Understanding the physics in new metals
Credit: Jonathan Pelliciari/BNL Researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), working in an international team, have developed a new...
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Deconstructing the infectious machinery of SARS-CoV-2
Scientists collaborate to model the complex protein responsible for SARS-CoV-2 replication, revealing its potential weak spots for drug developmentCredit: Greg Hura/Berkeley Lab In February 2020,...
Personalized immunotherapy response studied in body-on-a-chip cancer models
Credit: WFIRM WINSTON-SALEM, NC, JULY 19, 2021 -- Wake Forest researchers and clinicians are using patient-specific tumor 'organoid' models as a preclinical companion platform to...
COVID-19 antibodies persist at least nine months after infection
Credit: Andrea Crisanti Testing of an entire Italian town shows antibody levels remain high nine months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, whether symptomatic or asymptomatic. Researchers from...
Bonding’s next top model — Projecting bond properties with machine learning
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Designing materials that have the necessary properties to fulfill specific functions is a...
US corn and soybean maladapted to climate variations, study shows
Credit: Laura Mabry, College of ACES, University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - U.S. corn and soybean varieties have become increasingly heat and drought resistant as...
Using technology to help informal caregivers manage medication for patients with dementia
NIA grant will fund user-centered design to create and test Helping the Helpers appCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Most of the six million people in...
New alpine moth solves a 180-year-old mystery
Credit: Jürg Schmid Butterflies and moths (order Lepidoptera) are one of the most diverse animal groups. To date, scientists have found as many as 5,000...
Discrimination and safety concerns barriers to accessing healthy food for food-insecure young adults
New study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics indicates interventions of specific relevance to COVID-19, including expanded food assistance services, are...
A bug’s life: Millimeter-tall mountains on neutron stars
Credit: ESO / L. Calçada New models of neutron stars show that their tallest mountains may be only fractions of millimetres high, due to the...
US$3 million grant to the University of Surrey for research into nature of time and life itself
Jim Al-Khalili and Dr Andrea Rocco from the University of Surrey, are to lead a major US$3m new research project focusing on the fundamental nature...
New long-term satellite analysis shows “plum” rainy season wetter now than ever before
Meiyu-Baiu fronts in the most recent decade the wettest on recordCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have analyzed long-term...
3D “assembloid” shows how SARS-CoV-2 infects brain cells
Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine have produced...
Study finds vaccine hesitancy lower in poorer countries
New study examines vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in 10 low- and middle-income countries in Asia, Africa, and South AmericaCredit: Fadil Fauzi New research published in...
Researchers surprised to find bacterial parasites behind rise of ‘super bugs’
Credit: Vaughn Cooper PITTSBURGH, July 16, 2021 - For the first time ever, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine discovered that phages--tiny...