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New coronavirus cases fell most sharply in counties where people stopped going to offices

Arthritis drug may help coronavirus patients by calming deadly inflammatory cytokine storms

Cellphone tracking data reveals new coronavirus cases fell by 20% in US counties where people

Is Acterma the next severe COVID-19 treatment? All seven critically ill patients recovered from their

stopped going to offices and...

fevers and needed less...

Coronavirus US: Over 90% fatalities had underlying conditions

Coronavirus US: 78% think vaccine approval is politics-driven

Covid-19: Impact on Israel

CDC says 94% of ALL Americans who have died of COVID-19 had at least one other underlying disease More than 180,000 Americans...

Nearly 80% of Americans think that the speedy approval process of a coronavirus vaccine is driven by politics – NOT...

Covid-19: How will the pandemic affect global health in

Flu vaccine during pregnancy has NO link to a baby’s risk of developing autism, study confirms

Why are patients STILL at risk from stem cell jabs?

Getting the flu jab while pregnant doesn’t increase the baby’s risk of being diagnosed with autism later on,...

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Scientists show how brain flexibility emerges in infants

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IMAGE: This image is of MRI data, showing neural

IMAGE: Confocal image of a mouse brain tissue

flexibility over time. view more Credit: Biomedical

shows the astrocytes (red) and neurons (green).

Research...

view more Credit:...

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Study finds insect shows promise as a good, sustainable food source

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IMAGE: Schematic of the experimental set-up for single-molecule photoluminescence imaging with sub-nanometer resolution ...

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Study confirms link between influenza, heart complications

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The northern quoll: An amazingly versatile survivor?

IMAGE: Microscopy provides imagery to the algorithm that then delineates the cellular structures, making the segmentation...

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IMAGE: Paleontologist Edwin Cadena poses next to

are projected to have experienced shifts in

giant, fossilized (permineralized) tree on Peruvian

temperature during the past...

Approximately 40 per cent of terrestrial ecosystems

Central Plateau. ...

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The human genome contains over 4.5 million

(ESFO) and phosphorylated polyol (Phospol). view

sequences of DNA called “transposable elements”,

more Credit:...

these virus-like...

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IMAGE: Ocean spreading, mantle plume or hot spot, and oceanic lithosphere subduction and arc magmatism view...

Maternal insecticide use during pregnancy and neonatal jaundice

LSU Health study explains multipronged SARS-CoV-2 attack and widespread COVID-19 infection

IMAGE: Association between pesticide usage during pregnancy and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia requiring treatment: The...

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it’s a bit like a short...

from uncomfortable...

Now a single blood test can diagnose the gluten illness that brings misery to suspected sufferers

You could be eating killer courgettes

Thousands of Britons suspected of suffering with

vegetables. Seed suppliers...

When the pandemic left millions stuck at home, bored Britons took to their gardens to grow their own

agonising coeliac disease can now be diagnosed with a simple blood test,...

Can your child or grandchild REALLY give you Covid? Children are ‘more likely to be hit by a bus’ than

Has Pendle been named England’s No 1 Covid hotspot because they’re mass testing in the street?

catch coronavirus at school. Classrooms are

It’s Wednesday lunchtime on Market Street, the

‘safe’....

main shopping parade in Nelson town centre. Pensioners potter about,...

The ‘gold’ in breast milk “Alarmins are the ‘gold’ in breast milk. These proteins prevent dangerous intestinal colonization disorders...

The "gold" in breast milk IMAGE: The photo shows Professor Dorothee Viemann (right) and Dr. Sabine Pirr, senior physician at the intensive care...

Look beyond opioids to solve national substance use epidemic The study reveals that among patients who participated in an in-hospital addiction medicine intervention at OHSU, three-quarters...

Why are there differing preferences for suffixes and prefixes across languages? AUDIO: While speakers of English and other Western languages prefer using suffixes more than prefixes, a new study...

Preventing infection, facilitating healing: New biomaterials from spider silk

Failures of Germany’s largest cliff coast sensed by seismometers

IMAGE: Scanning electron microscope images give overwhelming proof of the difference. Left: A biofilm forms on the...

IMAGE: The chalk cliff of Jasmund at the coast of Rügen. view more Credit: photo: Kristen Cook, GFZ The...

What did the katydids do when picking up bat sounds?

Algorithm aims to alert consumers before they use illicit online pharmacies

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Consumers are expected to spend more than $100 billion at online pharmacies in the next few...

Researchers explore how retail drone delivery may change logistics networks

Physiological test for autism proves effective independent of co-occurring conditions

IMAGE: Three UT Dallas researchers found that last-mile delivery networks will become more decentralized and the delivery...

Study finds younger and older drivers more likely to drive older, less safe vehicles Both younger and older drivers face unique challenges in reducing their crash risk. Newly licensed drivers have the highest...

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Lung injuries from vaping have characteristic patterns on CT Electronic nicotine delivery systems such as ecigarettes and vaporizers heat nicotine, flavorings and other chemicals to...

Spouses shed more pounds together than alone

Gut microbes could unlock the secret to healthy aging

“Lifestyle improvement after a heart attack is a crucial part of preventing repeat events,” said study author...

“Our study indicates that microbiota might have an important role in maintaining health and could help us develop novel...

Why ‘one day at a time’ works for recovering alcoholics

Breakthrough in using stem cells to treat enteric nervous system disorders


Imaging scans of those diagnosed with alcohol use disorder (AUD) taken one day to two weeks after

The findings, published in the journal Stem Cell Reports, pave the way for using stem cells to

their last drink reveal...

understand and treat a range...

Mosquito immune system mapped to help fight malaria

Stereocenters rendered dynamic in one succinct step

Published today (27 August) in Science, the findings

The research demonstrates the ability of photoredox

offer opportunities for uncovering novel ways to

catalysis to take traditionally static stereocenters

prevent mosquitoes...

and render them...

NASA sees wind shear still battering tropical storm Iselle

Tungsten isotope helps study how to armor future fusion reactors

IMAGE: On Aug. 28 at 2:40 a.m. EDT (0640 UTC)

IMAGE: ORNL researchers used natural tungsten

the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA’s

(yellow) and enriched tungsten (orange) to trace the

Terra satellite revealed...

erosion, transport...

Cellular energy audit reveals energy producers and consumers

Risk of heart attacks halves in patients with diabetes in 15 years

IMAGE: Gladstone scientists Ken Nakamura (left)

Sophia Antipolis, France – 29 Aug 2020: Dramatic

and Neal Bennett (right) screened the human

reductions in the risk of heart attacks in patients with

genome to discover how...

diabetes...

Can people with heart disease exercise safely?

What happens when babies with heart defects become adults?

Sophia Antipolis, France – 29 Aug 2020: The first recommendations on sports and physical activity in all types of...

Sophia Antipolis, France – 29 Aug 2020: More than 90% of babies born with heart defects survive into adulthood. As...

Heart rhythm disorders are best managed when patients are listened to

How to treat the most common heart attacks

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Sophia Antipolis, France – 29 Aug 2020: One in five patients die within a year after the most common type of heart...

Coronavirus: Obesity ‘increases risks from Covid-19’

Boris Johnson hires personal trainer Harry Jameson

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Boris Johnson has hired personal trainer Harry Jameson to lose weight, after acknowledging he was “too fat” when...

Scientists target coronavirus immunity puzzle

Coronavirus cases continue to level off in England

A new effort is under way to understand how the immune system responds to coronavirus. Scientists from 17 UK research centres...

Cases of coronavirus are still levelling off in England, according to data from swab tests of thousands of people in random...

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Care homes ‘bribed’ to take coronavirus patients

Middle-aged people are the ‘most optimistic’: Poll finds those aged 40 to 60 are more ‘glass half-full’...

Care home managers feel ‘pressured’ into accepting coronavirus patients into their facilities as they are offered...

Thousands of physiotherapists, dentists and even vets will be trained to give Covid-19 injections

Prior Zika virus infection increases risk of severe dengue disease


1. GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur: 60million

The study, which drew on data from two cohorts of

doses The Government revealed on July 29 it had

Nicaraguan children who lived through a Zika

signed a deal with pharmaceutical...

epidemic in 2016 and a dengue...

Synthetic compound could serve as prototype for novel class of drugs to treat neurological damage

COVID-19 less deadly and causes milder symptoms in children, UK study finds

The human brain’s neuronal network undergoes life-

old are factors that increased the risk of a child

long changes in order to be able to assimilate

being admitted into...

Obesity, Black ethnicity and being under one month

information and store...

Making brain cancers in children respond better to treatment

New malaria transmission patterns emerge in Africa

Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common

Malaria is a climate sensitive disease; it thrives

malignant childhood brain tumour and it has recently

where it is warm and wet enough to provide surface

been categorized into four molecular...

water suitable for...

Vaccines against respiratory infections linked to fewer heart failure deaths

Cholesterol drug combinations could cut health risk

One out of five individuals will develop heart failure

According to the authors, the study highlights a gap

in their lifetime. An estimated 26 million people are affected worldwide....

between current clinical guidelines and clinical practice for cholesterol...

Infants in households with very low food security may have greater obesity risk

Farmers’ quick sale of poultry during outbreaks may increase deadly virus transmission

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Plant scientists study the interaction of heat stress responses in corn

Study shows efforts in mangrove conservation and restoration paying off

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IMAGE: Mangrove forests, such as the one in Sundarbans, Bangladesh, are long known for storing large amounts of carbon...

Researchers dramatically downsize technology for fingerprinting drugs and other chemicals

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Host tissue T cells may have an unexpected role in graft-versus-host disease Allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a procedure that infuses a donor’s healthy blood-forming...

NASA Terra Satellite examines Tropical Storm Hernan’s relocated center IMAGE: On Aug. 28, 2020 at 1 a.m. EDT (0500 UTC) the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA’s Terra satellite...

Researchers from the University of Minnesota, with support from Medtronic, have developed a groundbreaking process for multi-material...

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Train conductor almost BLINDED by deer antler returns to work

Drug for CATS may help fight coronavirus in humans, study finds

A commuter rail conductor who was nearly blinded in a freak accident is now back on the job one year later with perfect 20/20...

A drug designed for cats may protect people from the coronavirus, scientists have claimed. The medicine GC376 was made to...

Hazmat officials board Ryanair flight at Stansted and drag off Covid-infected passenger

Android cleaner patrols school corridors and classrooms blasting out a powerful UV ray

Holidaymakers were left gripping their seats in horror last night as hazmat-clad officials rushed onto a Ryanair plane as...

It’s Robomop! Android cleaner patrols school corridors and classrooms blasting out a powerful UV ray to keep pupils...


Teen is left with the lungs of an 80-yearold lifelong smoker after vaping for just SIX MONTHS

Covid-19 has brought out Britain’s ‘Blitz spirit’, scientists say

Vaping could put you at the same risk of getting

than the Blitz air raids did in the Second World War, data suggests. Figures...

heart disease as smoking cigarettes, research

The Covid-19 outbreak killed more British people

suggests. Public Health England...

Could having a common cold protect you from Covid-19? Scientists given £8.4million to answer

Nurses burned out and want to quit

Could having a common cold protect you from

Annamaria...

“Nurses’ wellbeing is central to ensuring the best outcomes for patients,” said study author Dr.

coronavirus? Government gives scientists £8.4million to discover the truth on...

A surprising protein player in diabetes Diabetes is a common disorder that causes very

Giant nanomachine aids the immune system

high blood glucose levels. Left untreated, it can lead

Machine operates with atomic precision The

to serious health problems...

peptide-loading complex ensures that the MHC molecules are correctly loaded with...

Engineers uncover biomechanical effects of skin rubbing

Study explains multipronged SARS-CoV-2 attack and widepread COVID-19 infection

Tohoku University biomechanical engineers have developed a better understanding of the damage that can be caused by something...

To better understand the mechanism and pathways of SARS-CoV-2 infection and susceptibility to specific cell and tissue types...

A coffee and catnap keep you sharp on the nightshift, study suggests

‘Jumping’ DNA regulates human neurons

In Australia, more than 1.4 million people are employed in shift work, with more than 200,000 regularly working night or...

Now, an international team of scientists led by Didier Trono at EPFL has discovered that transposable elements play a significant...

Researchers 3D print lifelike heart valve models

NASA-NOAA satellite nighttime imagery tracks Tropical Depression Laura over US

These patient-specific organ models, which include 3D-printed soft sensor arrays integrated into the structure, are fabricated...

IMAGE: NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured a nighttime image of Tropical Depression Laura during the early...

Look beyond opioids to solve national substance use epidemic, study suggests

NASA Terra Satellite sees development of Tropical Storm Maysak

Overcoming the nation’s opioid epidemic will require clinicians to look beyond opioids, new research from Oregon Health...

IMAGE: On Aug. 28, 2020 at 9:15 a.m. EDT (1315 UTC) the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA’s Terra satellite...

Scientists listed the main approaches to the treatment of coronavirus

Atheists are more likely to sleep better than Catholics and Baptists

Researchers from Sechenov University together with Russian and Iranian colleagues described currently known approaches to...

DARIEN, IL – A new study of sleep, religious affiliation, and perceptions of heaven found that atheists and agnostics...

Experiment contradicts assumptions about sleep loss and criminal interrogations

Natural disasters must be unusual or deadly to prompt local climate policy change

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IMAGE: A map of the U.S. depicting the extreme weather events included in the study. view more Credit: Oregon...

Waiting for Godot Metaphor

Coronavirus: Wales has ‘one of lowest’ Covid-19 mortality rates

The “Waiting for Godot Metaphor” for the COVID-19 response is carried forward and in an “Epilogue”...

Wales has one of the lowest mortality rates for coronavirus during the pandemic so far, according to the Office for National...

Coronavirus: High-risk health workers ‘may not be protected’ in Wales

Coronavirus: ‘Reassuring’ study of children’s ‘tiny’ risk

Guidance to protect at-risk healthcare workers in Wales from coronavirus infection has been relaxed, the BBC has learned. A...

Parents should be “reassured” Covid-19 has not caused the deaths of any otherwise healthy schoolchildren in the...


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Drug that ‘repairs damage to the brain and spinal cord’ has been created by British scientists

professionals to be ready to give the coronavirus

A drug created by British scientists could repair

vaccine, if and when...

damage to the brain and spinal cord by improving messaging between cells.

Scientists...

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cent capacity in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic,

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from tough North West lockdown measures, it was

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claimed today. Everyone living...

a Covid-19 symptom-tracking...

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Are all vegetarian diets healthy? “Our study highlights the variable nutritional quality of plant foods,” said author Dr. Matina Kouvari of Harokopio...

New study takes aim at advanced types of non-addictive pain therapies

Study examines link between sperm quality and light from devices at night

The ability to sense and respond to temperature is fundamental in biology. Ion channels are formed by membrane proteins that...

Preliminary results show that greater self-reported exposure to light-emitting media devices in the evening and after bedtime...

Study finds ‘nomophobia’ is associated with poor sleep health in college students

Genetic link between cattle temperament and autism in humans

Preliminary results show that 89% of a sample of college students had moderate or severe nomophobia. Greater nomophobia was...

UQ genomic expert Professor Ben Hayes said the research by his interdisciplinary team headed by Dr Roy Costilla could lead...

Binding sites for protein-making machinery

Elderly in the US: Risk of dementia has been rising for years

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE) at ETH Zurich...

The burden might be heavier than long assumed: For years, most studies using survey data suggested that the risk of suffering...

Age no criteria for decisions on heart attack treatment, new research finds

COVID-19 exposes broadband gaps

The study draws on data captured over seven years from 1500 patients aged 80 or over. It was conducted by researchers from...

The COVID-19 crisis has increasingly highlighted shortcomings in Australia’s National Broadband Network, Flinders University...

Portland State lab finds finds new levels of detail about key membrane proteins

Women with higher neuroticism are less physically active

Portland State University researchers used advanced electron microscopy to create a 3-D reconstruction of a membrane protein...

IMAGE: Women who score high in extraversion report more physical activity. view more Credit: University of...

New analysis reveals where marine heatwaves will intensify fastest

Can’t be away from your phone? Study finds link to higher levels of obsessioncompulsion

IMAGE: Picture (above): Small boat on still, sunset ocean. view more Credit: Johannes Plenio (Pexels) The...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Feelings of panic when a person is away from their smartphone could be connected to general feelings...


International screening of the effects of a pathogenic fungus

Structural colors from cellulose-based polymers

The pathogenic fungus Candida auris, which first

A surface displays structural colors when light is

surfaced in 2009, is proving challenging to control. It

reflected by tiny, regular structural elements in a

is resistant to...

transparent material....

Observation charge accumulation at nanocavity on plasmonic photocatalyst

Coronavirus US: CDC director U-turns on testing asymptomatic

IMAGE: SCHEMATIC ILLUSTRATION OF AU

CDC director backtracks on new coronavirus testing

DIMERS/TIO2 TO SIMULATE THE

guidelines that excludes asymptomatic people

PHOTOSYSTEM II AND PLASMONIC CHARGE

following backlash from health...

ACCUMULATION AT...

Organs from elderly donors can be ‘rejuvenated’, says study Despite the lack of organs available for patients on

Homemade cotton masks can prevent 99.9% of coronavirus droplets from spraying into the air

transplant waitlists, organs from older, deceased

Homemade cotton masks can prevent 99.9% of

donors are frequently...

coronavirus droplets from spraying into the air when someone coughs or speaks...

Chemical found in insect repellents ‘can kill the coronavirus’ A virus-killing chemical found in insect repellent can also destroy the infection that causes Covid-19, scientists have claimed. Citriodiol,...

More evidence blood-thinners could fight Covid-19: Drugs boost survival odds by up to 50% Blood-thinners could boost the survival chances for people hospitalised with Covid-19, growing evidence suggests. Several...

Duchenne: ‘Crosstalk’ between muscle and spleen

How genetics could impact COVID-19 treatments

The muscular atrophy in Duchenne disease is caused by a lack of dystrophin, a protein of the cytoskeleton. In vertebrates,...

University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy faculty Pamala Jacobson and Melanie Nicol, and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology...

Neighborhoods with high walk and bike scores also have greater crash risks

Single-use N95 respirators can be decontaminated and used again, study finds

In a study outlined in Transportation Research Record, researchers used five years of crash data from provincial auto insurer...

An early-release version of their study has been published online, with the full study to appear in September in the journal...

Researchers develop a fast, accurate, low-cost COVID-19 test

Children notice race several years before adults want to talk about it

The surging demand for rapid screening and identification of COVID-19 poses great diagnostic challenges. Metagenomic next-generation...

Delays in these important conversations could make it more difficult to change children’s misperceptions or racist...

Estrogen may lessen severity of COVID19 symptoms in women, study finds

Antiviral used to treat cat coronavirus also works against SARS-CoV-2

In an effort to understand why this occurs, scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine conducted a review of published...

“In just two months, our results have shown that the drug is effective at inhibiting viral replication in cells with...

NASA finds new Tropical Storm Iselle already battling wind shear

Genetics of the tree of life

IMAGE: On Aug. 27 at 5:30 a.m. EDT (0930 UTC) the VIIRS instrument that flies aboard NASA-

chromosomes in total. USDA researchers used fluorescent probes to see the genetic...

IMAGE: The African baobab tree has 168

NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite...

Age-appropriate contraception counseling helps health care providers educate teens

Mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 model provides new tool for COVID-19 discoveries

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Preventing unplanned

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – A new COVID-19 mouse

pregnancies in adolescents with effective and easyto-use contraception is...

model developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill captures...

Estrogen may lessen severity of COVID19 symptoms in women, study says

Which OCD treatment works best? New brain study could lead to more personalized choices

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Aug. 27, 2020 – Why are men at greater risk than women for more severe


symptoms and worse...

IMAGE: A compilation of brain images from the study of obsessive-compulsive disorder treatment response and its correlation...

Low-cost, fly footpad-like adhesive structure capable of repeated attachment/detachment IMAGE: Electron micrograph of the fly foot. The

Amateur drone videos could aid in natural disaster damage assessment IMAGE: Drone video of damage from Hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, LA, was processed

adhesive spatula-shaped setae (light-blue structures) allow the fly...

automatically by a Carnegie Mellon...

Period poverty: Schools ‘not aware’ they can order free tampons

Coronavirus: Self-isolation payment for low-income workers

Charities say many schools and colleges are not aware they can order free period products through a

Workers on low incomes in parts of England where there are high rates of coronavirus will be able to

government scheme, amid...

claim up to £182 if...

Covid-19: Five ways to avoid catching the virus indoors

Coronavirus: Daily cases highest since mid-June

Four die as Hurricane Laura batters Louisiana There is severe damage from the US state’s most powerful

The number of daily UK cases of coronavirus has risen to 1,522 in 24 hours – up from 1,048 on

storm, but flooding...

Wednesday – the...

Peter: The Human Cyborg: Scientist diagnosed with motor neurone disease opens up about journey

Experts fear osteoporosis drugs may make bones WEAKER

A scientist diagnosed with motor neurone disease teared up as he heard his new robot voice singing Gene Wilder’s Pure...

bones may actually make them weaker, research suggests. Imperial College...

Alzheimer’s zapped: Scientist launch landmark trial to treat dementia

Trump-backed hydroxychloroquine doesn’t treat Covid-19 and raises the risk of death

Alzheimer’s zapped: Scientists launch landmark trial

Osteoporosis drugs designed to salvage crumbling

to treat dementia by sending electric currents deep into the brain Imperial...

Hydroxychloroquine — touted by President Donald

Matt Hancock grilled over supply teacher coronavirus risk

Losing weight is easier if your spouse joins in: Success rate is almost THREE times higher

Matt Hancock insists it will be up to schools to make sure UK’s tens of thousands of supply teachers do not act as...

Trump as a ‘game changer’ and a ‘gift from God’...

Couples who attempt to lose weight together are almost three times more likely to be successful, a study has found. Heart...

South Korean woman likely infected with COVID-19 after using an airplane toilet

Amazon takes aim at Fitbit and Apple with new Halo health tracker

South Korean woman was likely infected with COVID-19 when she used an airplane toilet during a flight from virus-hit Italy,...

Amazon has just joined the battle of the fitness trackers. The firm unveiled a sensor fitted wristband called Halo that pairs...

Gout treatment may aid patients with congenital heart disease

Vertebral body tethering shows clinical success as treatment for scoliosis

Jack Rubinstein, MD, associate professor in the UC

VBT is an alternative to PSF for scoliosis patients

College of Medicine and UC Health cardiologist, conducted a randomized...

who still have growth remaining and flexibility of their spine. Screws...

Cochlear implants should be recommended for adults more often

Helminth infections common in Medieval Europe, grave study finds

The consensus statement, published Aug. 27 in JAMA Otolaryngology, was developed by a panel of

Helminths are parasitic worms and they infect an estimated 1.5 billion people worldwide. The worms

31 hearing experts representing...

are transmitted through...

DNA repair: Locating and severing lethal links

American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination of daylight saving time

DPCs can be created by interactions with highly reactive products of normal metabolism or with synthetic chemotherapeutic...

The AASM supports a switch to permanent standard time, explaining in the statement that standard time more closely aligns...

Beating HIV and COVID-19 may depend on tweaking vaccine molecules

Phase 1 human trials suggest breast cancer drug is safe, effective


Scientists know a lot about how to design vaccines,

The results are published in the journal Breast

but there are many diseases that haven’t been controlled through...

Cancer Research and Treatment. Breast cancer affects one in eight women in...

A nighttime view of Tropical Storm Hernan from a NASA-NOAA satellite

NASA’s Terra Satellite reveals burn scars from California’s two largest fires

Nighttime imagery from NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite revealed the Eastern Pacific Ocean’s

IMAGE: NASA’s Terra satellite captures this image of the burn scars from both the LNU Lightning fire

Tropical Storm Hernan...

complex...

