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Gerardine Botte received a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to work on the project.Credit: Texas Tech University Carbon ...

How SARS-CoV-2’s sugar-coated shield helps activate the virus

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is coated with sugars called glycans, which help it evade the immune system; new ...

Why some coronavirus strains are more infectious than others

The coronaviruses that cause SARS and COVID-19 have spike proteins that move into 'active' and 'inactive' positions, and new research ...

Allergy season starts earlier each year due to climate change and pollen transport

Scientists in Munich study how pollen from far distances -- sometimes hundreds of kilometers away -- affects the length of ...

New shape-changing 4D materials hold promise for morphodynamic tissue engineering

Shape-changing scaffold for tissue engineeringCredit: Yu Bin Lee New hydrogel-based materials that can change shape in response to psychological stimuli, ...

New technique shows promise in preventing recurrent stroke

Research from Cedars-Sinai leads to planning for a multicenter national studyCredit: Cedars-Sinai HD Video Available for Download LOS ANGELES -- ...

Pushing computing to the edge by rethinking microchips’ design

Credit: Hongyang Jia/Princeton University Responding to artificial intelligence's exploding demands on computer networks, Princeton University researchers in recent years have ...

UH geologists search for remains of lost ocean beneath earth’s surface

Team awarded 2.5 million CPU hours on NSF-funded supercomputer to conduct researchCredit: University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and ...

Expanded Frontera supercomputer to support urgent computing

National Science Foundation, Dell Technologies and Intel support extra capacity for emergency responsesCredit: TACC Frontera -- the 9th fastest supercomputer ...

Quantum shuttle to quantum processor made in Germany launched

Credit: Copyright: Jülich Aachen Research Alliance (JARA) The quantum computer race is in full swing. Germany has long been one ...

Paul Alivisatos and Michael Grätzel win the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences

The award has gone in this thirteenth edition to the two scientists who developed new nanomaterials with applications in solar ...

UVA Health’s Dr. Christopher Kramer earns national mentorship award

Credit: UVA Health UVA Health's Christopher Kramer, MD, FACC, will be honored this spring with the American College of Cardiology's ...

Many genes associated with the risk of coronary artery disease act through the liver

Credit: UEF/Raija Törrönen. According to a new study published in The American Journal of Human Genetics, more than one third ...

Using genes to improve greenhouse gases conversion

Credit: UQ AIBN Greenhouse gas waste from factories could be turned into environmentally-friendly chemicals and fuels under an international project ...

Seeing schizophrenia: X-rays shed light on neural differences, point toward treatment

Credit: Ryuta Mizutani Schizophrenia, a chronic, neurological brain disorder, affects millions of people around the world. It causes a fracture ...

Machine learning aids in simulating dynamics of interacting atoms

Automated approach transformative for computational materials scienceCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., February 23, 2021--A revolutionary machine-learning (ML) ...

Transformed by light: Fast photochromism discovered in an inexpensive inorganic material

Copper-doped zinc sulfide changes color reversibly when illuminated and could be used in smart adaptive windows and sunglassesCredit: Ritsumeikan University ...

Targeted delivery of highly toxic anti-cancer drug to brain tumors

UH researcher develops, tests nano-carrier as potential treatment for glioblastomasCredit: University of Houston With a survival rate of only five ...

Study shows new treatment pathway to prevent and treat endometrial cancer recurrence

Credit: Yale Cancer Center In a new study led by Yale Cancer Center, researchers demonstrate sex hormones and insulin growth ...

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