New HKBU-led study unveils COVID-19 transmission patterns and reopening plans
Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University With the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in lockdowns in different parts of the world, from the US to many European nations,...
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Finding the genes to build a better cancer treatment
Credit: WSU Scientists are one step closer to understanding how the cancer-fighting drug Taxol is produced by trees. In a recent paper published in the...
MA3Bi2I9 single-crystal enables X-ray detection down to nanograys per second
Credit: ©Science China Press Sensitive X-ray detectors are essential for medical radiography, industrial inspection and security screening. However, commercially available X-ray instruments require high dosages...
Is planet Earth young or old?
Credit: World Scientific The Age of the Earth -- A Physicist's Odyssey spells out how the age of our planet has been determined over the years....
X-ray analysis sheds light on construction and conservation of artefacts from Henry VIII’s warship
21st century X-ray technology has allowed University of Warwick scientists to peer back through time at the production of the armour worn by the crew...
Joan W. Conaway elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Credit: Stowers Institute KANSAS CITY, MO--The Stowers Institute for Medical Research is pleased to announce that Joan Weliky Conaway, PhD, a Stowers Investigator since 2001,...
A leap in using silicon for battery anodes
Novel nanostructure design lends extraordinary strength to a promising storage ingredientCredit: Illustration by Michael Perkins/PNNL RICHLAND, Wash. -- The same material you'll find at the...
The truth lies in the soil: How human activity leaves a chemical footprint in soils
Researchers explore how natural processes determine the distribution of chemical elements in soils and highlight the effect of miningCredit: Earth Science Frontiers The Earth's surface...
TAMA300 blazes trail for improved gravitational wave astronomy
Credit: NAOJ Researchers at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) have used the infrastructure of the former TAMA300 gravitational wave detector in Mitaka, Tokyo...
Success in specific detection of molecules using deformation of a single atomic sheet
Towards diagnostic techniques using smartphonesCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview Associate Prof. Kazuhiro Takahashi and Mr. Shin Kidane (Master's Program)...
Smart contact lenses that diagnose and treat diabetes
Credit: Sei Kwang Hahn (POSTECH) Diabetes is called an incurable disease because once it develops, it does not disappear regardless of treatment in modern medicine....
Machine learning tool could provide unexpected scientific insights into COVID-19
Berkeley Lab's COVIDScholar uses text mining algorithms to scan hundreds of new papers every dayCredit: Berkeley Lab A team of materials scientists at Lawrence Berkeley...
A molecular pressure cooker tenderizes tough pieces of protein and helps to bite off
Credit: NINS/IMS Proteins are composed of amino acids connected by amide bonds. The amide bond exhibits high chemical stability and has a planar structure around...
Can an existing HIV medication slow the spread of COVID-19?
Team of Toronto researchers launches clinical trial to find out if existing HIV medication could prevent COVID-19 infectionCredit: MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St....
AGA and joint task force on allergy-immunology practice parameters release EoE guidelines
Guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for allergists and gastroenterologists focusing on the clinical management of EoE for pediatric and adult patientsCredit: American Gastroenterology Association Bethesda, Maryland...