A.I. tool promises faster, more accurate Alzheimer’s diagnosis

Older adults’s faced mental health issues during the pandemic

By detecting subtle differences in the way that

IMAGE: by Anne Krendl, associate professor in IU’s

Alzheimer’s sufferers use language, researchers at Stevens Institute...

Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. view...

Black children with cancer three times less likely to receive proton radiotherapy than White children

Songbirds reduce reproduction to help survive drought

A deep concern among pediatric oncologists has

Malaysia. view more Credit: Photo by Thomas Martin MISSOULA...

been confirmed by the data: Black children enrolled in national clinical trials...

An improved wearable, stretchable gas sensor using nanocomposites IMAGE: An example of a flexible gas sensor worn over a knuckle. view more Credit: Cheng Lab, Penn

IMAGE: An indigo flycatcher visits its nest in

Phase 1 human trials suggest UICdeveloped breast cancer drug is safe, effective IMAGE: Debra Tonetti, associate professor of

State A...

biopharmaceutical sciences, and Greg Thatcher, Professor of Medicinal...

Only 10% of people plan to return to living exactly as they did before Covid-19

Army of tiny injectable marching robots set to wage war on disease

Only 10% of people plan to return to living exactly as they did before Covid-19 after the pandemic ends,

Scientists have created an army of microscopic robots, each smaller than the width of a human hair,

study claims University...

that can be injected...

Flu fears as vaccine uptake in at-risk adults is falling

Number of heart attacks detected and treated fell by 40 per cent during Covid-19 pandemic

The number of vulnerable people getting free flu jabs in England is at an eight-year low, raising fears of an outbreak coinciding...

Heart attacks diagnosis rates fell by 40 per cent during the Covid-19 pandemic, a study claims. Figures also show the number...

Oral sex can trigger bacterial vaginosis, study finds Receiving oral sex may trigger the condition

Test and Trace gets worse… AGAIN: Record-low 72.6% of infected patients were reached

bacterial vaginosis because germs in the mouth can disrupt those that occur...

The Government’s Test and Trace system is getting worse as figures today revealed that call handlers reached a record-low...

UK coronavirus deaths announced for Thursday

Why breakfast could be causing you to gain weight, says professor Tim Spector

England and Wales have today announced eight

If you were led to believe that breakfast was the

more people have died of coronavirus, while no further fatalities have been...

most important meal of the day… then you may have fallen victim to...

Seizures during menstrual cycle linked to drug-resistant epilepsy

SARS-CoV-2 RNA detected in untreated wastewater from Louisiana

Women with a form of genetic generalized epilepsy

Wastewater-Based Epidemiology (WBE) is a

called catamenial epilepsy — when seizure frequency increases during...

process by which the spread of disease in human populations is tracked by testing...

How are information, disease, and social evolution linked?

NBA playoff format is optimizing competitive balance by eliminating travel

However, gaining this information requires physical contact among individuals, an action that risks

Preliminary results of the study suggest that the 2020 NBA playoffs, which begin Aug. 17, will

spreading contagion....

eliminate any advantages or...

Novel alkaline hydrogel advances skin wound care

Link between cognitive impairment and worse prognosis in heart failure patients


It is important to create an optimal physiological environment around a wound to promote the growth

Researchers at Skåne University Hospital and Lund University conducted the new study, published in the

of new cells. Recent...

medical journal ESC...

Neutralizing antibodies appear to protect humans from coronavirus infection

U.S. political parties become extremist to get more votes

Although SARS-CoV-2 swept the vessel, infecting

The research team, which includes Northwestern

104 of 122 people on board, all 3 individuals who tested positive for neutralizing...

University researchers, found that extremism is a strategy that has worked...

Improving weather forecasts with observations from the microwave instruments onboard China’s FY-3D satellite

First in situ radiation measurements 21 km up into the air over Tibetan Plateau

IMAGE: Illustration of FY-3D MWRI observations at 89 GHz on 25 July 2019. view more Credit: Fabien

IMAGE: The release of the stratospheric balloonbased radiation measurement system. view more Credit: Jinqiang...

Carminati China’s...

Search for COVID-19 drugs boosted by SARS discovery

Genetic link between cattle temperament and autism

An extensive search and testing of current drugs

IMAGE: The cattle industry’s standard for measuring

and drug-like compounds has revealed compounds previously developed to fight...

temperament is ‘flight time’ – the speed...

Japanese sake: the new pick-me-up? Yeast strain makes fatigue-fighting ornithine

A Politecnico di Milano study reveals DNA "grammar"

Nara, Japan – Fans of sake, the traditional

IMAGE: CTCF proteins isolate the various topological DNA domains. The study found that

Japanese alcoholic beverage, may have even more reason to enjoy it now:...

topological domains can be divided...

Molecular dispersion enhances quasibilayer organic solar cells

Playfulness can be trained

IMAGE: Molecular dispersion enhances quasibilayer organic solar cells view more Credit:

Simple exercises can help to make people more playful and consequently feel more satisfied with their lives. This has been...

©Science China Press In...

Flu: Why we still need to worry about it this winter

UK flu jab rates prompt complacency warning

Health officials are ramping up efforts to ensure everyone who needs a flu vaccine has one. The

Complacency over the flu jab risks overwhelming the NHS, experts warn, as data reveals the scale of

UK’s largest flu-immunisation...

the challenge in expanding...

Genetic quirk which could delay the onset of Alzheimer’s is twice as common in women

Coronavirus US: CDC on how Maine summer camps avoided outbreak

One in eight women may have a genetic quirk which

prevented coronavirus outbreaks: Children who tested positive had to delay arrival,...

could delay the onset of Alzheimer’s, a study has revealed. About...

How four overnight summer camps in Maine

Rare group of HIV patients don’t need drugs to suppress virus due to way it integrates in their DNA

Hospital admissions for strokes fell by ONE-THIRD during coronavirus lockdowns, study finds

A rare group of HIV patients are able to naturally

Hospital admissions for strokes fell by ONE-THIRD

suppress the virus without taking any drugs, a new study suggests. These...

during coronavirus lockdowns, study finds A new study looked at hospital...

Do you cheat when you eat?

How ‘swapping bodies’ with a friend changes our sense of self

Do you cheat when you eat? The nine rules to a healthy diet… that just one in 1,000 of us stick to

“As a child, I liked to imagine what it would be like to

Experts compared...

one day wake up in someone else’s body,” says...

Unique HIV reservoirs in elite controllers

Study evaluates immersive virtual reality as a sleep aid for teens

HIV affects more than 35 million people worldwide and can be effectively controlled, but not cured, with

Preliminary results show that perceived sleepiness

a daily regimen...

increased, alertness decreased, and heart rate dropped following the relaxation...

Sleep duration, efficiency and structure change in space

New form of brain analysis engages whole brain for the first time


Researchers at Harvard College, Harvard Medical

The study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience,

School, and NASA Ames Research Center studied the sleep patterns of four...

has direct implications for improving the benefits of transcranial magnetic...

Got fatigue? Study further pinpoints brain regions that may control it

Novel PROTAC enhances its intracellular accumulation and protein knockdown

The findings, they say, could advance the

In this study published in the journal Nature

development of behavioral and other strategies that increase physical performance...

Communications, a team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine developed...

Overlooked ‘housekeeping’ gene plays unexpected role in seizures

Cigarette-like ‘cigarillos’ flout efforts to curb smoking

Because they play such a vital role in this translational “housekeeping,” tRNAs are plentiful.

The introduction of cigarette-like mentholated ‘cigarillos’ (mini cigars which are leaf-wrapped) to

There are hundreds...

the UK is...

Premature deaths from alcoholic liver disease rising as gap between men and women narrows

AI accurately identifies infants with low risk of serious bacterial infection

IMAGE: Age-adjusted rates of premature deaths from liver disease and alcoholic liver disease among

Artificial intelligence, or “supervised machine learning,” could help identify which well-appearing infants with...

U.S. population...

Char application restores soil carbon and productivity IMAGE: Application of char with about 30% C

Fabrication of a single-crystal giant magnetoresistive device on a polycrystalline film

changed the color of the soil. view more Credit: Photo courtesy...

IMAGE: Cross-sectional transmission electron micrographs of the bonded interface between the single-crystal GMR film...

Reduce insecticide spraying by using ant pheromones to catch crop pests Scientists at the Universities of Bath and Sussex

Continuous infrared winds discovered during the eruption of a stellar mass black hole

have developed a new system that slowly releases ant pheromones to attract...

IMAGE: Artistic impression of the constant emission of winds produced during the eruption of a black hole in an X-ray...

First complete dinosaur skeleton ever found is ready for its closeup at last

NHS doctors trialling breathalyser test for coronavirus

IMAGE: The first complete dinosaur skeleton ever

DNANudge One of the new test kits, made by

identified has finally been studied in detail and found its place...

London-based DNANudge, will be launched next month. It analyses DNA in...

‘No human wants to take a limb from a child’ Jonnie Peacock praises surgeon who amputated his leg

Britain’s two-metre social distancing rule ‘is based on outdated science’

GB Paralympian star Jonnie Peacock praises

Britain’s two metre social distancing rule is based on outdated science and is not far enough in crowded

surgeon who amputated his leg at five, saying: ‘no human ever wants to take...

places like...

Immune response could explain why coronavirus hits men harder

Spitting in a tube ‘could tell if you’ve had a heart attack in just 10 minutes’

Men may be more likely to suffer severe cases of coronavirus or die of the disease because they have

Getting suspected heart attack patients to spit into a tube could help diagnose them six times faster than

weaker immune responses,...

blood tests currently...

Coronavirus vaccine may not be as effective in obese people, scientists warn

UK announces Covid-19 deaths for Wednesday

Obese people are 48 per cent more likely to die of Covid-19 than people of a healthy weight, according to research. Scientists...

Britain today recorded 16 more coronavirus deaths as Scotland’s six-week run of no fatalities was ended with the announcement...

Napping for more than an hour ‘could raise heart disease or early death risk by a THIRD’

Current poultry food safety guidelines do not stop salmonella outbreaks

Napping for too long in the day could make you

prevalence or positivity rate as an indicator of food safety, but there are...

more likely to get heart disease or die young, according to scientists. In...

The poultry industry currently uses Salmonella


New insights into mechanism of therapy to reduce liver fat and prevent fibrosis

Don’t forget to clean robotic support pets, study says

NAFLD is an umbrella term for a spectrum of conditions that begin with a build-up of liver fat,

There is a wealth of research on the use of social robots, or companion robots, in care and long-term

which can set the stage for...

nursing homes. “Paro...

Additional data on blood thinner efficacy for COVID-19 and insight on best possible regimens

Transplanted brown-fat-like cells hold promise for obesity and diabetes

In this observational study, the researchers found all regimens of anticoagulants — drugs that prevent

HUMBLE (human brown-like) fat cells, human white fat cells that have been...

The potential therapy for obesity would transplant

blood clotting...

Tethering together type 2 diabetes drugs increases efficacy of combination therapy

Researchers unravel two mysteries of COVID-19

This novel approach features the commonly

The studies were conducted by analyzing blood

prescribed type 2 diabetes drug glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and the compelling...

samples from critically ill patients at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC)....

Placenta can indicate how body responds to opioids during pregnancy

New treatment possibilities for young women diagnosed with rare form of ovarian cancer

Cheryl S. Rosenfeld, an author on the study, said women often take opioids for pain regulation during pregnancy, including...

IMAGE: A recent finding by researchers at the BC

New method to combat damage, help revive NY berry industry

Researchers discover gene controlling nectar spur development

ITHACA, N.Y. – At the Berry Patch farm in Stephentown, New York, big, ripe blueberries are

IMAGE: Second generation spurred and spur-less flowers derived from the interspecific cross of spur-

waiting to be picked. The...

less Aquilegia...

Terms in Seattle-area rental ads reinforce neighborhood segregation

Study finds that water efficiency achievable throughout US without decree

IMAGE: These word clouds show how certain terms dominate Seattle-area rental ads, based on

A recent study co-authored by two Northern Arizona University researchers showed that targeted efforts

neighborhood. view...

to increase water...

Progress toward a treatment for Krabbe disease

NASA examines powerful Major Hurricane Laura headed for landfall

In one out of 100,000 infants, a mutation in the

IMAGE: NASA’s Terra satellite provided a visible

GALC gene causes an incurable, always fatal disorder known as infantile...

image of the large and powerful major Hurricane Laura in the...

Thermodynamics of computation: A quest to find the cost of running a Turing machine

Coronavirus: Face coverings U-turn for England’s secondary schools

IMAGE: A Turing Machine performing a computation

school corridors in local lockdown areas of England, after the government...

over a sequence of steps. view more Credit: Kolchinksy and...

Cancer Research Institute and the University of British Columbia (UBC)...

Secondary pupils will have to wear face coverings in

Spreadsheet error led to Edinburgh hospital opening delay

Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding diagnosed with breast cancer

A mistake in a spreadsheet set in motion a series of events that delayed the opening of a £150m

Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding has been diagnosed with breast cancer, which she says has

hospital, a new report has...

spread to other parts of her body. Writing...

Oral sex linked to vaginal condition bacterial vaginosis

Healthy pregnant women are not more vulnerable to Covid-19 and do not fall more seriously ill Healthy pregnant women are not more likely to fall seriously ill with Covid-19, a study suggests. There were fears mothers-to-be...

Hospital baby deaths: Health chiefs raised fears SEVEN years ago… but failed to intervene

Nottingham woman, 75, is the earliest known Covid-19 patient to catch the disease in the UK

Health bosses raised concerns about maternity care at a scandal-hit hospital seven years ago but failed

A 75-year-old woman in Nottingham was the first known case of Covid-19 spreading in the UK


to intervene to...

because she gave a positive sample...

Obese children are more likely to get multiple sclerosis

Cambridge joins the coronavirus vaccine race

Obese children are more likely to get multiple sclerosis: One in 10 cases of the crippling condition

1. GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur: 60million doses The Government revealed on July 29 it had

are linked to bulging...

signed a deal with pharmaceutical...

Britain has become MORE lazy as the number of people who spend hours sitting around leaps by 22.5%

Magnetic stimulation dramatically improves fecal incontinence

Britain is getting lazier, with a huge rise in the

translumbosacral neuromodulation therapy, is a promising, novel, safe, low-cost treatment...

number of people who spend more than four-and-ahalf hours a day sitting...

They have early evidence that TNT, or

Before eyes open, they get ready to see?

Studying water polo for kicks

This new finding featured in the August 19 edition of Journal of Neuroscience as a cover article has

While polo played with horses may seem genteel and relaxing, the same cannot be said of water polo.

resolved a long-standing...

It is a grueling competition...

New system for accurate telomere profiling in less than 3 hours

Hip fracture risk linked to nanoscale bone inflexibility

Each time a cell divides in our body, the telomeres shorten, thus functioning like a molecular “clock” of

The findings, published today in Scientific Reports, suggest that doctors should look not only at bone

the...

density, but also...

Depressed or anxious teens risk heart attacks in middle age In a warning to parents, study author Dr. Cecilia

Pollution exposure at work may be associated with heart abnormalities among Latinx community

Bergh of Örebro University in Sweden, said: “Be vigilant and look...

Environmental toxin exposure is a recognized cardiovascular disease risk factor. Researchers have found environmental pollutant...

Unlocking the mysteries of the brain The results of their study are presented today in

New device can measure toxic lead within minutes

Nature Communications. Led by Professor Roberto Araya, the team studied...

IMAGE: Sediments collected by a ship can be

NTU Singapore scientists use fruit peel to turn old batteries into new

Tailored hardening of ZrCuAl bulk metallic glass induced by 2D gradient rejuvenation

IMAGE: A team of scientists led by NTU has developed a novel method of using fruit peel waste

rapidly tested for toxic lead with a new portable labon-a-chip device....

IMAGE: A schematic illustration of metallic glass

to extract and reuse...

with various relaxation states depending on the cooling rate ?Tohoku...

Domesticated chickens have smaller brains

Too many COVID-19 patients get unneeded ‘just in case’ antibiotics

IMAGE: Researchers from Linköping University suggest a process by which the timid junglefowl

More than half of patients hospitalized with suspected COVID-19 in Michigan during the state’s

from the rain forest...

peak months received...

Sm(Fe0.8Co0.2)12 with a lean rare earth content exhibits superb magnetism

Fear of missing out impacts people of all ages

IMAGE: The new compound developed in this research exhibited magnetic properties significantly

PULLMAN, Wash. – Social media addicted teenagers are not the only people who experience

superior to those exhibited...

the Fear of Missing Out also...

Immune protein IL-17A responsible for lethal side effects of gastric cancer

Children born at higher altitudes are smaller at birth and have stunted growth

IMAGE: Fig. 1 The number of IL-17A and MCT

Children who are born at higher altitudes tend to be

double positive cells correlated with the ratio of fibrotic area in the...

smaller than those born at lower altitudes, a new study suggests. Researchers...

Metabolic syndrome linked to worse outcomes for COVID-19 patients

Breastfeeding’s legacy may protect against diabetes

The study, published in the journal Diabetes Care, is the first to look at the impact of metabolic syndrome

Epidemiologic studies suggest that breastfeeding protects women from developing Type 2 diabetes,

on outcomes for...

even decades after their...


Study leads to potential for new treatment approach for Alzheimer’s

New blood, new hope: Transfusions protect the brain from stroke damage

The paper explains that current therapeutic

Doctors replace your blood with the blood of a

approaches to the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease focus on the major pathological...

healthy person who’s never suffered a stroke. This blood swap lessens...

Nursing home study suggests dialysis patients at greater risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Researchers develop AI to detect fentanyl and derivatives remotely

The finding was reported in the Aug. 14, 2020, issue

The method, published recently in the journal Scientific Reports, uses infrared light spectroscopy

of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the U.S....

and can be used in a portable,...

Compared to placebo, vitamin D has no benefit for severe asthma attacks, study finds

Effectiveness of cloth masks depends on type of covering

These results were published today in JAMA. “The reason that’s important is there are colleagues

To allay these doubts, Padmanabha Prasanna Simha, from the Indian Space Research Organisation, and Prasanna Simha Mohan Rao,...

around this...

Virtual imaging trials optimize CT, radiography for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Leesburg, VA, August 25, 2020–An open-access article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology

A multicenter look at gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy In May 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a gene replacement therapy for the inherited, progressive...

(AJR) established...

Pain ‘catastrophizing’ may lead to little exercise, more time sedentary UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Chronic pain affects the majority of older adults in the U.S., and getting enough exercise plays...

Socially isolated elderly more likely to use hospital and emergency room resources IMAGE: Comprehensive, integrated approach to the field of population health and provides information designed to improve...

Bacteria could survive travel between Earth and Mars when forming aggregates IMAGE: The bacterial exposure experiment took

Parental instruction instrumental for children to learn how to safely cross busy roads

place from 2015 to 2018 using the Exposed Facility located on the exterior...

Learning to cross a busy street is anything but easy for a child, especially in places where the traffic doesn’t stop. Children...

Getting to the root of the problem IMAGE: Experiments on common bean were done

Antagonistic genes modify rice plant growth

at the Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique in Sussundenga, Mozambique. ...

IMAGE: A short paddy rice variety (above) and long

Coronavirus: Are teachers more at risk of coronavirus?

Face coverings U-turn for England’s secondary schools

Children in England and Wales are due to go back

Secondary pupils in England will have to wear

to the classroom in September. In Scotland, where pupils have already returned,...

masks in school corridors in local lockdown areas of England, after the government...

Africa declared free of wild polio in ‘milestone’

Coronavirus: Nottinghamshire woman, 75, ‘first positive test within UK’

Africa has been declared free from wild polio by the independent body, the Africa Regional Certification

The earliest known person to contract coronavirus within the UK has been identified, scientists believe.

Commission. Polio...

Analysis of samples...

Experts are divided over FDA approval of plasma for COVID-19 treatment

Coronavirus: Metabolic syndrome sufferers’ death risk 300% higher

Health experts are divided over the recent approval

Hospitalized coronavirus patients who are obese,

of convalescent blood plasma as a treatment for coronavirus patients...

have diabetes and high blood pressure are THREE TIMES more likely to die,...

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Biogen conference in Boston led to roughly 20,000 coronavirus infections in two months

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deepwater variety (below) were placed in rising levels of deep water....


Amazon’s...

A strategy meeting of a Massachusetts-based drug company played a much greater role in spreading the novel coronavirus than...

One million more whites would have die from COVID to reach life expectancy levels of blacks Coronavirus would have to kill an additional one

Children raised in greener neighbourhoods have higher IQs Children raised in greener neighbourhoods have higher IQs and lower levels of difficult behaviour,

million white Americans for their life expectancy levels to fall to those...

study finds Researchers...

Single-cell RNA sequencing sheds new light on cancer cells’ varied response to chemotherapy

To be or not to be in the ER, that is the question

Gaining a better understanding of why some cancer

“Many proteins in the cell have sugar (glycan) chemical groups attached to them. Research has

cells survive while others die is critical for making chemotherapy more...

suggested that when these...

Rates of e-cigarette and marijuana use not associated with vaping-related lung injuries, study finds

Treatment for teen anxiety

Published in the journal Addiction, the study

personal and...

“These disorders are not only common in children and teens, but, if untreated, result in considerable

estimates the relationship between states’ total reported EVALI cases...

Hydroxychloroquine plus azithromycin increases heart risk, finds global study

Why we distort probability

OHDSI has established an international network of researchers and observational health databases

question has been previously studied, there is no consensus on its causes. A...

But why we distort probability is unclear. While the

with a central coordinating...

Virtual imaging trials optimize CT, radiography for COVID-19

Demographers put COVID-19 death toll into perspective

Virtual imaging trials have two main components–

Seeking to put current COVID-19 mortality rates into

representative models of targeted subjects and realistic models of...

historic, demographic and economic perspective, UC Berkeley demographers...

Using light’s properties to indirectly see inside a cell membrane

Revised code could help improve efficiency of fusion experiments

For those not involved in chemistry or biology,

IMAGE: PPPL physicist Stuart Hudson was part of

picturing a cell likely brings to mind several discrete, blob-shaped objects;...

an international team of researchers that has upgraded a key computer...

One size may not fit all: BILH psychiatrists develop mental health app assessment tool

Cyberintimacy: Technology-mediated romance in the digital age

Cambridge, Mass. – About one in five U.S. adults, an estimated 47 million people, lives with a mental

IMAGE: Explores the psychological and social issues surrounding the Internet and interactive technologies view...

illness. Fewer...

Study: Student debt may hurt chances at full-time employment

Thin layer protects battery, allows cold charging

IMAGE: Ariane Froidevaux view more Credit: UT Arlington A recently published study led by The

IMAGE: Image of the layers in a lithium metal anode for low temperature batteries view more Credit:

University...

Donghai...

Coastal development, changing climate threaten sea turtle nesting habitat IMAGE: Ocean waves cover a sea turtle nest in Fort

Opioid prescription rates for knee surgery vary, but higher strength dosage common

Lauderdale, Florida. Florida State University researchers found...

A new study published in BMJ Open found that opioid prescription rates for outpatient knee surgery vary widely across the...

Wearing face masks makes people more careless and less likely to follow social distancing guidelines

Robot tests for the coronavirus by probing the nose with a long swab and sticking samples in a vial

Wearing face masks can lull people into a false

Would you trust this robot to test you for COVID?

sense of security — making them more careless and less likely to follow...

New machine performs invasive nasal swab test 10 minutes faster than humans...


Doctors to trial treatment for Covid-19 patients with diabetes

Drug giant AstraZeneca rejects Donald Trump’s ‘plan to fast-track the jab’

A ‘potentially life-saving’ treatment for coronavirus patients with diabetes will begin human trials in

Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has dismissed claims its experimental Covid-19 vaccine could be

Britain...

fast-tracked in the US amid...

