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Credit: Adapted from Nano Letters 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04438 Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disorder marked by joint pain, swelling and damage. Although medications, such...

Jumping frost crystals: Boreyko lab works toward electrostatic de-icing

Credit: Virginia Tech If you have ever gotten up on a winter morning and thrown yourself into the arduous task of scraping frost from a...

Sound-frequency map for inner ear created with advanced X-ray technology

Credit: Hao Li Peer review/Experimental study/Cells Researchers at Uppsala University have created the first 3D map of the hearing nerve showing where the various sound...

Measuring carbon nanotubes taken up by plants

Credit: Kamol Das Carbon nanotubes are tiny. They can be a hundred thousand times smaller than the width of a human hair. But they have...

Mushrooms add important nutrients when included in the typical diet

First dietary modeling analysis of all three USDA Food Patterns investigates the effects of adding a serving of mushroomsCredit: Mushroom Council February 24, 2021 -...

Mangrove forests store more carbon when they’re more diverse

Credit: Guanghui Lin. Mangrove forests with greater species diversity can store more carbon, according to new research published in the British Ecological Society journal Functional...

Seeing schizophrenia: X-rays shed light on neural differences, point toward treatment

Credit: Ryuta Mizutani Schizophrenia, a chronic, neurological brain disorder, affects millions of people around the world. It causes a fracture between a person's thoughts, feelings...

Machine learning aids in simulating dynamics of interacting atoms

Automated approach transformative for computational materials scienceCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., February 23, 2021--A revolutionary machine-learning (ML) approach to simulate the motions...

Transformed by light: Fast photochromism discovered in an inexpensive inorganic material

Copper-doped zinc sulfide changes color reversibly when illuminated and could be used in smart adaptive windows and sunglassesCredit: Ritsumeikan University Isn't it convenient when office...

Oxidation processes in combustion engines and in the atmosphere take the same routes

Efficient autoxidation chain reactions demonstrated for the substance group of saturated hydrocarbonsCredit: Torsten Berndt, TROPOS Thuwal/Helsinki/Leipzig. Alkanes, an important component of fuels for combustion engines...

Project examines how to make ‘farm to table’ more sustainable

UTA research into Iowa farming has potential impact for urban and rural areas in TexasCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington assistant professor...

Models to predict dengue, zika and yellow fever outbreaks are developed by researchers

Scientists will monitor areas in which these diseases are endemic, such as São Paulo, the Amazon, the Pantanal and Panama, to investigate the factors that...

MUSC researcher awarded $9.9 million for tuberculosis treatment and prevention

Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Susan Dorman, M.D., an infectious disease physician at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), was recently awarded...

Scientists found in marine mold substance that antidotes paraquat

Credit: FEFU press office Biologically active compounds from the marine fungus Penicillium dimorphosporum protect cells from paraquat, the highly toxic herbicide with no remedy, and...

High-throughput screening for Weyl semimetals with S4 symmetry