Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
Remdesivir improves biomarkers associated with disease severity in COVID-19 patients treated in an outpatient setting
Little is known about the impact of antiviral treatments on biomarkers of COVID-19 severity. Here, we measured biomarkers during the course of COVID-19 in high-risk non-hospitalized patients treated with or without the antiviral remdesivir.
Impact of the EURO2020 soccer championship on the spread of COVID-19
How can a large-scale, multinational social "experiment" — the UEFA European Soccer Championship 2020 — be used as a laboratory for assigning COVID-19 cases to short-term behavioural changes, and to understand how epidemiological conditions determine the impact of such changes?
Porous organic polycarbene applied for gold recovery from e-waste
The extraction of precious metals from electronic waste water is a long-term challenge for sustainable economy, as thus, we are motivated to study and construct high-performance extracting materials for the selective stripping of precious metals e.g. gold from a mess of waste solutions.
Uncinate processes, lever-like structures attached to the ribs, may have helped many dinosaurs breathe a little easier
We used tell-tale markings on ribs to show that uncinate processes were widespread in dinosaurs and their relatives, and likely represent an ancient adaptation for improved respiration that was ultimately inherited by birds.
Blog post by Yan-yin Wang, with contributions from Leon P. A. M. Claessens and Corwin Sullivan.
Directly imaging emergence of phase separation in peroxidized lipid membranes
Biophysical alterations of lipid membranes upon peroxidation are linked to cellular signalling and disease. Here, we show how lipid peroxidation breaks the correlation between the membrane’s elastic and viscous properties; and how it triggers lipid clustering in single-component membranes.
