Project expands use of metal catalysts for drug discovery
$1.5 million project could lead to more effective drugs at lower dosagesCredit: University of Houston The use of metals in drug delivery could offer major...
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Cognition and gait speed often decline together, study shows
Mexican Americans at higher riskCredit: UT Health San Antonio Do thinking and walking go hand in hand in determining the health course of senior adults?...
Race-specific lupus nephritis biomarkers
Findings have implications for early diagnosis and new treatmentsCredit: University of Houston University of Houston Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Endowed Professor of biomedical...
Four years of calculations lead to new insights into muon anomaly
For two decades, physicists have been trying to reconcile a gap between theoretical and experimental data on a particle called the muon. A new study,...
Plants pass on ‘memory’ of stress to some progeny, making them more resilient
Credit: Sally Mackenzie research group/Penn State By manipulating the expression of one gene, geneticists can induce a form of "stress memory" in plants that is...
Study: could dark matter be hiding in existing data?
Current experiments' detectors and data analyses efforts could be refocused to seek out newly suggested types of dark matter signals that may have been overlookedCredit:...
Warren J. Leonard is awarded the 2020 Milstein Award for Interferon & Cytokine Research
In recognition of his ground breaking scientific contributions in both the basic biology of cytokine signaling & translational aspects, where he performed pioneering work in...
Story tips: Tracking populations, UPS’ special delivery and a long-awaited benchmark
Credit: ORNL researchers in late February demonstrated a 20-kilowatt, bi-directional wireless charging system on a medium-class hybrid electric UPS delivery truck. GIS - LandScan goes...
New tumour sampling method significantly improves genetic testing for cancer treatment
Credit: Roche A wholistic tumour sampling method that more accurately detects genetic alterations in tumours, which are critical in allowing treatment to be personalised to...
Protective shield: How pathogens withstand acidic environments in the body
Credit: University of Basel, Biozentrum Certain bacteria, including the dangerous nosocomial pathogen MRSA, can protect themselves from acidic conditions in our body and thus ensure...
Bluetooth-enabled device detects fermentation process over days
A miniaturized device that allows wireless detection of glucose and fructose molecules typically characterized in fermentation processes can also be used to study metabolites and...
Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Mass General advancing novel gene-based COVID-19 vaccine, AAVCOVID
AAVCOVID technology is unique in the vaccine field in its ability to scale and adapt rapidlyCredit: Mass. Eye and Ear BOSTON- Massachusetts Eye and Ear...
Identifying light sources using artificial intelligence
A smart quantum technology for identification of light sources with fewer measurementsCredit: Elsa Hahne WASHINGTON, May 5, 2020 -- Identifying sources of light plays an...
New test could guarantee the perfect avocado
Lasers and vibrations reliably assess individual fruits' ripeness. Test could reduce waste by 10% and help meet consumer demands for 'ready to eat' avocados.Credit: Cranfield...
Long-term developments of energy pricing and consumption in industry
Credit: Paul Scherrer Institute/Markus Fischer Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have collaborated with British economists to study how energy consumption by Swiss industry...
