Researchers develop first functional targeted inhibitors of peanut allergens
Credit: University of Notre Dame For an estimated 4.2 million children living with peanut allergies, the slightest trace of peanut and peanut ingredients could have...
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Expanding truck safety outreach program
Grant from the Road to Zero CoalitionCredit: VTTI The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) has received a Safe System Innovation Grant from the Road to...
A tiny cry for help from inside the liver could lead to better treatment
Enzyme's newly discovered ability to spur the body to prevent, or repair, acute liver injury could be harnessed as a therapy, or used as a...
The cost of computation
For decades, physicists have wrestled with understanding the thermodynamic cost of manipulating information, what we would now call computing. How much energy does it take,...
Oral bacteria ‘battle royale’ helps explain how a pathogen causes hospital infections
Credit: Jessica Mark Welch and Gary Borisy, PNAS.1522149113 Hundreds of different bacterial species are living inside your mouth. Some are highly abundant, while others are...
JILA’s 5-minute sample processing enhances DNA imaging and analysis
Credit: Heenan/JILA JILA scientists have developed a fast, simple sample preparation method that enhances imaging of DNA to better analyze its physical properties and interactions....
Cold plasma can kill 99.9% of airborne viruses, U-M study shows
ANN ARBOR--Dangerous airborne viruses are rendered harmless on-the-fly when exposed to energetic, charged fragments of air molecules, University of Michigan researchers have shown. They hope...
Elements can be solid and liquid at the same time, study reveals
Scientists have discovered a new state of physical matter in which atoms can exist as both solid and liquid simultaneously. Until now, the atoms in...
Carbon-negative power generation for China
Reducing CO2 concretions and air pollution in the atmosphere If we're going to limit global temperature increases to 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels, as laid...
New NASA-funded program to train K-12 students in STEM fields
Outreach components include public lectures, parent nights, and telescope viewing opportunitiesCredit: Mobasher lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - NASA has awarded the University of California,...
Researchers remove harmful hormones from Las Vegas wastewater using green algae
Credit: Xuelian Bai/DRI LAS VEGAS, Nev. (April 8, 2019) - A common species of freshwater green algae is capable of removing certain endocrine disrupting chemicals...
TGen review links gene with the most common liver cancer
AKR1B10 could help provide early detection of HCC, and play a role in monitoring and treating this growing cause of cancer death PHOENIX, Ariz. --...
Researchers discover new technique to test for viral infections
Credit: John Eisele/ CSU Photography A team of Colorado State University researchers has developed technology that can detect extremely small amounts of antibodies in a...
Improving our understanding of children and gender
Children's Hospital Los Angeles and sites nationwide receive $3.4 million for national study of transgender and gender non-conforming children and their parents Issues surrounding gender...
Woolly mammoths and Neanderthals may have shared genetic traits
Findings point to molecular resemblance in climate adaptation traits of the two species, Tel Aviv University researchers say A new Tel Aviv University study suggests...
