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UrduThe first 2020 papers of the open-access, peer-reviewed international journal Plant Sociology are now available on the journal’s new, user-friendly and visually appealing website
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Long spaceflights affect astronaut brain volume
OAK BROOK, Ill. – Extended periods in space have long been known to cause vision problems in astronauts. Now a new study in the journal Radiology suggests that the impact of long-duration space travel is more far-reaching, potentially causing brain…
Hierarchically mesoporous TiO2 materials for energy and environmental applications
Since the first discovery of photocatalytic water splitting on a TiO2 electrode under ultraviolet (UV) light, TiO2 materials have been widely investigated over the past few decades due to their unique properties such as nontoxicity, abundance, easy availability, and stability.…
Electrospun manuka honey nanofibrous wound dressings
As instances of antibiotic resistance increase in the medical field, scientists are reexamining natural materials for their potential use in medicine. Honey has been used for thousands of years, from the time of Pharaohs for their effectiveness in treating wounds…
Novel 3D imaging technology makes fluorescence microscopy more efficient
HKU Biomedical Engineering develops novel 3D imaging technology to make fluorescence microscopy more efficient and push the boundaries of living cells research
Novel high-speed microscope captures brain neuroactivities
HKU biomedical engineers achieve significant breakthrough in neuroimaging with novel high-speed microscope to capture brain neuroactivities
Common disease prevention and cancer screening would benefit from genomic risk assessment
Many of the most common causes of death are due to diseases whose onset could be significantly slowed down or whose prognosis could be improved by identifying with increasing accuracy individuals at high risk. In the current system, a considerable…
‘Directing’ evolution to identify potential drugs earlier in discovery
Scientists have developed a technique that could significantly reduce the time of discovering potential new antibody-based drugs to treat disease. Antibodies are produced by the body in response to the presence of a disease-causing agent. They can also be synthesised…
Student led efforts can help make college campuses ‘safe and stigma free’ zones
Increasing evidence supports an association between participation in peer-to-peer led events and decreases in prejudice and discrimination around mental health
Barcelona-based synthetic biology company secures two-million-euro investment
Luis Serrano and Maria Lluch of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have founded Pulmobiotics S.L., a pre-clinical life sciences company using synthetic biology to develop new treatments and vaccines for various types of lung diseases. The company…
Supercomputing future wind power rise
TACC’s Jetstream, Wrangler and DOE NERSC Cori simulate promise
New CUNY partnership launches public health innovation accelerator
Public health innovation accelerator will address challenges related to the coronavirus pandemic
Fossil record analysis hints at evolutionary origins of insects’ structural colors
Analysis of 13,000-year-old fossils suggest photonic nanostructures in insects, which create colorful iridescent colors, may have originated as a means of camouflage
Soybean Innovation Lab provides knowledge that assists soybean production in Africa
URBANA, Ill. ¬- Soybean production in Africa and other developing regions has the potential to alleviate hunger and boost local economies. But the transition from traditional crops such as cowpea or cassava to a major commercial crop such as soybean…
Public policies that target crime reduction around parks can directly benefit communities
URBANA, Ill. – Public parks can be valuable assets for communities, but crime in the area can “lock up” that amenity value. Crime directly affects the use that people get from their local parks. If crime is reduced, the environmental…
Study reveals unique physical, chemical properties of cicada wings
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Biological structures sometimes have unique features that engineers would like to copy. For example, many types of insect wings shed water, kill microbes, reflect light in unusual ways and are self-cleaning. While researchers have dissected the physical…
Discovery offers new avenue for next-generation data storage
Researchers report a compound capable of achieving skyrmion state at room temperature under pressure
Your nose may know more when it comes to COVID-19
UC expert says loss of smell could be an early indicator of infection
Territorial short food supply chains foster food democracy and sustainability
In recent decades, alternative food supply movements have arisen. These are based on greater society involvement in coordinating and making decisions regarding food. These short food supply chains translate into producer markets, food co-ops and consumer groups in which a…
Turning cold tumors hot: Drug delivery system makes immunotherapy more effective
Immunotherapy, which unleashes the power of the body’s own immune system to find and destroy cancer cells, has shown promise in treating several types of cancer. But the disease is notorious for cloaking itself from the immune system, and tumors…
In wake of COVID-19 pandemic, a crashing wave of neuropsychiatric problems?
