Face mask aims to deactivate virus to protect others
Anti-viral layer attacks respiratory droplets to make mask wearer less infectiousCredit: Northwestern University In the pandemic, people wear face masks to respect and protect others...
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Brain imaging of tau protein in patients with various forms of dementia
Credit: Tagai, Ono, and Kubota et al A new imaging-based method could enable the early detection and differentiation of a wide variety of neurodegenerative disorders...
Machine learning helps pinpoint sources of the most common cardiac arrhythmia
Credit: Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Researchers from Skoltech and their US colleagues have designed a new machine learning-based approach for detecting atrial fibrillation drivers,...
Advanced facade material for urban heat island mitigation
Using analytical models to evaluate the reflection directional performance of the retro-reflective materials applied to building facadesCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS...
Researchers find direction decided by rate of coin flip in quantum world
Credit: Haruna Katayama, Hiroshima University Flip a coin. Heads? Take a step to the left. Tails? Take a step to the right. In the quantum...
How Twitter takes votes away from Trump but not from Republicans
In the 2016 US presidential election, Twitter made independent voters less likely to vote for Donald Trump but did not affect other elections, finds new...
HSE Faculty of Chemistry scientists discovered new anti-cancer molecule
Credit: Victor S.Stroylov et.al. A group of Moscow scientists has discovered and explained the activity mechanism of a new anti-cancer molecule -- diphenylisoxazole. This molecule...
Sensors driven by machine learning sniff-out gas leaks fast
ALFaLDS works on large oil& gas infrastructure, can help cut methane emissions by 90%Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., October 28, 2020--A new...
Yearlong study of coronavirus in frontline workers underway
Credit: Kim Ratliff, Production Coordinator, Augusta University Fifteen hundred frontline workers are being recruited for a yearlong study to find what percentage are positive for...
Waiter! This soup is not fly
New research outlines barriers to eating climate-friendly Black Soldier Fly larvae as a protein alternative for humansCredit: (c) Leah_Gourmet Grub It may seem a little...
Chemical scissors snip 2D transition metal dichalcogenides into nanoribbon
New 'nanoribbon' catalyst should slash cost of hydrogen production for clean fuelsCredit: KAIST One of the biggest challenges in making hydrogen production clean and cheap...
Mouse studies link some autism to brain cells that guide sociability and platonic love
Research suggests potential for drug therapies that target parvocellular brain cellsCredit: Gül Dölen, M.D., Ph.D. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that new...
NUS researchers develop novel process that turns waste into nutritional supplements
Credit: National University of Singapore The shells of crustaceans and wood waste such as branches pruned from trees usually end up in landfills. These waste...
A new method to measure optical absorption in semiconductor crystals
Credit: Kazunobu Kojima Tohoku University researchers have revealed more details about omnidirectional photoluminescence (ODPL) spectroscopy - a method for probing semiconducting crystals with light to...
Changes in subcellular traffic increase invasiveness of radioresistant cancer cells
Credit: Ping-Hsiu Wu Scientists have revealed the molecular mechanism regulating the trafficking of lysosomes that increases the invasiveness of radioresistant cancer cells following radiotherapy. Radiotherapy...
