Black hole shadow puts general relativity to the test
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Repurposed anti-malarial compounds kill diarrheal parasite, study finds
Credit: Image courtesy of Sumiti Vinayak CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A class of compounds used for malaria treatment also kill the intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium, a leading...
Rise of the mutants: New uOttawa-led research to improve enzyme design methodologies
Credit: Rojo Rakotoharisoa A group of researchers at the University of Ottawa has been looking for ways to improve enzyme design methodologies and recently published...
Optics and photonics researcher receives $1.7 million nih grant
Assistant Professor Kyu Young Han will use the funding to develop a new optical technology that could aid in the understanding of human protein linked...
Einstein’s description of gravity just got much harder to beat
Astrophysicists put general relativity to a new test with black hole imagesCredit: L. Medeiros; C. Chan; D. Psaltis; F. Özel; UArizona; IAS. Einstein's theory of...
Noble metal clusters can enhance performance of catalysts and save resources
Lower-cost production thanks to optimized distribution of atoms - publication in Nature CatalysisCredit: Florian Maurer, KIT Billions of noble metal catalysts are used worldwide for...
Clarigent Health launches Clairity to support mental health risk reduction
Clairity supports clinical decisions and care with AI analysis of patient speech, treatment progress trends, and risk radar across patient groupsCredit: Clarigent Health MASON, OH...
Coupling antibiotics with stem cells to fight off bone infections
Researchers from Kanazawa University discover that stem cells loaded with antibiotics may represent a novel therapy for implant-related bone infectionsCredit: Kanazawa University Kanazawa, Japan -...
Researchers use satellite imaging to map groundwater use in California’s central valley
Satellite data reveal variability in intensity of groundwater use for different crops, a boon for irrigation policymaking across the stateCredit: adamkaz Researchers at the University...
Ultrasensitive microwave detector developed
Credit: Sampson Wilcox from MIT A joint international research team from POSTECH of South Korea, Raytheon BBN Technologies, Harvard University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
Why writing by hand makes kids smarter
Writing by hand creates much more activity in the sensorimotor parts of the brain, researchers found.Credit: NTNU/Microsoft Professor Audrey van der Meer at NTNU believes...
Carb-eating bacteria under viral threat
Scientists characterize previously unknown gut reactionsCredit: (Purdue University and Seyet LLC) Strictly speaking, humans cannot digest complex carbohydrates -- that's the job of bacteria in...
‘Social cells’ related to social behavior identified in the brain
Credit: © 2020 Miura et al. A research team led by Professor TAKUMI Toru of Kobe University's Graduate School of Medicine (also a Senior Visiting...
Carbon-carbon covalent bonds far more flexible than presumed
Credit: Takuya Shimajiri, Takanori Suzuki, Yusuke Ishigaki, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, September 30, 2020 A Hokkaido University research group has successfully demonstrated that carbon-carbon (C-C)...
Tumor progression depends on the tumor microenvironment
Credit: Department of Biochemistry,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) and Niigata University identify a novel mechanism by which tumors progress Tokyo, Japan...