Unique sensor network for measuring greenhouse gases
MUCCnet: Precision technology allows quantification of urban greenhouse gas emissionsCredit: F. Dietrich / TUM The sensor network MUCCnet (Munich Urban Carbon Column network) consists of...
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Paw hygiene no reason to ban assistance dogs from hospitals
Assistance dogs' paws are cleaner than their users' shoe soles, Utrecht University researchers discoverCredit: Private photo of Iris and Sandy - may be re-used. Over...
Nanoenzymes designed with a unique combination of structure and functions
Credit: IBB-UAB Researchers at the UAB have designed minimalist biostructures that imitate natural enzymes, capable of carrying out two differentiated and reversibly regulated activities thanks...
Predicting success in therapy with individualized cancer models
Credit: Marianna Kruithof-de Julio and Marta De Menna In the EU alone, 78,800 men died of prostate cancer last year. While tumors discovered at an...
Establishing the origin of solar-mass black holes and the connection to dark matter
Credit: Takhistov et. al. What is the origin of black holes and how is that question connected with another mystery, the nature of dark matter?...
A biosensor for measuring extracellular hydrogen peroxide concentrations
Credit: Kanazawa University Several processes in the human body are regulated by biochemical reactions involving hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Although it can act as a 'secondary...
Finnish researchers introduce a nasal COVID vaccine
Credit: UEF / Raija Törrönen Rokote Laboratories Finland Ltd., a newly-founded academic spin-out based in Finland is working to develop and introduce to the markets...
Critically endangered macadamia species becomes a plant supermodel
Credit: Bruce Topp, University of Queensland One of the world's rarest tree species has been transformed into a sophisticated model that University of Queensland researchers...
Post-Fontan liver fibrosis goes under the radar
Osaka City University shows current diagnostic methodology for liver fibrosis does not accurately track the disease when it occurs as a result of Fontan surgeryCredit:...
Meet Turing structures in manmade interface
Credit: ZHANG Xiaolong In 1952, Alan Turing, the father of computer science and artificial intelligence, proposed that certain repetitive natural patterns may be produced by...
It’s time to bolster women in conservation
Credit: Ruth Konia Women are largely being excluded from decisions about conservation and natural resources, with potentially detrimental effects on conservation efforts globally, according to...
Novel hydrogen fuel purification membrane paves the way for greener future
Researchers develop a novel membrane that efficiently purifies hydrogen fuel from a mixture of gasesCredit: Picture courtesy: Yuji Iwamoto from Nagoya Institute of Technology Hydrogen...
Molecular biologist Mohamed Abou featured in new video and article from the Vilcek Foundation
Mohamed Abou Donia is the recipient of a 2021 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical ScienceCredit: The Vilcek Foundation NEW YORK, March 8, 2021--The...
Chiral amines synthesized by nickel-catalysed asymmetric reductive hydroalkylation
Credit: WANG Jiawang Recently, research group, led by Prof. FU Yao and associate research fellow LU Xi From Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at...
Invasive weed may help treat some human diseases, researchers find
Credit: Quan, Hiroshima University Native to the southeastern United States, a weedy grass has spread northward to Canada and also made its way to Australia...