With COVID exacerbating superbug threat, researchers ID new weapon
Study identifies novel compound in fight against antibiotic resistanceCredit: CU Boulder As scientists around the globe wage war against a novel, deadly virus, one University...
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Cost-effective or not? New research on national vaccination programs
Credit: University of Gothenburg. Immunizing children against chickenpox would save money, but offering shingles vaccinations to all 65-year-olds would not. These are examples of findings...
Trophoblast motility in a gelatin hydrogel
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 18, 2020--Trophoblast cells, which surround the developing blastocyst in early pregnancy, play an important role...
Dr. Genova to study virtual reality job reentry training in traumatic brain injury
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research awarded a $599,103 grant to Helen Genova, Ph.D., of Kessler FoundationCredit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover,...
Scientists discover how our brains track where we and others go
NIH-funded study suggests our brains may be more in tune with each other than we thinkCredit: Courtesy of Suthana lab, UCLA. For the first time,...
Andreas Walther receives ERC Consolidator Grant for development of intelligent materials
EU funding for research into materials with both artificial and lifelike propertiesCredit: photo/©: private Artificially created smart, intelligent materials with properties characteristic of life -...
Study suggests great earthquakes as cause of Arctic warming
Credit: Shutterstock A researcher from MIPT has proposed a new explanation for the Arctic's rapid warming. In his recent paper in Geosciences, he suggests that...
The ABCs of species evolution
A transporter protein that regulates cell membrane cholesterol likely played an important role in vertebrate evolution, according to a review published by iCeMS researchers in...
Christmas trees can be green because of a photosynthetic short-cut
Credit: Montage by Stefan Jansson and Pushan Bag How can conifers that are used for example as Christmas trees keep their green needles over the...
Similar factors cause health disparities in cancer, COVID-19
Implementing policies and strategies to eliminate racial disparities could improve outcomes for both diseasesCredit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Income level, employment, housing location,...
Record-setting thermoelectric figure of merit achieved for metal oxides
Credit: Hiromichi Ohta Scientists at Hokkaido University have developed a layered cobalt oxide with a record-setting thermoelectric figure of merit, which can be used to...
Researchers develop new way to break reciprocity law
The breakthrough makes a significant step forward in photonics and microwave technology by eliminating the need for bulky magnetsCredit: Xuchen Wang / Aalto University An...
Fighting the menace of zoonoses
Credit: Hokkaido University Hokkaido University is pleased to announce the publication of "Tackling Global Issues Vol. 3 FIGHTING THE MENACE OF ZOONOSES," a magazine the...
A scientific project studies the pollution pathways of the Mediterranean coastal lagoons
Researchers from the ICTA-UAB and the UPCT will analyze the entry routes of nutrients, trace metals and pollutants caused by human activity into the Mar...
Theory describes quantum phenomenon in nanomaterials
Osaka City University scientists have developed mathematical formulas to describe the current and fluctuations of strongly correlated electrons in quantum dots. Their theoretical predictions could...