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Share One of the more vexing qualities of the COVID-19 virus is that a person infected with it can be contagious for days before they begin to show symptoms. Because of this, the individual might feel perfectly well as they go to the grocery store, or to a playground with their children, or to a friend’s house, even as they shed infectious viral particles. Because so many COVID-19 infections occur when an asymptomatic person exposes others to the virus, public-health experts have sought to be...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Army-funded research sends entangled qubit states through a communication cable linking one quantum network node to a second node. This research could help lay new groundwork for future quantum communication... view more  Credit: Nancy Wong, University of Chicago RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- New Army-funded research could help lay the groundwork for future quantum communication networks and large-scale quantum computers. Researchers sent entangled qubit states throug...

 E-Mail Bone is not just a fixed material - its a dynamic set of structures that can adapt their mass and strength based on the loads they must support. Developing that sort of adaptive material has long been the dream of scientists. Now for the first time, scientists at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) at the University of Chicago have developed a gel material that strengthens when exposed to vibration. Not only were scientists able to make the material 66 times stronger t...

 E-Mail Hydrogen is an incredibly powerful fuel, and the ingredients are everywhere--in plain old water. Researchers would love to be able to use it widely as a clean and sustainable energy source. One catch, however, is that a considerable amount of energy is required to split water and make hydrogen. Thus scientists have been working on fabricating materials for photoelectrodes that can use solar energy to split water, creating a "solar fuel" that can be stored for later use. Scientists with...

Red blood cells carrying specific antigen proteins on the cell surface can promote immune tolerance, a study in an MS mouse model found.

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 E-Mail In the treatment of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, antiviral drug remdesivir has emerged as a promising candidate. Remdesivir works by disrupting the viruss ability to replicate, but its exact mechanism has remained a mystery. Using advanced computational simulations, researchers at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) at the University of Chicago have revealed just how the drug works at the molecular level. They also found that two drugs that work in a simi...

Landmark Gift to UChicago is Nations Largest Ever for the Study of Social Work, Policy, and Practice Commitment will address social problems through research, advanced training and direct community engagement News provided by Share this article Share this article CHICAGO, Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A new commitment to the University of Chicago from James and Paula Crown and their family will support the School of Social Service Administration, which will be renamed the Crown Family School o...

Research delivers improved stretchable electronics A new sensor design, from the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) at the University of Chicago, looks to address the key problem associated with stretchable electronics, in that changes in shape can affect the data produced and means that sensors cannot collect and process signals accurately. The human body can send out a host of signals - chemicals, electrical pulses, mechanical shifts - that can provide a we...