Gold- and bronze-like paints that don’t contain metal
Credit: Adapted from ACS Omega 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c02752 Lustrous metallic paints are used to enhance the beauty of many products, such as home decorations, cars...
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NYUAD study finds key protein related to the disease-causing malformation of fat tissue
This discovery paves the way for future research into treatment of metabolic diseases such as diabetes and obesityCredit: NYU Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi, UAE -...
Army researchers collaborate on universal antibody test for COVID-19
Credit: John W. Braun Jr., USAMRIID VIO ADELPHI, Md. -- Researchers with the U.S. Army Futures Command are part of a team that tested alternative...
New website predicts likelihood of cyber attacks between nations
Cyber Attack Predictive Index ranks a dozen possible scenariosCredit: Johns Hopkins University Where in the world might the next cyberattack between nations take place? A...
Improving health care autonomy for young adults with autism
MU researcher helps adolescents with autism transition to adult health careCredit: MU School of Health Professions COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Independence has always been a driving...
Wearable circuits printed directly on human skin
Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c11479 Wearable electronics are getting smaller, more comfortable and increasingly capable of interfacing with the...
Temple researchers take aim at role of cardiac protein in sepsis, ID’ing new therapies
Credit: Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, PA) - Each year, some 270,000 Americans die from sepsis, in which the release of normally helpful infection-fighting chemicals...
Goethe University partner in US$ 7.2 million research project on Parkinson’s disease
Three-year German-American project studies biology of LRRK2Credit: Uwe Dettmar for Goethe University Frankfurt In the early 2000s, it was discovered that in many Parkinson's patients...
Human activity has made Murray estuary more vulnerable to drought
Historic metallic 'fingerprints' allow scientists to reconstruct estuary formationCredit: University of Sydney Human impacts on the Lower Lakes of the Murray River estuary have made...
RUDN University doctors suggested ways to reduce obstetrical complications in endometriosis patients
Credit: RUDN University A team of doctors from RUDN University with their Italian colleagues had studied the data of existing studies on the effect of...
Unexpectedly large number of trees populate the Western Sahara and the Sahel
Credit: Laurent Kergoat - GET The number of trees inhabiting the Western Sahara, the Sahel and the Sudanian zone has exceeded the expectations of scientists,...
Clean and clear: How being more transparent over resources helps cut carbon emissions
Credit: University of Sussex Countries that sign up to improved financial transparency over oil, gas, and mining revenues benefit from significant reductions in carbon emissions,...
RNA editing of BFP using artificial APOBEC1 deaminase to restore the genetic
Credit: JAIST Various genetic diseases caused by point mutations have no established therapeutic approaches. Prof. Tsukahara and colleagues (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)...
Warm central equatorial pacific sea surface temperatures and anthropogenic warming boosted the 2019 severe drought in East China
Credit: Jufang Hu Drought usually originates from a deficiency of precipitation over an extended period of time and is identified as one of the extreme...
Solar-powered system extracts drinkable water from “dry” air
MIT engineers have made their initial design more practical, efficient, and scalable.Credit: Image: Alina LaPotin Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have significantly boosted the output...