A new article in the peer-reviewed journal Nucleic Acid Therapeutics addresses the recognition by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that immunogenicity assays may be necessary to measure immune responses to different components of oligonucleotide therapeutic (ONT) drugs, especially when the therapeutic includes carriers or conjugates.

Research award winner Monit Sharma keeps the faith as he works away at solving real-world problems with quantum computing.

Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, have developed a mathematical framework explaining how rational individuals adopt social-distancing behavior during epidemics to balance infection risk and cost. Their study identifies simple rules that govern rational distancing, providing key insights for policymakers. The findings identified a simple law by which humans naturally self-organize to reduce harm when infection costs and prevalence are high.

Reporting in the February 26 issue of the journal Nature, a team of scientists from AWS and Caltech demonstrate a new quantum chip architecture for suppressing errors using a type of qubit known as a cat qubit. 

The potential drop method (PDM) is a common method for defect detection in conductive specimens by measuring the change in impendance. It has the ability to monitor large structures comprehensively. Its high sensitivity to defects and other material changes make PDM a promising method for structural health monitoring (SHM) of specimens subjected to dynamic loads. However, PDM is rarely usedin SHM because with increasing length and cross-section of the specimen, the defect senstivity decreases.