Past pandemics suggest some of those exposed to novel coronavirus could face heightened risk for a range of brain diseases and disorders, from depression and psychosis to immune complications of the central nervous system
How cells recognize uninvited guests
Researchers at the University of Bonn decode the function of the long-neglected immune sensor TLR8
Chemist developing 3D simulations of coronavirus spike proteins
Research will show how the virus binds to human cell receptors and will aid the development of vaccines and therapeutics
Research into a new high-precision radiology system for the coronavirus
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) is participating in a research project together with the Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (HGUGM), the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos and the company Sedecal Molecular Imaging (SMI), project coordinator, to develop a…
Boson particles discovery provides insights for quantum computing
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Researchers working on a U.S. Army project discovered a key insight for the development of quantum devices and quantum computers. Scientists found that a class of particles known as bosons can behave as an opposite…
Turned-down temperatures boost crops’ penchant for production
URBANA, Ill. – Drought and heat put stress on plants and reduce grain yield. For some farmers, irrigation is the answer. Many of us assume the practice boosts crop yields by delivering soil water, but it turns out irrigation’s cooling…
Engineering and health team up to design and produce face shields
Developed and launched production of shields for professionals responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
Experience matters for immune cells
Discovery of T cell response spectrum could help understand immune diseases and reveal drug targets
Wake Forest Baptist, Oracle, Javara launch community-based COVID-19 study
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – April 14, 2020 – In an effort to better fight COVID-19 in multiple regions of the country, Wake Forest Baptist Health has joined forces with Javara Inc. – a leading integrated clinical research organization headquartered in Winston-Salem…
Being right-brained or left-brained comes down to molecular switches
Findings may explain why Parkinson’s disease and other neurological disorders impact one side of the body before the other
Big variability in blood pressure readings between anatomical sites
UTSW study led by nurses shows differences of up to 40 points between readings taken on different sides and parts of the body
US coronavirus measures are justified, University of Wyoming economists find
Aggressive social distancing policies being used to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 are hammering the U.S. economy, but an analysis by University of Wyoming researchers suggests that these measures are economically justified. The potential benefits of social…
Infectious disease model shows impact of COVID-19 mitigation efforts in Virginia
University of Virginia modeling suggests social distancing efforts have slowed the spread of the virus in the Commonwealth.
Penn Med’s Mahoney Institute announces recipient of Rising Star Award
University of California, Berkeley’s Michael Yartsev honored for brain science research
Miller School researchers alert otolaryngologists about high COVID-19 transmission risk
A harsh reality has emerged as COVID-19 has spread around the globe. Several thousand doctors, nurses and others caring for COVID-19 patients are dying from the virus. To alert providers in otolaryngology, one of the hardest-hit medical specialties, about the…
UMass Amherst scientists prepare sterile solution for COVID-19 tests
Critical shortage of viral transport media has hampered diagnostic testing during pandemic
Transposable elements play an important role in genetic expression and evolution
Until recently, little was known about how transposable elements contribute to gene regulation. These are little pieces of DNA that can replicate themselves and spread out in the genome. Although they make up nearly half of the human genome, these…
Physically active older veterans fall more, but hurt themselves less
ANN ARBOR–Active older veterans fall more often than their more sedentary peers who never served in the armed forces, but they’re less likely to injure themselves when they do, says a University of Michigan researcher. A new study by Geoffrey…
Automated ‘pipeline’ improves access to advanced microscopy data
ANN ARBOR–A new data-processing approach created by scientists at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute offers a simpler, faster path to data generated by cryo-electron microscopy instruments, removing a barrier to wider adoption of this powerful technique. Cryo-EM enables…
Economic growth is incompatible with biodiversity conservation
The increase in resource consumption and polluting emissions as a result of economic growth is not compatible with biodiversity conservation. However, most international policies on biodiversity and sustainability advocate economic growth. These are the main conclusions of the study ‘Biodiversity…
Asian universities close gap on US schools in world rankings by increasing STEM funding
Despite gains, the imbalance between STEM and humanities, and lack of innovation, set ceiling on growth for Asian universities
Mouse study shows how advancing glioma cells scramble brain function, blood flow
Findings provide new insight into the link between seizures and tumor progression; can help develop improved diagnostics and treatments for deadly form of brain cancer
LSU Health New Orleans research shows how stress remodels the brain
New Orleans, LA — Research led by Si-Qiong June Liu, MD, PhD, Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, has shown how stress changes the structure of the brain and reveals a potential…
Self-isolation or keep calm and carry on — the plant cell’s dilemma
Self-isolation in the face of a marauding pathogen may save lives but it comes at the expense of life-sustaining essentials such as transport, communication and connectivity. This leaves decision makers with a dreadful dilemma as they judge when it’s time…
Jan Esper receives ERC Advanced Grant to improve climate reconstructions from tree rings
EU funding for the collection of a new tree ring network covering the Northern Hemisphere and the development of tree ring growth and density models
Insilico collaborates with Boehringer Ingelheim on AI system for target discovery
Insilico enters into a research collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim to apply novel generative artificial intelligence system for discovery of potential therapeutic targets
Human immunomics initiative will decode immune system, speed new vaccines
Harvard Chan School-Human Vaccines Project collaboration will use artificial intelligence and causal inference to accelerate drug and vaccine development
Tandem solar cell world record: New branch in the NREL chart
Tandem cells combine two different semiconductors that convert different parts of the light spectrum into electrical energy. Metal-halide perovskite compounds mainly use the visible parts of the spectrum, while CIGS semiconductors convert rather the infrared light. CIGS cells, which consist…
Particle billiards with three players
Frankfurt researchers solve puzzle of Compton scattering — new approach for testing theories in quantum mechanics
Scientists provide new insight on how bacteria share drug resistance genes
New findings on how bacteria exchange genes that provide resistance to drugs could inform strategies to control the spread of antibiotic resistance