[ad_1] IMAGE: Researcher Hong-Jun Cho is the first author of the study. View More Credit: Photo courtesy of Hong-Jun Cho CHAMPAIGN, Illinois – A proof-of-concept study conducted in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease offers new evidence that copper isotopes can be used to detect beta-amyloid protein deposits that form …
Read More »Explore mixed materials along compositional gradients
[ad_1] IMAGE: Kristof Toth, PhD student at Yale University (pictured above) with the electrospray deposition instrument which he designed, built and validated in collaboration with staff scientist Gregory Doerk of Brookhaven Lab’s Center for … view More Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY – Blending is a powerful strategy for …
Read More »Monitoring and fighting fires on land and beyond
[ad_1] Mechanical engineer Michael Gollner and his graduate student, Sriram Bharath Hariharan, of the University of California, Berkeley, recently visited NASA’s John H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. There, they dropped burning objects into a deep pit and studied how fire vortices form in microgravity conditions. The Glenn Center …
Read More »Using the strain to control the properties of the oxynitride
[ad_1] IMAGE: Researchers have found a way to create and control the direction and periodicity of the oxygen-free layers in oxynitride crystals at temperatures up to 600 ° C. View More Credit: Mindy Takamiya / iCeMS of Kyoto University Japanese scientists have come across a simple method to control the …
Read More »Algae give life to 3D engineered fabrics
[ad_1] IMAGE: This image shows a bioprinted lobule containing algae, where densely encapsulated cells are visible. The left is an optical micrograph, while the right shows an autofluorescent micrograph. View More Credit: The Zhang Lab – Engineering Lab 3D bioprinted algae can be harnessed as a sustainable source of oxygen …
Read More »In a pandemic, migration from densely populated cities is more effective than closing borders
[ad_1] IMAGE: The evolution of infection in people as a function of the asymmetry in population distribution shows that when the boundary from high-density to low-density areas is closed, the total spread of the disease … More Credit: Image courtesy of Massimiliano Zanin WASHINGTON, November 17, 2020 – Pandemics are …
Read More »December special issue of SLAS Discovery presents “ drug discovery targeting COVID-19 ”
[ad_1] Oak Brook, IL – The December edition of Discovery SLAS, “Drug Discovery Targeting COVID-19” is a special collection assembled by associate editor Timothy Spicer (Scripps, FL, USA), focusing on drug discovery efforts towards the current global COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. In this special issue you …
Read More »The study reveals how to improve natural gas production in shale
[ad_1] IMAGE: A Los Alamos study reveals how production pressures can be optimized to efficiently recover natural gas. View More Credit: stock image LOS ALAMOS, NM, November 12, 2020 – A new hydrocarbon study contradicts conventional wisdom about how methane is trapped in rock, revealing a new strategy to more …
Read More »The advanced atomic clock makes a better dark matter detector
[ad_1] IMAGE: Cartoon depicting a watch looking for a view of dark matter More Credit: Hanacek / NIST JILA researchers used a state-of-the-art atomic clock to narrow the search for elusive dark matter, an example of how continuous improvements in watches have value beyond timekeeping. Older atomic clocks operating at …
Read More »Modeling of microswimmers for drug delivery
[ad_1] Many types of motile cells, such as bacteria in our guts and sperms in the female reproductive tract, need to push themselves through tight spaces filled with viscous fluid. In recent years, the movement of these “micro swimmers” has been mimicked in the design of micro- and nanoscale self-propelled …
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