Online racial discrimination or harassment has a negative effect on the academic and emotional well-being of students of color, according to a new study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A groundbreaking discovery by the University of Virginia School of Medicine has challenged a long-held belief in drug development that the drug transporter in blood known as albumin mimics the behavior of human blood in lab models.
Until now, observing subatomic structures was beyond the resolution capabilities of direct imaging methods, and this seemed unlikely to change.
By keeping data fresh, the system could help robots inspect buildings or search disaster zones.
Researchers used machine learning to build faster and more efficient hash functions, which are a key component of databases.
MIT researchers uncover the structural properties and dynamics of deep classifiers, offering novel explanations for optimization, generalization, and approximation in deep networks.
A bone marrow transplant can be a lifesaving treatment for people with relapsed blood cancers, but a potentially lethal complication known as graft-versus-host disease put limitations on this procedure.
A huge flash of radiation from an explosion outside our galaxy that reached Earth on Oct. 9 went into the record books as the BOAT — the brightest of all time.
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have developed a new method for targeting tumors with cancer drugs by exploiting the clotting propensity of blood platelets.
Corporate investments in climate-tech start-ups are a growing but overlooked aspect of energy innovation. According to a new report from Morgan Edwards, a professor at the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and her lead co-author at University of Maryland, these investments should be more fully considered as methods to advance climate technology
MIT chemists show the Australian wildfires widened the ozone hole by 10 percent in 2020.
The early months of the COVID-19 pandemic were marked by far higher death rates among Black people than white people in the United States. Before 2020 ended, however, differences between the two groups had nearly equalized.
A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Czech Academy of Sciences has uncovered a new piece of the puzzle of how gene expression is orchestrated. Published in the journal Science, the findings reveal a novel mechanism that coordinates the assembly of components inside cells that control gene expression. The mechanism not only is essential for normal cell function, but also has been implicated in cancer, neurodegeneration and HIV infection, and could suggest new ways to treat these conditions.
The 2D map of this “disk wind” may reveal clues to galaxy formation.
Wearing an exosuit could help people rehab from an injury or even give them extra oomph if they’re carrying something heavy.
Graphene has very unique properties and could improve many components and devices. A detailed understanding of the physicochemical properties of this 2D material - including the role of structural defects - is essential for its successful use in practice. Scientists at the J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences have found that by combining two different measurement methods, they can determine the role graphene defects play in transitions between electronic states and electrochemical reactions.
In a world still reeling from COVID-19, infectious disease researchers are eager to head off the next pandemic before it has the chance to spill over from animals to humans
Depending on where it’s from, your next steak could come with a side of illegal deforestation.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are developing the means to turn stem cells into a wide range of specific types of spinal cord neurons and cells in the hindbrain — the critical nexus between the spinal cord and the brain — paving the way for improved prevention and treatment of spinal cord disease.
Research findings posted online as preprints — studies made public before undergoing the review and approval of a panel of peer scientists required by most scholarly journals — often hold up quite well to that scrutiny, according to a new report on COVID-19 studies.