AI fast-tracks drug discovery to fight COVID-19
Deep learning paired with drug docking and molecular dynamics simulations identify small molecules to shut down virusCredit: Argonne National Laboratory A global race is underway...
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Promising MERS coronavirus vaccine trial in humans
Insights may be useful for the development of a vaccine against the new coronavirusCredit: NIAID "The results of this vaccine trial are also important and...
Utilizing the impact resistance of the world’s hardest concrete for disaster prevention
A research team including Kanazawa University tests the impact response of the world's hardest concreteCredit: Kanazawa University Kanazawa, Japan - Concrete is the most widely...
Spotting air pollution with satellites, better than ever before
Machine learning algorithm uses high-resolution micro-satellite imagery and weather data to detect levels of harmful air pollution with as much accuracy and more resolution than...
Online tool helps to protect tropical forests
Credit: Tobias Fremout (KU Leuven) A new tool maps the threats to the tropical dry forests in Peru and Ecuador. Bioscience engineers at KU Leuven...
Scientists have devised method for gentle laser processing of perovskites at nanoscale
Scientists have developed a method for precise, fast and high-quality laser processing of halide perovskites, promising light-emitting materials for solar energy, optical electronics, and metamaterialsCredit:...
Tissues protect their DNA under mechanical stress
Nuclei and genetic material deformCredit: MPI f. Biology of Ageing In everyday life, our tissues, for example skin and muscle, are stretched, pulled and compressed...
Hungry galaxies grow fat on the flesh of their neighbours
Modelling shows big galaxies get bigger by merging with smaller onesCredit: Gupta et al/ASTRO 3D/ IllustrisTNG collaboration. Galaxies grow large by eating their smaller neighbours,...
University of Guelph develops effective way to replenish threatened plants
University of Guelph researchers used advanced cloning techniques to give the threatened Hill's thistle a fighting chance.Credit: University of Guelph From two seeds grew a...
Excessive rain triggered 2018 Kīlauea volcano eruption, study finds
Scientists suggest rainfall patterns contribute to timing of volcanic eruptionsCredit: U.S. Geological Survey MIAMI--Excessive and sustained rainfall triggered the 2018 eruption of Kīlauea volcano in...
HKUST scientists discover how multiple RNA elements control MicroRNA biogenesis
Credit: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology In humans (as well as all other organisms) genes encode proteins, which in turn regulate all...
Researchers use electrostatic charge to assemble particles into materials mimicking gemstones, salt
Process offers a simple and scalable approach to particle self-assemblyCredit: Theodore Hueckel, Sacanna Lab at NYU Using just electrostatic charge, common microparticles can spontaneously organize...
Fish flip a unique genetic switch in warming seas
Credit: Moises Bernal 2020 Reef fish species uniquely respond to climate change, with some more vulnerable than others. Five Great Barrier Reef fish species each...
New bat species discovered — cousins of the ones suspected in COVID-19
Credit: B.D. Patterson, Field Museum Bats play a huge but poorly understood role in humans' lives--they pollinate our crops, eat disease-carrying mosquitos, and carry diseases...
Scientists reveal how tuberculosis bacteria import vitamin B12 to grow
Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Researchers from Russia, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the U.S. have revealed the structure of the protein responsible for vitamin B12...
