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UrduH2O2 is an important commodity chemical and potential energy carrier, and is widely used for various environmental, medical and household applications. At present, about 99% H2O2 is produced from energy-intensive anthraquinone oxidation process. Its centralized production in this way produces…
Molecule-plasmon coupling strength tunes surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectral lineshapes
Plasmon-enhanced molecular spectroscopies have attracted tremendous attention as powerful detection tools with ultrahigh sensitivity down to the single-molecule level. The optical response of molecules in the vicinity of nanostructures with plasmon resonance would be dramatically enhanced through interactions with plasmons.…
Large shift of the Pacific Walker Circulation across the Cenozoic
Fluctuations in the Pacific Walker circulation (PWC), a zonally-oriented overturning cell across the tropical Pacific, can cause widespread climatic and biogeochemical perturbations. It remains unknown how the PWC developed during the Cenozoic era, with its substantial changes in greenhouse gases…
Intent defined optical network for intelligent operation and maintenance
The automatic operation and maintenance of optical network is important for ensuring information communication and network operation. The growing variety of services has forced operation and maintenance personnel to face tremendous operational pressure. A recent study has constructed a control…
Hierarchical self-assembly of atomically precise nanoclusters
Metal nanoclusters have been served as an emerging class of modular nanomaterials owing to their atomically precise structures, fascinating properties, and potential applications. The subject of cluster-based supramolecular assembly represents one of the most dynamic areas and has emerged recently…
Construction of hollow nanoreactors for enhanced photo-oxidations
Oxidation of primary alcohols to carboxylic acids is of importance in both organic chemistry and chemical industry because the oxidation products can be used to prepare various pharmaceuticals and useful chemicals. Photocatalytic oxidation process has been considered as a sustainable…
4D electric circuit network with topology
In recent years, topology has emerged as an important tool to classify and characterize properties of materials. It has been found that many materials exhibit a number of unusual topological properties, which are unaffected by deformations, e.g., stretching, compressing, or…
New biomarker could flag tumors that are sensitive to common diabetes drug
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (May 19, 2020) — A newly identified biomarker could help scientists pinpoint which cancers are vulnerable to treatment with biguanides, a common class of medications used to control blood sugar in Type 2 diabetes. Biguanides, particularly a…
Advanced X-ray technology tells us more about Ménière’s disease
The organ of balance in the inner ear is surrounded by the hardest bone in the body. Using synchrotron X-rays, researchers at Uppsala University have discovered a drainage system that may be assumed to play a major role in the…
Radio: The medium that is best dealing with the COVID-19 crisis
During lockdown, the Media Psychology Lab, directed by Emma Rodero, a lecturer with the Department of Communication, has conducted a study on the listening habits, consumption, credibility and psychological impact of radio in the COVID-19 crisis
COVID-19 crisis causes 17% drop in global carbon emissions
The COVID-19 global lockdown has had an “extreme” effect on daily carbon emissions, but it is unlikely to last – according to a new analysis by an international team of scientists. The study published in the journal Nature Climate Change…
Algorithmic autos
UD research on connected and automated vehicles yields promising results
Emerging viral diseases causing serious issues in west Africa
Viruses causing illnesses, including adverse birth outcomes and death
UC Davis receives $6.7 million for renewal of Mutant Mouse Resource & Research Center
It is well understood in biomedical research community that mice are a preferred mammalian disease model because of their high genetic homology with humans, rapid reproduction, efficient housing and husbandry, easily characterized phenotypes, and well developed resources and tools for…
Field courses boost student success, support STEM diversity efforts, study reveals
Hands-on field learning key to retention, success of underrepresented biology students
Data science researchers receive over $1 million in grants
Seed funding from UC Davis IMPACT center will go toward high-impact, multidisciplinary research
Study finds some reductions in community antibiotic resistant infections and dispensing
A study by academics at the University of Bristol has found reductions in overall and individual antibiotic dispensing between 2013 and 2016 after evaluating, for the first time, national primary care prescribing policy on community antibiotic resistant infection. The researchers…
New rare disease with own facial features, cardiac defects and developmental delay
TRAF7 syndrom: the firts forty-five patients
Nationwide survey about the corona pandemic
Researchers from the University of Freiburg, Stuttgart and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München conducted an online survey of more than 7,800 people in Germany from May 7-17, 2020 about their experiences and attitudes in the corona pandemic. The results are now being…
Sustainable palm oil? How environmental protection and poverty reduction can be reconciled
Scientists at the University of Göttingen analyse data on ecological, social and economic effects
Continuously tracking fear response could improve mental health treatment
UH researcher develops method to track arousal from sweat, heart rate together
DIY solution to reagent bottleneck in COVID-19 testing could also enhance future tests
Researchers in Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick have developed a way to create more crucial reagents for use in COVID-19 tests that could also provide enhancements to the use of, and production of, future tests
NIFA funds research and extension experiences for undergraduates in Tennessee
Students beginning new internship program this summer
Cooperation can be contagious particularly when people see the benefit for others
AUSTIN, Texas — Seeing someone do something good for someone else motivates witnesses to perform their own helpful acts, an insight that could help drive cooperative behavior in communities navigating through the health crisis. In a new study, psychology researchers…
Animal study shows human brain cells repair damage in multiple sclerosis
A new study shows that when specific human brain cells are transplanted into animal models of multiple sclerosis and other white matter diseases, the cells repair damage and restore function. The study provides one of the final pieces of scientific…
UMD researchers tap CRISPR technology to connect biology, electronics
In an effort to create first-of-kind microelectronic devices that connect with biological systems, University of Maryland (UMD) researchers are utilizing CRISPR technology in a novel way to electronically turn “on” and “off” several genes simultaneously. Their technique, published in Nature…
Uncovering Alzheimer’s disease
MU researchers examine impact of menopause on cognitive function
But it’s a dry heat: Climate change and the aridification of North America
Discussions of drought often center on the lack of precipitation. But among climate scientists, the focus is shifting to include the growing role that warming temperatures are playing as potent drivers of greater aridity and drought intensification. Increasing aridity is…
Rapid screening method targets fatty acids in yeast; Key to sustainable bioproducts
CABBI researchers at Illinois have developed a high-throughput screening tool, a chemical characterization approach based on MALDI-ToF MS
London’s CO2 emissions cut by almost 60% during lockdown
Measurements from BT Tower observatory show impact of reduced activity in UK’s capital due to COVID-19 pandemic
What if we could design powerful drugs without unwanted side effects?
