Mercury in contaminated soils and sediments could be extracted by various chemical
reagents in order to determine the different mercury species and partitions, providing useful …

The use of mechanical forces to chemically transform polymers dates back decades. In recent
years, the use of mechanochemistry to direct constructive transformations in polymers has …

Androgens affect the cerebral vasculature and may contribute to sex differences in cerebrovascular
diseases. Men are at a greater risk for stroke and vascular contributions to cognitive …

Current combination antiretroviral therapies (cART) efficiently suppress HIV-1 reproduction
in humans, but the virus persists as integrated proviral reservoirs in small numbers of cells. …

As a potential pandemic threat to human health, there has been an urgent need for rapid
detection of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) H5N1 virus. In this study, magnetic …

Lost myelin can be replaced after injury or during demyelinating diseases in a regenerative
process called remyelination. In the central nervous system (CNS), the myelin sheaths, …

Background Approximately 70% of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients have co-morbid vascular
contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID); this highly prevalent overlap …

Electricity is becoming ever more central to the everyday practices of households. As the
energy system decarbonises, it is likely that electricity will supply even more services, thereby …

DNase I requires Ca 2+ and Mg 2+ for hydrolyzing double-stranded DNA. However, the number
and the location of DNase I ion-binding sites remain unclear, as well as the role of these …

Avian influenza virus (AIV) subtype H5N1 was first discovered in the 1990s and since then its
emergence has become a likely source of a global pandemic and economic loss. Currently …