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New material can accelerate evaporation in desalination plants, track hazardous molecules Titanium dioxide nanoparticles decorated by gold absorb about 96% of the solar spectrum and turn it into heat. The material can accelerate the evaporation in desalination plants up to 2.5 times and can track hazardous molecules and compounds. An international research team with representatives from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), ITMO University, and the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of ...

Long-Term Mask Use May Contribute to Advanced Stage Lung Cancer, Study Finds Published: January 29, 2021   A recent study in the journal Cancer Discovery found that inhalation of harmful microbes can contribute to advanced stage lung cancer in adults. Long-term use of face masks may help breed these dangerous pathogens.   Microbiologists agree that frequent mask wearing creates a moist environment in which microbes are allowed to grow and proliferate before entering the lungs. Those foreign m...

Can Fluid-Filled Spaces in the Brain Help Us Predict Who Will Develop Dementia? People with enlarged fluid-filled spaces in the brain around small blood vessels may be more likely to develop dementia than people whose perivascular spaces are smaller, according to a new study published in Neurology®. Perivascular spaces are involved in clearing waste and toxins from the brain and may play a role in the brain changes associated with aging. The study, led by Dr Matt Paradise at UNSW Sydney’s C...

An international research collaboration, involving scientists from the UK, US and Spain, has shed new light on the usefulness of digital contact tracing (DCT) to control the spread of Covid-19.

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is on the rise, finds study A new study has found a brain pressure disorder called idiopathic intracranial hypertension is on the rise, and the increase corresponds with rising obesity rates. The study is published in the January 20, 2021, online issue of Neurology ®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study also found that for women, socioeconomic factors like income, education and housing may play a role in their risk. Idiopath...

Hematopoietic stem cell transplants may prevent worsening of MS disability A new study shows that intense immunosuppression followed by a hematopoietic stem cell transplant may prevent disability associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) from getting worse in 71% of people with relapsing-remitting MS for up to 10 years after the treatment. The research is published in the January 20, 2021, online issue of Neurology ®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study also foun...

Written by AZoMJan 18 2021 Researchers from Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) together with collaborators from the University of Lille (Lille, France) have synthesized a new material with reduced graphene oxide (rGO) for energy storage devices and supercapacitors. Modified rGO supercapacitor electrodes. Image Credit: Tomsk Polytechnic University. The rGO modification technique that involves the use of organic molecules, derivatives of hypervalent iodine, enabled acquiring a material that is ca...

Researchers have taken an important step forward in developing a controlled human infection model to test leishmaniasis vaccines.

Researchers discover more accurate technique to study gene responsible for innate immunity An infants odd case of rare encephalitis not typically found in children led researchers to discover never before seen genetic mutations and a more accurate technique to examine the IRAK4 gene responsible for innate immunity. The IRAK4 gene instructs the production of a protein that plays a key role in the early recognition and response to invading pathogens. Inherited mutations in this gene can cause an ...

Study paves the way to a potential new treatment for rare terminal childhood illness Scientists at the University of Exeter have identified a way to "rescue" cells that have genetically mutated, paving the way to a possible new treatment for rare terminal childhood illness such as mitochondrial disease. The research, funded by the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation in the USA, was led by Professors Matt Whiteman and Tim Etheridge. In the study, published in the Journal of Inherited Metabo...