Severely frail individuals with COVID-19 are three times more likely to die, study finds
Credit: University of Birmingham New research led by the University of Birmingham has revealed for the first time the extent to which frailty increases the...
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People infected with COVID-19 have a higher risk of dying after a cardiac arrest
Women are nine times more likely to dieCredit: European Heart Journal COVID-19 patients who suffer a cardiac arrest either in or out of hospital are...
Nehandertals’ gut microbiota and the bacteria helping our health
Credit: University of Bologna Neanderthals' gut microbiota already included some beneficial micro-organisms that are also found in our own intestine. An international research group led...
Silicon anode structure generates new potential for lithium-ion batteries
Scientists reveal a new nanostructure that could revolutionize technology in batteries and beyond.Credit: Schematic created by Pavel Puchenkov, OIST Scientific Computing & Data Analysis Section....
Pushed to the limit: A CMOS-based transceiver for beyond 5G applications at 300 GHz
Credit: ISSCC 2021 Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and NTT Corporation (NTT) develop a novel CMOS-based transceiver for wireless communications at the...
SSRgenotyper: A new tool to digitally genotype simple sequence repeats
Credit: Lewis, D. H., D. E. Jarvis, and P. J. Maughan. 2020. SSRgenotyper: A simple sequence repeat genotyping application for whole-genome resequencing and reduced representational...
Large-area periodic perovskite nanostructures for lenticular printing laser displays
Credit: @Science China Press Lead halide perovskites, with high refractive index and excellent optoelectronic property, have been used in both constructing high-quality optical resonators/lasers and...
Charge radii of exotic potassium isotopes challenge nuclear structure theory
Credit: CERN In nuclear physics so-called magic number are such nuclear proton and/or neutron numbers, for which the nucleus is more stable compared to neighboring...
In symbiosis: Plants control the genetics of microbes
Credit: University of Ottawa/ Microscope Laboratory (Ottawa-RDC, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Researchers from the University of Ottawa have discovered that plants may be able to...
GW’s Program on Extremism tracking criminal cases linked to the attack on Capitol Hill
Credit: GW Program on Extremism WASHINGTON (Feb. 4, 2021)--The George Washington University Program on Extremism has continued to update a project that is tracking individuals...
Switching nanolight on and off
Columbia researchers discover a new way to program light on an ultra-small scaleCredit: Ella Maru Studio A team of researchers led by Columbia University has...
New test provides fast and accurate diagnosis of liposarcomas
Emerging technologies harnessed to develop a faster, cheaper, and more accurate test for these hard-to-diagnose tumors, researchers report in The Journal of Molecular DiagnosticsCredit: Tony...
U.S. Air Force Academy intervention reduces unwanted sexual contact by over 40 percent
Study led by George Mason University College of Health and Human Services faculty finds that prevention program effectively reduces unwanted sexual contact among Air Force...
Vaithianathan receives $1.9 million grant for retinal research
Credit: UTHSC Memphis, Tenn. (February 4, 2021) - Thirumalini Vaithianathan, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Addiction Science, and Toxicology at the University...
Comb-like etching regulated growth for large-area graphene nanoribbon arrays
Credit: @Science China Press The rapid development of silicon-based transistors leads to its integration getting closer to the limit of Moore's law. Graphene is expected...
