#An experimental new method to study disease, including COVID-19

“#An experimental new method to study disease, including COVID-19” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Yale Cancer Center (YCC) scientists have developed a new cell screening method for agents that alter biologic functions. This approach uses thousands of artificial proteins called “traptamers” and may help to answer some research questions that are difficult to address with other…

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#NIST software aids the analysis of instrumented charpy tests

“#NIST software aids the analysis of instrumented charpy tests” A screenshot from NICAS, showing an instrumented force/displacement curve for a fully ductile specimen and its corresponding characteristic force parameters (general yield, maximum force, end of test). Credit: National Institute of Standards and Technology To help labs characterize the toughness of steel, a new software package…

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#Study shows contagions could be catalysts for mass migration

“#Study shows contagions could be catalysts for mass migration” Pandemics and civil unrest often lead to mass migration, both temporarily and permanently. Credit: Pixabay. Could the COVID-19 pandemic spell the end of globalisation and migration? Not according to new epidemic research published in Scientific Reports, by a group of University of Sydney pandemic modelers led…

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#Researchers discover skyrmions can split like biological cells

“#Researchers discover skyrmions can split like biological cells” Skyrmions are a type of quasiparticle with properties that could lead to the next generation of data storage and transfer. Ames Laboratory recently gained great insight into these structures, but scientists are still trying to understand the dynamics of their formation. Ames Laboratory recently discovered a never-before-seen characteristic…

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#How four newborn exoplanets get cooked by their sun

“#How four newborn exoplanets get cooked by their sun” Artist’s impression of the extrasolar planet system around the star V1298 Tau. Credit: AIP/J. Fohlmeister Scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) examined the fate of the young star V1298 Tau and its four orbiting exoplanets. The results show that these recently born planets…

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