Ending the daily work commute may not cut energy usage as much as one might hope
Credit: University of Sussex A mass move to working-from-home accelerated by the Coronavirus pandemic might not be as beneficial to the planet as many hope,...
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New technology revolutionizes 3D metal printing
LED instead of laser or electron beamCredit: © TU Graz Selective LED-based melting (SLEDM) - i.e. the targeted melting of metal powder using high-power LED...
Clinicians warn of the dangers of equating COVID-19 with high altitude pulmonary edema
Credit: ATS April 29, 2020 - Early reports of COVID-19 symptoms and the compelling need to quickly identify treatment options and curb the growing number...
Reduced obesity for weighted-vest wearers
Credit: Photo by Elin Lindstrom and Cecilia Hedstrom Scientists from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have found a new method of reducing human body weight...
A new way to accurately estimate COVID-19 death toll
Rutgers engineer's mathematical model can predict cumulative deaths in USCredit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention A Rutgers engineer has created a mathematical model...
Making safe choices: It’s in our DNA
Researchers from Osaka University demonstrate how DNA replication machinery plays an important role in the choice of recombination pathway at the centromeres of chromosomes to...
New STM technique points way to new and purer pharmaceuticals
Credit: University of Warwick Using an ultra-thin and sharp needle tipped with a single carbon monoxide molecule frozen to minus 266 degrees centigrade, researchers from...
New evidence for optimizing malaria treatment in pregnant women
Credit: Susan Elden, DFID The research, published today in The Lancet Infectious Diseases is the fruit of joint project between investigators from around the world...
KU Leuven researchers unravel protein mystery of three brain diseases
Credit: Microscopy by Anke Van der Perren The accumulation of one particular protein in the brain is at the basis of three very different age-related...
Astronomers capture rare images of planet-forming disks around stars
Credit: Jacques Kluska et al. An international team of astronomers has captured fifteen images of the inner rims of planet-forming disks located hundreds of light...
Bermudagrass harvest management options with poultry litter fertilization
Credit: John Read When fertilizing bermudagrass with poultry litter, turfgrass managers must consider limiting the buildup of soil P or drawing down soil test P...
A step closer to eradicating malaria
New strategies significantly cut disease in challenging low-transmission settingsCredit: UTSW DALLAS - April 29, 2020 - Strategies that treat households in the broad vicinity of a recent malaria...
Learning from fish and flags to inform new propulsion strategies
Connections between resonance and nonlinearity in swimming performance of a flexible heaving plateCredit: Debra Levey Larson From the vibrations of the rear-view mirror just as...
Computational techniques explore ‘the dark side of amyloid aggregation in the brain’
UMass Amherst scientists advance knowledge of neurodegenerative fibril formationCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - As physicians and families know too well, though Alzheimer's disease has...
Superoxide produces hydroxyl radicals that break down dissolved organic matter in water
Credit: Luca Carena/The University of Torino According to a study published in Water Research in April 2020, superoxide produces hydroxyl radicals in lake water. Hydroxyl...
