Bringing 400-million-year-old fossilized armored worms to ‘virtual’ life
An international team of scientists from the United States and Australia, led by Sarah Jacquet at the University of Missouri, ...
Month: November 2021
UTEP, El Paso electric launch partnership for energy research, education
EL PASO, Texas (Nov. 30, 2021) – UTEP President Heather Wilson and El Paso Electric President and CEO Kelly A. ...
Researchers, practitioners and community members call for greater inclusion in ecosystem restoration
Restoration efforts hold unique potential for improving environmental outcomes and human wellbeing. They are the focus of the recently launched ...
Insilico Medicine initiates first-in-human study of AI-discovered drug
New York and Hong Kong, Nov. 30, 2021 (4:00PM EST New York, 1PM California) – Insilico Medicine, an end-to-end artificial ...
UCI-led study confirms linkage between altered DNA repair and DNA damage in neurodegenerative conditions causing debilitating movement disorders
Irvine, Calif., Nov. 30, 2021 — A new study led by University of California, Irvine researchers has confirmed a link ...
Shrinking qubits for quantum computing with atom-thin materials
For quantum computers to surpass their classical counterparts in speed and capacity, their qubits—which are superconducting circuits that can exist ...
Flu virus shells could improve delivery of mRNA into cells
Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new and potentially more effective way to deliver messenger ...
Planetary scientists discover brief presence of water in Arabia Terra on Mars
As part of a team of collaborators from Northern Arizona University and Johns Hopkins University, NAU PhD candidate Ari Koeppel ...
Summer rains in American Southwest are not your typical monsoon
The months-long rainy season, or monsoon, that drenches northwestern Mexico each summer, reaching into Arizona and New Mexico and often ...
High-speed holography of cells spots physical beacons of disease
DURHAM, N.C. – Biomedical engineers at Duke University have engineered a holographic system capable of imaging and analyzing tens of ...
Stuttering starts at speech initiation, not due to impaired motor skills #ASA181
SEATTLE, November 30, 2021 -- About one in 20 people go through a period of stuttering during childhood. Until the ...
Major disparities in use of preferred HIV medication may result in worse outcomes for women
A new study uncovered large and persistent disparities by sex and age in the uptake of a preferred HIV medication ...
Complications in pregnancy and birth increase with COVID-19 infection
Pregnant women with COVID-19 are more likely to have complications with pregnancy and birth compared to those without, according to ...
Warm-water habitat ‘pays the bills,’ allowing cold-water fish to fuel up
CORVALLIS, Ore. – New Oregon State University research shows that warm-water habitats can be critically important for the survival of ...
New PET imaging-based tool detects liver inflammation from fatty liver disease
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A UC Davis Health team has developed a first-of-its-kind positron emission tomography (PET) scan imaging-based tool to ...
Echolocation builds prediction models of prey movement
SEATTLE, November 30, 2021 -- Bats are not only using their acoustical abilities to find a meal -- they are ...
Discovery of a Stem-like T cell in type 1 diabetes holds potential for improving cancer immunotherapy, Sloan Kettering Institute scientists say
To an immunologist, autoimmune diseases like Type 1 diabetes are the polar opposite of cancer. In the former, the immune ...
Cholesterol metabolism in macrophages: New results offer insight into lung cancer
Significant changes in lipid metabolism are known to occur in cells associated with non-small-cell lung carcinoma – the most common ...
Synthetic tissue can repair hearts, muscles, and vocal cords
Combining knowledge of chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering, scientists from McGill University develop a biomaterial tough enough to repair the ...
Elsevier and ISES announce Coldbox Store as this year’s Renewable Transformation Challenge prize winner
London, November 30, 2021 – Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, and the International Solar Energy ...
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Small NIH study reveals how immune response triggered by COVID-19 may damage the brain
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Scientists discover cancer trigger that could spur targeted drug therapies
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Researchers uncover life’s power generators in the Earth’s oldest groundwaters
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COVID-19 fattens up our body’s cells to fuel its viral takeover
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Study shows convalescent plasma doesn’t benefit severely ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19
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Do early therapies help very young children with or at high likelihood for autism?