Engineered capsids for efficient gene delivery to the eye
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 13, 2020--A rational design approach created novel variants of adeno-associated viral (AAV) capsids. These have...
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Reconstructing global climate through Earth’s history
Credit: Syracuse University A key component when forecasting what the Earth's climate might look like in the future is the ability to draw on accurate...
Researchers assemble first comprehensive list of Panama’s trees with geographic ranges
Innovative method quantitatively assesses conservation risk with limited field dataCredit: © The Morton Arboretum Lisle, Ill. (August 13) -- Central America is one of the...
UChicago scientists discover way to make quantum states last 10,000 times longer
Simple innovation expected to open multiple new avenues for quantum scienceCredit: University of Chicago If we can harness it, quantum technology promises fantastic new possibilities....
NASA-NOAA satellite nighttime imagery reveals development of Tropical Storm Josephine
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) The tenth named tropical cyclone of the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season was named...
Researchers develop cell injection technique that could help reverse vision loss
A team at University of Toronto Engineering has demonstrated the first co-injection of both retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) cells and photoreceptor cells in a mouse...
Researchers design efficient low-cost system for producing power at night
Rooftop radiative cooling system could provide lighting power when solar energy is unavailableCredit: Lingling Fan and Wei Li, Stanford University WASHINGTON -- Researchers have designed...
Pancake bonding as a new tool to construct novel metal based magnetic materials
Credit: Reproduced from Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers., 2020, 7, 2592-2601 with permission from The Royal Society of Chemistry. A Canadian-Finnish collaboration has led to the discovery...
New tools catch and release molecules at the flip of a light switch
Credit: Video courtesy of the researchers; GIF by Bumper DeJesus A Princeton team has developed a class of light-switchable, highly adaptable molecular tools with new...
Stanfill inducted into American Academy of Nursing 2020 class of new fellows
Credit: UTHSC Memphis, Tenn. (August 13, 2020) - Ansley Grimes Stanfill, PhD, RN, associate dean of Research for the UTHSC College of Nursing, has been...
Becoming a nerve cell: Timing is of the essence
Credit: VIB - Ryohei Iwata Mitochondria are small organelles that provide the energy critical for each cell in our body, in particular in the high...
The behavior of therapeutic antibodies in immunotherapy
Credit: © Nicolas Reyes Since the late 1990s, immunotherapy has been the frontline treatment against lymphomas where synthetic antibodies are used to stop the proliferation...
NASA satellite’s lone view of Betelgeuse reveals more strange behavior
Credit: NASA/STEREO/HI For several weeks in summer 2020, NASA's Solar and Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or STEREO, had the solar system's best view of the star...
Restoration helps forests recover faster
Credit: Michael O'Brien / SEARRP The rainforests of Southeast Asia are among the fastest declining tropical ecosystems worldwide. Researchers from 13 institutions studied an area...
Multiple sclerosis drug blocks HIV infection and transmission in human immune cells
Credit: NIAID An immunomodulatory drug called fingolimod, which is approved for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, blocks human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and transmission in...