Reprogramming brain cells enables flexible decision-making
Credit: Frank Brüderli; Universität Zürich Humans, like other animals, have the ability to constantly adapt to new situations. Researchers at the Brain Research Institute of...
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Great progress for electronic gadgets of the future
Researchers discover new way of controlling conductivity of materials at the nanoscaleCredit: Geir Mogen, NTNU Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)...
Scientists awarded $52 million NIH grant to study schizophrenia cause and effect
UCLA's Carrie Bearden will lead a research team alongside colleagues at Yale and Zucker School of Medicine.Credit: UCLA Health UCLA researchers and their colleagues from...
Climate crisis ages fish, amphibians and reptiles
Credit: Adeline Marcos Climatic conditions are changing at an unprecedented rate, affecting mainly fish, amphibians and reptiles, ectothermic animals that are unable to generate their...
Reaching 90% PL quantum yield in 1D metal halide by pressure-suppressed nonradiative loss
Credit: Xujie Lü Low-dimensional perovskite-related metal halides have emerged as a new class of light-emitting materials with tunable broadband emission from self-trapped excitons (STEs). Although...
Lessons from coronavirus surveillance testing in Seattle-area homeless shelters
Results suggest a need to routinely test homeless populations, including those who are asymptomatic, in non-clinic settings.Credit: Taylor Johnson A study of SARS-CoV-2 at 14...
Reviewing the quantum material ‘engine room’, QAHE
Quantum anomalous Hall effect materials reviewedCredit: UOW An Australian collaboration has reviewed the fundamental theories underpinning the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE). QAHE is one...
Singapore start-up plans clinical trial of a single daily pill for Parkinson’s disease
Credit: NTU Singapore Materials scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new pill which uses the stomach as a drug reservoir...
Tailored education system to benefit kidney transplant patients
Researchers find their computer-tailored education system, 'Your Path to Transplant' increases knowledge and readiness to pursue kidney transplantCredit: TREC (LOS ANGELES) - Patients with chronic...
Scientists updated genome editing technology
Researchers compared their developed carriers for delivery of genome editing (GE) tools with other available analogues.Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Researchers from Peter...
FAU lands $11 million from US Office of Naval Research for oceanic bioluminescence
Sensor technology will 'illuminate' the role of bioluminescence in marine organismsCredit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University From the ocean surface to the deep seafloor, bioluminescent...
Factors inherent to obesity could increase vulnerability to COVID-19
Inflammation in the lungs combined with high viral loads of the novel coronavirus create a perfect storm for obese patients with COVID-19, UTSW scientists sayCredit:...
Mass Eye and Ear receives $4M for research on genetic links to Alzheimer’s resistance
Five-year-gift to Joseph Arboleda-Velasquez, MD, Ph.D., enables further investigation of potential genetic resistance to Alzheimer's as he works toward an ultimate goal of developing treatmentsCredit:...
Sunfleck use research needs appropriate experimental leaves
New light on sunfleck researchCredit: Thomas E, Marler "All the roads of learning begin in the darkness and go out into the light." This quote...
How a giant short-faced bear reached the California Channel Islands
Credit: Excerpted from Figure 2, from: Mychajliw et al. 2020. Biogeographic problem-solving reveals the Late Pleistocene translocation of a short-faced bear to the California Channel...
