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Determining Effective Magnetic Moment of Multicore Nanoparticles

WASHINGTON, June 16, 2020 — Magnetic nanoparticles, a class of nanoparticles that can be manipulated by magnetic fields, have a wide range of technical and biomedical applications, […]

Predicting Cancer Behavior Requires Better Understanding of Tumor Cells

WASHINGTON, June 9, 2020 — Our ability to predict who will get cancer, how a patient will respond to treatment, or if a patient will relapse is […]

Survival of Coronavirus in Different Cities, on Different Surfaces

WASHINGTON, June 9, 2020 — One of the many questions researchers have about COVID-19 is how long the coronavirus causing the disease remains alive after someone infected […]

Paper-Based Device Provides Low-Power, Long-Term Method for Analyzing Sweat

WASHINGTON, June 9, 2020 — Human sweat contains several biomolecules the research community is exploring for noninvasive medical testing. Analyzing sweat for research, however, is often expensive, […]

Biohybrid Model Uses Organic Lungs, Synthetic Muscles to Re-Create Respiration Mechanics

WASHINGTON, June 9, 2020 — Benchtop tools for studying the respiratory system misrepresent the interdependence between the diaphragm, abdomen and lungs. Meanwhile, computational models often hide the […]

Targeting SARS-CoV-2 Enzyme with Inhibitors

WASHINGTON, June 9, 2020 — As the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 continues to spread around the world, many researchers are studying epidemiological models to […]

Finding Balance Between Green Energy Storage, Harvesting

WASHINGTON, June 2, 2020 — Generating power through wind or solar energy is dependent on the abundance of the right weather conditions, making finding the optimal strategy […]

Promising New Method for Producing Tiny Liquid Capsules

WASHINGTON, June 2, 2020 — Microcapsules for the storage and delivery of substances are tiny versions of the type of capsule used for fish oil or other […]

Artificial Tissue Used to Research Uterine Contractions

WASHINGTON, June 2, 2020 — Advanced tissue engineering technologies allow scientists to mimic the structure of a uterus, enabling crucial research on fertility and disease. In an […]