Ministers have defied SAGE advice to screen all hospital patients for Covid-19

Drug giant AstraZeneca starts trial of Covid-19 antibody injections

Patients being discharged from NHS hospitals are

Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is now injecting

still not all being tested for coronavirus — despite scientists warning...

volunteers with its new antibody treatment for Covid19 in a bid to see...

Step-father’s cancer turns terminal after his life-saving liver surgery was cancelled due to Covid

More people are dying than expected in England and Wales for first time in two months

A step-father has revealed how his cancer has

England today posted another 15 coronavirus

become terminal after NHS doctors cancelled his potentially life-saving surgery...

deaths in the preliminary count, while no new victims were recorded in Scotland,...

Mother transmitted COVID-19 to baby during pregnancy, physicians report

When it comes to supporting candidates, ideology trumps race and gender

The case, detailed in an article published last month in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, adds to

“There is some evidence that has already cast doubt on the conventional view that racial and gender

a growing body...

prejudice hurts...

Failure to ‘flatten the curve’ may kill more people than we thought

Mail delays may affect medication supply for nearly 1 in 4 Americans over 50

“A spike in hospitalization naturally leads to more deaths, but these deaths may not only come from

Nearly one in four people in this age group said they receive at least one medication by mail, but that

those who are hospitalized,...

percentage rises...

New surgical approach for women at risk of ovarian cancer

How dinosaur research can help medicine

For women at high risk of ovarian cancer, the

Present-day snakes and other reptiles do not have

standard preventive practice is to offer removal of both the fallopian tubes...

intervertebral discs; instead, their vertebrae are connected with so-called...

Ventilators could be adapted to help two COVID-19 patients at once

Fat crystals trigger chronic inflammation

Now, researchers from King’s College London and Imperial College London have developed a

Some individuals suffer from a genetic defect that causes their cells to form an unusual kind of fat. The consequences of...

theoretical model for how...

Plant living with only one leaf reveals fundamental genetics of plant growth

Blocking cellular communication stops SARS-CoV-2

IMAGE: (A) An individual Monophyllaea glabra with one large leaf in front and a cluster of flowers

In the transmission of signals within the cell which, for example, stimulate cell growth or trigger

growing from the...

metabolic processes,...

High human population density negative for pollinators

Mineral dust ingested with food leaves characteristic wear on herbivore teeth

Population density, and not the proportion of green

IMAGE: Microscopic images of surfaces of guinea

spaces, has the biggest impact on species richness of pollinators in...

pig teeth show the typical abrasions caused by different foods. ...

Researchers reversibly disable brain pathway in primates

New insights into lithium-ion battery failure mechanism

IMAGE: The researchers temporarily switched off

IMAGE: Coin batteries similar to those used in this

the connection between the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and the nucleus...

study. view more Credit: University of Cambridge Researchers...

Study revealing structure of a protein complex may open doors to better disease research

Faster, more efficient energy storage could stem from holistic study of layered materials

IMAGE: An artistic representation of the Arp2/3 complex structure in an inactive state (top left) and

IMAGE: Charged ions, shown in green, move into ultra-thin layers of energy storage materials, shown

active state...

as blue and brown...


Hong Kong reports ‘first case’ of virus reinfection

Coronavirus: One in eight hospital cases were ‘caught on-site’

Hong Kong scientists are reporting the case of a

Thousands of patients are likely to have been

healthy man in his 30s who became reinfected with coronavirus four and a...

infected with coronavirus in UK hospitals, a study suggests. The King’s...

Having some caffeine in pregnancy ‘is fine’

Coronavirus: Dr Anthony Fauci warns against rushing out vaccine

While mums-to-be and women trying for a baby

The top US virus expert has warned against rushing

should limit their caffeine intake, a couple of cups of tea or coffee a day...

out a Covid-19 vaccine before it has been proven to be safe and effective. Speaking...

Florida healthcare worker, 41, may lose both of her HANDS after developing blood clots

Why eating at your screen could be making you FAT

A Florida healthcare worker may lose her hands after a long and arduous five-month battle against

A sandwich at your desk, eaten in bites as you type on the keyboard. Tea and biscuits while absorbed reading the newspaper. Pudding...

the novel coronavirus. Rose...

Drug trials can offer hope but as Wendy’s story reveals, the pandemic has even stolen that Last chance: Wendy’s family has started a fundraiser to pay for private treatment There have

Expert says new rules on buying laxatives are a ‘disaster’ for IBS patients They’re the over-the-counter remedies relied upon by hundreds of thousands of Britons to ease digestive problems, but now...

been many moments...

The magnet in your neck that stops you SNORING Magnets are the latest technology to be tested as a treatment for snoring. The pull of two magnets is being used to keep...

Mothers-to-be urged to avoid caffeine as study finds there is NO safe level of consumption Mothers-to-be urged to avoid caffeine as study finds there is NO safe level of consumption ‘and even low levels of...

Is ‘fake’ milk fit for drinking? products to pour into your coffee and over cereal.

From cancer and Covid to dementia, BAME patients are shamefully more at risk

But are these ‘new’...

Moise Roche says that if ever he thought he was

Supermarket chiller cabinets are awash with new

losing his memory and had dementia, there’s ‘no way’ he’d see a doctor...

Antibodies that may protect against COVID-19

Living at higher altitudes associated with higher levels of child stunting

Yang Wang, MD, PhD, deputy director for product discovery at MassBiologics and associate professor

“More than 800 million people live at 1,500 meters above sea level or higher, with two-thirds of them in

of medicine, and colleagues...

Sub-Saharan...

Heart repair factor boosted by RNAtargeting compound

People can make better choices when it benefits others

A new study from Scripps Research Chemist

Humans are often motivated by self-interest.

Matthew Disney, PhD, shows that by targeting an essential biomolecule that surges...

Participants in one study, for example, learned a game faster when they earned...

In one cancer therapy, two halves are safer than a whole The study, published today in the Proceedings of the

Online searches for ‘chest pain’ rise, emergency visits for heart attack drop amid COVID-19

National Academy of Sciences, suggests that

Mayo Clinic researchers looked at Google Trends

splitting immunotoxins into...

data for Italy, Spain, the U.K. and the U.S., reviewing search terms such...

Machines rival expert analysis of stored red blood cell quality

Optical illusions explained in a fly’s eyes

For years, labs have used expert microscopic

It turns out that flies are fooled by optical illusions as easily as humans. “It was exciting to find that flies

examinations to assess the quality of stored blood.

perceive...

How viable is a unit by...

Patient monitoring systems for sepsis August 24, 2020 – Automated patient monitoring systems (PMSs) have been designed to reduce delays in diagnosis of sepsis...

How men and women network impacts their labor market performance A new paper in The Economic Journal, published by Oxford University Press, develops a theory of how


people’s social...

Research shows potential to improve paints, coatings BINGHAMTON, NY — New research from Binghamton University, State University of New York could lead to more environmentally...

New technique to prevent imaging cyberthreats proposed by Ben-Gurion University researchers BEER-SHEVA, Israel…August 25, 2020 — Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed a new artificial...

Cutting surgical robots down to size Media Contact Minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery, in which a surgeon uses tools and a tiny camera inserted into small...

University of Ky study leads to potential for new treatment approach to Alzheimer’s IMAGE: Donna Wilcock, of the Sanders-Brown Center for aging in her lab on August 14, 2019. view more Credit:...

Most adults with lupus or common types of arthritis have similar risks of getting admitted to hospital as other COVID-19 patients

Treating COVID-19 could lead to increased antimicrobial resistance

Most adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are not at increased risk of hospitalization

benefits among the...

The use of antibiotics in people with COVID-19 could result in increased resistance to the drugs’

from COVID-19 due to medications...

Spot the best ways to beat bad skin: Our expert guide is here to help

At last I know what’s wrong with me

Problem skin isn’t just a worry for teenagers —

to 60 seizures a week since falling from scaffolding

spots affect half of over-25s, many of whom get their

on to a concrete...

Self-employed plasterer Andrew Hill was having up

first outbreak...

Babies exposed to pollution ‘have worse lung function as children’ CAUSE CHILDREN TO HAVE A LOW IQ:

Nose cells that help us detect odors are key entryway for coronavirus, new study finds

Researchers at the University of California, San

Is this why COVID-19 patients lose their sense of

Francisco, found in May 2019 that children...

smell? Nose cells that help us detect odors are key entryway for coronavirus,...

Coronavirus patient treated with HIV drug saw heart rate drop dangerously low A HIV drug combination used to treat some

Thousands of clinical trials to find drugs for cancer and heart disease have stopped due to Covid-19

coronavirus patients could cause their hearts to slow

Thousands of trials to find new treatments for

down or stop completely,...

diseases including cancer and heart disease have been halted because of the...

Donald Trump ‘could fast-track Oxford University’s Covid-19 vaccine’

Britain announces Covid-19 victims for Monday

Britain ‘will be first’ to get doses of Oxford

Only one Covid-19 victim whose death was

University’s Covid-19 vaccine if it works, Number 10

announced by NHS England over the past week

confirmed...

was under the age of 40, according to...

Global gut health experts guide growth of synbiotics

Each human gut has a viral ‘fingerprint’

The next wave of gut-health supplements, known as synbiotics, essentially combine pre- and probiotics.

Westerners also showed that dips and peaks in the

An analysis of viruses in the guts of healthy diversity of virus types...

To keep research and...

Are antivitamins the new antibiotics? Antivitamins are substances that inhibit the biological function of a genuine vitamin. Some antivitamins have a similar chemical...

Excessive fructose consumption may cause a leaky gut, leading to fatty liver disease Developing treatments that prevent intestinal barrier disruption, the authors conclude in a study published August 24, 2020...

Having a doctor who shares the same race may ease patient’s angst

Inflammatory bowel disease linked to an immune cell run amok

In a study recently published in the academic journal

In a new study, published August 21, 2020 in

Pain Medicine, and led by Steven R. Anderson, recent psychology Ph.D....

Science Immunology, an international team of researchers, led by scientists...


Re-engineered enzyme could help reverse damage from spinal cord injury and stroke

Reprogramming immune cells to reduce inflammation, promote tissue repair

Their new version is more stable than the protein

off infections but also ensures that inflammation naturally subsides...

that occurs in nature, and could lead to new

This regulated programming allows the body to fight

treatments for reversing nerve...

Scientists get atomistic picture of platinum catalyst degradation Degradation of platinum, used as a key electrode material in the hydrogen economy, severely shortens the lifetime of electrochemical...

Ludwig Chicago study identifies a novel drug target for the control of cancer metastasis AUGUST 24, 2020, NEW YORK – Researchers led by Ludwig Chicago Co-director Ralph Weichselbaum and Ronald Rock of the...

Less aggressive treatment better for heart patients who go into shock

Fossils reveal diversity of animal life roaming Europe 2 million years ago

New Haven, Conn. — Less is sometimes more

IMAGE: Research team members Marius Robu,

when treating heart patients who go into shock after a heart attack. A new...

Alexandru Petculescu and Claire Terhune discuss where to look for fossils...

Online searches for ‘chest pain’ rise, emergency visits for heart attack drop amid COVID

Citizens’ adherence to COVID-19 social distancing measures depends on government response

ROCHESTER, Minn. – A study of search engine queries addressed the question of whether online

A new study conducted by a team of researchers, including University of Colorado Denver Business

searches for chest pain...

School associate professor...

Protein ‘chameleon’ colors long-term memory

Why COVID-19 infection curves behave so unexpectedly

HOUSTON – (Aug. 24, 2020) – A chameleonlike

IMAGE: …would have introduced measures to

protein in neurons can change its mind, and in the

reduce the average degree in contact networks from

process change...

five to 2.5 people...

US allows emergency use of blood plasma treatment for coronavirus patients

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson says it is ‘vitally important’ children return to class

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has

with the life chances of a generation at stake, Boris

given emergency authorisation to use plasma to

Johnson...

It is “vitally important” children go back to school,

treat Covid patients. The technique...

How Covid-19 entered Britain through 79 countries: Where hospitalised NHS patients had travelled to

Teachers are far more likely to spread Covid than children says leading scientist

Covid-19 may have entered Britain through at least

children, according to a leading scientist. Shamez

79 countries and Croatia is not one of them, according to NHS statistics...

Ladhani, a paediatric...

Blood pressure drug cuts Covid death risk by third Blood pressure drugs taken by millions of Britons

Matt Hancock launches ‘Operation Moon Shot’ plan to test four MILLION people every day within months

cuts the risk of dying from coronavirus by a THIRD,

Matt Hancock is said to be planning an astonishing

research shows Those...

rise in the number of coronavirus tests carried out, with a target of...

NHS told care homes to put ‘do not resuscitate’ orders on ALL residents at height of Covid crisis

Yoga linked with improved symptoms in heart patients

Professor Alison Leary MBE (pictured) wrote the

disorder. One in four middle-aged adults in Europe

report which found that one in 10 care home staff were told to change...

and the US will develop...

Deep chest compressions can prevent brain damage during cardiac arrest Study author Dr. Irene Marco Clement of University

None of the most common blood pressure medications increased the risk of depression, some lowered the risk

Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain said: “Deep chest

Depression is common among patients with high

compressions improve...

blood pressure (also called hypertension), heart disease and stroke, and this...

Teachers are far more likely to spread Covid-19 than

Atrial fibrillation is the most common heart rhythm


RNA quality control system goes awry in frontotemporal lobar degeneration IMAGE: Increased number of C9orf72 repeat RNA

Wide variations in car seat breathing assessment conducted on premature newborns

foci (aggregated RNA) in a patient-derived cell with

IMAGE: A new study from the University of Maryland

reduced expression...

School of Medicine has found wide variations throughout the United...

Water availability has changed, and humans are to blame Changes in the water cycle have important impacts

Routing valley exciton emission of a WS2 monolayer via in-plane inversionsymmetry broken PhC slabs

on ecosystems and human activities. In the context

IMAGE: a, PhC slabs with C4 symmetry and without

of the current and expected...

in-plane inversion symmetry. By breaking the inplane inversion symmetry,...

Mechanisms identified to restore myelin sheaths after injury or in multiple sclerosis

Finding a way to STING tumor growth

IMAGE: Remyelination in the spinal cord after experimental focal degradation of myelin sheaths,

the type 1 interferon...

IMAGE: Researchers discovered that the protein STING has important functions besides activating

simulating a lesion...

Investigation of core-shell nanocatalyst AU@CDs for ammonia synthesis

Lensless light-field imaging through diffuser encoding

IMAGE: Synthesis and visible-light photocatalytic

IMAGE: A diffuser is placed at a small distance in

N2/H2O to ammonia of Au@CDs core-shell

front of a sensor so that a temporally incoherent

nanocatalyst. view...

point source in...

Electronic alert reduces excessive prescribing of short-acting asthma relievers

Blood pressure medication improves COVID-19 survival rates

IMAGE: Alert that pops up on GP’s computer

Covid-19 survival rates and reduce the severity of

screens. view more Credit: European Respiratory

infection – according...

Medication for high blood pressure could improve

Society An...

Report reveals young people felt less anxious and more connected to school in lockdown

Cancer and its treatment may accelerate the aging process in young patients

Younger teenagers in the South West of England felt

treatment on the aging process. Investigators found

less anxious and more connected to school when they were away from it...

that expression of...

Illicit fentanyl, stimulants found in majority of overdose deaths in BC Nonprescribed fentanyl and stimulants were the

Survey finds most Americans feel unprepared to aid victims after a mass casualty attack

primary contributors to overdose mortality, while few

Orlando, Fla – Though it’s difficult to think about,

people had prescribed...

what we would do in the event of a violent attack has probably...

Autistic people’s nerve cells differ before birth

Pigs grow new liver in lymph nodes, study shows

Philadelphia, August 24, 2020 – Autism is a

IMAGE: Part of the liver is removed and hepatocytes

neurodevelopmental condition that researchers are

isolated and injected back into the lymph nodes of

now tracing back to prenatal...

the same animal. ...

Coronavirus: ‘I became alcoholic during lockdown’

Coronavirus: Schools let down by lack of ‘plan B’, says union

Before lockdown, Chris McLone was looking forward to a good year. In his late 40s, he felt fit and healthy,

More staff, extra teaching space and greater clarity on what to do if there is a spike in cases is needed

enjoying life...

for schools to...

Discovering the mechanism of brain vascular pathfinding during development

Energy transition away from coal in China will yield benefits

IMAGE: Z-axis and X-axis projected confocal

IMAGE: A coal transfer hub near Ordos, China. view

images of the brain vasculature of a larval zebrafish. view more Credit:...

more Credit: Stony Brook University STONY BROOK, NY,...

Modeling contact tracing strategies for COVID-19

Epidemiology of COVID-19 among incarcerated individuals, staff in Massachusetts jails, prisons

A new study examines the effects of cancer and its


What The Study Did: The potential for contract

What The Study Did: COVID-19 among incarcerated

tracing to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the context of reduced physical...

individuals and staff in Massachusetts jails and prisons is described in...

Large tin monosulfide crystal opens pathway for next generation solar cells

Rogue planets could outnumber the stars

IMAGE: SnS crystals grown by flux growth

COLUMBUS, Ohio – An upcoming NASA mission could find that there are more rogue planets –

technique. Large single crystals were obtained by

planets that float in...

halogen addition to the...

Researchers link end of Green Sahara with SE Asia megadrought IMAGE: To create a paleoclimate record for the

Effect of remdesivir vs standard care on clinical status of patients with moderate COVID-19

study, co-author Kathleen Johnson, UCI associate

What The Study Did: This open-label randomized

professor of Earth...

trial compares the effect of remdesivir (5 or 10 days) compared with standard...

Research links Southeast Asia megadrought to drying in Africa

Nutrients make coral bleaching worse

Physical evidence found in caves in Laos helps tell a

Red Sea suggest nutrients worsen the already devastating effects of...

story about a connection between the end of the

IMAGE: Samples of past bleaching events in the

Green Sahara, when...

A new method for in vivo plant cell imaging with SNAP-tag proteins

Developing precise medicines for triple negative breast cancer

IMAGE: A new technique for the fluorescent marking

IMAGE: Dr. Lupien and team of world experts is

of proteins in plant cells which represents an important step forward...

aiming to improve our understanding of the molecular basis of triple...

Women surgeons earn their cut of NIH funding — and then some

Unbalanced microtubule networks launch establishment of neuronal polarity

IMAGE: The study was led by Shayna L. Showalter,

IMAGE: Hypothetical model of the regulatory

MD, a breast surgical oncologist at UVA Health and

mechanisms and functions of CAMSAP1 in

the UVA Cancer...

establishing neuronal polarization ...

Key molecule responsible for poor prognosis of breast cancer identified IMAGE: The expression of IL-34 is much higher in

What kind of animal transports the seeds of the world’s smallest fruit-bearing plants?

TNBC than in other types of breast cancer. (modified

IMAGE: Red-flanked bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus

from Nabeel Kajihara,...

simultaneously consuming both the fleshy bracts and dry fruits of Balanophora...

Coronavirus: Missing school is worse than virus for children

From biopaste to bioplastic

Media captionProf Chris Whitty: “The chances of

consists of 50 percent lignin and 50 percent cellulose. view...

children dying from Covid are incredibly small”

IMAGE: The biopaste used to print this cylinder

Children...

Scientists sink teeth into identifying several new bacteria that cause dental caries

Microfluidic chip technology enables rapid multiplex diagnosis of plant viral diseases

IMAGE: The red areas of this cladogram indicate a

IMAGE: The simultaneous detection of multiple

greater abundance of the Prevotellaceae and

RNA-based plant viruses (MYSV and CCYV)

Veillonellaceae bacterial...

(Fluorescence intensity increased...

"All-in-one" strategy for metalla[3]catenanes, borromean rings and ring-in-ring complex

Simple test could improve public attitudes to autism

IMAGE: Single-crystal X-ray structures of ring-in-ring

Using a simple ‘thermometer scale survey’ to measure public attitudes towards people with autism

complex. view more Credit: ©Science China Press

could help improve...

Interlocked...

Why obeying orders can make us do terrible things

A powder method for the high-efficacy measurement of electro-optic coefficients

IMAGE: Empathy related brain activity while observing a victim receive a shock was reduced

IMAGE: Schematic illustration of the powder method using powder SHG measurement, IRRS, and

while obeying orders ...

Raman spectrum view...

Psychological disease avoidance linked to preventative behavior, study finds

Masks in the workplace, mass testing and mutations: DR ELLIE CANNON answers


Creeped out by cooties? Grossed out by germs? Squeamish about sickness? If so, then you might also find yourself engaging...

your questions Will masks soon be compulsory in the workplace? France has said it will become compulsory for its workers to wear masks in...

Psychiatrists sound alarm over the thousands hooked on ‘Valium on steroids’

Why do I find small purple bruises on my forearms? DR ELLIE CANNON answers your questions

It’s early evening, and I’m in town to meet a friend. I

From time to time, I find small purple bruises on my

catch sight of my phone – it’s 6pm. I root around...

forearms for no reason. They usually fade after a couple of days and...

BARNEY CALMAN: Our fearful nation needs a new slogan, Boris: Just cheer up and get on with life!

We’ve been fobbed off by our male doctors too! More women speak out over agonising endometriosis

Queues. Don’t you hate them? I do, possibly

Stranded. Ashamed. Vulnerable. Like you’re going

because it feels as if I’ve spent much of this year in

crazy. This is how it feels to hear your debilitating

one. Queues...

symptoms dismissed...

Look away Jamie! The new Turkey Twizzlers really ARE healthier

HEALTH NOTES: Virtual photography exhibition of those living with multiple sclerosis

Has there ever been a more maligned food than the Turkey Twizzler? More than a decade ago, these corkscrew-shaped turkey...

HEALTH NOTES: Virtual photography exhibition shines light on remarkable stories of those living with multiple sclerosis By...

New operation cuts the risk of ovarian cancer… and an early menopause

Loop, resonate, and accelerate!

Young women who have surgery to cut their risk of ovarian cancer could now avoid an early

networks with one resonance pair: 200 excitatory neurons (E) in each network,...

IMAGE: Schematic depiction of a network of

menopause, thanks to a new technique...

Sea-level rise linked to higher water tables along California coast

Scientists discover a social cue of safety

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – In the first comprehensive

behave is one of the ways social animals, such as

study of the link between rising sea levels and inland water tables...

humans, find the...

Children with cognitive delays are more likely to have CT scan to diagnose appendicitis

New research on Post-fracture Care Coordination Programs highlighted at WCO-IOF-ESCEO

CHICAGO (August 21, 2020): Computed

After the first fragility fracture, there is a high risk of

tomography (CT) is used at a higher rate than ultrasound in children with developmental...

subsequent fractures, with the risk highest in the following...

Molecule secreted by cancer-associated fibroblasts promotes anticancer drug resistance

Mount Sinai study finds COVID patients were most commonly readmitted to hospital for respiratory complications

IMAGE: A: The expression level of Annexin A6

Publication: Journal of General Internal Medicine

protein in gastric cancer cells and CAFs. Annexin A6 is expressed only...

Authors: Girish Nadkarni, MD, Co-Chair; Anuradha Lala, MD, Member; Benjamin...

Unveiling rogue planets with NASA’s Roman Space Telescope

Coronavirus hospitals converted back to leisure centres

New simulations show that NASA’s Nancy Grace

Two field hospitals set up to help cope with the

Roman Space Telescope will be able to reveal

coronavirus pandemic are to be converted back into

myriad rogue planets –...

leisure centres. Carmarthenshire...

Coronavirus: ‘No socialising’ rules in parts of North West

Coronavirus will be with us forever, Sage scientist warns

Residents in Oldham and parts of Blackburn and

Coronavirus will be present “forever in some form or

Pendle can no longer socialise with other

another”, a member of the government’s Scientific...

IMAGE: Are you in danger? Looking at how others

households under new measures introduced...

