Rapid infectious disease shifts in Chinese children and adolescents prior to COVID-19
Credit: Marisa Estivill Deaths of children and adolescents in China due to infectious diseases were becoming rare prior to the covid-19 pandemic, according to a...
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Daughter cells carry memory from mother on decision to divide
Credit: Mingwei Min When do cells decide to divide? For 40 years, the textbook answer has been that this decision occurs in the first phase...
A combined optical transmitter and receiver
Bidirectional optical signal transmission between two identical devices using perovskite diodesCredit: Magnus Johansson Researchers at Linköping University, together with colleagues in China, have developed a...
Researchers develop a computer simulator that recreates the spread of COVID-19 in Europe
Credit: UC3M A team of Spanish researchers have designed and validated a simulator to enable study of the evolution of the COVID-19 illness in Spain...
New molecular mechanism that regulates the sentinel cells of the immune system
CNIC's study suggests that it may be possible to regulate the number and activity of these macrophages with drugs that modulate the nuclear receptor RXRCredit:...
ASCE/EMI awards Dan M. Frangopol 2020 Alfred M. Freudenthal Medal
Lehigh University civil engineering professor, life-cycle engineering pioneer recognized with lifetime achievement awardCredit: Lehigh University Dan M. Frangopol, the inaugural Fazlur R. Khan Endowed Chair...
Study shows ICU patients with low-risk penicillin allergies can be tested and treated
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Many patients previously diagnosed with a penicillin allergy can have their allergy label removed after testing and safely undergo treatment...
When three species of human ancestor walked the Earth
Credit: Angeline Leece. An international team, including Arizona State University researcher Gary Schwartz, have unearthed the earliest known skull of Homo erectus, the first of...
Gut communicates with the entire brain through cross-talking neurons
Credit: University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - You know that feeling in your gut? We think of it as an innate intuition that sparks deep...
Coastal pollution reduces genetic diversity of corals, reef resilience
Credit: Zac Forsman A new study by researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) found...
Scientists show how parasitic infection causes seizures, psychiatric illness for some
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists show how infection rewires brainCredit: Virginia Tech Think about traffic flow in a city - there are stop signs, one-way...
Researchers solve structure of ‘inverted’ rhodopsin
Credit: K. Kovalev et. al. Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, working with Spanish, French, and German colleagues, have determined and analyzed...
Scientists develop ‘backpack’ computers to track wild animals in hard-to-reach habitats
Lightweight wireless network enables precise mapping of bats' social networksCredit: Simon Ripperger COLUMBUS, Ohio - To truly understand an animal species is to observe its...
A new way to fine-tune exotic materials: Thin, stretch and clamp
Turning a brittle oxide into a flexible membrane and stretching it on a tiny apparatus flipped it from a conducting to an insulating state and...
Trial drug can significantly block early stages of COVID-19 in engineered human tissues
'There is hope for this horrible pandemic,' says UBC scientist Dr. Josef PenningerCredit: IMBA/Tibor Kulcsar An international team led by University of British Columbia researcher...
