How do superconductors break time-reversal symmetry?
Credit: Carl Blesch / Rutgers University Superconductors are one of the most exciting materials discovered in the last century. It is used to build medical...
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An antibiotic masquerading as a natural compound in the Giant Madeiran Squill
Credit: Luke Robertson A previous study has shown that a type of squill growing in Madeira produces a chemical compound that may be useful as...
New family of molecules to join altered receptors in neurodegenerative diseases
Imidazoline receptors I2: Looking for new therapeutic targetsCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA An article published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry shows a new family of...
Coronavirus Vaccine: Where are we and what’s next? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 3, 2020 -- You might have heard that COVID-19 vaccine trials are underway in Seattle. What exactly is...
Closing in on a COVID-19 vaccine
Rapid progress in South AustraliaCredit: Flinders University South Australian researchers working with Oracle Cloud technology and vaccine technology developed by local company Vaxine Pty Ltd...
Coronavirus: Virological findings from patients treated in a Munich hospital
Comprehensive research data now published in NatureCredit: Photo: Müller/Charité In early February, research teams from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, München Klinik Schwabing and the Bundeswehr...
Clues to COVID-19 coronavirus’s vulnerability emerge from an antibody against SARS
A Scripps Research study reveals a likely site of vulnerability on the SARS-CoV-2 virus.Credit: Meng Yuan and Nicholas Wu LA JOLLA, CA -- An antibody...
First SARS-CoV-2 genomes in Austria openly available
Credit: Bobby Rajesh Malhotra / CeMM The COVID-19 outbreak caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on...
Rapid infectious disease shifts in Chinese children and adolescents prior to COVID-19
Credit: Marisa Estivill Deaths of children and adolescents in China due to infectious diseases were becoming rare prior to the covid-19 pandemic, according to a...
Daughter cells carry memory from mother on decision to divide
Credit: Mingwei Min When do cells decide to divide? For 40 years, the textbook answer has been that this decision occurs in the first phase...
A combined optical transmitter and receiver
Bidirectional optical signal transmission between two identical devices using perovskite diodesCredit: Magnus Johansson Researchers at Linköping University, together with colleagues in China, have developed a...
Researchers develop a computer simulator that recreates the spread of COVID-19 in Europe
Credit: UC3M A team of Spanish researchers have designed and validated a simulator to enable study of the evolution of the COVID-19 illness in Spain...
New molecular mechanism that regulates the sentinel cells of the immune system
CNIC's study suggests that it may be possible to regulate the number and activity of these macrophages with drugs that modulate the nuclear receptor RXRCredit:...
ASCE/EMI awards Dan M. Frangopol 2020 Alfred M. Freudenthal Medal
Lehigh University civil engineering professor, life-cycle engineering pioneer recognized with lifetime achievement awardCredit: Lehigh University Dan M. Frangopol, the inaugural Fazlur R. Khan Endowed Chair...
Study shows ICU patients with low-risk penicillin allergies can be tested and treated
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Many patients previously diagnosed with a penicillin allergy can have their allergy label removed after testing and safely undergo treatment...