This smart body fat scale has over 41,000 reviews on Amazon and is currently reduced to less than

Shifting public health messaging about face coverings could improve uptake

The smart way to track your health: This body fat

the University of Oxford argue that protracted debates about face coverings...

scale has over 41,000 reviews on Amazon and is

Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen and colleagues at


currently reduced to less...

Premature delivery linked to heightened risk of early death for mothers

Bioluminescent tag to detect DNA break repair

These findings were not explained by shared

“One of the main reasons cancer cells are resistant

genetic or early life environmental factors in families,

to treatment is that they can inherently repair the

suggesting that women...

DNA damage...

NASA nighttime image shows a weaker Genevieve moving away from Mexico

Understanding how birds respond to extreme weather can inform conservation efforts

IMAGE: NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed the Eastern Pacific Ocean overnight on Aug. 20 at 4:14 a.m. EDT...

IMAGE: Short-distance migrants like yellow-bellied sapsuckers were negatively affected by heat waves, with their numbers...

NASA’s Terra satellite analyzes Caribbean’s Tropical Depression 14

NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite highlights California wildfires at night

IMAGE: On Aug. 21 at 0315 UTC (Aug. 20 at 11:15 p.m. EDT), the MODIS instrument that flies aboard

IMAGE: NOAA-NASA’s Suomi NPP was able to image this nighttime image of the California fires on

NASA’s Terra...

Aug. 20, 2020....

Finding clues to a successful immune response in the T cells of COVID-19 patients

Researchers validate rapid tests to detect dengue, Zika, yellow fever and other viruses

When news about a novel coronavirus switched from a chronicle of its progress in China to headlines

IMAGE: The method identifies and distinguishes between flaviviruses that cause many diseases in

about a worldwide COVID-19...

humans and animals...

Hubble snaps close-up of celebrity comet NEOWISE

Long-acting, injectable drug could strengthen efforts to prevent, treat HIV

IMAGE: This image of comet C/2020 F3

Scientists have developed an injectable drug that

(NEOWISE) was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on Aug. 8, 2020. Hubble’s...

blocks HIV from entering cells. They say the new drug potentially offers...

New remdesivr study raises questions after some patients’ conditions improved and others didn’t

Nearly one-third of all American high school students used e-cigarettes in 2019, CDC finds

Remdesivir may NOT be effective in treating

Nearly one-third of American high school students

COVID-19 in moderate cases, new study finds Remdesvir is the only drug in the...

said they used e-cigarettes in 2019, a new report finds. Last year,...

DR MAX PEMBERTON: To hell with Covid! Children MUST go back to school This past week has been an emotional roller-coaster

Viagra and other erectile dysfunction drugs may reduce risk of death from colon cancer by 20%

ride for A-level and GCSE students. I have every

Viagra and other erectile dysfunction drugs may

sympathy with them,...

reduce risk of death from colon cancer by 20%, study finds Researchers looked...

Two million women have lost access to contraception across the world because of coronavirus

Nearly half of British parents will NOT get their children vaccinated against Covid19, poll claims

Covid-19 pandemic could trigger a ‘baby boom’

University of Oxford Oxford University academics

because almost two million women have lost access to contraception...

began developing the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine in January. It is now named...

WHO official urges young people not to feel ‘invincible’ against Covid-19

England records five more coronavirus deaths in the preliminary toll

Younger people should not feel ‘invincible’ as

Britain today recorded 1,182 more Covid-19 cases

draconian coronavirus restrictions are lifted, a World

as government figures revealed the rolling average

Health...

number of daily infections...

Air pollution linked to higher risk of young children developing asthma Other risk factors associated with a higher risk of

Single dose radiotherapy as good as conventional therapy for most women with early breast cancer

developing asthma and persistent wheezing were

This combination of targeted radiotherapy (restricted

having parents with asthma,...

to the area around the tumour) given immediately after surgery is called...

When learning on your own is not enough

Biochemistry: Move over MichaelisMenten!


In the new study, researchers from the University

“Currently, we describe signalling enzymes with

Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) in Germany placed groups of five...

equations developed for metabolic enzymes,” Magnus Kjærgaard...

Inconsistencies in data presentation could harm efforts against COVID-19

New ‘molecular computers’ find the right cells

Recently, explains study senior author Emmanuèle

Even cells that become cancerous may differ from

Délot, Ph.D., research faculty at Children’s National

their healthy neighbors in only a few subtle ways. A

Research Institute,...

central challenge in...

A gatekeeper against insulin resistance in the brain

Reproducing the pathophysiology of polycystic kidney disease from human iPS cells

Insulin is a pancreatic hormone that controls our blood sugar levels. Insulin not only stimulates the uptake of glucose from...

ADPKD is estimated to affect 1 in every 400-1,000 people. Although half of ADPKD patients progress to renal failure by the...

Group of international scientists align on a definition for ‘synbiotic’

Hubble snaps close-up of comet NEOWISE

The word ‘synbiotic’ appears on a growing number of food and supplement products, with synbiotic

IMAGE: The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the closest images yet of the sky’s

ingredients...

latest visitor to...

Mass General researchers create bioluminescent tag to detect DNA break repair BOSTON – A new bioluminescent reporter that

Detailed map of natural killer cells in COVID-19 patients expands understanding of innate immune response to SARS-CoV-2

tracks DNA double stranded break (DSB) repair in

A new study of 27 patients hospitalized with COVID-

cells has been developed...

19 has provided a detailed map of natural killer (NK) cell responses to...

DNA nanoswitches rapidly detect SarsCov-2 and other emerging viruses

Urine sediment test results, diagnoses vary significantly across nephrologists

Programmable DNA nanoswitches that bind to viral

Boston – A new study shows that nephrologists do

RNA in human body fluids may provide an

not always agree on their interpretation of images

inexpensive platform to rapidly...

from urine sediment...

NASA nighttime imagery finds Tropical Storm Laura developing

Surface deep: Light-responsive top layer of plastic film induces movement

IMAGE: NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed the Atlantic Ocean in the early morning hours of

IMAGE: Schematic of the film (left): The film is mostly composed of a non-photoresponsive polymer

Aug. 21 and captured...

(200 – 400...

Coronavirus pandemic could be over within two years

A cure for hangovers? 13p pill can alleviate the dreaded nausea and headaches, scientists claim

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) says he hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be over in under two years. Speaking...

Scientists claim to have found a cure for hangovers in the form of a pill which can be bought for as little as 15p. It...

Rapid pregnancy style tests for Covid-19 ‘while you eat your cornflakes’ could be sold for £5

Talking is just as risky as SINGING for spreading coronavirus

Rapid pregnancy-style tests for Covid-19 could be approved within weeks, according to a leading

spreading coronavirus because they produce equal

Talking loudly in pubs is just as risky as SINGING for amounts of infectious...

scientist. Sir John Bell,...

Test and Trace: Number of infected patients reached drops again The number of coronavirus cases identified by the

Is England’s Covid-19 outbreak finally shrinking for good? ONS estimates 2,400 new cases a day

national testing programme has risen by 27 per cent – despite a drop...

England’s coronavirus crisis could be in retreat for good as official data today suggested the number of people getting...

Hospital coronavirus admissions were over-reported at peak of pandemic

Coronavirus UK: Meetings banned in Oldham, Blackburn, Pendle

The figures of those admitted to hospital for

Households in Oldham, Pendle and Blackburn will

coronavirus during the peak of the pandemic were over-reported, it was revealed...

be banned from socialising together from midnight tonight after the Government...


Coronavirus UK: SAGE fears R rate could be as high as 1.1 Britain’s coronavirus outbreak shrank again today as the average number of people testing positive for the life-threatening...

Self-collected saliva and deep nasal swabs are equally effective for diagnosing COVID-19, study finds The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, represents one of the largest prospective specimen type comparisons...

Why babies don’t always remember what they have learned One minute happy, next minute sad The mood of

More than politics or age, psychological disease avoidance linked to preventative behavior, study finds

infants is unpredictable: they may be playing happily one moment and be completely...

If so, then you might also find yourself engaging in more preventative health behaviors, like frequent handwashing and disinfecting...

Skat and poker: More luck than skill? “Whether a game is one of skill or luck also

‘Selfies’ could be used to detect heart disease

determines whether it can be played for money. But

The study is the first to show that it’s possible to use

assigning a game to...

a deep learning computer algorithm to detect coronary artery...

New insights into lung tissue in COVID-19 disease In severe Covid-19 disease, the researchers

Tiny engineered therapeutic delivery system safely solves genetic problems in mice

observed significant changes in the vasculature,

Scientists report today (Aug. 21) in the journal

inflammation, blood clots and...

Science Advances that the lipid-based nanoparticles they engineered, carrying...

Nasal vaccine against COVID-19 prevents infection in mice

Arctic ocean moorings shed light on winter sea ice loss

The study is available online in the journal Cell.

IMAGE: Large yellow floats connected to several

Unlike other COVID-19 vaccines in development,

scientific sensors are lowered over the edge of a

this one is delivered via...

ship in the Arctic...

The age of the Earth’s inner core revised IMAGE: A computer simulation of the Earth’s

Early NK cell-mediated immune response may contribute to severe COVID-19

magnetic field, which is generated by heat transfer in the Earth’s...

IMAGE: Niklas Björkström, physician, researcher at the Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine Huddinge,...

COVID-19 pooling test method from BenGurion U. IDs asymptomatic carriers

UCF researchers generate attosecond light from industrial laser

BEER-SHEVA, Israel, August 21, 2020 – A new

ORLANDO, August 21, 2020 – University of Central

peer-reviewed study published in Science Advances confirms the success...

Florida researchers are making the cutting-edge field of attosecond...

Gaps in early surveillance of coronavirus led to record-breaking US trajectory As the United States exceeds 5 million reported

Genomic analysis reveals many animal species may be vulnerable to SARS-CoV2 infection

coronavirus cases — the world’s first country to do

IMAGE: A new genomic study ranks the potential of

so —...

the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to bind to the ACE2 receptor site in...

Argonne scientists use artificial intelligence to strengthen power grid resiliency

Pregnant women and new mothers died needlessly in lockdown, Oxford University report finds

America’s power grid system is not only large but

Pregnant women and new mothers died needlessly

dynamic, which makes it especially challenging to manage. Human operators...

in lockdown after being denied intensive care beds or mental health services,...

Flavoured ice cubes of breast milk of women who have had Covid-19 could help fight off the infection

Under-60s are almost THREE TIMES more infectious than the elderly

Flavoured ice cubes containing the breast milk of women who have had Covid-19 could help fight off

likely to spread the coronavirus than the elderly, data

People under the age of 60 are 2.78 times more from the US reveals. It...

the life-threatening infection,...

Face mask wearers are 13 times more likely to stick to social distancing or wash their hands

France sees another sharp rise in coronavirus cases with 4,700 new infections


Research on how well various types of masks and face coverings varies but, recently, and in light of the

France recorded another sharp rise is coronavirus cases yesterday with 4,700 infections – up by a

pandemic of COVID-19,...

thousand –...

Putting Birmingham under a city-wide lockdown is ‘risk averse’, top doctor says

Cases are going up… but hospitals are EMPTY because spike in infections is down to younger people

An intensive care doctor working in Birmingham has said that putting the entire city under lockdown

Hospitals are empty despite coronavirus cases having gone up over the past month – and it could

would be ‘risk...

be because the most...

Coronavirus is now the EIGHTH biggest killer and four times as many people are dying from dementia

Defiance and low trust in medical doctors related to vaccine scepticism

Coronavirus has been bumped down to become the

or the social pressure in society to get vaccinated may cause defiance...

eighth most common killer in England, in another

“The vaccine recommendations given by authorities

sign the darkest days of...

‘Biorubber’ glue created for faster surgical recovery and pain relief

COVID-19: How South Korea prevailed while the United States failed

In a paper published in Elsevier’s Biomaterials in

In a commentary published ahead of print in The

July jointly with clinicians from Singapore General Hospital (SGH),...

American Journal of Medicine, researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s...

Anorexia may stunt young women’s growth

Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 spreads more indoors at low humidity

Anorexia nervosa is a condition in which a person

According to the WHO, the coronavirus SARS-CoV-

loses an unhealthy amount of weight on purpose by

2 has led to at least 21 million infected persons and

dieting, sometimes along...

over 750,000 deaths...

New research finds association between COVID-19 hospital use and mortality

Contact tracing apps unlikely to contain COVID-19 spread: UK researchers

“These estimates provide a better understanding of the projections of the COVID-19 pandemic in the

The systematic review*, published in Lancet Digital Health, shows that evidence around the

U.S. especially...

effectiveness of automated contact...

Generic public health messages work best at shifting dietary behaviors

Why babies not always remember what they have learned

In the new study from health economists, published

IMAGE: Can babies remember what they have

in the journal European Economic Review, researchers tested the impact...

learned – and under what circumstances? view more Credit:...

Concussions can cause long-term sleep problems

Smart responsive lasing signals for highsecurity optical encryption

IMAGE: Chief radiologist Bjarte Snekvik from St.

IMAGE: (a) Schematic of the competition between

Olavs Hospital in Trondheim, Norway and Alexander

radiative delay of donor and energy transfer to

Olsen, an associate...

acceptor.(b) Multiple...

Electron movements in liquid measured in super-slow motion

A new molecular guardian of intestinal stem cells

IMAGE: The scientists inject water from above into the analysis chamber, where it forms a short

IMAGE: A. Flow cytometric analysis revealed that the number of ISCs was reduced in Irf2-/- mice

microjet that meets...

compared with control...

One more hit from rare Earth: Efficient coherent spin manipulation by the electric field

A four-state magnetic tunnel junction for novel spintronics applications

IMAGE: The periodic evolution of the electron spin

conducting layers separated by an insulating layer. Classically, the resistance...

superposition state controlled by the external electric

A tunnel junction is a device consisting of two

field. ...

Spinning black hole powers jet by magnetic flux

Coronavirus: ‘It’s not how I thought maternity leave would be’

IMAGE: The centre of quasar 3C279 emits flickering

Many new parents are facing mounting debts,

gamma radiation, which is characteristic of the phenomenon of magnetic...

childcare issues and mental health problems due to coronavirus, according to...

NHS staff sign up to Covid-19 sniffer dog trial

Singing ‘no riskier than talking’ for virus spread


NHS staff are taking part in a trial to see if dogs can

Singing does not produce substantially more

sniff out Covid-19 – even in people who are asymptomatic. Eleven...

respiratory particles than speaking at a similar volume, a study suggests. But...

Coronavirus antibodies tests ‘put public at risk’ Poor regulation of antibodies tests – that could

Coronavirus has infected TWICE as many poor New Yorkers compared to the richest residents

indicate if someone has had coronavirus – could be

New Yorkers living in poor areas of New York City

putting the...

are twice as likely to have tested positive for coronavirus antibodies,...

Coronavirus: Pfizer’s second vaccine has fewer side effects

Hanging out at fast food joints is GOOD for elderly people’s brains, study finds

Pfizer’s second experimental coronavirus vaccine

Socializing at fast food joints is actually beneficial for

left HALF as many people with side effects

elderly people’s brains, a new study suggests.

compared to its first in...

Previous...

Trump administration will give control of coronavirus data BACK to CDC

Coronavirus: Johnson & Johnson vaccine trial to test 60k people

A little over a month after taking control over coronavirus data collection away from the Centers

Johnson Johnson plans to launch largest-ever coronavirus vaccine trial with up to 60,000 people in

for Disease Control and...

September Johnson Johnson...

February lockdown in China caused a drop in some types of air pollution, but not others

A smart eye mask that tracks muscle movements to tell what ‘caught your eye’

Learning how behavior shifts due to the COVID-19 pandemic affect air quality is of immediate

they’re shown images, so you can start to understand what...

“Our mask can track people’s eye movement as

importance, since the virus...

A healthy lifestyle for cardiovascular health also promotes good eye health Globally, about 2.2 billion people suffer from ocular diseases leading to vision impairment or blindness. Approximately half...

Affirmative action incentivizes high schoolers to perform better, new research shows Affirmative action is a contentious issue across the globe, hotly debated in countries such as India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia,...

Research shows air pollution could play role in development of cardiometabolic diseases

Study finds signs of altruism in people’s COVID-19 worries

Researchers found that air pollution was a “risk

journal Translational Psychiatry. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected not...

factor for a risk factor” that contributed to the

The findings were published online today by the

common soil...

Exoskeleton research marches forward with study on fit

Blood clots and lung injuries found in patients who have died of COVID-19

Exoskeletons, many of which are powered by

Ten post-mortem examinations performed on

springs or motors, can cause pain or injury if their joints are not aligned with...

patients with confirmed COVID-19 found that all patients had lung injuries and...

Exoskeleton research marches forward with NIST study on fit

New database shows more than 20% of nursing homes still report staff, PPE shortages

A shoddily tailored suit or a shrunken T-shirt may not be the most stylish, but wearing them is unlikely to hurt more than...

Nearly half of all COVID-19 deaths in the United States have occurred among nursing home residents, whose age, chronic medical...

IUPUI study looks at prevention strategy for substance use disorder

UA research finds relationship between COVID-19 deaths and morbid obesity

IMAGE: Ukamaka M. Oruche view more Credit:

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The prevalence of morbid

Indiana University There are well documented risk

obesity in a population is associated with negative

factors associated...

outcomes from COVID-19,...

NASA gets a wide angle view of hurricane Genevieve

Anthropogenic CO2 increase is unprecedented

IMAGE: International Space Station Astronaut Chris

IMAGE: Concordia research station in Antarctica at

Cassidy snapped photos of the Eastern Pacific

3233 m asl. view more Credit: © Thibaut Vergoz,

Ocean’s Hurricane...

Institut...


Heart failure, hypertensive deaths rise in black women and men CHICAGO— Deaths due to heart failure and hypertensive heart disease are increasing in the U.S. –particularly...

Research team develops the first physics-based method for predicting large solar flares IMAGE: The process of solar flare production in the physics-based prediction method. A: Electric currents flow along...

At least 25 people at nursing homes get experimental covid preventive drug Big Pharma firm Eli Lilly is testing whether its experimental antibody drug can stop a single infection from turning into...

Microplastic pollution found in human organs could increase the risk of infertility and cancer Microplastic pollution has been found in human organs — with scientists fearing the tiny particles could increase the risk...

Antibiotics may make the contraceptive pill LESS effective Antibiotics may make the contraceptive pill LESS

Reproduction: Female body has the final say on which sperm fertilise eggs to create healthy babies

effective and people should ‘take extra precautions’ when having...

Women’s bodies can filter out ‘unwanted’ sperm to secure the best genetic match and create healthy babies,...

Matt Hancock suggests ‘no excuse’ for people not to return to their desks

‘Morning people’ who wake up early at higher risk of Alzheimer’s

Matt Hancock faced criticism today after telling

Is early rising the first sign of Alzheimer’s? ‘Morning

workers to get back to their offices because the risk of catching coronavirus...

people’ who wake up early have higher risk of the...

Women who have a premature baby are twice as likely to die young, new study suggests

Skin cancer deaths more than DOUBLE in 50 years as British sunseekers jet abroad on cheap holidays

Women who have a premature baby are twice as

Deaths from skin cancer have more than doubled in

likely to die young, new study suggests Greatest risk of death highest in the...

the past fifty years as more and more British sunseekers jet abroad on...

Vaccine that harnesses antifungal immunity protects mice from staph infection

Fighting cancer with rejection-resistant, ‘off-the-shelf’ therapeutic T cells

S. aureus is one of the most common bacterial

clinical scenario: a patient comes to the hospital

infections worldwide, and antibiotic-resistant strains such as methicillin-resistant...

where physicians...

Robotic surgery may improve outcomes in mouth and throat cancer

Paying attention to the neurons behind our alertness

Transoral robotic surgery is a minimally invasive

Although this scenario is familiar to many people,

procedure in which a surgeon uses a computer-

the reason behind why our brains do this is not

enhanced system to guide an...

properly understood. This...

Relationship between COVID-19 deaths and morbid obesity

Dilated blood vessels in the lung may explain low oxygen levels in severe cases of COVID-19

In a paper published in the journal World Medical and Health Policy, researchers found a statistically significant relationship...

Cancer patients today can be a part of the following

In classical ARDS, pulmonary inflammation leads to leaky pulmonary blood vessels that flood the lungs with fluid, making...

Prevention strategy for substance use disorder

Study focuses on low-carb, high-fat diet effect on older populations

The study proposes a primary prevention strategy

Older adults with obesity are at particularly high risk

for SUD that is individualized for people within

of developing cardiometabolic disease such as Type

defined age groups. This...

2 diabetes and...

New approach uses wild genes to improve biological nitrogen fixation in soybeans

Unleashing the immune system’s ‘STING’ against cancer

IMAGE: Cover of the June issue of the MPMI journal

molecule that can activate a natural immuneboosting protein called STING....

view more Credit: Thi Nguyet Minh Dao and

Scientists at Scripps Research have discovered a

Svetlana Y. Folimonova. One...

Firefighters exposed to more potentially harmful chemicals than previously

Downstream effects: Sturgeon lifespan, fertility vary strikingly with river


thought

conditions

IMAGE: Firefighters in the Kansas City, Missouri,

IMAGE: New research has found that pallid

area, wore personal passive samplers in the shape of a military-style...

sturgeon stocked in a northerly segment of the Missouri River live an average...

First daily surveillance of emerging COVID-19 hotspots

A new lens on the world: Improving the metalens with liquid crystal

IMAGE: Weekly clusters resulting from the

IMAGE: An illustration of how a metalens refracts

prospective space-time scan statistic. view more

light. view more Credit: Giuseppe Strangi Federico

Credit: Hohl et...

Capasso CLEVELAND–For...

Stanford scientists slow and steer light with resonant nanoantennas

Your in-laws’ history of drinking problems could lead to alcohol issues of your own

Light is notoriously fast. Its speed is crucial for rapid information exchange, but as light zips through

The statistics are sobering. More than 14 million American adults suffer from some form of alcohol

materials, its...

use disorder (AUD), a...

‘I’m very anxious about getting back to work’

Leicester lockdown: Beauty salons and nail bars to reopen

“I’m very anxious… anxious about catching Covid,”

Beauty salons and nail bars are among businesses

says Kate Skoczylas. She is one of thousands of...

in Leicester allowed to reopen from Wednesday in a further easing of lockdown...

Linda Nolan and Bill Turnbull urge public not to delay cancer checks

Breast cancer: One-dose radiotherapy ‘as effective as full course’

Singer Linda Nolan and presenter Bill Turnbull are

A single targeted dose of radiotherapy could be as

among the celebrities with cancer who are urging

effective at treating breast cancer as a full course, a

the public not to put...

long-term study...

Wonder treatments in your own kitchen cupboard that could help you stay healthy

Almost 75% of hospital Covid-19 patients still suffer symptoms three months later, study claims

With modern medicine finally confirming the long-

Almost three quarters of Covid-19 patients admitted

held healing power of honey, which has been found

to hospital still suffer symptoms three months later, a

to be more effective than...

study has claimed. Researchers...

10,000 NHS workers sign up to take part in study into Covid reinfection

Radiotherapy administered inside the body for 30 minutes can treat breast cancer, study says

Ten thousand healthcare workers have signed up to take part in a Government study which aims to solve the mystery of whether...

A 30-minute dose of radiotherapy administered inside the body is as effective for early breast cancer as conventional therapy...

Keep calm, stay busy and eat an orange a day: The tips of Britain’s oldest Covid-19 survivor

NHS sickness rates hit decade high amid Covid-19 crisis

Eat an orange each day and count your blessings:

during the height of the Covid-19 crisis, official

107-year-old Angela — Britain’s oldest Covid-19

figures show. NHS...

A record-breaking number of NHS staff were off sick

survivor — reveals...

