Chemical compounds in foods can inhibit a key SARS-CoV-2 enzyme
Credit: De-Yu Xie, NC State University Chemical compounds in foods or beverages like green tea, muscadine grapes and dark chocolate can bind to and block...
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Study tackles barriers to COVID-19 testing in Black communities
Pennington Biomedical, HealthyBR part of nationwide effort to fill gaps in careCredit: Pennington Biomedical Research Center Pennington Biomedical Research Center is leading a federally funded...
Discoveries highlight new possibilities for magnesium batteries
New cathode, electrolyte allow high-power battery previously considered impossibleCredit: University of Houston Magnesium batteries have long been considered a potentially safer and less expensive alternative...
How SARS-CoV-2 reaches the brain
Credit: Photo: Michael Laue/RKI & Carsten Dittmayer/Charité Using post-mortem tissue samples, a team of researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have studied the mechanisms by...
Teaching computers the meaning of sensor names in smart home
The University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) is using language processing techniques to represent sensors and human activity in smart environmentCredit: UPV/EHU The aim of...
Brookhaven’s Kevin Yager named Oppenheimer Leadership Fellow
As part of the fourth cohort of the Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program, Yager is helping identify challenges and opportunities for the US Department...
HIV-like virus edited out of primate genome
Breakthrough brings Temple researchers and their collaborators closer to a cure for human HIV infectionCredit: Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - Taking a major step forward...
Computer-aided creativity in robot design
MIT researchers' new system optimizes the shape of robots for traversing various terrain types.Credit: Courtesy of the researchers So, you need a robot that climbs...
Experimental vaccine for deadly tickborne virus effective in cynomolgus macaques
Monkeys protected against CCHFV, which infects thousands of people annuallyCredit: WHO WHAT: An experimental vaccine developed in Europe to prevent infection by Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever...
Harvard’s Wyss Institute licenses its eRapid technology to The iQ Group Global
The low-cost electrochemical technology for multiplexed biomarker detection could facilitate global serological testing for SARS-CoV-2 infections, and help trace immunity in individuals over timeCredit: Credit:...
Young people feel let down by politicians and media stereotypes, says new research
Credit: University of Huddersfield Decision-makers are failing to harness young people's potential to help shape pandemic responses, according to a major study that features the...
Discover EBRAINS: A look inside Europe’s new platform for the brain
Credit: HBP / EBRAINS EBRAINS is an accelerator for European ambitions in multidisciplinary brain research, combining cutting-edge neuroscience, high-performance computing and artificial intelligence. It offers...
Ultrathin spray-applied MXene antennas are ready for 5G
Drexel's MXene technology reaches telecommunications performance benchmarksCredit: Drexel University (Meikang Han) New antennas so thin that they can be sprayed into place are also robust...
$11M NIH grant will fund biomedical research at University of Delaware
Funds will support second phase work by Center of Biomedical Research ExcellenceCredit: Composite image by Jeffrey C. Chase Biomedical research at the University of Delaware...
New tests identify very early changes in Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms appear
Credit: Photo by University of Gothenburg and BBRC, Spain. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, together with their colleagues at the Barcelona Beta...