Periodontitis affects nearly half of Americans ages 30 and older, and in its advanced stages, it could lead to early tooth loss or worse. Recent studies have shown that periodontitis could also increase risk of heart disease ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 21, 2019
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Researchers from the National Graphene Institute at the University of Manchester and the University of Pennsylvania have identified ultra-fast gas flows through the tiniest holes in one-atom-thin membranes, in a study published ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 18, 2020
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Harvesting sunlight to make energy is a complex reaction that plants do naturally, but isn't well understood.
Biochemistry
Apr 10, 2020
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Air conditioning and other space cooling methods account for about 10% of all electricity consumption in the U.S., according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Applied Materials ...
Materials Science
Jul 29, 2020
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Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan (USask) and St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon used the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at USask to help improve health outcomes for patients on dialysis.
Materials Science
Jan 18, 2022
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It's a process so fundamental to everyday life—in everything from your morning coffeemaker to the huge power plant that provides its electricity—that it's often taken for granted: the way a liquid boils away from a hot ...
General Physics
Jun 11, 2019
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Gram-negative bacteria are the bane of health care workers' existence.
Molecular & Computational biology
May 11, 2021
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have discovered that carbon nanotube membrane pores could enable ultra-rapid dialysis processes that would greatly reduce treatment time for hemodialysis patients.
Bio & Medicine
Jan 8, 2021
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The humble membranes that enclose our cells have a surprising superpower: They can push away nano-sized molecules that happen to approach them. A team including scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 23, 2024
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A peptide renders older antibiotics effective again at doses 100 times lower than the common dosage, as shown by research from Örebro University.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 22, 2020
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