Stanford researchers used computer simulations to pave the way for the discovery of safer, more effective medicines
Prellis Bio’s Externalized Human Immune System™ rapidly generates 300 SARS-CoV2 antibodies
Company pursues treatment and preventative therapies for COVID-19
Researchers urge clinical trial of blood pressure drug to prevent complication of Covid-19
Inexpensive, FDA-approved alpha blocker might reduce risk of hyperinflammation of the lungs
Is your job killing you? Stress, lack of autonomy, ability can lead to depression, death
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — As millions continue working from home during the pandemic or are required to report to jobs as essential employees, many have raised questions about how these work conditions impact our health — and not just as they…
Scientists use light to accelerate supercurrents, access forbidden light, quantum world
AMES, Iowa – Scientists are using light waves to accelerate supercurrents and access the unique properties of the quantum world, including forbidden light emissions that one day could be applied to high-speed, quantum computers, communications and other technologies. The scientists…
New artificial intelligence model to bridge biology and chemistry
Generative biology meets generative chemistry: Bidirectional conditional autoencoder to generate novel molecular structures for the desired transcriptional response
An open-access tool to accelerate drug discovery
Barcelona, 19 May 2020.- Knowledge of how a molecule interacts with the organism is crucial in order to consider its therapeutic potential. Headed by ICREA researcher Patrick Aloy, the Structural Bioinformatics and Network Biology (SBNS) lab at IRB Barcelona has…
Walking or cycling to work associated with reduced risk of early death and illness
People who walk, cycle and travel by train to work are at reduced risk of early death or illness compared with those who commute by car. These are the findings of a study of over 300,000 commuters in England and…
Game-changing technologies can transform our food systems
A pipeline of new technologies could transform our food systems, ecosystems and human health, but attention to the enabling environment is needed to realize their potential
Seven at one pulse
New material acts as an efficient frequency multiplier
Ecosystem diversity drives the origin of new shark and ray species
How oceanographic conditions in the Gulf of California and the Baja California Peninsula influenced formation of new species of sharks and rays
Research shows that the combined production of fish and vegetables can be profitable
When it comes to future food production, the combined farming of fish and vegetables through aquaponics is currently a hotly debated topic. But how realistic is the idea? Publicly available data and analysis on the economic feasibility of professional aquaponics…
Genetic tradeoffs do not stop evolution of antibiotic resistance
New findings suggest bacteria are able to overcome challenging evolutionary compromises at different antibiotic concentrations to develop drug resistance
Computer model can process disparate sources of clinical data to predict brain age
Scientists have developed a computer model that can accurately predict brain age and could be used to combine different types of brain function tests to predict patient outcomes such as cognitive decline or depression
Electrons break rotational symmetry in exotic low-temp superconductor
Scientists previously observed this peculiar behavior in other materials whose ability to conduct electricity without energy loss cannot be explained by standard theoretical frameworks
Landmark recommendations on development of artificial intelligence and the future of global health
May 19, 2020 – A landmark review of the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the future of global health published in The Lancet calls on the global health community to establish guidelines for development and deployment of new technologies…
Why pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is so lethal
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is a deadly cancer, killing patients within a year. CSHL Professor Christopher Vakoc and his former postdoc Timothy Somerville discovered how pancreatic cells lose their identity, acquire a deadly new identity, and recruit nearby cells to…
COVID-19 tests compared
COLD SPRING HARBOR, NEW YORK — In an important, comprehensive, and timely review, an expert team from the University of California Berkeley details the methodologies used in nucleic acid-based tests for detecting the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes…
Exposure to ultrafine aerosol particles in homes depends primarily on people themselves
First long-term study on particulate matter from 10 nano- to 10 micrometers in apartments in Germany
Hunting for the next generation of conservation stewards
LSU’s wildlife management program offers students a unique educational experience