Surface waves can help nanostructured devices keep their cool
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan -- The continuing progress in miniaturization of silicon microelectronic and photonic devices is causing...
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Computational approach to optimise culture conditions required for cell therapy
Collaboration by researchers in Singapore and Australia lead to first-of-its-kind computational biology algorithm that could enable more effective cellular therapies against major diseases.Credit: Joseph Chen,...
Stacking and twisting graphene unlocks a rare form of magnetism
Twisting a monolayer and a bilayer sheet of graphene into a three-layer structure leads to new quantum mechanical states.Credit: Columbia University Since the discovery of...
Using robotic assistance to make colonoscopy kinder and easier
Credit: University of Leeds Scientists have made a breakthrough in their work to develop semi-autonomous colonoscopy, using a robot to guide a medical device into...
Scientists develop new precise therapeutic leukemia vaccine
Credit: WEI Wei Exploration of new leukemia antigens and construction of appropriate delivery systems using FDA-approved material are important strategies for developing leukemia vaccines for...
New virtual reality software allows scientists to ‘walk’ inside cells
Credit: Alexandre Kitching Virtual reality software which allows researchers to 'walk' inside and analyse individual cells could be used to understand fundamental problems in biology...
Total deaths recorded during the pandemic far exceed those attributed to COVID-19
States that reopened sooner, such as Texas, Arizona and Florida, experienced summer surges, report says.Credit: Courtesy of JAMA Network RICHMOND, Va. (Oct. 12, 2020) --...
Mosquitoes’ taste for blood traced to four types of neurons
Credit: ©Alex Wild, used by permission It's one of the world's deadliest animals, and it has a taste for human blood: the mosquito. Mosquitoes spread...
MHz, multi-beams coherent XUV source by intracavity high-order harmonic generation
Credit: by Natsuki Kanda, Tomohiro Imahoko, Koji Yoshida, Akihiro Tanabashi, A. Amani Eilanlou, Yasuo Nabekawa, Tetsumi Sumiyoshi, Makoto Kuwata-Gonokami, and Katsumi Midorikawa Coherent extreme ultraviolet...
Scientists find neurochemicals have unexpectedly profound roles in the human brain
Dopamine, serotonin involved in sub-second perception, cognitionCredit: Virginia Tech In first-of-their-kind observations in the human brain, an international team of researchers has revealed two well-known...
Liquid metals come to the rescue of semiconductors
Possible pathway to fast-switching, ultra-low energy electronics based on 2D materialsCredit: FLEET Moore's law is an empirical suggestion describing that the number of transistors doubles...
The unending waste management challenge – are we at our wits’ end?
Waste management would need a radical change. It could be achieved through the application of knowledge management tools and approaches in the waste management.Credit: Riikka...
When it comes to arthritic bone spurs, stem cells hurt instead of heal
Credit: Stephanie Kuwahara/USC Stem Cell The same stem cells that heal broken bones can also generate arthritic bone spurs called osteophytes, according to a new...
The making of memory B cells and long-term immune responses
Only B cells that express Bach2 and reduced mTORC1 activity can become memory B cells, the body's first responder to re-infectionsCredit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan...
Game ‘pre-bunks’ COVID-19 conspiracies as part of UK’s fight against fake news
Credit: Cambridge/UK Cabinet Office A new online game that puts players in the shoes of a purveyor of fake pandemic news is the latest tactic...
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