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Backyard Roller Coasters, and the Engineers That Build Them

Sep 29, 2021

The concept behind backyard roller coasters (BYRC) seem innocent enough. Men, women, and budding engineers build roller coasters for themselves in their backyard when they don’t have constant access to...

Hospitals fear staffing shortages as vaccine deadlines loom

Sep 29, 2021

Hospitals and nursing homes across the country are preparing for worsening staff shortages as state deadlines arrive for employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. New York health care employees had...

Discovery of mechanics of drug targets for COVID-19

Sep 28, 2021

A team of international researchers, including McGill Professor Stéphane Laporte, have discovered the working mechanism of potential drug targets for various diseases such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, and even COVID-19....

Promising low-cost method for rapid Covid-19 detection

Sep 28, 2021

The current SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection methods recommended by the World Health Organization profoundly rely on the roles of biological enzymes. Being one-pot, enables a single step detection routine, i.e. One...

A new drug being developed by two JHU researchers offers hope for Alzheimer's patients

Sep 27, 2021

Michela Gallagher JHU professor of neuroscience "I think we will be able to relegate Alzheimer's disease to the history books. Alzheimer's disease, as it came to be called, is now...

Mapping the universe's origin story

Sep 27, 2021

Webb, it declares, is "the largest, most powerful, and most complex space telescope ever built and launched into space. The scientific marvel that is the Webb telescope is named for...

A study in urban agriculture

Sep 27, 2021

Urban farms and gardens can benefit communities, but growing food in urban soils, especially in industrialized cities like Baltimore, has been a subject of much concern about possible residual contaminants,...

Many people may have inherited high cholesterol without knowing it

Sep 27, 2021

Many people may have inherited high cholesterol without knowing itThis year on 24th September, extra attention will be focused on women with this condition. 24th September is the international day...

UBC experts on 2021 Canadian federal election

Sep 26, 2021

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He Focuses on a Small Cell of Great Importance

Sep 25, 2021

An electrolytic cell uses electricity to split water molecules (H 2 O) into hydrogen (H 2 ) and oxygen (O 2 ), for example. Søren Bredmose Simonsen took a Bachelor’s...