346 articles from MONDAY 26.10.2020
Healthcare as a climate solution
- ScienceDaily
- 20/10/26 23:40
Although the link may not be obvious, healthcare and climate change -- two issues that pose major challenges around the world -- are in fact more connected than society may realize. So say researchers, who are increasingly proving this to be true.
Floating gardens: More than just a pretty place
- ScienceDaily
- 20/10/26 23:40
Floating gardens sound so idyllic. Now, a study proves that they are more than just a pretty place. The study demonstrates that such constructed gardens can have a measurable, positive impact on water quality.
Fauci says the US's record-high COVID-19 cases put it in a precarious position: 'No matter how you look at it, it's not good news'
The US hit new daily peaks for COVID-19 cases on Friday and Saturday, with reports of more than 80,000 new cases per...
OSIRIS-REx spacecraft goes for early stow of asteroid sample
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is ready to perform an early stow on Tuesday, Oct. 27, of the large sample it collected last week from the surface of the asteroid Bennu to protect and return as much of the sample as possible.
On-surface synthesis of graphene nanoribbons could advance quantum devices
An international multi-institution team of scientists has synthesized graphene nanoribbons—ultrathin strips of carbon atoms—on a titanium dioxide surface using an atomically precise method that removes a barrier for custom-designed carbon nanostructures required for quantum information sciences.
Floating gardens: More than just a pretty place
Boulder, Colo., U.S.: Floating gardens sound so idyllic. Now, a study proves that they are more than just a pretty place. The study, by researchers at Illinois State University, demonstrates that such constructed gardens can have a measurable, positive impact on water quality.
Researcher proposes sea-level rise global observing system
University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science researcher Shane Elipot proposes a new approach to monitoring global sea-level rise. Using the existing NOAA Global Drifter Program array of roughly 1,200 buoys that drift freely with ocean currents, Elipot suggests adding additional instruments to record their height, or the "level of the sea" they ride on, to collect...
Researchers investigate material properties for longer-lasting, more efficient solar cells
The designers of solar cells know their creations must contend with a wide range of temperatures and all sorts of weather conditions—conditions that can impact their efficiency and useful lifetime.
Common liverwort study has implications for crop manipulation
A new study on genetic pathways in the common liverwort could have future implications for crop manipulation.
Impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal species on heterodera glycines
Introduced to the United States over 60 years ago, soybean cyst nematode (SCN) has spread broadly throughout the Midwest and eastern parts of the country. After penetrating the root tissue, SCN take nutrients away from the soybean plant and reduce plant growth and yield. These nematodes are the leading cause of soybean losses in the United States—in 2014, SCN resulted in the loss of 3.5 million...
Wildlife flock to backyards for food from people
To see wildlife in the Triangle, sometimes you need go no further than your own backyard. A new study helps explain why some animals are sometimes more often found in suburban areas than wild ones: because people are feeding them—sometimes accidentally—and to a lesser degree, providing them with shelter.
DrugCell: New experimental AI platform matches tumor to best drug combo
- ScienceDaily
- 20/10/26 21:49
Researchers use experimental artificial intelligence system called DrugCell to predict the best approach to treating cancer.
Sea-level rise global observing system proposed
- ScienceDaily
- 20/10/26 21:44
A researcher proposes a new approach to monitoring global sea-level rise. Using the existing NOAA Global Drifter Program array of roughly 1,200 buoys that drift freely with ocean currents, he suggests adding additional instruments to record their height, or the 'level of the sea' they ride on, to collect long-term data on the average sea levels across the world's oceans.
New insights into a potential target for autoimmune disease
- ScienceDaily
- 20/10/26 21:44
With insights into a molecular pathway that regulates the activity of Tregs, a type of T cell involved in immunosuppression, new research opens up possibly new avenues for treating inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
New map of the immune landscape in pancreatic cancer could guide immunotherapy
- ScienceDaily
- 20/10/26 21:44
A new analysis highlights the diversity of immune response in pancreatic cancer, and points toward the need for treatments tailored to individual patients.
Material properties for longer-lasting, more efficient solar cells
- ScienceDaily
- 20/10/26 21:44
Researchers are helping to understand the fundamental processes in a material known as perovskites, work that could lead to more efficient solar cells that also do a better job of resisting degradation.
On-surface synthesis of graphene nanoribbons could advance quantum devices
- ScienceDaily
- 20/10/26 21:44
Scientists have synthesized graphene nanoribbons -- ultrathin strips of carbon atoms -- on a titanium dioxide surface using an atomically precise method that removes a barrier for custom-designed carbon nanostructures required for quantum information sciences.
Wildlife flock to backyards for food from people
- ScienceDaily
- 20/10/26 21:44
A new study helps explain why some animals are sometimes more often found in suburban areas than wild ones.
Risk score predicts prognosis of outpatients with COVID-19
- ScienceDaily
- 20/10/26 21:44
A new artificial intelligence-based score considers multiple factors to predict the prognosis of individual patients with COVID-19 seen at urgent care clinics or emergency departments. The tool can be used to rapidly and automatically determine which patients are most likely to develop complications and need to be hospitalized.
COVID-19 heart changes raise death risk; virus may be lead killer of young adults during surges
A new study may help identify which COVID-19 patients with signs of heart injury are at higher risk for death. Doctors looked at 305 hospitalized patients with elevated levels of troponin, a protein released when the heart has been injured. Death rates were 5.2% in patients without troponin in their blood, 18.6% when troponin was high but hearts looked normal, and 31.7% in those with high...
What to expect on Election Day
Just over one week before Election Day, over 60 million Americans have already cast early votes. That dwarfs 2016’s entire early voting total of 47.2 million, and the number is going to keep growing significantly this week.
“This is good news!” wrote Michael McDonald, the University of Florida professor who heads up the US Election Project, which tracks early voting nationally. “There...
Ancient lake contributed to past San Andreas fault ruptures
The San Andreas fault, which runs along the western coast of North America and crosses dense population centers like Los Angeles, California, is one of the most-studied faults in North America because of its significant hazard risk. Based on its roughly 150-year recurrence interval for magnitude 7.5 earthquakes and the fact that it's been over 300 years since that's happened, the southern San...
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Goes for Early Stow of Asteroid Sample
Portal origin URL: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Goes for Early Stow of Asteroid SamplePortal origin nid: 465797Published: Monday, October 26, 2020 - 16:01Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is ready to perform an early stow on Tuesday, Oct. 27, of the large sample it collected last week from the surface of the asteroid Bennu...
The magnetic fields of the jellyfish galaxy JO206
An international team of astronomers has gained new insights into the physical conditions prevailing in the gas tail of so-called jellyfish galaxies. They are particularly interested in the parameters that lead to the formation of new stars in the tail outside the galaxy disk. They analyzed, for example, the strength and orientation of the magnetic fields in the galaxy JO206.