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This novel e-skin, called TRACE, performs five times better than conventional soft materials; Suitable for measuring blood flow for pulse diagnosis and helping robots to...

Molecular interactions regulating trans-synaptic signalling and synapse formation

DGIST scientists are learning more about the molecular processes involved in the formation of well-communicating nerve fibres.Credit: dgist Scientists at Korea's Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of...

Monkey see others, monkey do: How the brain allows actions based on social cues

Researchers at NIPS in Japan show that information flow between two regions in the front of the brain makes it possible for monkeys to correctly...

The role of the Sun in the spread of viral respiratory diseases

Credit: Paolo Bonfini, University of Crete Why do most viral epidemics spread cyclically in autumn and winter in the globe's temperate regions? According to an...

New research reports discovery of 5-million-year-old honey badger-like animal

New research reports on discovery of 5-million-year-old honey badger-like animal from West Coast of South AfricaCredit: Picture: Romala Govender Five million years ago, dangerous carnivores...

Robert Prud’homme to receive new Princeton University award to honor faculty innovators

Prud'homme led the invention of flash nanoprecipitation to encapsulate drugs in nanoparticles for targeted deliveryCredit: Photo by David Kelly Crow. Robert Prud'homme, professor of chemical...

Giving the immune system a double boost against cancer

Credit: CSHL, 2020 Cancer immunotherapies, which empower patients' immune systems to eliminate tumors, are revolutionizing cancer treatment. Many patients respond well to these treatments, sometimes...

Specially-adapted drones gather data from unexplored volcanoes to better forecast eruptions

New drone technology improves ability to forecast volcanic eruptionsCredit: Matthew Wordell Specially-adapted drones developed by an international team have been gathering data from never-before-explored volcanoes...

Five Argonne researchers recognized as 2020 Distinguished Fellows

Credit: Image by Argonne National Laboratory.) Five leading researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have been recognized as Argonne Distinguished...

Mobile smartphone technology is associated with better clinical outcomes for OHCA

Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL -- Mobile smartphone technology can accelerate first responder dispatch and...

Novel adoptive cell transfer method shortens timeline for T-cell manufacture

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers demonstrated that polarized Th17 cells can effectively eradicate tumors after only four days of ex vivo expansionCredit: MUSC Hollings Cancer...

Coronavirus mutation may have made it more contagious

Credit: Houston Methodist/University of Texas at Austin A study involving more than 5,000 COVID-19 patients in Houston finds that the virus that causes the disease...

Collective impact partnership models help close health care workforce gap

New George Mason University study analyzes models of effective health sciences and training programs and communities of practice to scale future efforts.Credit: Tammie Jones Currently,...

VUMC study finds faster, wider spread of COVID-19 in US households

Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center COVID-19 spreads faster and more widely throughout U.S. households than previously reported, according to new preliminary research from a multicenter...

A new spin on atoms gives scientists a closer look at quantum weirdness