Wastewater testing for COVID-19
Stanford engineers co-lead research designing more responsive COVID-19 wastewater testingCredit: Image credit: City of San José Environmental Services Department Accurately identifying changes in community COVID-19...
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White blood cells may cause tumor cell death — but that’s not good news
Credit: Penn State College of Medicine HERSHEY, Pa. -- White blood cells are part of many immune system responses in the human body. New research...
Arctic ground squirrels recycle nutrients to endure deep hibernation
Credit: Carla Frare photo By studying the body chemistry of hibernating Arctic ground squirrels, researchers have found that the animals are able to recycle their...
Bend, don’t break: new tool enables economic glass design
Credit: © Ruslan Guseinov / IST Austria Curved glass façades can be stunningly beautiful, but traditional construction methods are extremely expensive. Panes are usually made...
New method uses artificial intelligence to study live cells
Credit: Popescu group. Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign have developed a new technique that combines label-free imaging with artificial intelligence to visualize...
Participation in competitive sport in adolescence brings midlife health benefits to women
Higher lean mass and bone density and better physical performance at midlife were associated with competitive sport participation at the age of 13 to 16...
Hydrogel could open new path for glaucoma treatment without drugs or surgery
Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech Researchers have developed a potential new treatment for the eye disease glaucoma that could replace daily eye drops and surgery...
Development of a new method for decoding viral genes
Discovery of novel viral proteins of HSV and elucidation of the onset mechanism of herpesvirus encephalitisCredit: ©Yasushi KAWAGUCHI Comprehensive identification of viral proteins encoded by...
Wind tunnel tests will help design future Army tiltrotor aircraft
Army researchers will study whirl flutter behavior to determine the viability of new tiltrotor analysis toolCredit: Harlen Capen, NASA NORFOLK, Va. -- After more than...
Risk of vine-to-vine spread of Xylella fastidiosa is greatest in July and August
Credit: Mark Sisterson The bacterial plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa is a worldwide threat to perennial tree and vine crops and has been linked to Pierce's...
Military flights biggest cause of noise pollution on Olympic Peninsula
Credit: Quiet Parks International An area in the Olympic Peninsula's Hoh Rain Forest in Washington state for years held the distinction as one of the...
Risks of invasive and alien predator species for health and ecology
The research project 'ZOWIAC' by Goethe University and the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research will be funded with three fourths of a million eurosCredit: Dorian...
Synthetic biology and machine learning speed the creation of lab-grown livers
Credit: Arizona State University PITTSBURGH, Dec. 7, 2020 - Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have combined synthetic biology with a machine-learning...
TU Graz develops screening system for lung sound analysis
The prototype of a lung sound recording system developed at TU Graz (Austria) allows high-quality recordings of lung sounds, which can be used to more...
Appearances can be deceiving: Display versus surface colors
Credit: Yokohama National University The white of paper and the white of monitor can be precisely the same color values, yet they appear fundamentally different....
