Herd immunity an impractical strategy, study finds
Results provide insight for public health policymakers fighting COVID-19Credit: (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA) Achieving herd immunity to COVID-19 is an impractical public health strategy,...
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Silk offers homemade solution for COVID-19 prevention
Biology study finds silk offers more protection than cotton or syntheticsCredit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative With personal protective equipment still in short supply, researchers at...
Parylene photonics enable future optical biointerfaces
Carnegie Mellon's Maysam Chamanzar has developed a new class of materials for optical biointerfacesCredit: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering Carnegie Mellon University's Maysam Chamanzar...
Seismic data explains continental collision beneath Tibet
Credit: Image credit: Courtesy Simon Klemperer In addition to being the last horizon for adventurers and spiritual seekers, the Himalaya region is a prime location...
Updated and easy-to-use compendium helps users diagnose and treat pea diseases and pests
Credit: APS PRESS Since publication of the second edition of Compendium of Pea Diseases and Pests by APS PRESS almost two decades ago, pea production...
Researcher receives $3.75 million NCI grant for advanced cancer research software
New technologies will analyze and archive data focused on the interplay between the human microbiome and diverse types of cancerCredit: Courtesy of Northern Arizona University...
NIST scientists get soft on 3D printing
New method could jump-start creation of tiny medical devices for the bodyCredit: A. Strelcov/NIST Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have...
UB biophysicist to explore molecular mysteries of protein-RNA droplets
The research -- supported by $2 million in NIH funding -- will investigate biophysical processes that impact the function of human cells and diseaseCredit: Douglas Levere...
When does a second COVID surge end? Look at the maths
New maths on US infection rates helps identify COVID turning pointsCredit: Max Menzies and Nick James Mathematicians have developed a framework to determine when regions...
COVID-19: Second wave for some; others remain in first wave
Thirty-one US states plus DC were experiencing a second wave of COVID-19 cases while 13 others were still in the first wave at the end...
Making raw data more usable
UTA computer scientist working to improve data science pipelineCredit: UT Arlington Computers play a significant role in data science and analysis, but despite their speed...
NASA catches Tropical Storm Dolphin swimming north
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Terra satellite obtained visible imagery of Tropical Storm Dolphin as it continued moving north though the Northwestern Pacific Ocean on a...
Danila Barskiy receives Sofja Kovalevskaja Award to develop portable spectroscopic devices
New approaches to promote the use of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for analysis in chemistry, biology, and medicineCredit: Danila Barskiy The diverse work of Mainz-based...
New approach to test integrity of Texas bridges
UTA engineer works with TxDOT to evaluate strength, remaining life of Texas bridgesCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington civil engineering professor is...
Exercise hormone may modulate genes associated with replication of novel coronavirus
Brazilian researchers observed that in uninfected adipocytes, the hormone irisin altered the expression of genes that regulate ACE-2, which encodes a protein to which the...
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