Category Health/Medical

Scientists discover Key Element of Strong Antibody response to COVID-19

Many anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies are produced by a common antibody gene. X-ray crystallography revealed how specific features of these antibodies (two of which are depicted here in yellow and orange, attached to the virus) enable potent recognition of the virus’s spike protein. Graphic by Meng Yuan, Hejun Liu and Nicholas Wu in the Wilson lab.

The findings support many vaccine strategies being used to tackle the new coronavirus. A team led by scientists at Scripps Research has discovered a common molecular feature found in many of the human antibodies that neutralize SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

The scientists, whose study appears July 13 in Science, reviewed data on nearly 300 anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies that their labs and others have found in convalescent COVID...

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Artificial ‘Neurotransistor’ created

Intrinsic plasticity of silicon nanowire neurotransistors for ...
Structure and electrical characteristics of Si NW neurotransistors.

Imitating the functioning of neurons using semiconductor materials. While the optimization of conventional microelectronics is slowly reaching its physical limits, nature offers us a blueprint how information can be processed and stored efficiently: our own brain. Scientists have now successfully imitated the functioning of neurons using semiconductor materials.

Especially activities in the field of artificial intelligence, like teaching robots to walk or precise automatic image recognition, demand ever more powerful, yet at the same time more economical computer chips...

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Pickled Capers Activate Proteins important for Human Brain and Heart Health

Pickled capers activate proteins
Quercetin, a compound commonly found in the immature flower buds of the caper bush (Capparis Spinosa), has been shown to activate proteins required for normal human brain and heart activity. Probably best known in the United States for being the perfect garnish to smoked salmon and cream cheese bagels, capers are the richest natural source for quercetin. It is even thought that the pickling process increases the quercetin content of capers. UCI School of Medicine

New study reveals how a compound found in capers regulates proteins that control important bodily processes...

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The new -Tattoo: Drawing Electronics on Skin

One day, people could monitor their own health conditions by simply picking up a pencil and drawing a bioelectronic device on their skin. In a new study, University of Missouri engineers demonstrated that the simple combination of pencils and paper could be used to create devices that might be used to monitor personal health.

One day, people could monitor their own health conditions by simply picking up a pencil and drawing a bioelectronic device on their skin. In a new study, University of Missouri engineers demonstrated that the simple combination of pencils and paper could be used to create devices that might be used to monitor personal health.

Their findings are published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Zheng Yan, an assistant professor in the ...

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