Researchers identify link between obesity and sleep loss in worms
Energy conservation may be a major function of sleep, according to new studyCredit: University of Nevada, Reno Can staying up late make you fat? A...
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UMass Amherst researchers receive grant to study common practice at small New England farmsCredit: UMass Amherst Some of the nearly 1,000 small farmers in New...
Penn Engineers’ ‘nanocardboard’ flyers could serve as martian atmospheric probes
Credit: Bargatin Group, Penn Engineering This summer, NASA plans to launch its next Mars rover, Perseverance, which will carry with it the first aircraft to...
Marrying molecular farming and advanced manufacturing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine
Credit: David Baillot, UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego are working on a COVID-19 vaccine using...
Researchers of the UMA develop ventilator for coronavirus patients
The prototype, designed in a record time of 20 days, is authorized by the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices, and has already gone...
Human papillomavirus confers radiosensitivity in oropharyngeal cancer cells
The cover for issue 16 of Oncotarget features Figure 6, 'Radiation-induced DNA damage measured by γ-H2AX foci formation at a specified time point after 10...
Establish contingency plans to meet COVID-19 surge in urban areas
Credit: ATS April 21, 2020 - In "Mobilization and Preparation of a Large Urban Academic Center During the COVID-19 Pandemic,"- published online in the Annals...
Researchers uncover mechanisms of protective antibody response during Marburg infection
Virus causes hemorrhagic fever often leading to deathCredit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas - A detailed study of the monoclonal...
Tetracycline-family antibiotics may offer early diagnostic for degenerative eye disease
The research is published in SPIE's Journal of Biomedical OpticsCredit: SPIE A paper published in the Journal of Biomedical Optics (JBO), "Imaging hydroxyapatite in sub-retinal...
Easing the burden of coronavirus with virtual reality
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 21, 2020--A new article discusses the psychological stresses imposed by the coronavirus pandemic and suggests...
£100,000 project will see AI used to speed up ADHD diagnosis in adults
The University of Huddersfield is working with the South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust by using artificial intelligence to speed up diagnosisCredit: University of...
US Army doctors invent COVID-19 isolation chamber to protect hospital staff
Emergency FDA authorization requestedCredit: US Army illustration via TechLink BETHESDA, Maryland -- Army doctors working at hospitals within the Defense Health Agency have prototyped an...
How do our cells respond to stress?
Credit: (c) BIOTEC Cells are often exposed to stressful conditions that can be life threatening, such as high temperatures or toxins. Fortunately, our cells are...
North pole will be ice-free in summer
Study shows that if CO2 emissions are reduced rapidly, ice-free years may only occur occasionallyCredit: Dirk Notz Summer Arctic sea-ice is predicted to disappear before...
Penn Engineering’s new scavenger technology allows robots to ‘eat’ metal for energy
Rather than from the chemicals in a battery, the researchers' metal-air scavenger vehicle gets energy from breaking chemical bonds in the metal surfaces it travels...
