WVU business experts partner with the National Guard to forecast PPE needs
Credit: West Virginia University When COVID-19 started depleting stockpiles of medical gear in hotspots like New York and New Jersey, the West Virginia National Guard...
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Rapid evolution in fish: genomic changes within a generation
Credit: University of Basel, Dario Moser Evolution is usually viewed as a slow process, with changes in traits emerging over thousands of generations only. Over...
Superconductivity: It’s hydrogen’s fault
Nickel is supposed to herald a new age of superconductivity -- but this is proving more difficult than expected. Scientists at TU Wien (Vienna) can...
For ME/CFS patients, viral immunities come at a devastating, lifelong cost
New research shows a connection between a common human herpes virus-6 exposure that leaves a DNA copy of the virus behind and many of the...
How do epidemics spread and persist before and after introduction of a vaccine?
Modeling 40 years of measles dynamics demonstrates the complexity of epidemic spread and the impact of vaccinationCredit: Max S. Y. Lau In the most detailed...
‘Elegant’ solution reveals how the universe got its structure
A direct, observation-based test of one of the pillars of cosmologyCredit: Photograph by Yuri Beletsky, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science. Pasadena, CA-- The...
‘We urgently need a renewed public debate about new breeding technologies’
Göttingen agricultural economist evaluates research results on food securityCredit: S Koppmair Plant breeding has considerably increased agricultural yields in recent decades and thus made a...
Researchers’ method holds promise for brain study, better tests for viruses
Nanoparticles, lasers help stimulate brain, play key role in virus projectCredit: The University of Texas at Dallas University of Texas at Dallas researchers have developed...
New metasurface laser produces world’s first super-chiral light
Laser opens up a new world of applications using optical control of physical objects.Credit: Wits University Researchers have demonstrated the world's first metasurface laser that...
Coupled magnetic materials show interesting properties for quantum applications
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Like fans that blow in sync, certain magnetic materials can exhibit interesting energetic properties. In order to find new ways to...
Proteasome phase separation for destruction
Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science The proteasome is a major proteolytic machine that regulates cellular proteostasis through selective degradation of ubiquitylated proteins. As...
Scientists unveil how general anesthesia works
A study in mice and rat brains reveals how general anesthesia dampens high frequency brain activity by weakening synapsesCredit: OIST Hailed as one of the...
Eye pupil an indicator of effective decision making, study finds
Credit: US Army image ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (April 27, 2020) - A team of Army and academic researchers are investigating how eye-pupil size changes...
The North Atlantic right whale population is in poor condition
New research by an international team of scientists reveals that endangered North Atlantic right whales are in much poorer body condition than their counterparts in...
Grant funds research on community-level intervention to address opioid overdoses
Credit: Clayton Metz for Virginia Tech Keep people alive. Refer them to those who save lives. Finally, connect them to effective, peer-based treatment. These are...