Cracking the secrets of dinosaur eggshells
Credit: Adapted from ACS Omega 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c03334 Since the famous discovery of dinosaur eggs in the Gobi Desert in the early 1920s, the fossilized...
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CAMERA awarded £10 million for interactive and visual computing research
Credit: University of Bath The University of Bath is thrilled to announce that CAMERA, the Centre for the Analysis of Motion, Entertainment Research and Applications,...
Genetic analysis system yields new insights into bacterial pneumonia
Using a CRISPR interference system to study virulence genes in a mouse model of pneumonia, scientists observed surprising variability in how the disease progressesCredit: J....
Artificial intelligence dives into thousands of WW2 photographs
In a new study, researchers have used AI to analyse large amounts of historical photos from WW2. Among other things, the study shows that AI...
Younger knee replacement patients more likely to require reoperation
Researchers believe higher tobacco use among younger patients led to higher infection ratesCredit: Justin Kelley Knee replacement surgery, also known as total knee arthroplasty (TKA),...
UConn professor patents more efficient carbon capture reactor
Credit: Al Ferreira/UConn Photo The development of carbon capture technologies is of the utmost importance right now, as carbon dioxide emissions from non-renewable fuel combustion...
Biophysicists modelled the effect of antiseptics on bacterial membranes
Credit: RUDN University A team of biophysics from leading Russian research and educational institutions (MSU, RUDN University, and the Federal Research and Clinical Center of...
NTU spin-off ARTICARES launches portable arm rehabilitation device
Credit: Tan Tock Seng Hospital A new portable arm rehabilitation robot will help patients to carry out robot-aided therapy at home, allowing them to perform...
New research aims to combat prion-like spread of Tau pathology in Alzheimer’s
Manipulation of heparan sulfate may thwart prion-like spread of Tau pathologyCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- Tangles of misfolded tau proteins in the brain...
Solved: the mystery of how dark matter in galaxies is distributed
Credit: Image taken from the article Brinckmann et al. (2018, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 474, 746; https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2782). The gravitational force in the...
Astronomers discover activity on distant planetary object
Findings lead to reclassification of Centaur as cometCredit: Courtesy Northern Arizona University Centaurs are minor planets believed to have originated in the Kuiper Belt in...
Direct observation of a single electron’s butterfly-shaped distribution in titanium oxide
A valence electron in titanium oxide has been imaged at a resolution of 0.2 Angstroms using synchrotron X-ray diffraction and a new Fourier synthesis method...
Reduction by reduction: Novel approach to mitigating chromium contamination in wastewater
Scientists report a novel method based on the chemical reaction 'reduction,' which can help in efficient control of chromium toxicity in wastewaterCredit: Takashiro Akitsu, Tokyo...
Turning a coronavirus protein into a nanoparticle could be key for COVID-19 vaccine
Changing makeup of a specific protein has the potential to neutralize the virusCredit: Facility for Electron Microscopy Research (FEMR) at McGill University. BUFFALO, N.Y. -...
RUDN University chemist suggested increasing the biofuel production efficiency with silica-supported
Credit: RUDN University A chemist from RUDN University developed a silica-supported heteropolyacid system to produce ethers from waste products of the wood and paper industry...