Children are ‘silent super spreaders’ of Covid-19, scientists claim Older pupils spread the virus ‘like adults do’

Could Wigan be freed from lockdown? Andy Burnham says it’s ‘clear’ measures have to worked

Secondary school pupils are as likely to transmit

Birmingham could be on the brink of going into

coronavirus...

lockdown after ministers met today to thrash out plans to tackle the city’s...

Heart attack damage reduced by shielded stem cells

Naming guides how 12-month-old infants encode and remember objects

In a study using rodents, a team led by Rice’s Omid

Encoding objects in memory and recalling them later

Veiseh and Baylor’s Ravi Ghanta showed it could

is fundamental to human cognition and emerges in

make capsules...

infancy. Evidence from...

Opioid use linked to pregnancy loss, lower chance of conception, study suggests

Ratio of two proteins may add kidneys to the transplant donor pool

“Our findings indicate that women who are pregnant

The team’s findings were reported online July 27, 2020, by the journal Transplantation. Currently, the

or planning a pregnancy should, along with their

national discard...

physicians, consider...


Down syndrome mice open door to better understanding of the disorder

Portrait of a virus

A report of their research appeared June 29, 2020, in the journal eLife Sciences. The new model may

realized that electronic medical records (EMRs) had

With the arrival of COVID-19, researchers quickly not lived up to their...

help researchers better...

Digital contact tracing alone may not be miracle answer for COVID-19

Blocking copper uptake in tumor cells may be clue to boosting immune system

Senior Research Fellow in the Department of

While immunotherapy, a treatment that works

Preventive and Social Medicine, Dr Andrew Anglemyer, led this systematic review...

through a patient’s immune system to kill the cancers, has proven to be...

COVID-19: How South Korea prevailed while the US failed

NTU scientists develop "biorubber" glue for faster surgical recovery and pain relief

IMAGE: Charles H. Hennekens, M.D., Dr.PH, senior

IMAGE: Liquid CaproGlu gel applied to meat bought

author and the first Sir Richard Doll Professor and

from the supermarket. When cured by UV light it

senior academic...

turns into biorubber. ...

Study adds to evidence that cells in the nose are key entry point for SARS CoV-2

Cyclohexyl phenyl sulfide cleavage studied for degradation of sulfurcontaining heavy oil

IMAGE: Red stain is ACE2. The green probe is staining CK18, which is found in supporting cells and mucus glands. ...

IMAGE: General Representation of the Reaction Steps Involved in the Heterolytic Mechanism of Catalytic Cleavage of...

Move over Michaelis-Menten! IMAGE: Magnus Kjærgaard (left) and Mateusz Dyla challenge one of the cornerstones of biochemistry, the Michaelis-Menten...

Unique protein structures could hold the key to treatment for Parkinson’s disease IMAGE: A variety of large ?S structures are formed upon incubation with phospholipids. Four subtypes with varying degrees...

Save the data: A new approach to database management in solid-state drives

Dementia education

IMAGE: On the left, Prof. Sungjin Lee from the Department of Information and Communication

encourage a much-needed...

IMAGE: Intergenerational dementia education can transform the way we treat older people to

Engineering at DGIST. In...

The DIY jab that stops migraines before they start Severe migraine sufferers could soon be given a

California resident tests positive for the PLAGUE in the state’s first case in five years

home use injection pen containing a powerful drug that stops attacks before...

California resident tests positive for the PLAGUE after being ‘bitten by an infected flea while walking their dog’...

Insulin-producing pancreatic cells could treat type 1 diabetes Could THIS be a cure for diabetes? Scientists create insulin-making pancreatic cells that escape the disease’s attacks...

Anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine does NOT prevent people from contracting coronavirus More evidence has emerged that taking hydroxychloroquine does not prevent someone from contracting the novel coronavirus. Researchers...

FDA approval of COVID-19 survivors’ plasma is put on hold US regulators have put a hold on the emergency approval process for the use of blood plasma taken from coronavirus survivors...

Scientists launch study to find out if babies can get COVID-19 from their breast milk Should women breastfeed during the pandemic? Scientists launch study to find out if babies can get COVID-19 from their mothers’...

Mothers who give birth to premature babies are at-risk of early deaths

A coronavirus vaccine could be widely available in the US by APRIL

Mothers who give birth to premature babies are at

A coronavirus vaccine could be widely available to

nearly TWICE the risk of dying early compared to other women, study finds An...

much of the American public as early as April of next year, Operation...

Telemedicine may well outlast the pandemic, say mental health care staff

Disorders in movement

In a new survey in the UK and an international

“Spinocerebellar ataxias” are diseases of the nervous system associated with a loss of motor

review of evidence from 29 countries, mental health

coordination. A...


care staff report how...

Toddlers who use touchscreens show attention differences

The secret of lymph: How lymph nodes help cancer cells spread

The research team, co-led by Dr Rachael Bedford of

The study, published today in Nature, found

the University of Bath’s Department of Psychology,

melanoma cells that pass through the lymph nodes

say the findings...

pick up a protective coating,...

First immune-evading cells created to treat type 1 diabetes

Understanding the inner workings of the human heart

Using stem cell technology, Salk researchers generated the first human insulin-producing

In humans, the heart is the first functional organ to develop and starts beating spontaneously only four

pancreatic cell clusters able to...

weeks after conception....

Words used to describe alcohol intoxication may give clues to drinking habits

Researchers predict deficits in female birth numbers in India over coming decades

A team of researchers led by Ashley LindenCarmichael, assistant research professor in the

There has been a reported imbalance in India in the sex ratio at birth (SRB) since the 1970s due to the

Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention...

emergence of prenatal...

A how-to guide for teaching GIS courses online with hardware or software in the cloud

Unlocking the cell enhances student learning of the genetic code

IMAGE: In the current remote learning era, Forrest

students learn about the central concepts of life. view more Credit:...

Bowlick at UMass Amherst and others provide

IMAGE: The Genetic Code Kit transforms the way

expert insight into...

Ancient gene family protects algae from salt and cold in an Antarctic lake

Researchers show children are silent spreaders of virus that causes COVID-19

IMAGE: Foreground: the ice-covered, hypersaline

BOSTON – In the most comprehensive study of

Lake Bonney on Antarctica. Background: Taylor Glacier. view...

COVID-19 pediatric patients to date, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)...

Small enzyme-mimicking polymers may have helped start life

Declining US plant breeding programs impacts food security

IMAGE: The micrograph shows uniform

IMAGE: Phenotyping replicated apple population for

nanoparticles under 10nm in diameter. view more

susceptibility to the bacterial disease Fire blight

Credit: Tony Z. Jia, ELSI Most...

(Erwinia amylovora). ...

Broccoli and Brussels sprouts a cut above for blood vessel health

Australia’s wish list of exotic pets

New research has shown some of our least favourite

Trading Convention 2018 in Palm Springs, Florida. view more Credit:...

vegetables could be the most beneficial when it

IMAGE: Juvenile green iguana for sale at Repticon

comes to preventing advanced...

South Korea tightens Covid-19 curbs amid warning of new ‘crisis’

A-levels U-turn: Government considering lifting cap on medicine places

Museums, nightclubs and karaoke bars have closed

The government is “absolutely looking at” lifting the

in and around South Korea’s capital, Seoul, as Covid-19 cases reach...

cap on the number of places to study medicine, Health Secretary...

Coronavirus: UK ‘not considering’ compulsory face masks in workplaces

Coronavirus: UK to ramp up coronavirus monitoring programme

The UK government is not considering making the

Coronavirus tests are to be carried out on more

wearing of face masks compulsory in offices and

people in the government’s monitoring programme

workplaces, Health Secretary...

to get a better idea...

Coronavirus US: Native Americans 3.5 times more at risk

75% US dementia sufferers on drugs not made for the disease

Native Americans make up a larger percentage of novel coronavirus cases than compared to their

Almost three-quarters of older American adults with dementia filled prescriptions for medications that

share of the US population,...

aren’t designed...

Coronavirus: WHO says planet ‘nowhere near’ herd immunity

Contagious droplets can spread more than 16 FEET from a patient infected with coronavirus

The world is nowhere near achieving herd immunity against coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Dr...

Since the coronavirus pandemic began, health experts have recommended that we socially distance by standing or sitting six...


Federal study will test combination of remdesivir and multiple sclerosis in coronavirus patients

Coronavirus: Nations should work together on vaccine, says WHO

Remdesivir will be combined with a multiple

began developing the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine in

sclerosis drug in next phase of federal tests in hopes the combination will fight...

January. It is now named...

What is the truth on humidity and coronavirus? How scientists are split

Coronavirus UK: 15 fatalities in preliminary daily death toll

Researchers are split over whether Covid-19

The number of people getting diagnosed with

spreads more easily in dry or humid air after two

coronavirus in the UK shrunk again today as health

conflicting studies were released...

chiefs recorded just 812 more...

Study sheds new light on certainty of opinions

Speeding up nerve regrowth for trauma patients

The findings, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, could help polling

“We use the term ‘time is muscle,'” said Christine Webber, an associate professor in the U of A’s...

University of Oxford Oxford University academics

researchers and others interested...

New insights into how skin can regenerate after severe burns

Toward a coronavirus breathalyzer test

New research led by Dr. Jeff Biernaskie, PhD, has

standard for COVID-19 testing requires RT-PCR, a

made an exciting leap forward in understanding how skin heals, which could...

time-consuming laboratory...

Team creates better tool to aid COVID-19 diagnosis Emma R. Schachner, PhD, Associate Professor of

New study calculates alarming lifetime risk of death from firearms and drug overdoses in the United States

Cell Biology Anatomy, and Bradley Spieler, MD, Vice

The lifetime risks vary depending on who you are

Chairman of Radiology...

and where you live. The lifetime risk of firearm death is highest among...

Clinical and sociodemographic features of early COVID-19 patients in Massachusetts

Low-cost, accurate COVID-19 antibody detection platform

“Our medium follow-up revealed that many of these

deployment of a vaccine for COVID-19 and toward

patients are very sick even after leaving the hospital,” says...

reopening the economy, as both...

Is COVID-19 transmitted through breast milk? Study suggests not likely

Older adults with existing depression show resilience during the pandemic

IMAGE: Christina Chambers, PhD, MPH, professor

IMAGE: Helen Lavretsky, MD, is a professor-in-

of pediatrics at UC San Diego School of Medicine,

residence of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences

director of Mommy’s...

at the Jane and Terry...

Seafood could account for 25% of animal protein needed to meet increases in demand

Increasing graduation rates of students of color with more faculty of color

IMAGE: Policy reforms and technological

found that student graduation rates improve as more

improvements could drive seafood production

faculty employed by...

In addition to being uncomfortable, the current gold

The UCI system can go a long way toward the

A new analysis published in Public Administration

upward by as much as 75% over the...

This cuttlefish is flamboyant on special occasions only!

Genetic background may affect adaptions to aging

WOODS HOLE, Mass. – The flashy Flamboyant

IMAGE: Chandra Reynolds is a professor of

Cuttlefish is among the most famous of the

psychology at UC Riverside. view more Credit: UC

cephalopods (octopus, squid, and...

Riverside. RIVERSIDE,...

Sustained planetwide storms may have filled lakes, rivers on ancient mars

Quick fixes won’t stop sexual harassment in academia, experts say

IMAGE: New research from The University of Texas

IMAGE: U. of I. anthropology professor Kathryn

at Austin has used dry Martian lake beds to determine how much precipitation...

Clancy and her colleagues were among the authors of a 2018 report on...

Honey ‘beats antibiotics’ for curing colds: Study shows it’s more effective than medication

Study claims patients taking Pepcid AC are more likely to survive COVID-19

Honey ‘beats antibiotics’ for curing coughs or colds: New research shows it is more effective than

likely to die of the infection, a new study claims.

Coronavirus patients taking Pepcid AC are less Famotidine, the active...


medication Oxford...

Pregnant women with high blood pressure at greater risk of suffering hot flushes during menopause

Coronavirus could survive for LONGER in humid conditions, study finds

Pregnant women who have high blood pressure are at greater risk of suffering hot flushes during

the air for longer in humid conditions, a new study has reported. SARS-CoV-2,...

The coronavirus that causes Covid-19 can survive in

menopause, research suggests Link...

Up to 150,000 people will be regularly tested for coronavirus by October

Oldham lockdown row: Three MPs warn against lockdown

Ministers today revealed they will ramp up the size

Locking down Oldham would devastate the town’s

of a major Covid-19 surveillance testing scheme to 150,000 people every...

already-crippled economy, three Labour MPs have warned in a letter to...

Matt Hancock vows to introduce mass testing of the public Matt Hancock today vowed to bring in population-

Global daily Covid deaths nearing levels last seen in April as experts brand it ‘wake up call’

wide mass coronavirus testing – but failed to offer a

The number of people dying each day from

time frame and referred...

coronavirus across the world is rapidly approaching levels seen at the peak of the...

Researchers discover protective factor against psychological trauma

Low-cost home air quality monitors prove useful for wildfire smoke

Traumatic experiences, such as an accident, rape or

The answer is: yes — to a degree. Published

torture, can become deeply entrenched in a person’s

recently in the journal Sensors, their study tested

memory and...

four models of low-cost...

Wide variation across hospitals in nurse staffing is threat to public’s health

Unraveling the initial molecular events of respiration

New York City, an international gateway to the US with three major international airports and the early

Respiratory proteins work by binding and releasing small molecules like oxygen, carbon monoxide etc.,

epicenter of the...

called ligands. They...

New gene therapy approach eliminates at least 90% latent herpes simplex virus 1

Airborne viruses can spread on dust, non-respiratory particles

The study, published August 18 in Nature

“It’s really shocking to most virologists and

Communications, used two sets of genetic scissors to damage the virus’s DNA,...

epidemiologists that airborne dust, rather than expiratory droplets,...

Low humidity increases COVID-19 risk: Another reason to wear a mask

Social connection boosts fitness app appeal

Now a second study by the same team confirms the

Sharing physical activity outcomes and progress to

risk. The study is published today in Transboundary

app communities and social networking platforms

and Emerging Diseases. The...

provides the necessary...

Unconventional monetary policy and bank risk taking

Researchers find link between gut microbiome and cancer treatment outcomes

IMAGE: Central banks are ramping up efforts to limit the economic fallout of the pandemic. view more Credit:...

DUARTE, Calif. — Physicians at City of Hope, working in collaboration with scientists at Translational Genomics Research...

Trust is key to effectiveness in virtual communities, researchers find With the global COVID-19 pandemic shifting more and more of our work and school online, virtual communities are more important...

Study of one million Danish children: Childhood adversity increases the risk of early death In many ways, our childhood lays the foundation of our health in adult life. It is central to our physical and cognitive...

Protein influences regeneration of vascular cells

Toward an ultrahigh energy density capacitor

IMAGE: The image shows the immunofluorescence

IMAGE: To make the new material, the thin film is

staining of human endothelial cells, with the cell

first deposited via a pulsed-laser deposition process

nucleus in blue, certain...

in this chamber....

Brain remapping dysfunction causes spatial memory impairment in Alzheimer’s disease

Partner selection ultimately happens in the woman’s reproductive tract


Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most serious

The female reproductive tract has the final say in

diseases in an aging society, yet the cause is often

human mate choice, according to new research from

unclear and there...

the University of Eastern...

Basildon University Hospital maternity unit rated ‘inadequate’

Coronavirus smell loss ‘different from cold and flu’

A maternity unit has been rated inadequate after a

The loss of smell that can accompany coronavirus is

“lack of learning” from a mother’s death has led to...

unique and different from that experienced by someone with a bad cold...

Coronavirus: Care homes ask for insurance cost help

A-levels U-turn: Medical schools call for increase in student places

Care home owners whose insurance premiums

Ministers are coming under pressure to lift the limit

have soared this year have called for government

on the number of places to study medicine in

protection from being sued over...

England, after this week’s...

Fewer than half of Americans say they will get a coronavirus vaccine

Only ONE healthy child has been killed by Covid-19 in Britain, reveals study

Less than half of Americans say they will get a

One healthy child has been killed by Covid-19 in

coronavirus vaccine when one becomes available, a

Britain, reveals study that says under-16s played a

new survey reveals. Low...

‘limited role’...

Kensington and Chelsea is Britain’s most miserable borough

Exercise: Turning a 12-minute stroll into a 7-minute power walk daily lowers the risk of early death

Kensington and Chelsea is Britain’s most miserable borough, according to official data. Government researchers quizzed...

Turning a 12-minute stroll into a 7-minute power walk every day decreases the chance of an early death by 30 per cent Experts...

Coronavirus UK: Two fatalities in preliminary daily death toll

Feeling sleepy: Going out for evening drinks helps you sleep better at night

Britain today recorded fewer than 1,000 Covid-19

An evening meal and drinks out can help you sleep

cases for the first time in a week after 713 more Britons tested positive...

better and feel more refreshed, but going for brunch has the opposite effect...

Coronavirus: Why face masks DO work, according to study

Chronic stress caused by Covid-19 pandemic will lead to a generation of babies being born smaller

Coughing or sneezing without a face covering exposes bystanders to at least 10,000 times more droplets, scientists claim.

Droplets...

Chronic stress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic may lead to a wave of babies being born smaller, scientists claim. Researchers...

More fructose in diet during pregnancy impacts metabolism of offspring, animal study finds

How protein protects against fatty liver

The research, which was led by Dr Clint Gray, a Research Fellow in the Department of Paediatrics

characterized by a build-up...

Causes and consequences of a non-alcoholic fatty liver Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is

and Child Health, found...

Aging heart cells offer clues to susceptibility of older people to severe COVID-19

COVID-19 pandemic likely to cause sales tax loss for Ohio municipalities

“When this novel coronavirus first emerged, we expected it to be primarily a respiratory illness, as

Development and Society, also found that municipalities that rely on grocery...

The study, published Monday in the journal Local

the virus usually...

Half of breast cancer survivors had delays in care due to COVID-19 “The motivation for the study came from widespread

School flu vaccine program reduces community-wide influenza hospitalizations

reports of cancer care being delayed or procedures being canceled...

Seasonal influenza contributes substantially to hospitalization and mortality, especially among infants and the elderly....

Police officers face multifaceted, compounding stressors that can lead to adverse events

Cold-weather accounts for almost all temperature-related deaths

The study team aims to use this research to develop intervention models that can address and help

University of Illinois Chicago, patients who died because of cold temperatures...

prevent these multifaceted...

According to the new study by researchers at the


Migration and dispersal of butterflies have contrasting effect on flight morphology

High blood pressure during pregnancy may mean worse hot flashes during menopause

IMAGE: Female Lemon Emigrant feeding on a

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Women with a history of

lantana flower, taking a momentary break on its long

high blood pressure disorders during pregnancy are

flight. view...

more likely to experience...

High blood pressure during pregnancy associated with more bothersome menopause symptoms

Improving protein digestibility in sorghum

CLEVELAND, Ohio (August 19, 2020)–Women with

IMAGE: Sorghum varieties with high protein quality will help sorghum crop industry and the livestock

high blood pressure during pregnancy are at an

industry. ...

increased risk for chronic...

Hydrogen economy with mass production of high-purity hydrogen from ammonia IMAGE: KIST researchers who developed this high

Patients with recently discovered antibodies have more severe myasthenia gravis

purity hydrogen extractor, Dr. Young-suk Jo (left), Dr.

IMAGE: Dr. Lin Mei, chair of the Department of

Yong-haPark...

Neurosciences and Allen C. Holmes Professor of Neurological Diseases...

Illegal trade with terrestrial vertebrates in markets and households of Laos

Researchers identify better classification system for adult idiopathic scoliosis

IMAGE: East Asian bullfrogs with broken legs at a

Researchers have designed a new X-ray

market in Laos. view more Credit: Dr Thomas

classification system for adult idiopathic scoliosis

Ziegler It’s...

that can more precisely define...

Black newborns cared for by white doctors 3-times more likely to die

Phones know when you’re drunk from your wobbly walk

Black babies in the US are up to three times more

Smartphone app built by scientists knows when

likely to die in the days and weeks following their births compared to...

you’re drunk by using the device’s in-built sensors to detect tell-tale...

Leicester could leave lockdown TODAY as coronavirus infections fall

Nicola Sturgeon rejects calls for an urgent inquiry into Scotland’s Covid-19 care home scandal

Leicester is set to have its lockdown relaxed today just seven weeks after seeing the rate of coronavirus infections fall. The...

Nicola Sturgeon has rejected calls for an immediate public inquiry into Scotland’s Covid-19 care home catastrophe. Politicians...

Lockdown is eased in Leicester as beauty salons can reopen

Coronavirus: Do parts of London and NYC have herd immunity?

Leicester will be brought partially out of its

Herd immunity against Covid-19 could be closer

coronavirus local lockdown, with nail bars, outdoor

than scientists first thought and as little as 10 per

pools, and beauty salons...

cent of people may need...

Coronavirus deaths fall to ANOTHER low: Flu and pneumonia is now killing six times more people

Coronavirus triggers inflammatory condition MIS-C in children

Britain today recorded another 1,089 coronavirus

the pandemic is linked to infection with the

cases, meaning the rolling average number of daily

coronavirus, a peer-reviewed...

The inflammatory condition affecting children during

infections has dropped...

Food safety model may help pandemic management

COVID-19 has major impact on psychosocial care of cancer patients

“It’s crucial that the public does not lose trust in

During this unique study, researchers from six

governments and the officials communicating

universities, as part of their work on the British

information...

Psychosocial Oncology Society...

Flexible and protected

Insect wings inspire new ways to fight superbugs

At the start of a COVID-19 infection, the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 docks onto human cells using the spike-like proteins on...

The wings of cicadas and dragonflies are natural bacteria killers, a phenomenon that has spurred researchers searching for...

Smartphones are lowering student’s grades on closed-book exams

Using a public restroom? Mask up!

The study, published in the journal Educational

additional computer simulations, they’ve concluded

Psychology, found that smartphones seem to be the

that flushing...

If that’s not cringeworthy enough, after running


culprit. Students who received...

Persistence of ADHD into adulthood is an important predictor of car crash risk

Why doesn’t Ebola cause disease in bats, as it does in people?

The authors also found that children whose ADHD

The Ebola virus causes a devastating, often fatal,

symptoms have decreased by adulthood have no increased risk for car crashes. Lead...

infectious disease in people. Within the past decade, Ebola has caused...

Machine learning unearths signature of slow-slip quake origins in seismic data

OCT-based technique captures subtle details of photoreceptor function

IMAGE: Using a machine learning model and

IMAGE: Researchers have developed a unique

historical data from the Cascadia region in the

synchronized high-speed OCT/scanning light

Pacific Northwest, computational...

ophthalmoscope (SLO) system that...

Alternative cooling strategies could mitigate COVID-19 and climate change

Cover crop mixtures must be ‘farm-tuned’ to provide maximum ecosystem services

When most people think of cooling, they automatically imagine air conditioning (AC), or

IMAGE: This is how the cover crop mix looked at one study site. From the same seed mixture, cover

cooling the air in a room. But, there...

crop mixture expression...

Cryo-EM study yields new clues to chicken pox infection

Army researchers explore self-healing materials

IMAGE: Images extracted from cryo-EM data (left

IMAGE: Army researchers expect to embed

and right panels) show the varicella zoster virus’s gB

materials they developed with Texas AM University

protein...

collaborators in intelligent...

Influence of vitamin D supplementation on a baby’s gut microbiome

Songbirds, like people, sing better after warming up

New research from the CHILD Cohort Study has

IMAGE: The dawn chorus of birdsong may be a

shed light on the influence of vitamin D

warm-up routine that helps birds meet the physical

supplementation on a baby’s developing...

demands of singing and...

Restrictions on laxative sales in the UK to stop misuse

NHS cannabis guidelines challenged in court

The UK government is imposing stricter regulations on the sale of laxatives, to help prevent their misuse.

The parents of a three-year-old boy with severe epilepsy are going to court to mount the first legal

The drugs, designed...

challenge to the guidelines...

