Lockdown did not reduce “most harmful” type of air pollution in Scotland
Credit: University of Stirling The significant reduction in vehicle journeys during the COVID-19 lockdown did not reduce the level of toxic fine particles in Scotland's...
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Climate change will decimate Palm Springs, Coachella Valley tourism
Study: good weather days to significantly decreaseCredit: Michal Wisniowski A new UC Riverside study finds that climate change will have a devastating effect on the...
Sensors of world’s largest digital camera snap first 3,200-megapixel images at SLAC
The camera will explore cosmic mysteries as part of the Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time.Credit: Greg Stewart/Jacqueline Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Menlo...
Deep Longevity to discuss research on aging clocks at the Kinexum meeting with NIH and FDA
Kinexum brings together the leaders in aging biomarkers together with the FDA and NIH to discuss the role of biological clocks and other biomarkers of...
Scientists have discovered an environmentally friendly way to transform silicon into nanoparticles
Credit: Skoltech Skoltech scientists and their colleagues from Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) have developed a new method of silicon recycling. Their research was published...
More than just genetic code
Credit: Figure: Conrad Mullineaux In photosynthesis, solar energy is converted into chemical energy, which is then used in nature to produce organic molecules from carbon...
Cholesterol’s effects on cellular membranes
Credit: Virginia Tech For more than a decade, scientists have accepted that cholesterol - a key component of cell membranes - did not uniformly affect...
As information flows through brain’s heirarchy, higher regions use higher frequency waves
Credit: Miller Lab/The Picower Institute at MIT To produce your thoughts and actions, your brain processes information in a hierarchy of regions along its surface,...
Terahertz receiver for 6G wireless communications
Concept developed by KIT researchers enables ultra-fast wireless communications at low cost -- Highest data rate in terahertz transmission transmission so far -- Publication in...
Star-cells “shine” to make sense of touch
Astrocytic GABA fine-tunes tactile sensory acuityCredit: IBS Parents might be familiar with their toddlers gotten messy with flour. Feeling the soft texture of flour, kids...
Temporal-spatial order property of hollow multishelled structures enables sequential drug release
Credit: YANG Nailiang Hollow multishelled structures (HoMSs), with relatively isolated cavities and hierarchal pores in the shells, are structurally similar to cells. They can be...
Glial cells play an active role in the nervous system
Researchers study the speed and precision of signal transduction in the brainCredit: Klämbt Lab For the brain to work efficiently, it is important that a...
Insilico announces the launch of AI-powered COVIDomic to support COVID-19 research worldwide
Insilico Medicine announces artificial intelligent (AI) system powered by Intel architecture to help researchers and clinicians engage in COVID-19 researchCredit: Insilico 8th of September, 2020,...
New insights into evolution of gene expression
Credit: Graphic: Kenji Fukushima / University of Wuerzburg Vertebrate organs organize physiological activities, and the diverse expression patterns of thousands of genes determines organ identities...
UBC scientists find clues to queen bee failure
Credit: Alison McAfee Scientists at UBC are unravelling the mysteries behind a persistent problem in commercial beekeeping that is one of the leading causes of...