[ad_1] Identifying and isolating people who may be contagious with the coronavirus is key to limiting the spread of the disease. But even months into the pandemic, many patients are still waiting days to receive COVID-19 test results. Scientists from UC Berkeley and the Gladstone Institutes have developed a new …
Read More »Research reveals how airflow inside a car can affect the risk of COVID-19 transmission
[ad_1] PROVIDENCE, RI [Brown University] – A new study on airflow patterns inside a car’s passenger compartment offers some suggestions for potentially reducing the risk of transmitting COVID-19 by sharing journeys with others. The study, led by a team of researchers from Brown University, used computer models to simulate the …
Read More »The Manchester team helps fine-tune the “twistronics” of 2D crystals
[ad_1] An international research team led by the University of Manchester has revealed a revolutionary method that could lead to autonomous robotic control and thus to a precise fine adjustment of the “ twist ” between layers of atom-thin 2D materials stacked in a structure. lattice: a pioneering device that …
Read More »Same visual system for all primates
[ad_1] The smallest primate in the world reveals the incredible preservation of our visual system through millions of years of evolution. The gray mouse lemur, the smallest species of primate, has excellent eyesight. More than a fifth of its cerebral cortex is devoted to visual processing to accommodate enough pixel …
Read More »This 3D printer does not overlook the details
[ad_1] Shape, color and brilliance. These are the three most salient visual characteristics of an object. Currently, 3D printers can reproduce shape and color reasonably well. The shine, however, remains a challenge. This is because 3D printing hardware is not designed to handle the different viscosities of paints that give …
Read More »Cryptocurrency miners were a “distraction technique” in APT’s spying campaigns, says Microsoft
[ad_2][ad_1] Written by Joe Warminsky 1 December 2020 | CYBERSCOOP Sometimes a sneaky Monero miner is more than just a sign of a scammer. This summer’s cyber-espionage campaigns in France and Vietnam implemented cryptocurrency mining software on victims’ networks to help divert attention from hacker spying tools, Microsoft says in …
Read More »Faster Earth, closer to the black hole in the new galaxy map
[ad_1] Map of the position and speed of the Milky Way. The arrows show position and velocity data for the 224 objects used to model the Milky Way. The solid black lines show the positions of the spiral arms of the Galaxy. The colors indicate groups of objects belonging to …
Read More »Imaging method reveals a “symphony of cellular activity”
[ad_1] Within a single cell, thousands of molecules, such as proteins, ions and other signaling molecules, work together to carry out all types of functions: to absorb nutrients, storing memories and differentiate into specific tissues, among many others. Deciphering these molecules and all their interactions is a monumental task. Over …
Read More »Alternative gene control mechanism based on the organization of DNA within the nucleus
[ad_1] Fluorescent confocal microscope images of 8 day old Arabidopsis thaliana roots. Purple color shows cell walls and green color shows CRWN1-3 in immature leaf (top, cotyledon epidermis), mature root area (middle, differential), and actively growing root ends (bottom, meristematic zone) . © Yuki Sakamoto, CC BY Researchers from the …
Read More »Researchers peer inside the deadly pathogen’s anti-theft kit
[ad_1] DURHAM, NC – The bacterium that causes tularemia, the tick-borne disease, is a lean and mean infecting machine. It carries a relatively small genome and a unique set of infectious tools, including a collection of chromosomal genes called the “island of pathogenicity”. A team of researchers from Duke University, …
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