New public health body ‘vigilant for viral threat’

Depression doubles during coronavirus pandemic

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has confirmed

Twice as many adults in Britain are reporting

Public Health England will be replaced by a new

symptoms of depression now compared with this

body focused on preparing for...

time last year, Office for National...

Covid-19 ‘could cause type 1 diabetes in children’ Covid-19 could lead to type 1 diabetes, researchers

NHS is preparing to spend up to £10billion in private hospitals over four years

fear after witnessing a spike in cases of the disease

The NHS is preparing to spend up to £10billion

among infected...

outsourcing work to private hospitals in a bid to cut waiting lists. Private...

Children are far less likely to catch coronavirus in the classroom than they are at home

COVID-19 cases in U.S. nursing homes jumped nearly 80% earlier this summer

Children are less likely to catch Covid-19 at school

nearly 80 per cent earlier this summer, driven by

than they are at home, according to research. Scientists at...

rampant spread across the South...

Depression rates have DOUBLED since coronavirus hit Britain

Faeces transplant cures 47-year-old man who got drunk after eating carbs

Depression rates in Britain have doubled since the

Feces transplant cures a 47-year-old man who has

Covid-19 pandemic, government research has

a rare ‘auto-brewery’ condition which caused him to

revealed. The Office for...

get drunk...

Government AXE PHE and replace it with new institute run by former jockey Baroness Dido Harding

Asian Brits are up to FIVE times more likely to catch coronavirus than white people

Matt Hancock today officially axed Public Health

Asian people are up to five times more likely to

England after a series of failings during the coronavirus crisis –...

catch the coronavirus than white people, according to data from a government-run...

COVID-19 cases in U.S. nursing homes jumped


More healthful milk chocolate by adding peanut, coffee waste

Micro- and nanoplastics detectable in human tissues

The researchers will present their results today at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2020

The researchers will present their results today at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2020

Virtual Meeting Expo. “The...

Virtual Meeting Expo. “You...

Immunotherapy extends survival in mouse model of hard-to-treat breast cancer

Negative side effects of opioids could be coming from users’ own immune systems

The researchers will present their results at the

the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2020 Virtual Meeting Expo. A...

American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2020 Virtual

The researchers will present their results today at

Meeting Expo. A brand-new...

Social distancing decreased pediatric respiratory tract infections in Finland

Gene targeting helps overcome the resistance of brain cancer to therapy

The researchers looked at the number of paediatric

This approach, led by the laboratory of Arezu

emergency room visits in two Finnish hospitals

Jahani-Asl, Assistant Professor of Medicine at

(Kuopio University Hospital,...

McGill University, was successful...

Long-term exposure to traffic noise may impact weight gain in the UK population

Targeted treatment for depression could benefit patients with psychosis

‘While modest, the data revealed an association

According to scientists at the University of

between those living in high traffic-noise areas and

Birmingham’s Institute for Mental Health, depression

obesity, at around...

may be an intrinsic...

Ultrafast hydrogen bond dynamics of liquid water revealed by THz-induced Kerr effect

Smart AI makes all kinds of shapes on its own

IMAGE: a, Schematic diagram of the experimental

IMAGE: POSTECH research team develops an artificial neural network system that recommends

system. A broadband THz pump pulse (peak electric

plastic molding process conditions. ...

field strength of...

A bright idea — Genetically engineered proteins for studying neurons using light IMAGE: Four amino acid mutations were introduced

Shigella prevents infected cells from sacrificing themselves for the greater good

in GtACR2 to engineer a new variant protein. The

IMAGE: Host cells recognize blockade of caspase-8

variant can be controlled...

apoptosis signaling by bacterial pathogens, and triggers necroptosis...

Multivitamin, mineral supplement linked to less-severe, shorter-lasting illness symptoms

Dynamic full-field optical coherence tomography: 3D live-imaging of retinal organoids

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Older adults who took a daily

IMAGE: a, Colour bar of the D-FFOCT images with

multivitamin and mineral supplement with zinc and

a consistent colormap for (b,c). b, Image of a D29

high amounts of vitamin...

retinal organoid,...

NUS-led study considers potential and constraints of reforestation for climate mitigation

New building block in plant wall construction

IMAGE: Nursery seedlings beginning to flourish in

multidisciplinary, international team, have uncovered

Sungai Tohor, Riau, after a community-based

a new biochemical mechanism...

University of Adelaide researchers as part of a

peatland restoration...

Coronavirus tests made by Thermo Fisher return false negative AND false positive results, FDA warns

Scientists make ‘healthy’ milk chocolate by adding antioxidant-rich peanut skins and coffee grounds

Coronavirus tests made by Thermo Fisher return

Adding peanut skins to milk chocolate would make it

false negative AND false positive results, FDA warns The FDA has warned there...

healthier, suggests a new study. Researchers found that recycled food...

The plasma beam that kills off rogue cancer cells

How your ‘clicky’ hip could give you arthritis

A hi-tech pen has been developed that uses a beam

Two weeks ago, Made In Chelsea star Millie

of light to remove cancer cells left behind after a

Mackintosh revealed that her three-month-old

tumour is removed. The...

daughter Sienna has developmental...

The chef whose dedication is a recipe for kindness

Specs with tech: Should you set your sights on the glasses promising to tackle a range of problems?


Louisa Batista is justifiably proud that in five

Almost 70 per cent of people in the UK wear some

decades she’s never taken a single day off sick —

sort of glasses to correct their sight. But there are

for it’s...

now special glasses...

As NHS waiting lists rocket while appointments are limited, one doctor tells of his frustration

‘I can’t make sense of cholesterol readings’: DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions

Last week I was sitting in glorious isolation in my

I wonder if you could explain cholesterol readings? I

consulting room at St Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey,

was told mine was 4.1 but was also given other

Surrey, in what...

numbers. I am 74 and...

Naturally occurring antibodies against prion proteins found in humans

Regulation of cancer stemness by the best combination of nanotech and genetic engineering

In EMBO Molecular Medicine, researchers at the University of Zurich and Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research in Switzerland...

Scientists at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) have created a regulation technology of fatal cancer...

How the brain’s internal states affect decision-making While “internal state” or impulsivity are terms more

Widespread electric vehicle adoption would save billions of dollars, thousands of lives

generally discussed in psychology or neuroscience,

A new study found that if EVs replaced 25% of

the concept...

combustion-engine cars currently on the road, the United States would save...

Antibiotics associated with increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease IBD is becoming more common, particularly in Europe, the U.S. and other parts of the world undergoing rapid economic development,...

Targeted therapy combination effective for patients with advanced cholangiocarcinoma and BRAF mutations This trial represents the first prospective study for patients with BRAF-mutated cholangiocarcinoma, or bile duct cancer,...

Postmenopausal women at risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, review suggests

Measuring social networks of young adults with autism

NAFLD is the most common cause of liver damage,

people, communities and organizations that could

and can lead to liver cirrhosis and death. It also is

provide them with...

“Many autistic young adults are disconnected from

one of the leading...

NASA finds short-lived Fausto faded fast MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA’s Terra

Society perceives the poor as less affected by distress than those with more means

satellite showed...

IMAGE: The poor are perceived to be “hardened ”

IMAGE: On Aug. 17 at 3 a.m. EDT (0700 UTC), the

by negative events and therefore less harmed by them than...

Cashew shell compound appears to mend damaged nerves

Smartphones can tell when you’re drunk by analyzing your walk

IMAGE: Senior author Subramaniam Sriram, MBBS,

IMAGE: Analysis of cell phone data of your walk

William C. Weaver III Professor of Neurology and

could determine if you’ve had too much to drink.

chief of the Division...

view...

Research brief: Bee neighborly — sharing bees helps more farmers

Women less likely to receive pay for college internships

IMAGE: Researchers combined wild bee ecology,

The odds of women receiving pay for a college

crop values, and land ownership patterns to reveal

internship are 34% lower than for men, according to

the benefits to landowners...

new research from Binghamton...

Swans reserve aggression for each other IMAGE: Aggression among mute swans view more

The tropics are expanding, and climate change is the primary culprit

Credit: WWT Swans display more aggression to

WASHINGTON–Earth’s tropics are expanding

fellow swans than...

poleward and that expansion is driven by humancaused changes to the...

Coronavirus: Shielding paused for 130,000 in Wales

More coronavirus-vaccine volunteers needed

Media captionRichard Bluck says he may not be

More than 100,000 people have signed up to take

able to hug his daughter until a vaccine is found

part in future NHS trials of a coronavirus vaccine –

People with...

but more volunteers...


Coronavirus: Dido Harding to be temporary head of new health agency

Coronavirus US: Black Americans’ hospitalization risk far higher

Baroness Dido Harding, who runs NHS Test and Trace in England, is to be the interim chief of the

Minority Americans with coronavirus are being hospitalized at far greater rates compared to their

government’s new Health...

share of states’...

Coronavirus: Hope for immunity in survivors of mild infections

Coronavirus: 75% Utah’s infected workers Hispanic, says CDC

We’re still at least months away from a coronavirus

Hispanic employees accounted for nearly 75% off all

vaccine – but studies suggest that that millions of people...

coronavirus caught at work in Utah – making them three times more...

Coronavirus: Severe cases could trigger autoimmune disease Severe coronavirus infections could trigger a rare,

Six brave souls reveal the body blemishes that serve as a reminder of their past

muscle-weakening autoimmune disease, report

Almost two decades after major surgery to correct a

suggests Researchers in...

curvature of her spine, Princess Eugenie posted a picture of her scar...

Cartoonist Bill Tidy lost the power of speech, but says putting pen to paper had remarkable results

Thought your headache was unbearable? Emma’s had one for six years

After Bill Tidy — one of Britain’s best-loved cartoonists — was rushed to hospital following a

developed a headache that just wouldn’t go away

Emma Allenby was studying for A-levels when she Emma Allenby was...

stroke,...

Survival of the fit-ish The conventional understanding of evolution is that

Designed bacteria produce coralantibiotic against multi-resistant TB

genes encoding a beneficial function are the most

Sea whips are protected; despite this, their

frequently transmitted,...

existence is in danger. The collection and sale of dried corals is a lucrative...

High schoolers’ accuracy in classification of their peers

Opioid use can trigger deafness

But how do visible queues of high school cliques

Toxicology, reviewed records from the New Jersey Poison Control Center, based...

correlate with what youth say about themselves?

The study, published in The Journal of Medical

Are adolescents that are...

Why young and female patients don’t respond as well to cancer immunotherapy

Chatbots delivering psychotherapy help decrease opioid use after surgery

Researchers at University of California San Diego

be decreased by more than a third in an at-risk

School of Medicine have found evidence that helps

patient population...

“We showed that opioid medication utilization could

explain why patients...

COVID-19 hospitalizations analysis shows disparities across racial and ethnic groups

Protein produced by the nervous system may help treatments for inflammatory diseases

Published today in JAMA Internal Medicine,

In a study published in the journal Nature

researchers from the U of M’s Carlson School of

Immunology, researchers discovered that

Management found significant...

neuromedin B (NMB), a protein produced...

Potential drug target revealed to help more children survive a lethal heart defect

Drexel study: Measuring social networks of young adults with autism

IMAGE: The image on the right shows more robust

connections are vital to a person’s wellbeing. While

cardiac muscle fiber development when the gene

social isolation is a core...

As many have recently discovered, social

FN1 is active. The fibers...

Penguins are Aussies. Or are they Kiwis? University of Chile among a group of rockhopper

Findings refute idea of monarchs’ migration mortality as major cause of population decline

penguins. view...

IMAGE: A monarch butterfly photographed during a

IMAGE: Juliana Vianna of the Pontifical Catholic

tagging event for Monarch Watch view more Credit: University...

Study hopes to encourage use of new technology to reduce errors in DNA testing

Autism-cholesterol link Researchers at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and


IMAGE: “We used a realistic model to estimate that

Northwestern University have identified...

tens of thousands of cases could be wrongly interpreted over...

Photo and collage by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications

Desire to be in a group leads to harsher judgment of others

IMAGE: Physicists Ahmed Diallo, left, and Julien

DURHAM, N.C. –If you’re reluctant to identify as a

Dominski shown with collage of DIII-D tokamak.

Democrat or Republican even though you are

view more Credit:...

staunchly liberal...

Coronavirus UK: SAGE fear public toilets will harbour virus

Spring will be a ‘new dawn’ for Britain, says deputy chief medical officer

Covid-19 will spread more this winter and public

Spring will be a ‘new dawn’ for Britain and people

toilets will be one of the riskiest places to catch it, scientists advising...

should be able to live safely without fear of the coronavirus,...

Britons are ‘more likely to die of cancer than they were 15 years ago’ because of Covid-19

Adverts for sausage rolls, fish fingers and ketchup ‘to be BANNED from daytime TV ads’

Britons are now more likely to die from some types

Daytime adverts for sausage rolls, mustard and

of cancer than they were 15 years ago because of

ketchup will be banned under the Government’s

the coronavirus pandemic,...

obesity crackdown, it...

Mixing silk with polymers could lead to better biomedical implants

Converting solar energy to hydrogen fuel, with help from photosynthesis

IMAGE: Combining silk fabric with epoxy creates

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2020 — Global economic

laminates that can be formed into shapes, like the

growth comes with increasing demand for energy,

structure above,...

but stepping up energy...

Patients taking long-term opioids produce antibodies against the drugs MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Madison

New practice guidelines on non-invasive ventilation in chronic stable Hypercapnic COPD

scientists have discovered that a majority of back-

IMAGE: New ATS clinical practice guidelines on

pain patients they...

treating hypercapnia in COPD patients published. view more Credit:...

To perceive faces, your brain relies on a process similar to face recognition systems

Novel method can efficiently create several ‘building blocks’ of pharmaceutical drugs

Imagine if every time you looked at a face, one side

Several drugs, including those for depression,

of the face always appeared distorted as if it were

schizophrenia, and malaria, would not be if not for a

melting, resembling...

type of organic chemical...

Stomach SIDT1 mediates dietary microRNA absorption: ending of the 10year debate

Realtime observation of structural dynamic of influenza A hemagglutinin during viral entry

In a new study published in Cell Research, Chen-Yu

IMAGE: High-speed atomic force microscopy

Zhang’s group at Nanjing University School of Life Sciences, China,...

enables visualizing the fusogenic transition of HA in acidic environment,...

Coronavirus: Test for Covid-19 T cells immunity developed

Coronavirus: Appetite grows for home working and local lockdowns

A company in Cardiff has developed a test for

The public’s appetite for working from home and

coronavirus T cells – which can potentially provide

local lockdowns if a Covid-19 vaccine cannot be

longer-term immunity...

found appears to be...

The medical school trying to become anti-racist

Coronavirus: Public Health England ‘to be replaced’

A major British medical school is leading the drive to

Public Health England is to be replaced by a new

eliminate what it calls “inherent racism” in the way

agency that will specifically deal with protecting the

doctors...

country from pandemics,...

Scientists sound the alarm: Lockdowns may escalate the obesity epidemic

COVID-19 symptom tracker ensures privacy during isolation

Rates of obesity may explode because of strategies

WASHINGTON (August 13, 2020)– An online

to limit the spread of COVID-19, warn a trio of

COVID-19 symptom tracking tool developed by

researchers at the University...

researchers at Georgetown University...

Nitrate supplementation could help breathing and lung clearance in the

New diagnostic criteria shine light on early dementia mimics


elderly New research published today in The Journal of Physiology shows that nitrate improves function in

IMAGE: UK academics and clinicians have collaborated to develop a diagnostic definition of the widely recognised but...

the diaphragm, the muscle...

Half of parents report butting heads with child’s grandparent over parenting IMAGE: Clashes over parenting choices and enforcing parents’ rules can cause major strife between a child’s...

Effects of nutrient pollution in marine ecosystems are compounded by human activity Excessive nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, have devastating effects on coastal marine ecosystems by causing algal...

Scientists further cowpea research– boosting canopy CO2 assimilation, wateruse efficiency

New Guidelines for Phage Preparation Can Accelerate Lifesaving Treatment

Crops grow dense canopies that consist of several layers of leaves–the upper layers with younger sun

who don’t respond to antibiotics, the patients are

When clinicians resort to phage therapy for patients usually very...

leaves and the...

Gender parity & heart failure research: Female authors could mean more female participants

Preliminary study of 300-plus COVID-19 patients suggests convalescent plasma therapy effective

PHILADELPHIA– While about a quarter of

From March 28, when Houston Methodist became

physicians and researchers working in advanced

the first academic medical center in the nation to

heart failure (HF) and transplant...

infuse critically ill COVID-19...

A new, 20-minute assay for COVID-19 diagnosis

Global deaths due to smokeless tobacco are up by a third, according to new study

The findings, published in the Journal of Medical

The research, from the University of York, comes at

Microbiology, show the rapid molecular test called

a time when there are concerns that spitting — a

N1-STOP-LAMP, is 100%...

behaviour common...

Task force examines role of mobile health technology in COVID-19 pandemic

Scientists identify the order of COVID19’s symptoms

The technologies — including wearable sensors,

Knowing the order of COVID-19’s symptoms may

electronic patient-reported data and digital contact

help patients seek care promptly or decide sooner

tracing —...

than later to self-isolate,...

Frequently used serology test may not detect antibodies that could confirm protection against reinfection of COVID19, study shows

WTF, when will scientists learn to use fewer acronyms?

The results, published today in JCI Insight, highlight

widely used acronym...

Have you heard of DNA? It stands for Do Not Abbreviate apparently. Jokes aside, it’s the most

findings from a quantitative serological enzymelinked immunosorbent...

Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide lens for high resolution imaging

Native trees thrive in teak plantations and may protect the Panama Canal

IMAGE: Schematic of femtosecond laser fabrication of a monolayer TMDC lens. Inset: (i) AFM image of

Agua Salud Project. view more Credit: Jorge

IMAGE: Teak (Tectona grandis) plantation at the Alemán, STRI Native...

a monolayer TMDC...

Targeting the LANDO pathway holds a potential clue to treating Alzheimer’s disease

Program achieves 85% reduction in malaria cases, but does not eliminate the disease

IMAGE: Bradlee Heckmann, Ph.D., of St. Jude

IMAGE: Mass drug administration campaign against

Immunology view more Credit: St. Jude Children’s

malaria in Magude, Mozambique. view more Credit:

Research...

ISGlobal The...

Comparing ICD-10 Codes With Electronic Medical Records Among Patients With COVID-19 Symptoms

Cardiovascular risk factors tied to COVID19 complications and death

What The Study Did: The goal of this study was to compare International Statistical Classification of

COVID-19 patients. Each line represents the result

IMAGE: Cardiovascular risk profile of hospitalized of the meta-analysis...

Diseases and Related...

Patients’ access to opioid treatment cumbersome

A light bright and tiny: NIST scientists build a better nanoscale LED


IMAGE: The “secret shopper ” study used trained

IMAGE: The fin LED pixel design includes the

actors attempting to get into treatment with an addiction...

glowing zinc oxide fin (purple), isolating dielectric material (green),...

Anschutz researchers overturn hypothesis underlying the sensitivity of the mammalian auditory system

Weight between young adulthood and midlife linked to mortality: BU study

AURORA, Colo. (August 14, 2020) – A new study

(BUSPH) study finds that changes in weight

from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical

between young adulthood and midlife...

A new Boston University School of Public Health

Campus challenges a...

How people and ecosystems fit together on the Great Barrier Reef IMAGE: Issuing permits for human activities at larger scales than the particular individual marine features of interest,...

Achieving highly efficient ammonia synthesis by altering the rate-determining step Ammonia is a generic precursor for the manufacture of essential fertilizer and most nitrogen-containing organic chemicals....

Remains of 17th century bishop support neolithic emergence of tuberculosis

Organic chemistry — a brilliant tool

IMAGE: Portrait of Bishop Peder Jensen Winstrup

Langhals of LMU Munich succeeded in molecular

view more Credit: Orf3us / CC BY-SA

deflection of light radiation...

An international team led by the chemist Heinz

(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) When...

German-Argentinean doctoral program bears first fruits IMAGE: Regina Mencia (middle) with her

I can tell the time but can’t draw a clock… that’s scary: BONNIE ESTRIDGE’S life with Alzheimer’s

supervisors Prof. Elina Welchen (left) and Prof. Jutta

As I write this, it’s 10.30am. I know because I’ve just

Ludwig-Müller (right)...

had a look at my wristwatch. It’s the old-fashioned...

200 000 years ago, humans preferred to kip cozy

The flax wilt agent has been sequenced

IMAGE: Border Cave in the Lebombo Mountains.

Fusarium oxisporum f. sp. lini view more Credit:

Panorama from drone images. A. Kruger view more

SPbU Crop...

IMAGE: Cultures of different strains of the fungus

Credit: A. Kruger Researchers...

Changes in climate and land cover affecting European migratory bird populations

NIH-supported scientists demonstrate how genetic variations cause eczema

IMAGE: Swallows are a common sight across the

IMAGE: Limb of a young child who is experiencing the dry, itchy skin associated with eczema, also

UK. Every year, they make the long journey to South

called atopic dermatitis. ...

Africa from Europe. ...

Dynamic membranes set to solve problems of liquid waste treatment

Linking sight and movement

IMAGE: Graph of the particle size distribution of the

neurons (green) and axons from the secondary

dispersed phase of the PS suspension in an

motor cortex...

IMAGE: A slice of a rat’s brain showing visual cortex

aqueous solution of...

Gene variants help explain connection between skin disorder and food allergy risk

Researchers capture footage of fluid behaving like a solid

IMAGE: This graphical abstract shows how two variations in the gene KIF3A can disrupt the skin

Engineering have captured the moments a fluid

Swansea University researchers from the College of reacts like a solid through...

barrier, allowing allergens...

Can Covid really make your hair fall out? Just ask actress Alyssa Milano It is, unarguably, a distressing scenario. In an Instagram video, American actress Alyssa Milano brushes her recently washed...

Pink drink is helping surgeons spot aggressive brain cancers… by making tumours ‘glow in the dark’ Pink drink is helping surgeons spot aggressive brain cancers… by making tumours ‘glow in the dark’ The...

Are women in agony with endometriosis because MALE doctors refuse to believe they have it?

Bronchitis can be treated with a ‘flashfreeze’ icy blast to the lungs in new 30 minute procedure

Pain, says Fran Bell, doesn’t come close to

An unshakable cough, shortness of breath and

describing it. ‘Imagine someone wringing your

constant lung infections are a reality of daily life for

organs, as if they...

thousands suffering...


HEALTH NOTES: Pregnant women can now do DIY baby scan HEALTH NOTES: Pregnant women can now check up on their babies with DIY ultrasound – using their phones By Mail on Sunday...

New ‘two-pronged attack’ drug treatment is giving kidney cancer patients longer and healthier lives People with advanced kidney cancer are living longer, healthier lives thanks to a new ‘two-pronged attack’ drug...

Can grown-ups learn to ride a bike his £2billion plan to make cities more bicycle-

Why do I feel things going all the way down after I swallow? Just ask DR ELLIE CANNON

friendly, and ‘give...

I have developed the uncomfortable sensation of

Earlier this summer, the Prime Minister announced

feeling anything I swallow – food, or even tablets – ‘going down’...

Research helps explain source of pathogen that causes bitter rot disease

Study identifies social connection as the strongest protective factor for depression

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Fungal spores responsible for bitter rot disease, a common and

BOSTON – Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have identified a set of

devastating infection in fruit,...

modifiable factors from a field...

For pregnant patients, number of clinic visits not tied to risk of getting COVID-19

Aurora mysteries unlocked with NASA’s THEMIS mission

In the spring of 2020, as Massachusetts

A special type of aurora, draped east-west across

experienced a surge in COVID-19 cases in the Boston area, four area hospitals conducted...

the night sky like a glowing pearl necklace, is helping scientists better...

