portable electronics and electric vehicles, the consumption of lithium resource will increase dramatically and the...
Same difference: predicting divergent paths of genetically identical cells
Biomarkers provide clues to the paths cells take after starvation in findings that may lead to improved drug treatmentsCredit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS -...
A charge-density-wave topological semimetal
A novel material has been discovered that is characterized by the coupling of a charge density wave with the topology of the electronic structureCredit: MPI...
Impacts of climate change on our water and energy systems: it’s complicated
A team of researchers from Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley, and UC Santa Barbara propose a framework for evaluating climate change adaptations, provide a case study...
New nanostructured alloy for anode is a big step toward revolutionizing energy storage
Credit: Zhenxing Feng, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Engineering have developed a battery anode based on...
Study finds new evidence of health threat from chemicals in marijuana and tobacco smoke
Marijuana smoking found to raise levels of potentially harmful chemicals but to a lesser degree than tobacco smoking; Exposure to a toxic chemical associated with...
Marijuana use typically drops at the beginning of the year, then climbs in summer and fall
Seasonal variation may be explained by new year's resolutionsCredit: Image by Louliana Voelker for NYU; icons by Guilherme Furtado and Made (Noun Project)Â licensed as Creative...
Uncovering basic mechanisms of intestinal stem cell self-renewal and differentiation
Promises new approaches to treat diseasesCredit: Helmholtz Zentrum München The gut plays a central role in the regulation of the body's metabolism and its dysfunction...
$2.25 million NIH grant enables exploration of a pathway to better vaccines
Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (January 11, 2021) - To build better vaccines, scientists want to know more about how our bodies make...
Big differences in how coral reef fish larvae are dispersed
Rutgers-led research could help scientists improve conservation of speciesCredit: Katrina A. Catalano How the larvae of colorful clownfish that live among coral reefs in the...
Megalodons gave birth to large newborns that likely grew by eating unhatched eggs in womb
Credit: DePaul University/Kenshu Shimada A new study shows that the gigantic Megalodon or megatooth shark, which lived nearly worldwide roughly 15-3.6 million years ago and...
