For The Better

A comprehensive new study quantifies what can be done to make buildings more energy efficient and flexible in granular detail by both time (including time of day and year) and space (looking at regions across the U.S.). The research team found that max…

Engineers developed technology to use nanoparticles to heat, manipulate cells in the brain and heart.

Scientists have developed a tool that is able to differentiate the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse from its non-endangered doppelgänger with up to 99% accuracy.

The importance of aryl sulfides in biologically active compounds has led chemists to develop methods to synthesize them from carbon-sulfur bond forming reactions. The conventional reaction, however, uses thiols that are foul-smelling and toxic. Now, ch…

In a new study, scientists show that the two-dose vaccination regimen of mRNA vaccines provides 88 percent protection against non-variant virus, 86 percent against the Alpha variant, and 77 percent against the Beta variant.

A major challenge in cancer therapy is the adaptive response of cancer cells to targeted therapies. Although this adaptive response is theoretically reversible, such a reversal is hampered by numerous molecular mechanisms that allow the cancer cells to…

A so-called ‘strange metal’, well-known for its unusual properties, has been shown to be a superconductor at very low temperatures. This allows scientists to study the connection between ‘strange metal’-behavior and superconductivity, which could be an…

A high proportion of staff working in intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic have experienced mental health conditions, according to a new study.

Researchers have investigated the SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.617 in detail. In cell culture studies, they found that this variant can infect certain lung and intestinal cell lines more efficiently than the original virus. The researchers also demonstrated …