New sandboxing approach in web browser increases security
Credit: University of Texas at Austin A powerful new approach to securing web browsers, using a tool called WebAssembly, is getting its first real-world application...
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NIH clinical trial of remdesivir to treat COVID-19 begins
Study enrolling hospitalized adults with COVID-19 in NebraskaCredit: NIAID RML A randomized, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the investigational antiviral...
When it comes to conservation, ditch the ‘canary in the coal mine’
Menagerie of several species to monitor habitat health offers better conservation outcomesCredit: Nathan Skolski With habitat loss threatening the extinction of an ever-growing number of...
‘Hawk’ supercomputer inaugurated at University of Stuttgart
High-Performance Computing Center of the University of Stuttgart receives new supercomputerCredit: Ben Derzian, HLRS. On Wednesday, Feb. 19, at the High-Performance Computing Center of the...
New study shows the effects of obesity mirror those of aging
Concordia researchers identify a shared list of health issues, from DNA damage to cognitive declineCredit: Concordia University Globally, an estimated 1.9 billion adults and 380...
AI has helped to better understand how human brain performs face recognition
Credit: Neural Computation Scientists from Salk Institute (USA), Skoltech (Russia), and Riken Center for Brain Science (Japan) investigated a theoretical model of how populations of...
CQDM partners with GlycoNet to support innovative glycomics research in Canada
The partnership aims to support the development of novel technologies in drug discovery and accelerate scientific talents across CanadaCredit: CQDM and GlycoNet. Montreal, Feb 25,...
New ACM journal explores how technology is transforming government
In inaugural issue, pioneers look at the development and future of digital democracyCredit: Association for Computing Machinery ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today announced...
Adaptation: Competition and predation may not be the driving force scientists thought
Study of local adaptation provides important insights into evolutionary forcesCredit: Photo credit: Anna Hargreaves Species adapt to their local climates, but how often they adapt...
Observation of non-trivial superconductivity on surface of type II Weyl semimetal TaIrTe4
Credit: ©Science China Press Topological superconductor, with bulk superconducting gap and Majorana fermion states on the surface or edge, is one of the most sought...
Lights, camera, action… the super-fast world of droplet dynamics
Credit: University of Leeds Cameras shooting up to 25,000 frames a second have been used to capture the moment two droplets of liquid come together...
Tel Aviv University researchers discover unique non-oxygen breathing animal
The tiny relative of the jellyfish is parasitic and dwells in salmon tissueCredit: American Friends of Tel Aviv University Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU)...
Powerful mantis shrimp pull punches in air for self-preservation
Credit: Kate Feller Mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis) don't take kindly to captivity. 'They have a general baseline of being angry', chuckles Kate Feller, currently at...
Myanmar to be 1st country in ASEAN Region to launch free and open national research portal
Credit: © National Institute of Informatics 21 February 2020, Yangon - Access to research in Myanmar will increase thanks to a new collaboration agreement between...
Sustainable light sources: LEDs from bacterial production
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz The basis for this vision is being laid at the Institute of Biochemistry at Graz University of Technology, where...
