CSH corona traffic light: A tool to easily assess the situation
Austrian researchers have developed a simple tool to show the trends in coronavirus infections over time around the world; The CSH Corona Traffic Light helps...
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New nano-engineering strategy shows potential for improved advanced energy storage
New types of cathodes, suitable for advanced energy storage, can be developed using beyond-lithium ion batteriesCredit: Supplied by University of Technology Sydney The rapid development...
Intrahospital transport of ICU patients a moment of risk
Credit: Photo by Malin Arnesson When bedbound intensive care patients are moved within a hospital, the single most common risk factor is nonfunctioning technology and...
A safe and powerful safeguard for your whole body against deadly radiation
Inducing surface strain to CeO2/Mn3O4 heterostructured nanocrystals can enhance antioxidant propertiesCredit: IBS Despite the wide application of radiation in diagnostics and treatments, there is still...
Australian trials of COVID-19 vaccine
Phase 1 human tests 'first' in Southern HemisphereCredit: Flinders University A potential COVID-19 vaccine developed at Flinders University has commenced human trials in South Australia....
A new way towards super-fast motion of vortices in superconductors discovered
Credit: © Oleksandr Dobrovolskiy, University of Vienna Superconductivity is a physical phenomenon occurring at low temperatures in many materials which manifests itself through a vanishing...
St. Jude researchers create an analytic tool that opens a new frontier of cancer discovery
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have developed software to identify cancer-causing mutations lurking in vast regions of the human genomeCredit: St. Jude Children's Research...
Highest peak power and excellent stability
Record parameters for amplified ultrashort pulses at 2-μm wavelength and kilohertz repetition ratesCredit: MBI Power-scalable ultrafast laser sources in the midwave-infrared (MWIR) are a key...
Using Epo against Covid-19
The doping agent erythropoietin could attenuate severe progression of COVID-19Credit: Pixabay/Arek Socha Erythropoietin (Epo) is actually a medication for anaemia. According to researchers at the...
Red-light LEDs for next-generation displays
Credit: © Zhe Zhuang In efforts to optimize the performance of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), KAUST researchers are looking at every aspect of the design, fabrication...
Follow-up appointments for children hospitalized for bronchiolitis may not be needed
Credit: Intermountain Healthcare A new study at Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City has found that follow-up appointments for hospitalized children treated for...
Low-threshold topological nanolasers based on the second-order corner state
Credit: by Weixuan Zhang, Xin Xie, Huiming Hao, Jianchen Dang, Shan Xiao, Shushu Shi, Haiqiao Ni, Zhichuan Niu, Can Wang, Kuijuan Jin, Xiangdong Zhang and...
Light a critical factor in limiting carbon uptake, even in the north
Columbia engineers demonstrate that, as temperatures rise, northern high latitude regions will not become more conducive to vegetation growth--light is still essential to end of...
New vitamin K-based drug shows promise against medication-resistant epilepsy
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina have formulated a vitamin K-based compound that, due to its unique structure and mechanism, eliminates medication-resistant epileptic...
Spinach on the ceiling
An autobiography by Martin Karplus, nobel laureate in chemistry (with over 200 illustrations)Credit: World Scientific Escaping war and living as a refugee in a foreign...