Decline in US bird biodiversity related to neonicotinoids, study shows

Climate stabilization: Lessons from the corona crisis

IMAGE: Yijia Li (left) and Madhu Khanna, University

The dynamics of the current COVID-19 pandemic

of Illinois. view more Credit: College of ACES,

could offer valuable insights for the efforts to

University...

mitigate climate change. Highlighting...

Oregon study rewrites the recent history of productive Cascade Arc volcanoes

Montana State researcher featured in Nature for work on rare reptile genome

EUGENE, Ore. – Aug. 14, 2020 – Volcanic eruptions

BOZEMAN — A Montana State University

in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest over

researcher contributed to a novel project with

the last...

scientists from around the country...

Historical redlining linked to premature births, lower birth weight babies

TGen review suggests postmenopausal women at risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Past discriminatory housing practices may play a role in perpetuating the significant disparities in infant and maternal...

PHOENIX, Ariz. — Aug. 14, 2020 — A review article authored by a researcher at the Translational Genomics Research...

Preexisting drug shows promise in fight against COVID-19

NASA finds wind shear affecting Tropical Storm Josephine

First appearing in late 2019 in Wuhan City, China,

IMAGE: NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite

the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to cause sickness and death across the...

provided forecasters with a visible image of Tropical Storm Josephine...

Traces of ancient life tell story of early diversity in marine ecosystems

Researchers one step closer to bombsniffing cyborg locusts

IMAGE: USask paleobiologists Gabriela Mángano

If you want to enhance a locust to be used as a

and Luis Buatois (left to right) in the field in Morocco

bomb-sniffing bug, there are a few technical

examining 478...

challenges that need solving...

NASA finds wind shear making Tropical Depression 10E struggle

Watching changes in plant metabolism — live

IMAGE: NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite

IMAGE: Young thale cress seedling (Arabidopsis

provided forecasters with a visible image of Tropical

thaliana) with the fluorescent biosensor in its cells.

Depression 10E in...

The false colour...

Greg Rutherford found testicle lump during lockdown

Coronavirus: Test, trace and the curse of the 0300 phone number

Greg Rutherford is encouraging men to check their

The system for tracking down people who may be

testicles for lumps, after revealing he ignored his.

infected with coronavirus changed this week in

The 33-year-old Olympic...

England, with a central pool...


Parents urged to stay up-to-date with children’s vaccinations

You might be protected from coronavirus if you survived it, CDC suggests

Parents are being urged to make sure their children

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

are up-to-date with all their routine vaccinations. The

(CDC) has suggested for the first time that people

Local Government...

who recover from coronavirus...

Breast cancer patients face ‘cruel’ postcode lottery for fertility treatment

Syphilis may have spread through Europe before Columbus

Breast cancer patients face ‘cruel’ postcode lottery

Yaws already widespread in Europe The new study

for fertility treatment as vital service is rationed on...

indicates a fair possibility that Treponema pallidum already existed in Europe...

Becoming a nerve cell: Timing is of the essence

Seasonal flu vaccinations don’t ‘stick’ long-term in bone marrow

Our brains are made up of billions of incredibly

The home base for immune cells that produce

diverse neurons. They first arise in the developing

antibodies is the bone marrow. Seasonal flu

brain when stem cells...

vaccination does increase the number...

Researchers discover the microbiome’s role in attacking cancerous tumors

Weight between young adulthood and midlife linked to early mortality

Dr. Kathy McCoy, PhD, is a leading expert on the

Published in JAMA Network Open, the study found

body’s relationship with the microbiome. She and

that participants whose BMIs went from the “obese”

her team are focused...

range in early...

PARP inhibitor becomes new treatment option for some men with advanced prostate cancer

Synthetic drug ebselen could be repurposed to treat SARS-CoV-2 by targeting main protease at distant

Results from an international clinical trial found that

The synthetic drug ebselen can bind to both the

men with advanced prostate cancer who have

catalytic region and a previously unknown distant

mutated BRCA1/BRCA2 genes...

site on the SARS-CoV-2...

Targeting a conserved cell pathway may offer treatments for numerous viruses, including SARS-CoV-2 Scientists have identified a small molecule that

Study shows frequently used serology test may not detect antibodies that could confirm protection against reinfection of COVID-19

inhibits multiple different viruses, including SARS-

IMAGE: Raghu Kalluri, M.D., Ph.D. view more

CoV-2, in tissue culture...

Credit: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON...

UCLA computer scientists set benchmarks to optimize quantum computer performance

Poor hygiene is significant risk for antimicrobial-resistant bacteria colonization

Two UCLA computer scientists have shown that

IMAGE: WSU and UVG researchers discuss AMR

existing compilers, which tell quantum computers

projects with CDC – Central America. view more

how to use their circuits to...

Credit: WSU PULLMAN,...

Mathematical tool helps calculate properties of quantum materials more quickly

How power distance belief affects consumers’ price sensitivity

IMAGE: Intelligent mathematical tools for the simulation of spin systems reduce the computing

University-Ohio published a new paper in the

Researchers from Indiana University and Miami Journal of Marketing that examines...

time required on supercomputers....

Thousands of Seattle ‘flu’ cases may have been coronavirus THOUSANDS of people in Seattle who thought they

Ministers quietly remove 1.3million coronavirus tests from their official figures

had flu last winter likely had coronavirus, study finds

Ministers have quietly wiped 1.3million Covid-19

Testing of samples...

swabs off the official testing count, it emerged today. Number 10 has repeatedly...

Warning over rising Covid-19 cases in locked-down Calderdale

Many medical ‘rainy day’ accounts aren’t getting opened or filled

A Nottinghamshire district was today added to the

And even among people who do open a health

government’s Covid-19 hotspot watchlist amid a

savings account (HSA), half haven’t put any money

spike in cases. Public...

into it in the past year....

This online calculator can predict your stroke risk

Scientists demonstrate how genetic variations cause eczema


The study found that stroke risk increased

Atopic dermatitis is an inflammatory skin condition

consistently with metabolic syndrome severity even in patients without diabetes....

that affects up to 20% of children in developed countries. This chronic...

Social connection is the strongest protective factor for depression “Depression is the leading cause of disability

Study explores the association of malaria, HIV with anemia during pregnancy

worldwide, but until now researchers have focused

Coinfections of HIV and malaria are common among

on only a handful...

expectant mothers in sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Paddy Ssentongo, a doctoral...

An AI algorithm to help identify homeless youth at risk of substance abuse

Rewriting the recent history of productive Cascade Arc volcanoes

Now, an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm

A synthesis of volcanic vents on the surface and

developed by researchers at the College of

data that probes the structure and composition of

Information Sciences and Technology...

the crust to a depth of...

Hypothesis underlying the sensitivity of mammalian auditory system overturned The paper, out today in Science Advances,

Versatile new material family could build realistic prosthetics, futuristic army platforms

examines how hair cells transform mechanical

Nature’s blueprint for the human limb is a carefully

forces arising from sound waves into...

layered structure with stiff bone wrapped in layers of different...

Pregnant mother’s immunity tied to behavioral, emotional challenges for kids with autism

A method has been developed to study extreme space weather events

IMAGE: Paul Ashwood, professor of microbiology

Technology (Skoltech), together with colleagues

and immunology and faculty member at the UC

from the Karl-Franzens University...

Scientists at Skolkovo Institute of Science and

Davis MIND Institute. ...

AI software enables real-time 3D printing quality assessment IMAGE: Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher

Is the COVID-19 virus pathogenic because it depletes specific host microRNAs?

Chase Joslin uses Peregrine software to monitor

IMAGE: Sadis Matalon view more Credit: UAB

and analyze a component...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Why is the COVID-19 virus deadly, while...

Exploring connections between ovarian cancer and blood cells

Using infrared eye tracking to study infant behavior

Dr. Abhishek Jain, assistant professor in the

A new study from the Beckman Institute for

Department of Biomedical Engineering and the

Advanced Science and Technology describes how

Department of Medical Physiology...

existing infrared technology can...

Green electricity for Europe: Small scale solutions also affordable

Check your testicles, Greg Rutherford says after finding lump

IMAGE: Comparison of continental-scale supply and

Greg Rutherford is encouraging men to check their

regional-scale supply view more Credit: Tim

testicles for lumps, after revealing he ignored his.

Tröndle, IASS/ETH...

The 33-year-old Olympic...

Fewer hospital patients in Covid-19 hotspots

Coronavirus vaccine: UK signs deals for 90 million virus vaccine doses

The number of people in hospital with Covid-19 fell

The UK government has signed deals for a further

in coronavirus hotspots in June and July, according

90 million doses of coronavirus vaccine. The

to data released...

vaccines are being developed...

Coronavirus cases stable across most of England

Coronavirus: Wearing face masks could lower death rate 5%

Coronavirus cases across England appear to be

Everybody wearing face coverings in public could

levelling off, despite flare-ups in local hotspots,

reduce a country’s Covid-19 death rate by five per

according to estimates...

cent, according...

£3,200 fines for shunning face masks: Payment of £100 will keep on doubling for repeat offenders

Covid-19 cases could be missed because temperatures are more common in the evening than the morning

Repeatedly refusing to wear a face mask could lead

Covid-19 cases could be missed if people are

to a fine of up to £3,200, Boris Johnson announced

screened for a fever in the morning, scientists have

last night. At present...

warned. US experts...


Public Health England still hasn’t pinpointed 30,000 duplicated test results in coronavirus count

Virus uses decoy strategy to evade immune system

Public Health England’s counts of new daily coronavirus cases still includes 30,000 people who

PhD student Sai Velamoor from the Department of

The recent research, led by Dr Mihnea Bostina and Microbiology and Immunology...

were counted twice before...

Cancer mapping may solve puzzle of regional disease links Epidemiologists use disease atlases to identify disease prevalence and mortality rates and QUT researchers say data could...

Leukemia breakthrough: CircASXL1-1 regulates BAP1 deubiquitinase activity in leukemia In a novel step forward, researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University...

Researchers design efficient low-cost system for producing power at night IMAGE: Researchers have designed an off-grid, low-cost modular energy source that uses radiative cooling to efficiently...

Researchers develop cell injection technique that could help reverse vision loss IMAGE: Nick Mitrousis is a recent PhD graduate from the lab of University Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, BME). Mitrousis...

Reconstructing global climate through Earth’s history

New catalyst efficiently turns carbon dioxide into useful fuels and chemicals

IMAGE: Sea surface temperatures in shallow, semi-

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — As levels

enclosed seas today are warmer than they should be for their locations....

of atmospheric carbon dioxide continue to climb, scientists are looking...

People power and satellites help scientists study climate impacts on Antarctic seals

Newly identified gut cells nurture lymph capillaries

IMAGE: A crabeater seal in Antarctica view more

conditions (left) and with YAP/TAZ hyperactivation

Credit: Credit: Ursala Rack A New Zealand-led

(right). view...

IMAGE: Lacteals (in green) are shown in normal

international...

UMD discovers a new role for a wellknown molecule as a plant hormone

This online calculator can predict your stroke risk, study finds

IMAGE: ACC facilitates fertilization. The pollen tubes

IMAGE: Mark DeBoer, MD, of UVA Children’s,

(stained in blue) fertilize only some of the ovules

developed a calculator that can predict the risk of

when there...

stroke, diabetes...

Over 4% US women use marijuana while pregnant

Adding a meter between meals boosts vegetarian appeal

More than 4% of US women use marijuana while

Conservationists at the University of Cambridge are

pregnant, CDC report reveals – despite Canadian

investigating ways of “nudging” people towards

research that finds the...

eating more...

Artificial intelligence recognizes deteriorating photoreceptors

How do we prioritize what we see?

There is no effective treatment for geographic

journal Current Biology, relies on a method,

atrophy, one of the most common causes of blindness in industrialized nations....

transcranial magnetic stimulation...

Strict diet explains metabolic effect of gastric bypass surgery

When you’re smiling, the whole world really does smile with you

By monitoring individuals who underwent a six-week

Groundbreaking research from the University of

low-calorie diet followed by a bariatric operation,

South Australia confirms that the act of smiling can

they can for the first...

trick your mind into...

Single-cell analysis provides new insights into mitochondrial diseases

MS drug may be used to inhibit HIV infection and reduce latent reservoir

Mitochondrial diseases result from failure of

“While antiretroviral drugs have been effective in

mitochondria, specialized compartments within cells

treating HIV thus far, drug resistance, negative side

that contain their own...

effects of...

The behavior of therapeutic antibodies in immunotherapy

Academia from home

Non-Hodgkin lymphomas are among the most

university campuses this fall continues, those who

common cancers affecting almost 1.5 million people

work, study, teach and...

globally. They cause uncontrolled...

The work, which appears in the latest issue of the

As the uncertainty around reopening college and


UChicago scientists discover way to make quantum states last 10,000 times longer

Exercise Enhancement

IMAGE: A team of scientists at the University of

the energy source...

Sugars and fats are the primary fuels that power every cell, tissue and organ. For most cells, sugar is

Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering announced...

Bacterial enzymes hijacked to create complex molecules normally made by plants

Engineered capsids for efficient gene delivery to the eye

JUPITER, FL–Chemists at Scripps Research have

inclusive access to the critical pillars of human gene

efficiently created three families of complex, oxygen-

therapy: research,...

IMAGE: Journal in the field and provides all-

containing molecules...

Cover crop roots are an essential key to understanding ecosystem services

Liquid crystals that can replace color shifting ink in preventing counterfeiting

IMAGE: Lead researcher Joseph Amsili taking core

IMAGE: A schematic diagram of multi-layered liquid

samples of cover crops at the Russell E. Larson

crystal particles developed by the KIST-KAIST joint

Agricultural Research...

research team ...

Sounds of action: Using ears, not just eyes, improves robot perception

Coronavirus: Leicester patient first to join ‘UK’s largest’ recovery study

PITTSBURGH–People rarely use just one sense to

A man who had Covid-19 has become the first to

understand the world, but robots usually only rely on

take part in what is thought to be the UK’s largest

vision and, increasingly,...

study into how the...

Cosmetic surgeon struck off after botched ops

Coronavirus: England’s contact tracing app trial gets under way

A cosmetic surgeon who did not have adequate

A trial of the English coronavirus app is getting

insurance for operations that went wrong has been struck off. One woman, from...

under way. It will be limited to residents in the Isle of Wight, the London...

NHS figures reveal long waits for routine ops in England

Coronavirus led to more NYC ‘excess deaths’ than Spanish flu, study suggests

The number of patients admitted for routine

The 1918 Spanish flu was more deadly of fatalities

treatment in hospitals in England was down 67% in

in New York City than coronavirus has been in 2020

June compared with the same...

– but COVID-19...

More than 4% of US women use marijuana while pregnant

More than 40% of Americans struggling with mental health amid pandemic

More than 4% of US women use marijuana while

About 40 percent of Americans were struggling to

pregnant, CDC report reveals – despite Canadian

maintain their mental health and abusing

research that finds the...

substances in late-June as the...

Boris Johnson says the UK will be ‘ruthless’ over travel quarantine ahead of France decision

Coronavirus UK: 18 new fatalities in daily death toll

Boris Johnson said the UK would be ‘ruthless’ when

but no-one else has died of the illness in Scotland,

it came to travel quarantine even with its ‘closest...

Wales or Northern...

Fundamentally new approach to ultrasound imaging “Conventional ultrasound devices have a receiver

Recalling memories from a third-person perspective changes how our brain processes them

that detects ultrasonic waves and converts them into

“Our perspective when we remember changes

an electrical...

which brain regions support memory and how these

Another 18 people have died of Covid-19 in England

brain regions interact together,”...

Potential new approach against fatal childhood brain cancer

New type of taste cell discovered in taste buds

That’s why researchers at the University of Michigan

Taste buds in the mouth are critical to our survival

and their collaborators are excited about discoveries

and help us to decide whether a food is a good

that point...

source of nutrients or...

Pollution linked to antibiotic resistance Using a process known as genomic analysis,

Hepatitis B: Natural controllers shed light on immunity mechanisms

University of Georgia scientists found a strong

Hepatitis B is one of the major human diseases: it is

correlation between antibiotic...

estimated that 2 billion people have been infected with the virus and...


Loss of a specific enzyme boosts fat metabolism and exercise endurance in mice

Busting Up the Infection Cycle of Hepatitis B

The mechanisms for how cells rewire their

The research, which has been published online, ahead of print, by the American Chemical

metabolism in response to changes in resource

Association journal ACS Chemical...

availability are not yet fully understood,...

Study focuses on a different kind of liquid biopsy to detect cancer

To understand the machinery of life, this scientist breaks it on purpose

Because cancer is easier to successfully treat when

“I’m fascinated with life, and that’s why I want to

it’s caught early, a major goal in cancer research is

break it.” This is how Betül Kaçar, an assistant...

to develop...

Effective new tool created for discerning fake news

Big dogs face more joint problems if neutered early

IMAGE: Research from The University of Texas at

Heavier mixed-breed dogs have higher health risks

Austin has found that although Facebook users may

if neutered or spayed early, according to a new

be too quick to believe...

study from researchers...

Unread second-opinion radiology reports waste health care resources

Hubble helps uncover the mystery of the dimming of Betelgeuse

IMAGE: aIncludes scintigraphy and PET with and

IMAGE: New observations by the NASA/ESA

without concomitant CT. bIncludes conventional

Hubble Space Telescope suggest that the

radiography, dual-energy...

unexpected dimming of the supergiant...

Research recommends integrated approaches to managing reniform nematodes in cotton

Many medical ‘rainy day’ accounts aren’t getting opened or filled, study finds

While there are many pests affecting cotton, the

One-third of the people who could benefit from a special type of savings account to cushion the blow

reniform nematode is one the most damaging, with

of their health plan...

the ability to cause annual...

Lung cancer deaths have been falling by nearly 5% a year over last decade thanks to better treatment

New Mexico man in his 20s dies of the PLAGUE, officials confirm

Death rates from lung cancer have been declining

Mexico, state health authorities confirmed on

sharply in the US due to recent advances in

Friday. His death came...

A man in his 20s has died of bubonic plague in New

treatments, a new study suggests. Researchers...

Could acupuncture help coronavirus patients?

New experimental coronavirus vaccine boosted antibody levels in mice 90-fold

Could acupuncture help coronavirus patients? Harvard study claims the ancient technique quiets

New experimental coronavirus vaccine prevented severe disease in mice after two doses of the jab

inflammation ‘storm’...

boosted their antibody levels...

Coronavirus US: Big Pharma spent $250m lobbying lawmakers

Coronavirus: Contagious particles float 16 FEET from patients

The health sector spent nearly $250 million lobbying

More signs airborne coronavirus can infect you:

lawmakers amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, a new study suggests. Researchers...

Hospital discovers contagious virus particles floating 16 FEET away from...

Black and Asian people may be more likely to die of Covid-19 because of POLLUTION

Nasal spray could prevent people from catching the coronavirus, scientists claim

Black and Asian people may be more likely to die of

A nasal spray may prevent humans from catching

Covid-19 in England and Wales because many of

Covid-19 and could even be more effective than

them live in polluted areas,...

wearing PPE, scientists claim. Experts...

Flipping a metabolic switch to slow tumor growth

Nanotubes in the eye that help us see

By restricting the dietary amino acids serine and

first time, we have identified a communication

glycine, or pharmacologically targeting the serine

structure between...

Their study was published today in Nature. “For the

synthesis enzyme phosphoglycerate...

Evidence in mice that electroacupuncture reduces inflammation via specific neural pathways

Face mask insert could help diagnose conditions

“Most Western medicine has been focusing on

Exhaled breath is an aerosol that contains a variety of volatile and non-volatile compounds dissolved in

blocking the neural pathways of pain to relieve the

microdroplets. Some...


symptoms, but there...

Stress and anger may exacerbate heart failure

Adaptation in single neurons provides memory for language processing

Heart failure is a life-threatening cardiovascular

Model comparisons Together with researchers

disease in which the heart is damaged or weakened.

Marvin Uhlmann, Dick van den Broek, Peter

This can lead to a...

Hagoort, Karl Magnus Petersson (all...

TV-watching snackers beware: You won’t notice you’re full if your attention is elsewhere

Fireflies shed light on the function of mitochondria

Professor Martin Yeomans, Dr Sophie Forster and

Like their host, they have a membrane that protects

colleagues found that when your senses are taken

their genetic material...

Mitochondria are almost like cells within the cell.

up by an engaging task,...

No increased skin cancer risk with topical immunosuppressant ointments

Mutations may have saved brown howlers from yellow fever virus

BOSTON – Adults with the chronic skin condition

At the start of her 2008 field season at El Parque El

atopic dermatitis can rest easy in the knowledge that

Piñalito in the Misiones province in northeastern

two topical immunosuppressant...

Argentina, Ilaria...

Maternal obesity and the risk of earlyonset hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

Dignity and respect go a long way in county jail, new research shows

Pregnant obese women were more at risk of

little respect and decency can go a long way in improving some aspects...

experiencing early and late-onset hypertensive

A University of Wisconsin Oshkosh study indicates a

disorders, and that risk progressively...

Researchers make green chemistry advance with new catalyst for reduction of carbon dioxide

Waistline matters in kidney disease

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State

and progression of kidney disease...

Obesity as assessed by body mass index is associated with an increased risk of heart disease

University have made a key advance in the green chemistry pursuit of...

Breast cancer ‘ecosystem’ reveals possible new targets for treatment Researchers from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have uncovered four new subtypes of cells within triple negative...

Radiation to treat pediatric cancers may have lasting impact on heart and metabolic health Bottom Line: Adult survivors of childhood abdominal and pelvic cancers who had been treated with radiation therapy experienced...

Coronavirus: How will the world vaccinate seven billion?

Priti Patel ‘minded’ to decriminalise sales of ‘poppers’ drug

Teams across the world are working to develop a

Home Secretary Priti Patel has said she wants to

vaccine that will be effective against Covid-19. Prime

“explicitly” remove any legal ban on supplying

Minister Boris Johnson...

“poppers”,...

Coronavirus: England death count review reduces UK toll by 5,000

Breast screening women in their 40s ‘could save lives’

A review of how deaths from coronavirus are

Screening women for breast cancer from their 40s

counted in England has reduced the UK death toll

rather than their 50s could save lives without adding

by more than 5,000, to 41,329,...

to the diagnosis of...

Coronavirus UK: SAGE say ‘no evidence’ face shields work

Coronavirus UK: Preston put in lockdown after spike in cases

Hairdressers and barbers should wear face

Areas affected: Preston, Greater Manchester (City of

coverings and not just visors in order to help curb

Manchester, Trafford, Stockport, Oldham, Bury,

the spread of coronavirus,...

Wigan, Bolton, Tameside,...

Number of Covid-19 patients needing hospital treatment has plummeted by 96% since April, data shows

Cold, flu and bronchitis infections fell ‘well below average’ during coronavirus lockdown

The number of people needing hospital treatment for

Rates of flu and colds have plummeted ‘well below

coronavirus infections has plummeted since the

average’ during the coronavirus crisis thanks to

peak of the outbreak in...

lockdown and...

Heel-prick blood test could predict type 1 diabetes in children

Coronavirus UK: Oldham is latest hotspot with 150 new cases


Heel-prick blood test could predict which children

Areas affected: Preston, Greater Manchester (City of

will develop type 1 diabetes, say scientists who can

Manchester, Trafford, Stockport, Oldham, Bury,

spot early warnings...

Wigan, Bolton, Tameside,...

Council-run contact tracing systems could be set up in 94 areas across England to squash virus

Drive-through flu jabs to be given in doctors’ CAR PARKS this winter

Britons who fail to answer calls from the NHS Test and Trace service may now face a knock on the

doctors’ car parks in a bid to stop a potential second

Drive-through flu vaccines are set to be given in wave of coronavirus...

door after staff only reached...

