Day January 3, 2021

IMAGE: Prof. Yeseong Kim from the Department of Information and Communication Engineering, DGIST view more  Credit: dgist “Today’s computer applications generate a large amount of data that needs to be processed by machine learning algorithms,” says Yeseong Kim of Daegu Gyeongbuk…

IMAGE: A UTSW study identified a type of blood vessel cell that triggers inflammation in fat tissue. Above, inflammatory immune cells (green) surround fat cells (red) in obesity and contribute to… view more  Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Dec.…

IMAGE: Metal ion sieving using a bioinspired nanochannel membrane view more  Credit: XIN Weiwen Lithium is an energy-critical element that is considered to be a geopolitically significant resource. However, the supply of lithium may not be enough to meet continuously increasing…

IMAGE: Schematic diagram of the sea-ice simulation error sources of a regional configuration of MITgcm. view more  Credit: Yue Sun Arctic sea ice has been rapidly declining in recent decades, and changes in arctic sea ice can have a significant impact…

IMAGE: Researchers at the University of Tokyo have found a way to enhance the sensitivity of existing quantitative phase imaging so that all structures inside living cells can be seen simultaneously,… view more  Credit: s-graphics.co.jp, CC BY-NC-ND Experts in optical physics…

IMAGE: A diagram showing the various strategies that could enhance the activity of CAR T cells against breast cancer. view more  Credit: © 2020 Xu et al. Originally published in Journal of Experimental Medicine. Activating an immune signaling pathway best…

IMAGE: A blood engorged Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) taking its blood meal on a human arm. view more  Credit: Albin Fontaine and Céline Jourdan, 2020 (CCBY 2.0) The Asian tiger mosquito does not pose a major risk for Zika virus…

IMAGE: Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (pink) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (green), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF)… view more  Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH,…

IMAGE: Plasmodium falciparum parasites developing in the mosquito midgut. view more  Credit: W. Robert Shaw, 2020 (CCBY 2.0) Multiple bouts of blood feeding by mosquitoes shorten the incubation period for malaria parasites and increase malaria transmission potential, according to a study…

IMAGE: Chemical and Biological Investigation of Traditional medicines for Activity against NTDs. Photo of Schistosomiasis and Onchocerciasis sourced from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention DPDx – Laboratory Identification of Parasites of… view more  Credit: Osei-Safo 2020 (CC-BY 2.0) The discovery…