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Rapid diagnostic test for Lyme disease matches and outperforms standard testing approaches; could be used in a clinician's officeCredit: Sia Lab/Columbia Engineering and OPKO Health...

ERC Synergy Grant for research at the interface of viral infection and cellular regulation

Credit: ERC The interdisciplinary team wants to investigate the molecular mechanisms of viral infection, which will contribute to fundamental knowledge about cellular regulation and new...

Deciphering the early stages of Parkinson’s disease is a matter of time

The secret to deciphering elderly disorders is understanding how key proteins organize themselves over timeCredit: Guilherme A. P. de Oliveira One of the biggest difficulties...

Radiation detector with the lowest noise in the world boosts quantum work

The nanoscale radiation detector is a hundred times faster than its predecessors, and can function without interruptionCredit: Roope Kokkoniemi/Aalto University Researchers from Aalto University and...

Physicists look to navigational ‘rhumb lines’ to study polymer’s unique spindle structure

Credit: Daeseok Kim From the intricate patterns of pollen grains to the logarithmic spirals of nautilus shells, biology is full of complex patterns, shapes, and...

Harvard University to launch center for autism research

Created with a $20 million gift, the center will aim to unravel the basic biology of autism and related disordersCredit: Kris Snibbe/Harvard University Autism and...

When studying immune cells, environment matters

Report urges researchers to look outside the petri dish and into the body to study T cell metabolismCredit: Image courtesy of Van Andel Institute GRAND...

Kent State researcher and professor elected to the European Academy of Sciences

Credit: Kent State University Quan Li, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow in Kent State's Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, joins the prestigious Brussels-based organization that...

Controlling superconducting regions within an exotic metal

Credit: EPFL Superconductivity has fascinated scientists for many years since it offers the potential to revolutionize current technologies. Materials only become superconductors - meaning that...

Engineers solve 50-year-old puzzle in signal processing

Credit: Photo by Paul Easker AMES, Iowa - Something called the fast Fourier transform is running on your cell phone right now. The FFT, as...

SLAS Technology releases part 1 of special 2-part issue

Engineering innovations for fundamental biology and translational medicine now availableCredit: David James Group October's SLAS Technology Special Issue Focuses on the Hot Topic, "Engineering Innovations...

Key uncertainties identified for models of mosquito distribution in the US

Understanding model limitations could improve strategies to deal with mosquito-borne diseasesCredit: CDC/ Prof. Frank Hadley Collins. A computational analysis has identified key regions in the...

That new yarn? — wearable, washable textile devices are possible with MXene-coated yarns

Drexel's MXene-coated conductive yarn could make devices wearable -- and washableCredit: Drexel University Producing functional fabrics that perform all the functions we want, while retaining...

ORNL, U-Toledo to collaborate on advanced materials, manufacturing research for vehicles

Credit: The University of Toledo OAK RIDGE, Tenn., October 10, 2019--The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and The University of Toledo have...

‘Sticky’ gene may help Valium calm nerves