Rice engineers: Make wastewater drinkable again
Model shows recycling could dramatically slash cities' need for fresh water resourcesCredit: Lu Liu/Rice University HOUSTON - (April 27, 2020) - Delivering water to city...
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Survey: Most Americans want government commitment to reduce inequality
New national survey shows a majority of Americans want the federal government to reduce inequality amid the Covid-19 economic crisis. Most say the US is...
Urban slums are uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19. Here’s how to help.
Report provides eight urgent recommendations for reducing the impact of COVID-19 on people living in povertyCredit: Photo by Jason Corburn Berkeley -- Government-enforced social isolation...
Duke awarded NSF rapid grant to develop fast diagnostic test for COVID-19
Biomedical engineers adapt simple, low-cost platform to diagnose the new coronavirusCredit: Michaela Kane, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers at Duke University are adapting...
Investigating the causes of the ozone levels in the Valderejo Nature Reserve
A study by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country analyses the influence of ozone formation precursors in the ReserveCredit: UPV/EHU Atmospheric contamination is one of...
Researchers make key advance toward production of important biofuel
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - An international research collaboration has taken an important step toward the commercially viable manufacture of biobutanol, an alcohol...
Three years of monitoring of Oregon’s gray whales shows changes in health
Credit: GEMM Lab, Oregon State University NEWPORT, Ore. - Three years of "health check-ups" on Oregon's summer resident gray whales shows a compelling relationship between...
Research on the International Space Station shows key changes in cultured heart cells
Spaceflight changes much about the human body, including how the heart functions and how cells that create heart tissue behave. Scientists studying these changes on...
Beta cells from stem cells
Potential for cell replacement therapyCredit: ©Helmholtz Zentrum München The loss of insulin-secreting beta cells by autoimmune destruction leads to type 1 diabetes. Clinical islet cell...
Novel anti-PD-1 drug was approved for melanoma treatment
Credit: BIOCAD The first Russian original PD-1 inhibitor Forteca® (INN: prolgolimab) was granted approval for market authorization by the Russian Ministry of Health for the...
Antibiotic exposure can ‘prime’ single-resistant bacteria to become multidrug-resistant
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Antibiotics save lives -- but using them also helps antibiotic-resistant strains evolve and spread. Each year, antibiotic-resistant...
NASA catches formation and final fate of Eastern Pacific’s Tropical Depression 1E
Credit: NASA/NRL The Eastern Pacific Ocean's hurricane season may not officially start until mid-May, but the first tropical cyclone of the season formed over the...
Harnessing the power of gallium nitride and machine learning
$2.5 million project will develop compact power conversion systemsCredit: University of Houston Military installations, especially on ships and aircraft, require robust power electronics systems to...
HudsonAlpha scientists collaborate to uncover a gene that doubles the risk of developing several neurodegenerative diseases
Credit: HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology April 27, 2020 (Huntsville, Ala.) - Scientists at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF),...
Open access hardware & 3D printing can help tackle demand for health supplies
Local communities could use open access hardware to help alleviate the burden of COVID-19 on global health systems, according to Sussex scientistsCredit: André Chagas, University...
