Your brain parasite isn’t making you sick — here’s why
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications More than 30 million Americans are infected with a brain parasite spread by cats and contaminated meat, but most...
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Re-engineering antibodies for COVID-19
Catholic University of America researcher uses 'in silico' analysis to fast-track passive immunityCredit: Victor Padilla-Sanchez, The Catholic University of America With millions of COVID-19 cases...
Obesity linked to social ties in older women, more so than in men
Credit: UBC Women who lack social ties have a greater likelihood of being obese, according to new UBC research published today in PLOS One. Men,...
AJR study associates coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with large vessel occlusion strokes
After stratification for race and ethnicity, the risk of large vessel stroke among patients with COVID-19 was 2.4 times as high as that among patients...
Hengduan Mountain alpine flora history shown to be longest on Earth
Credit: Image by DING Wenna The alpine biome harbors distinctive communities adapted to stressful environmental conditions. For plants, the world's most species-rich temperate alpine biota...
Immune functions traded in for reproductive success
Deep-sea anglerfishes have evolved a new type of immune systemCredit: Edith A. Widder Deep-sea anglerfishes employ an incredible reproductive strategy. Tiny dwarfed males become permanently...
New understanding of CRISPR-Cas9 tool could improve gene editing
Cryo-EM captures CRISPR-Cas9 base editor in actionCredit: UC Berkeley image by Gavin Knott and Audrone Lapinaite Within a mere eight years, CRISPR-Cas9 has become the...
Using protons to tune interlayer forces in van-der-Waals materials
Interlayer coupling in FGT successfully increased by insertion of protonsCredit: FLEET A Chinese-Australian collaboration has demonstrated for the first time that interlayer coupling in a...
Quantum chip fabrication paves way for scalable processors
Credit: Courtesy MIT RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- An Army-funded project marks a turning point in the field of scalable quantum processors, producing the largest...
Biofilm early detection findings will advance chronic wound care
Biofilms, not visible by the naked eye, go undetected by health professionals damaging healing tissue and causing delays in wound healing by reducing the susceptibility...
New method lets scientists peer deeper into ocean
Credit: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Researchers have advanced a new way to see into the ocean's depths, establishing an approach to detect algae and...
Pooling strategy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: A solution for mass population screening of SARS-CoV-2
A rapid, cheap, and reliable pooling strategy for screening of SARS-CoV-2 for maximization of available RT-PCR testing kits and resources in the COVID-19 pandemic, reports...
ALMA finds possible sign of neutron star in supernova 1987A
Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, B. Saxton Two teams of astronomers have made a compelling case in the 33-year-old mystery surrounding Supernova 1987A. Based on observations of the...
Stunning space butterfly captured by ESO telescope
Credit: ESO Resembling a butterfly with its symmetrical structure, beautiful colours, and intricate patterns, this striking bubble of gas -- known as NGC 2899 --...
Jefferson Lab ES&H Deputy Director receives Health Physics Society honor
After more than 40 years of dedicated service to safety, Bob May has been named a fellow of the Health Physics SocietyCredit: DOE's Jefferson Lab...