Broadly protective antibodies could lead to better flu treatments and vaccines
Credit: NIAID WHAT: A newly identified set of three antibodies could lead to better treatments and vaccines against influenza, according to a paper published this...
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Can solar technology kill cancer cells?
Credit: Photo by Derrick Turner EAST LANSING, Mich. - Scientific breakthroughs don't always happen in labs. For Sophia and Richard Lunt, Michigan State University researchers,...
Sharing solar technology with developing countries
£800,000 award for Swansea-led projectCredit: Sunrise Project, Swansea University A Swansea-led project which will help communities in developing countries to generate their own solar power...
Tuberculous infection is not life-long in most people
Penn-led study suggested majority will not develop disease even if test shows positive resultsCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - A new analysis challenges the longstanding notion...
One step toward using insulating antiferromagnetic materials in future computers
Physicists at Mainz University and cooperation partners observe reading and writing of digital information with antiferromagnetic materialsCredit: Ill./©: Lorenzo Baldrati, JGU Future computer technology based...
Nerve cell protection free from side effects
Göttingen scientists are on the trail of an alternative erythropoietin receptorCredit: Ralf Heinrich The hormone erythropoietin (Epo) is a well-known doping substance that has a...
Dynamic images show rhomboid protease in action
Credit: Barth van Rossum, FMP Rhomboid proteases are clinically relevant membrane proteins that play a key role in various diseases. Using solid-state NMR spectroscopy, researchers...
IKBFU researchers have discovered another natural antioxidant — alder bark
An alder bark may become a great source of anti-aging and anti-disease natural antioxidantsCredit: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University An alder bark may become a...
Informal sharing of breast milk gains popularity among women, despite safety risks
Research focuses on reasons women turn to other mothers for breast milk instead of milk banksCredit: Sood/Milanaik NEW ORLEANS - Women who are unable to...
Survey completeness of a global citizen-science database of bird occurrence
Credit: Blythe Mettitt, courtesy Cornell Lab of Ornithology There are many shortfalls in knowledge of the world's biodiversity, and one of the most basic is...
New portable DNA sequencer quickly and accurately diagnoses wheat viruses
Credit: John P. Fellers, Christian Webb, Madison C. Fellers, Jessica Shoup Rupp, and Erick De Wolf New Portable DNA Sequencer Quickly and Accurately Diagnoses Wheat...
UM student research tests ways to reduce errors in wildlife surveys
Credit: Kaitlyn Strickfaden, University of Montana research associate MISSOULA - Research led by a University of Montana undergraduate student to identify less error-prone methods for...
Using AI to better understand and model the earth system
International research team wins major grant to support work combining machine learning with physical models of atmosphere and land to improve climate modeling and methodsCredit:...
WPI researcher creating safer, more accurate way to detect prostate cancer
WPI Biomedical Engineer receives $1.8 Million NIH grant to build robotic system to find and monitor common and deadly cancerCredit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass....
Stingless bee species depend on a complex fungal community to survive
A report published in PLOS ONE describes key roles of various microorganisms in the development of the larvae of Scaptotrigona depilis. Researchers warn that this...
