Building a better botox
Small engineering tweaks to botulinum toxin B could make it more effective and longer-lasting with fewer side effectsCredit: Yin L; et al. PLoS Biology 2020...
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Common anti-parasite treatments used on cattle have devastating impacts on wildlife
Experts have stressed an urgent need to find alternatives to wormers and anti-ectoparasitic products used widely on cattleCredit: © Fiona Mathews Experts have stressed an...
Artificial intelligence helps prevent disruptions in fusion devices
Credit: Photo and collage by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications. An international team of scientists led by a graduate student at the U.S. Department of...
New understanding of immune modulator interleukin-2 guides drug discovery
A new study shows how IL-2's flexible structure governs its effects on the immune system, providing crucial information for harnessing its therapeutic potentialCredit: Viviane De...
Long-distance fiber link poised to create powerful networks of optical clocks
Low-noise links between high-precision clocks could benefit early earthquake detection and other applicationsCredit: Tomoya Akatsuka, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation WASHINGTON -- An academic-industrial team...
New coronavirus stable for hours on surfaces
SARS-CoV-2 stability similar to original SARS virusCredit: NIAID RML WHAT: The virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is stable for several hours to days...
Pediatrician uses her ‘trusted voice’ to help kids
Children missed in the census spend a majority of their childhood not being counted in the planning and allocation of resourcesCredit: Children's National Hospital For...
Webinars with patients-survey: 73% with chronic illnesses feel more COVID-19 risk
Ongoing series of surveys of 1,300 patients is tracking changing concerns over two weeks as pandemic continuesCredit: Health Perspectives Group 70% have concerns that COVID-19...
New research reveals that scents alter how memories are processed in the brain
Credit: Dr. Stephanie Grella (Ramirez Lab) In a new paper published in Learning and Memory, researchers from Boston University's Center for Systems Neuroscience reveal just...
Hollow-core fiber technology closes in on mainstream optical fiber
Credit: University of Southampton Researchers from the Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics at the University of Southampton have demonstrated a new leap in hollow-core...
Technologies of the Human Corpse by John Troyer
New book from the MIT Press explores the relationship of the dead body with technology through historyCredit: MIT Press By the Director for the Centre...
Mysterious ancient sea-worm pegged as new genus after half-century in ‘wastebasket’
Credit: Anna Whitaker, et al. LAWRENCE -- When a partial fossil specimen of a primordial marine worm was unearthed in Utah in 1969, scientists had...
Tropical Cyclone Herold’s eye opens further on NASA satellite imagery
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview As Tropical Cyclone Herold intensified, its eye appeared more defined in imagery taken by NASA's Terra satellite. A Tropical Cyclone Warning...
Innovative NICU training lauded as ‘best article’ by national journal
Credit: Children's National Hospital "Fires, tornadoes and other natural disasters are outside of our team's control. But it is within our team's control to train...
Perovskite solution aging: Scientists find solution
Credit: WANG Xiao Perovskite solar cells have developed quickly in the past decade. But like silicon solar cells, the efficiency of perovskite solar cells is...