How plantains and carbon nanotubes can improve cars
Credit: Dr Patrick Ehi Imoisili, Therese van Wyk, University of Johannesburg. A luxury automobile is not really a place to look for something like sisal,...
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Americans are consuming less sugar but more nonnutritive sweeteners
New Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics study shows US household purchases of foods & beverages containing caloric sweeteners declined between 2002 and...
Using artificial intelligence to smell the roses
UC Riverside study applies machine learning to olfaction with possible vast applications in flavors and fragrancesCredit: L. Duka. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A pair of researchers...
Phosphoprotein biomarkers to guide cancer therapy are identified
A study identifying biomarkers for certain neuroendocrine cancers demonstrates a novel approach for identifying and detecting tumor drivers, giving this diagnostic-therapeutic coupled system a broad...
Human coagulation factor XIIIa expressed in pichia pastoris as fXIIIa hemostatic agent
This article by Dr. Xu et al. is published in Protein & Peptide Letters, 2020Credit: Dr. Xu et al., Bentham Science Publishers Many reports illustrate...
Solving materials problems with a quantum computer
Credit: University of Chicago Quantum computers have enormous potential for calculations using novel algorithms and involving amounts of data far beyond the capacity of today's...
NSF supports project to demystify communication in plants
Credit: Allison Usavage, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Tracking the role of messenger RNA, or mRNA, through plants is like playing a game of genetic...
Quitline plus surgery are big motivators for giving up smoking
Surgery clinics provide unique opportunities for encouraging healthy changesCredit: UC Regents / UC Davis Health Smokers who have thoracic surgery are much more likely to...
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine protects upper and lower airways in nonhuman primates
NIAID-led study of mRNA vaccine supports advance to phase 3 human trialsCredit: NIAID WHAT: Two doses of an experimental vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease 2019...
University of Cincinnati ergonomics expert says work smarter at home
Sit up, raise the screen, pad the chairCredit: Photo by Colleen Kelley/UC Creative + Brand. Taking a few minutes to get that periodic cup of...
For rufous hummingbirds, migration looks different depending on age and sex
Credit: Jim Livaudais CORVALLIS, Ore. - Plucky, beautiful and declining in numbers at about a 2% annual rate, the rufous hummingbird makes its long annual...
Microbiologists clarify relationship between microbial diversity and soil carbon storage
UMass Amherst study finds more diverse soils did perform better, but drought stress is a limiting factorCredit: UMass Amherst/Luiz A. Domeignoz-Horta AMHERST, Mass. - In...
Alzheimer’s protein in blood indicates early brain changes
Promising target for blood-based diagnostic testCredit: Matt Miller Two decades or more before symptoms arise, plaques of a sticky protein called amyloid begin forming in...
Randomized study for treatment of COVID pneumonia uses cystic fibrosis drug dornase alfa
Drug may break up 'neutrophil extracellular traps,' or NETs, which contribute to lung inflammation and thicken mucusCredit: Lucas de Meglio and Patrick Munzer, Boston Children's...
UMass Amherst biologists zero in on cells’ environmental sensing mechanism
A new collaboration advances Evo-Devo, the fields of evolution and developmentCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Evolutionary and developmental biologist Craig Albertson and colleagues at...