Photonics: From custom-built to ready-made
Credit: Lin Chang (UCSB) Information technology continues to progress at a rapid pace. However, the growing demands of data centers have pushed electrical input-output systems...
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NTU invents antimicrobial compound used in reusable face masks made by Ghim Li Group
Credit: Ghim Li Group Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a sustainable and green way to extract high-quality antimicrobial compounds from...
Tick surveillance and control lagging in US, study shows
First-ever survey of tick-management programs shows clear public health gapCredit: Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases Annapolis, MD; June 17, 2020--While the prevalence...
Researchers study COVID-19, health disparities on caregivers of people with ADRD
Credit: Northern Arizona University Sixteen million family members in the US are caregivers for the more than 6 million people living with Alzheimer's Disease and...
Two NAU research centers receive Flinn Foundation funding to support COVID-19 response
Grants to support testing of vaccines and treatments for the coronavirus in NAU's Pathogen and Microbiome Institute (PMI) and disease-intervention modeling in the Center for...
Call for caution for using a CAR-T immunotherapy against acute myeloid leukemia
Credit: Pablo Menéndez Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a hematological malignancy which incidence increases with age, that is biologically, phenotypically, and genetically very heterogeneous. Its...
Energy storage using oxygen to boost battery performance
Credit: Jeung Ku Kang, KAIST Researchers have presented a novel electrode material for advanced energy storage device that is directly charged with oxygen from the...
Liver perfusion could save 7 in 10 rejected donor livers
Credit: Mr Hynek Mergental, Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham and Consultant Surgeon at the UHB Liver Unit A major study investigating the...
COVID-19: Impact on environmental justice
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 16, 2020--COVID-19 is like a heat-seeking missile that targets the most vulnerable. The bull's-eye is...
High performance sodium-ion capacitors based on Nb2O5 nanotubes@carbon cloth
Credit: ©Science China Press Hybrid sodium-ion capacitors (SICs) bridge the gap between supercapacitors (SCs) and batteries and have huge potential applications in large-scale energy storage....
Tracking Australia’s gigantic carnivorous dinosaurs
Credit: Dr Anthony Romilio North America had the T. rex, South America had the Giganotosaurus and Africa the Spinosaurus - now evidence shows Australia had...
New nanoparticle drug combination for atherosclerosis
Credit: Professor Ji-Ho Park, KAIST Physicochemical cargo-switching nanoparticles (CSNP) designed by KAIST can help significantly reduce cholesterol and macrophage foam cells in arteries, which are...
Red squirrels making comeback as return of pine marten spells bad news for invasive grey squirrel
NUI Galway study finds Ireland's native species recovering and returning to natural habitatsCredit: Poshey Aherne The number of red squirrels is on the increase in...
Nanofiber masks can be sterilized multiple times without filter performance deterioration
Credit: Copyright ©2020 American Chemical Society With the global spread of coronavirus infections, personal protective equipments especially hygeine face masks are receiving much attention. Masks...
Bouillon fortified with a new iron compound could help reduce iron deficiency
Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology Iron fortification of food is a cost-effective method of preventing iron deficiency. But finding iron compounds that are easily...
