Human Brain Project announces new phase
Credit: Forschungszentrum Jülich The Human Brain Project (HBP) announces the start of its final phase as an EU-funded FET Flagship. The European Commission has signed...
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Stanford-led team shows how to store data using 2D materials instead of silicon chips
Researchers have invented a way to slide atomically-thin layers of 2D materials over one another to store more data, in less space and using less...
NIH study finds out why some words may be more memorable than others
Results suggest our brains use internet search engine strategies to remember words and memories of past experiences.Credit: Courtesy of Zaghloul lab, NIH/NINDS. Thousands of words,...
How upregulation of a single gene by SARS-CoV-2 can result in a cytokine storm
Changes in gene expression suggest possible therapies to prevent and treat COVID-19 based on dexamethasone, calcitriol (vitamin D) and tocopherol (vitamin E) that disrupt the...
Multifunctional nanofiber protects against explosions
Material could protect soldiers, firefighters, astronauts and moreCredit: Grant Gonzalez/Harvard SEAS Since World War I, the vast majority of American combat casualties has come not...
Scientists devise gentle technique to study heart tissue functioning
Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Biophysicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and their colleagues have proposed a simple way to observe the...
Engineered immune cells recognize, attack human and mouse solid-tumor cancer cells
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A method known as CAR-T therapy has been used successfully in patients with blood cancers such as...
Disability history scholar’s new book tells story of ‘money, marriage, and madness’
Ms. Magazine included the book on its list of 'June 2020 Reads for the Rest of Us.'Credit: The University of Toledo A new book by...
Lose weight of fusion reactor component
Design optimization using a topology optimization techniqueCredit: National Institute for Fusion Science The group of associate professor Hitoshi Tamura and others of the National Institute...
Casting a wider net: New system measures brain activity of several zebrafish concurrently
Novel system for simultaneously measuring brain electrical signals from multiple zebrafish opens up path to cheaper and faster drug screening for neurological disordersCredit: dgist Before...
An accurate simulation of high-pressure plasma for an economical helical fusion reactor
Credit: National Institute for Fusion Science The research team of Assistant Professor Masahiko Sato and Professor Yasushi Todo of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences...
3D magnetotelluric imaging reveals magma recharging beneath Weishan volcano
Credit: GAO Ji et al. A collaborative research team from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)...
Researchers employ antennas for angstrom displacement sensing
Credit: ZANG Tianyang et al. Micro - nano Optics and Technology Research Group led by Prof. LU Yonghua and Prof. WANG Pei from University of...
Accurate thermal-welding of resins for high-quality products
To improve the quality of small electronic components, microchannel, flat panel, and the likeCredit: SEIWA OPTICAL CO., LTD. JST announced the result of the development...
Researchers discover algorithms and neural circuit mechanisms of escape responses
Credit: USTC Ordered and variable animal behaviours emerge to explore and adapt to the environment. They are generally considered as the combination of a series...
