Compression garments reduce strength loss after training
Credit: János Négyesi Regular training enhances your strength, but recovery is equally important. Elastic bandages and compression garments are widely used in sports to facilitate...
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Difficult to build a family after exposure to chemical weapons
Credit: Photo by Siri Sjolin People who have been exposed to chemical warfare agents (CWAs) feel uncertain, decades after the exposure, about their survival and...
Trial targets deadly lung cancer
Urgent research as mesothelioma numbers peakCredit: Flinders University With more than 650 Australians diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma last year, Flinders University is leading new research...
Prize for ‘clean earth technologies’
National science prize for polymers made from wasteCredit: Flinders University Flinders University Associate Professor Justin Chalker has won the Prize for New Innovators in the...
NEJM: clinical trial indicates monoclonal antibody lowered hospitalizations and emergency visits
Therapy may hold promise for fighting pandemicCredit: Photo by Cedars-Sinai COVID-19 (coronavirus) patients who were administered a novel antibody had fewer symptoms and were less...
Flash graphene rocks strategy for plastic waste
Rice University lab detours potential environmental hazard into useful materialCredit: Tour Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 29, 2020) - Plastic waste comes back in black...
Smart tablecloth can find fruit and help with watering the plants
Interactive fabric senses everyday non-metallic objectsCredit: Figure courtesy of XDiscovery Lab. HANOVER, N.H. - October 29, 2020 - Researchers have designed a smart fabric that...
Industry impact: Wojciech Misiolek honored for materials processing advances
Lehigh University materials science and engineering chair, a leading expert in aluminum metal forming, wins ASM International's prestigious William Hunt Eisenmann Award for 2020Credit: Lehigh...
Fungal species naturally suppresses cyst nematodes responsible for major sugar beet losses
Credit: James Borneman The plant pathogenic nematode Heterodera schachtii infects more than 200 different plants, including sugar beets, and causes significant economic losses. Over the...
Salt wars: The battle over the biggest killer in the American diet by Michael F. Jacobson
Available now from The MIT PressCredit: The MIT Press A high-sodium diet is deadly; studies have linked it to high blood pressure, strokes, and heart...
UC scientist receives over $700,000 for a multi-year research project
Pharmacy faculty member studies properties that are environmentally friendlyCredit: University of Cincinnati University of Cincinnati cosmetic scientist Harshita Kumari has received a research grant for...
Researcher making drones smarter, situationally aware and team-oriented
NSF-funded project to enable UAVs to monitor themselves and each other, taking into account different scenariosCredit: Courtesy Northern Arizona University Recent advances in artificial intelligence...
Amount of COVID viral RNA detected at hospital admission predicts how patients will fare
Credit: American Thoracic Society Oct. 29, 2020-- A new study published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society examines whether the amount of...
Autoantibody order, timing predict genetically at-risk children most likely to get T1D
USF Health-led TEDDY analysis focuses on development of multiple distinct autoantibodies targeting insulin-producing cells, from initial autoimmunity to symptomatic type 1 diabetesCredit: Courtesy of USF...
Tube-dwelling anemone toxins have pharmacological potential, mapping study shows
Analysis identified 525 genes encoding proteins that act on the nervous system, cardiovascular system and cell walls. One of the molecules proved effective against cancer...