Undruggable diseases gain a new RNA drug-discovery tool
'Functionalized fragments' help design RNA medicines against a cancer targetCredit: Scripps Research JUPITER, Fla. --Dec. 14, 2020--Imagine trying to throw a bullseye when the dartboard...
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The mask matters: How masks affect airflow, protection effectiveness
A computer model deepens our understanding of airflow while wearing face masks, where particles land in the respiratory tract and the effectiveness of three-layer surgical...
Fast walking in narrow corridors can increase COVID-19 transmission risk
Long streams of virus-laden droplets can trail behind infected individuals walking through a narrow corridor, impacting safe social distancing guidelines.Credit: Xiaolei Yang WASHINGTON, December 15,...
‘Chaotic’ way to create insectlike gaits for robots
By using small networks of Rössler systems, a locomotion controller enables a brain-machine interface for a six-legged antlike robot.Credit: Ludovico Minati WASHINGTON, December 15, 2020...
The farthest galaxy in the universe
Chemical signatures give away the distance to the most distant galaxyCredit: © Kashikawa et al. A team of astronomers used the Keck I telescope to...
Neuroscientists tap gamers to learn how people problem-solve
New cellphone app helps neuroscientists compare human vs machine strategiesCredit: Gautam Agarwal, UC Berkeley Fans of Candy Crush Saga, Flow Free or Minesweeper should check...
UMBC team reveals possibilities of new one-atom-thick materials
New computational research makes reliable predictions about desirable properties of new 2D materials, saving experimental researchers time and money and foreshadowing 'tunable' materials for particular...
Biochemist Josh Sakon chosen as National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Election based on chemist's many inventions focused on treatments for osteoporosis, alopecia and bone metastasisCredit: University of Arkansas Josh Sakon, chemistry professor and co-founder of...
New, ultrastable tetrahedral “chiral zinc” added to synthetic chemistry toolbox
Catalyst with chirality at the zinc center could be useful for drug, electronic manufacturingCredit: Image by Mitsuhiko Shionoya, CC-BY Researchers have designed and built a...
Study shows women less likely to survive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest than men
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - Dec. 15, 2020 - A study of patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest shows that women have a...
‘Alarmingly high’ vitamin D deficiency in the United Kingdom
Credit: University of South Australia Over 50 per cent of Asians living in the UK are severely deficient in vitamin D, leaving them more vulnerable...
Survivors of child abuse twice as likely to die young
Credit: University of South Australia Globally the statistics are daunting. Across countries and communities between 15 and 50 per cent of children are subject to...
Creating a ground plan for stonefly evolution
Researchers led by the University of Tsukuba find that differences in egg structure among stonefly species can provide insight into the evolutionary history of the...
Sights set on curbing gun crime
Sub-culture and supply fuel drug-related violence: studyCredit: Flinders University A community or sub-culture encouraging young men's exposure and obsession with guns - as well as...
Do tumors stiff-arm the immune system?
An old dog with new tricksCredit: Alan Herbert In a paper just published in the Journal for the Immunotherapy of Cancer (doi:10.1136/jitc-2020-001712), Dr Herbert, Head...
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