A material benefit to society, Sandia scientist elected AAAS fellow
Credit: Sandia National Laboratories A perennial inventor of advanced materials has been elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Tina Nenoff...
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The sleeping Sigma-Factor
A previously unknown mechanism enables bacterial antibiotic resistanceCredit: Max Planck Institute for terrestrial Microbiology/Iyer Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg...
How nature tells us its formulas
Developing a quantum description for a many-body system is extremely hard; TU Wien (Vienna) and Heidelberg University found a way to obtain quantum theories directly...
French mathematician and spider aficionado Cédric Villani honoured with a new orb-weaver
With their astonishingly precise spiral webs, orb-weaving spiders are the arachnid analogy of first-class mathematicians, note the researchers behind the studyCredit: Anatoliy Ozernoy Despite being...
Designing an emergency stop switch for immunotherapies
Credit: © Alain Herzog 2020 EPFL Immunotherapy, unlike chemotherapy and radiotherapy, arms the body's immune system to attack cancer cells. In recent years, it has...
Scientists discover new non-sticky gels
Credit: University of Bristol Scientists from the University of Bristol and Université Paris-Saclay have discovered a new class of material - non-sticky gels. Until now...
Ancient Greek tholos-like architecture composed of archaeal proteins
A unique archaeal protein complex having a spacious center surrounded by five columnsCredit: © Biomolecular Organization Research Group Proteins often form assemblies and thereby perform...
Showing how the tiniest particles in our universe saved us from complete annihilation
Credit: Original credit: R. Hurt/Caltech-JPL, NASA, and ESA Credit: Kavli IPMU - Kavli IPMU modified this figure based on the image credited by R.Hurt/Caltech-JPL, NASA,...
Seeing the invisible — A novel gas imaging system
Credit: Department of Biomedical Devices and Instrumentation,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University develop a novel gas imaging system to simultaneously visualize and measure...
Hepatitis B: New therapeutic approach may help to cure chronic hepatitis B infection
Credit: Helmholtz Zentrum München Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) have developed a...
Blue sky inking: How nanomaterials could lower retail waste and speed up the stock take
Credit: University of Sussex As part of the new £8 million ESRC investment in Digital Futures at Work Research Centre, University of Sussex academics and...
Study demonstrates liquid biopsy as effective predictor of stage III melanoma relapse and treatment
Assessment of circulating tumor cells at first clinic visit predicted relapse within 6 months; may help identify patients likely to benefit from rigorous imaging surveillance...
SwRI has created a new test for internal diesel injector deposits
Highly precise ellipsometer can measure harmful deposits on fuel injector surfacesCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Feb. 3, 2020 -- Southwest Research Institute has...
IDIBELL researchers discover that a molecule of blood is effective against autoimmune kidney disease
The administration of C4BP in mice that reproduce lupus nephritis considerably improves the symptomatology of the diseaseCredit: Bellvitge Biomedicine Research Institute (IDIBELL) Lupus is a...
New deep learning model can accurately identify sleep stages
Credit: Juha Rutanen A new deep learning model developed by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland can identify sleep stages as accurately as an...
