Evaluating the effectiveness of travel bans

A new study sheds light on how COVID-19 spreads regionally and between countries, as well as…

Drug discovery: First rational strategy to find molecular glue degraders

Targeted protein degradation (TPD) represents a novel paradigm in drug discovery that could lead to more…

Asteroid 2020 PA flew past Earth at 0.15 LD

A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2020 PA flew past Earth at a distance of 0.15 LD /…

Novel magnetic stirrer speaks to lab equipment

A small device, called ‘Smart Stirrer’, performed a function of a conventional laboratory stir bar, has…

Promises found to reduce cheating in large study of adolescents

New research has found that adolescents who promised to be truthful were less likely to ‘cheat’…

How a gooey slime helps bacteria survive

Researchers found that the bacterium C. perfringens modulates the structure of its biofilm at different temperatures…

Blackjack: Can a quantum strategy help bring down the house?

Now researchers have shown that the weird, quantum effects of entanglement could theoretically give blackjack players…

Exploring the sustainability of the Indian sugar industry

Researchers analyzed the interconnected food, water and energy challenges that arise from the sugar industry in…

Novel approach improves graphene-based supercapacitors

An efficient in situ pathway to generate and attach oxygen functional groups to graphitic electrodes for…

Baby boomers show concerning decline in cognitive functioning

In a reversal of trends, American baby boomers scored lower on a test of cognitive functioning…