Stopping deforestation: lessons from Colombia
Credit: Pablo Negret A study of deforestation in Colombia by researchers from The University of Queensland has revealed some valuable insights which could be used...
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RNA chemist recognized with $11M ‘proven trackrecord’ award
Matthew Disney, PhD, develops RNA-targeting medicines for brain diseases, cancer and COVID-19Credit: Scott Wiseman for Scripps Research JUPITER, Fla. -- May 1, 2020 -- In...
£1.2 million awarded to improve our understanding of the Sun
Researchers from Northumbria University have been awarded £1.2m to help advance our understanding of the Sun and its impact on the planets within our solar...
Rubies on sapphire: Recipe for making crystals in flux
Credit: Katsuya Teshima Ph.D., Research Initiative for Supra-Materials, Shinshu University Crystals can be made artificially but a lot of energy is used to melt the...
Pressing ‘pause’ on nature’s crystal symmetry
Discovery by Drexel researchers could improve targeted medicine deliveryCredit: Drexel University The new development, recently reported in the scientific journal Nature Communications, was led by...
Risky business: Courtship movements put katydids in danger
Credit: Christian Ziegler Reproduction can be risky. In the case of katydids, some hunting bats eavesdrop on male mating calls to locate the insects, but...
New toolkit provides rapid implementation guide for adopting telemedicine during COVID-19
Stepwise approach enabled telemedicine program to get up and running in three daysCredit: American College of Surgeons CHICAGO (May 1, 2020): Stay-at-home orders caught many...
Looking for dark matter with the universe’s coldest material
Credit: ICFO/ P. Gomez & M. Mitchell Scientists have been able to observe the universe and determine that about 80% of the its mass appears...
UCLA leads CDC-funded project to reduce COVID-19 infection among emergency room workers
Credit: UCLA Health The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is leading a project in collaboration with the University of Iowa Carver College of...
EPFL researchers put proximity tracing app to the test
Credit: © 2020 Jamani Caillet Over the past two weeks, EPFL computer scientists have been testing and refining the smartphone-based system developed by the international...
Red light for stress
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, part of The University of Tokyo,...
Lipo-ImmunoTech receives grant to develop a novel cancer immunotherapy technology
Hollings Cancer Center researchers co-founded a company that is developing technology to enhance and improve the functionality of T cells in adoptive cell therapyCredit: MUSC...
Interference cancellation with high precision, high speed and low computational complexity
Toward applications in next-generation wireless communicationsCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview The research team of Assistant Professor Miyaji of the...
Boosting levels of good fats with an experimental drug that acts on two newly characterized genes
Salk researchers discover way to increase levels of fats that fight inflammation and diabetes, in miceCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(May 1, 2020) Salk and Scripps...
Nanostimulators boost stem cells for muscle repair
Credit: Image by Janet Sinn-Hanlon, Veterinary Medicine at Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- In regenerative medicine, an ideal treatment for patients whose muscles are damaged from...