Exercise induces secretion of biomarkers into sweat

Nutrition labelling is improving nation’s diet

Sweating is an important part of thermoregulation

The study, from health economists at the universities

during exercise, yet the potential for sweat as a biomarker source has...

of Bath and Bristol published in the Journal of Health Economics, is...

Trustful collaboration critical for outcome of therapy

Oxygen therapy harms lung microbiome in mice

Depression, anxiety, addiction — 30 percent of the

“It had been assumed that the lungs were relatively

world’s population experience mental illness at least

clean and free of bacteria,” says Shanna Ashley,

once...

Ph.D., a...

Yoga shown to improve anxiety, study shows Led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of

Study provides insights into how Zika virus suppresses the host immune system

Medicine, a new study found that yoga was

The Zika virus, or ZIKV, spreads through mosquito

significantly more effective for generalized...

bites and sexual intercourse. Currently, no approved vaccine or antivirals...

Human milk based fortifiers improve health outcomes for the smallest premature babies

‘Reelin’ in a new treatment for multiple sclerosis

Now, a new research study from the University of

The findings, published online today by Science Translational Medicine, could lead to a new

Missouri and University College in London suggests

treatment strategy for this neurological...

that using a human-based...

Searching the ancient depths of a reptilian genome yields insight into all vertebrates IMAGE: The tuatara, whose ancestors once roamed

Zeroing out their own zap IMAGE: African fish called mormyrids communicate using pulses of electricity. New research from biologists at Washington...

the Earth with dinosaurs, is the last living species of the order Rhynchocephalia,...

Lack of females in drug dose trials leads to overmedicated women

New generation of drugs show early efficacy against drug-resistant TB

Women are more likely than men to suffer adverse

New treatment regimens for multidrug-resistant

side effects of medications because drug dosages

tuberculosis (MDR-TB) have shown early

have historically been...

effectiveness in 85 percent of patients...

The (neuro)science of getting and staying motivated

Bird and reptile tears aren’t so different from human tears

There is no question that motivation is one of the

IMAGE: Collecting tears from roadside hawk,

hardest and yet important factors in life. It’s the difference between...

Rupornis magnirostris view more Credit: Arianne P. Oriá Bird...

Insect diversity boosted by combination of crop diversity and semi-natural habitats

‘Madsen’ wheat as source of disease resistance

To enhance the number of beneficial insect species

as a parent, in the Palouse region of Washington

in agricultural land, preserving semi-natural habitats

state. view...

IMAGE: Madsen, growing next to lines which have it

and promoting crop...

Coronavirus Scotland: Teaching unions react as schools reopen

Coronavirus UK: Three separate death tolls now to be published

Teaching unions are still furious at Government

Officials in the UK plan to start publishing three

plans to press on with reopening schools in England

separate daily death tolls for Covid-19 amidst

in September, insisting...

confusion over statistics...


Malaria breakthrough could help speed up discovery of Covid-19 treatments, scientists hope

Postcode checker reveals how lockdown rules differ in areas across the UK

Malaria breakthrough could help speed up discovery

Manchester, Trafford, Stockport, Oldham, Bury, Wigan, Bolton, Tameside,...

of Covid-19 treatments, scientists claim Drugs

Areas affected: Preston, Greater Manchester (City of

primarily target the disease-causing...

Boris Johnson pleads with Britons NOT to shun A&E saying hospitals are safe

Coronavirus UK: Infection risk higher in areas with air pollution

South East – £44,163,000 Brighton And Sussex

People are more likely to catch Covid-19 in areas

University Hospitals NHS Trust – £3,700,000

with bad air pollution because particles can ‘carry’

Buckinghamshire Healthcare...

the virus,...

Coronavirus UK: Six MILLION took NHS 111’s online assessment

UK’s official coronavirus death toll DROPS by 5,000

Six million people used NHS 111’s online

The UK’s coronavirus death toll has fallen by more

coronavirus symptom checker at the height of the

than 5,000 after health chiefs agreed to only include

UK’s outbreak between...

people who...

Teens’ social media use does not raise risk for depression, study finds

How anxiety — and hope — can drive new product adoption

“Increasingly, teenagers are active on social media,

The study, forthcoming in the Journal of Marketing,

particularly during the pandemic, as they have to

is titled “Strong Anxiety Boosts New Product

rely on Instagram,...

Adoption When Hope...

Experimental COVID-19 vaccine prevents severe disease in mice

New way to make bacteria more sensitive to antibiotics discovered

“Unlike many of the other vaccines under

Growing antimicrobial resistance is a major threat

development, this vaccine is made from a virus that is capable of spreading...

for the world with a projected 10 million deaths each year by 2050 if...

Scientists identify hundreds of drug candidates to treat COVID-19 “There is an urgent need to identify effective drugs

A quick, cost-effective method to track the spread of COVID-19 through untreated wastewater

that treat or prevent COVID-19,” said Anandasankar

Tracking the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic is

Ray,...

currently conducted by testing nasal swabs or saliva samples. Tools and techniques...

Internal differences: A new method for seeing into cells

Young children would rather explore than get rewards

Amit and his group had previously made significant

Researchers found that when adults and 4- to 5-

inroads into seeing into cells when they developed

year-old children played a game where certain

single cell RNA-sequencing...

choices earned them rewards,...

Researchers identify a protein that may help SARS-CoV-2 spread rapidly through cells

Improving treatment of spinal cord injuries

Eric Ross and Sean Cascarina, biochemistry and

removes water molecules from the spinal cord to

molecular biology researchers at Colorado State

reduce swelling and secondary...

IMAGE: A novel spinal osmotic therapy device

University, have released...

Swallowing this colonoscopy-like bacteria grabber could reveal secrets about your health

Public health consequences of policing homelessness

IMAGE: Once swallowed, this capsule is designed

Homelessness view more Credit: UNSPLASH:

to collect bacteria throughout the gut. A scientist

Photo credits go to...

IMAGE: Public Health Consequences of Policing

unscrews the cap...

New study suggests ADHD- like behavior helps spur entrepreneurial activity ORLANDO, Aug. 12, 2020 — Many people have

Coastal flooding study finds trustbuilding, power-sharing key for environmental justice

experienced a few nights of bad sleep that resulted

It took two years and $11 million, but eventually

in shifting attention...

ranchers, politicians and scientists came to a consensus about how to prevent...

Preliminary study of 300+ COVID-19 patients suggests convalescent plasma therapy effective

New super-resolution method reveals fine details without constantly needing to zoom in


IMAGE: Houston Methodist physician scientist Eric

Since the early 1930s, electron microscopy has

Salazar, MD, PhD, looks on as his team works in the

provided unprecedented access to the alien world of

lab on convalescent...

the extraordinarily small,...

Coronavirus: Exposure rate ‘similar’ in London and Stockholm

Coronavirus: Severe mental health problems rise amid pandemic

Exposure to Covid-19 is similar in Stockholm and London, based on antibody tests, despite different

Doctors are seeing a rise in people reporting severe mental health difficulties, a group of NHS leaders

lockdown strategies,...

says. It follows...

UK records highest number of new coronavirus cases in seven weeks

Lockdown may have killed more UK children than coronavirus

The UK today recorded its highest number of new

Lockdown restrictions likely killed more children than

coronavirus cases in seven weeks with 1,148

coronavirus itself because ‘Stay at Home’

infections and a further 102...

messaging deterred...

Coronavirus England: Infection rates are rising in under-65s Coronavirus infection rates among all age groups

Did London’s lockdown work? Capital has the same level of coronavirus antibodies as Stockholm

under 65 have been on the rise since lockdown was

Covid-19 has infected the same number of people in

eased, official data shows. Among...

London and Stockholm, despite the Swedish capital controversially choosing...

Medical examiners ‘will review the deaths’ of more than 600 health and care workers

Being overweight increases risk of severe Covid-19 by at least 40%, study finds

Investigations have been launched into the deaths

19 by 40 per cent, while obese people are 70 per

of hundreds of NHS and care workers who had Covid-19 to see if they were...

cent more likely to...

Oldham could be next in line for full local lockdown amid sudden spike in new coronavirus cases

Coronavirus Spain: Girl, 11, dies from Kawasaki-like syndrome

Oldham could face a full lockdown ‘within days’ after

Spain after suffering from a rare immune

Covid-19 cases doubled in a week despite tighter

complication linked to the...

Being overweight can raise the risk of severe Covid-

An eleven-year-old girl has died from organ failure in

restrictions. The...

Molecules in urine allow doctors to monitor skin cancer Tracking cancer progression is important as it allows

Modelling parasitic worm metabolism suggests strategy for developing new drugs against infection

doctors to see if someone is responding to

The study has identified three potential drugs that

treatment. At present, malignant...

are active against the parasitic worm Brugia malayi (B. malayi), a leading...

Protein uses two antiviral strategies to ward off infections

Gluten in wheat: What has changed during 120 years of breeding?

The findings reveal how a single protein can use

Wheat grains contain about 70 percent starch. Their

multiple strategies to defend cells against viral

protein content is usually 10 to 12 percent. Gluten

infection. They could...

accounts for the...

Right under your nose: A more convenient way to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease

Cricket umpires fumble on T20 calls

However, currently available technologies for

Joshua M. Adie, a PhD candidate in QUT’s School of Exercise Nutrition Sciences, has just published a new paper highlighting...

diagnosing AD are limited because they involve expensive machinery and invasive...

Researchers create mask filtration effectiveness hierarchy

Experts recommend strict, costly approaches for reopening schools

With so many options, infection prevention experts

The American Academy of Pediatrics recently

at the UNC Medical Center set out to gather

highlighted the importance of students’ returning to

evidence on the fitted filtration...

the classroom in its...

Meditation-relaxation therapy may offer escape from the terror of sleep paralysis

PAD patients with depression had worse recovery, women twice as likely to be depressed

Sleep paralysis – a condition thought to explain a number of mysterious experiences including alleged cases of alien...

DALLAS, Aug. 12, 2020 — Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and depressive symptoms experience worse recovery...


Research suggests bias against natural hair limits job opportunities for black women

Age, education, and surgical history affect hormone use after oophorectomy

New research suggests Black women with natural

the ovaries before natural menopause (surgical

hairstyles, such as curly afros, braids or twists, are

menopause) often exacerbates...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (August 12, 2020)–Removal of

often perceived as...

New microrobot with in situ, in vivo bioprinting offers promise for gastric wounds

How anxiety–and hope–can drive new product adoption

Researchers in China have taken the first step

University of Southern California, and Imperial

towards a new way of treating gastric wounds by

College London published...

Researchers from University of New South Wales,

using a microrobot combined...

Why walking to work may be better for you than a casual stroll COLUMBUS, Ohio – Walking with a purpose –

Scientists propose method for eliminating damaging heat bursts in fusion device

especially walking to get to work – makes people

IMAGE: Physicists Raffi Nazikian and Qiming Hu

walk faster...

with figure from research behind them. view more Credit: Photo...

Could a blood test predict whether coronavirus will kill you?

Stockholm blow for hopes that herd immunity will combat the coronavirus

Could a blood test predict whether coronavirus will

Herd immunity does not work as a Covid strategy,

kill you? Researchers find five signs for inflammation

research suggests. Sweden, which never imposed a

and blood vessel...

national lockdown, claimed...

Fauci says new study could be key to who dies of COVID-19

Immunotherapy-resistant cancers eliminated in mouse study

Fauci says study that found up to 50% of people may be able to fight off coronavirus because they

A new study in mice by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has

have ‘immune cells...

shown that the effects of...

Why does COVID-19 impact only some organs, not others?

Vaping linked to COVID-19 risk in teens and young adults, study finds

Ernesto Estrada, from the University of Zaragoza

The study, which will be published online Aug. 11 in

and Agencia Aragonesa para la Investigación

the Journal of Adolescent Health, is the first to

Foundation in Spain, aimed...

examine connections...

Multifocal contact lenses slow myopia progression in children

Masks, PPE materials should be hydrophilic

“It is especially good news to know that children as

Droplets can be expelled via the mouth or nose

young as 7 achieved optimal visual acuity and got

while coughing, sneezing or simply talking. These

used to wearing...

droplets are tiny, around...

Pasteurization inactivates COVID-19 virus in human milk: new research

Health disparities among former NFL players

The study — published this month in the Journal of

But new research from Harvard Medical School and

Paediatrics and Child Health — was a partnership

the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

between UNSW...

suggests that even these advantages...

‘AeroNabs’ promise powerful, inhalable protection against COVID-19

KIST finds a strong correlation between ultrasonic stroke rehabilitation treatment and brain waves

Led by UCSF graduate student Michael Schoof, a team of researchers engineered a completely synthetic, production-ready molecule...

IMAGE: (A) Comparison of ipsilesional (left) and contralesional (right) normalized delta power between Stroke and LIFU...

Technology can help speed soil recovery after oil spills IMAGE: These laboratory-constructed soil samples

Lipoic acid supplements help some obese but otherwise healthy people lose weight

contain various concentrations of petroleum

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A compound given as a dietary

hydrocarbons. Credit:...

supplement to overweight but otherwise healthy people in a clinical...

Pressure-induced 2D-3D conversion in hybrid lead iodide layered perovskite IMAGE: 2D-3D transition in hybrid perovskites. view more Credit: Gang Liu Hydrostatic pressurization

KERI creates a super-high-resolution nano display based on the 3D printing close to virtual reality


can...

IMAGE: Companies across the world are competing fiercely to provide high-resolution displays to electronic devices...

Molecular additives enhance mechanical properties of organic solar cell material

Examining Congress members’ popularity on Instagram

IMAGE: Showcasing research from Professor

(Carlisle, Pa.) – With a “virtual campaign season”

Ganesh Balasubramanian’s laboratory (Group for

underway due to the COVID-19 pandemic, social

Interfacial and Nanoengineering),...

media...

Secretion of sugar polymers modulates multicellularity in the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus

Coronavirus: How does Covid-19 testand-trace work?

IMAGE: Signal for the activation of the production of

tests

Coronavirus: Essential workers in England to get

EPS (green) and BPS (orange) in the bacterial community. ...

Coronavirus: Test and trace system ‘successful’, says health minister

Coronavirus: Why infection attacks some organs and not others

The government has defended its test and trace programme in England amid plans to cut 6,000

Why does coronavirus attack some organs and not others? Study suggests COVID-19 infection in the

contact tracers. Health minister...

lungs makes the heart and...

Teenage vapers are FIVE TIMES more likely to catch coronavirus, study finds

Coronavirus: NY nursing home deaths may be well over figure

Teenagers who vape are five times more likely to

New York’s coronavirus death toll in nursing homes

catch Covid-19, according to new research. And the

– already among the highest in the nation – could

risk soars almost seven-fold...

actually...

Coronavirus US: Nine suffering grief for every person that dies

US hospital deaths 12-times more likely to be from coronavirus

As the nation’s coronavirus death toll continues to

For many people who died of coronavirus, the

climb, millions of loved ones are facing the

suffering of their final days was accompanied by the

emotional and physical...

pain of dying alone and...

Study says CBD improves brain’s blood flow and helps the mind

Causes of higher risk of stress fractures in female runners

CBD DOES help the mind: Study finds that

The researchers examined physiological differences

cannabidiol improves blood flow to parts of the brain

that might contribute to increased risk of stress

associated with memory and...

fractures in a study...

Research exposes new vulnerability for SARS-CoV-2

Plant-based ‘meats’ improve some cardiovascular risk factors compared with red meat

The spike protein contains the virus’ binding site, which adheres to host cells and enables the virus to enter and...

The small study was funded by an unrestricted gift from Beyond Meat, which makes plant-based meat alternatives, and used...

Brain-NET, a deep learning methodology, accurately predicts surgeon certification scores based on neuroimaging data

Aging memories may not be ‘worse’, just ‘different’

By combining brain optical imaging, and a deep

studies seem to confirm it: While it may not always

learning framework they call “Brain-NET,” a

be the first sign of aging,...

Everyone has heard it, and decades of research

multidisciplinary...

AI-enhanced precision medicine identifies novel autism subtype

Does high blood sugar worsen COVID-19 outcomes?

The approach is believed to be the first of its kind in

Now, after preliminary observations of 200 COVID-

precision medicine. “Previously, autism subtypes

19 patients with severe hyperglycemia, a Michigan

have been...

Medicine team is shedding...

Evolutionary theory of economic decisions Understanding how humans have made high-stakes

For bacteria, a small genome means some serious decluttering — even in the ribosome

decisions over evolutionary time may help to explain

Researchers from Skoltech, Lomonosov Moscow

our choices in the present...

State University, and the Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems...

Study points to health disparities among former NFL players

Nanocrystals from recycled wood waste make carbon-fiber composites tougher


A career in professional football may yield an array

Polymers reinforced with ultra-fine strands of carbon

of health benefits that extend beyond playing years:

fibers epitomize composite materials that are “light

NFL players engage...

as a feather...

UCF researchers utilize Human-on-aChip® approach to model ALS pathology

What violin synchronization can teach us about better networking in complex times

IMAGE: Dr. Virginia Smith, NIH postdoctoral fellow,

IMAGE: Sixteen violinists participating in the

utilizing the Human-on-a-Chip® system to research and assess new...

networking experiment in which they are connected to a computer system...

Harvard research identifies business travel as driver of economic growth

Scientists found genes that help cancer cells to penetrate the brain

CAMBRIDGE, MA – New research from Harvard’s

An international team of scientists, including a

Growth Lab finds a direct link between a country’s

researcher from Sechenov University, reviewed

incoming...

scientific articles on proteins...

Bouncing, sticking, exploding viruses: Understanding the surface chemistry of SARS-CoV-2

Coronavirus: N95s offer the best protection, study says

Researchers at Michigan Tech, TÜV SÜD UK

the spread of coronavirus, but it turns out the

National Engineering Laboratory and University of

material your mask...

We’ve all been told to wear face masks to reduce

Edinburgh call for increased...

Nine Americans are suffering grief for every one person that dies from COVID19

Home monitoring program improves survival between surgeries for babies with certain heart defects

As the nation’s coronavirus death toll continues to

DALLAS, August 11, 2020 — Interstage Home

climb, millions of loved ones are facing the

Monitoring (IHM) programs for infants with single

emotional and physical...

ventricle heart defects...

Malaria discovery could expedite antiviral treatment for COVID-19

Enzyme discovered in the gut could lead to new disease biomarker

IMAGE: Antibody array data showing activation of

Enzymes used by bacteria to break down mucus in

kinases in human red blood cells infected with the

the gut could provide a useful biomarker for

malaria parasite. ...

intestinal diseases, according...

EULAR: Timely detection of axial spondyloarthritis A large European cross-sectional study has now

MSG promotes significant sodium reduction and enjoyment of better-for-you foods, according to new study

examined which factors delay the diagnosis of

ITASCA, Illinois – A new study published in the

axSpA (1). A major factor is...

Journal of Food Science suggests monosodium glutamate (MSG) can be...

Classifying galaxies with artificial intelligence

Clot permeability linked to first-attempt success of aspiration thrombectomy

IMAGE: Conceptual illustration of how artificial intelligence classifies various types of galaxies

IMAGE: Max Mokin, MD, PhD, a neurointerventional surgeon at the University of South Florida Health

according to their...

Department of Neurosurgery...

Rates of dog bites in children up during COVID-19 pandemic

‘A Hinge date saved my life’ and other cancer dating stories

Aurora, Colo. (Aug. 11, 2020) – Greater rates of

Second night of clashes over disputed Belarus poll

Colorado’s children are going to the pediatric emergency department...

Riot police again fire rubber bullets to quash protests, as the first...

Coronavirus: Contact tracers to be reduced by 6,000 in England

Experts reveal what going on holiday does to your mind and body

The NHS test and trace system in England is cutting

Whether you’re planning a staycation or braving a

6,000 staff by the end of August, the government

holiday overseas (and the risk of being quarantined

has announced. The remaining...

when you get...

1 in 6 cardiac arrest deaths in San Francisco were actually overdoses Drug overdoses in the US are the leading cause of

Nurse invited grief-stricken 81-year-old grandmother to her house for Christmas Day

accidental deaths, and accidental deaths are the

After Angela Coverdale-Robinson missed the last

third-leading cause of...

train back to her home in Cambridge on Christmas Eve, she faced a bleak few...

DR MARTIN SCURR answers all your health questions

Doctors test out new treatment in bid to boost your blood flow


QUESTION: I get post-nasal drip. I was told it might

Doctors test out new treatment in bid to boost your

be caused by acid reflux, but I don’t have the classic

blood flow… by standing on a wobbly plate The

symptoms....

vibrating plate...

The seven diet myths that stop you losing weight

Miscarriage risk increases each week alcohol is used in early pregnancy

For more than 30 years I’ve been a GP, and though I

The findings, published in the American Journal of

hope I have been a good one, I owe many of my

Obstetrics and Gynecology, examine the timing,

overweight patients...

amount and type of alcohol...

Mouthwashes could reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission, study shows

Confused by whole grain labels on food packaging? Study finds you’re not alone

The results of the study are described by the team

The study, led by researchers at the Gerald J. and

headed by Toni Meister, Professor Stephanie

Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science

Pfänder and Professor Eike...

and Policy at Tufts University...

Nanocatalysts that remotely control chemical reactions inside living cells

Imaging method highlights new role for cellular ‘skeleton’ protein

The research team led by Professor In Su Lee of the

“Actin is the most abundant protein in the cell, so

Department of Chemistry at POSTECH has developed a remote magnetic-sensitive...

when you image it, it’s all over the cell,” says Uri...

What the rest of the world can learn from South Korea’s COVID-19 response

NASA’s Aqua Satellite shows extent of Apple Fire’s burn scar

Testing Timeline In January, the Korea Centers for

IMAGE: The measurement tool on the Worldview

Disease Control and Prevention, in partnership with

app was used to show the size of the burn scar.

the Korean Society...

Using the tool, the scar...

Researchers show mathematically how to best reopen your business after lockdown

Excess weight among pregnant women may interfere with child’s developing brain

In the USA, where the curve of infections has not yet

Obesity in expectant mothers may hinder the

flattened since the beginning of the pandemic,

development of the babies’ brains as early as the

158,000 people have...

second trimester, a new...

Mathematical patterns developed by Alan Turing help researchers understand bird behavior

UBCO researchers link advertising to uptick in youth vaping

Scientists from the University of Sheffield have used

increase of vaping among teenagers and how e-

mathematical modelling to understand why flocks of

cigarette marketing strategies...

UBC researchers are raising the alarm about the

long-tailed tits...

Early neural activity associated with autism

Study points out opioid risks for patients transitioning to skilled nursing facilities

IMAGE: Correlation between actual and predicted

PORTLAND, Ore. – Hospital patients discharged to

scores from the ADOS-T, an assessment tool used

skilled nursing facilities often bring a high-dose

by clinicians and researchers...

painkiller prescription...

Citizens prefer teachers and administrators to take the hit during economic crisis

N95s offer the best protection to coronavirus but neck fleeces could multiply infectious particles

BINGHAMTON, NY — With schools around the

We’ve all been told to wear face masks to reduce

world looking into various cost-cutting measures in

the spread of coronavirus, but it turns out the

the midst of the COVID-10...

material your mask...

Autism is twice as common in children whose mothers used cannabis in pregnancy

Coronavirus US: NIH to track spread among 2,000 families

Pregnant women who smoke cannabis almost

NIH researchers will track the spread of coronavirus among 2,000 families as students head back to

double the risk of their baby being born autistic,

school The National Institute...

warns a new study. In the largest...

Two bereaved mothers share a shattering warning after an acne drug

MICK MAY describes in an inspiring book, his determination to survive for his family

Until about 8.30pm on the evening of Wednesday,

When facing treatment for a fatal form of cancer,

May 1, last year, Annabel Wright appeared to be a

even the strongest among us may allow themselves

typical teenage girl, popular...

a wobble. If only everyone...

Can you really beat pain without drugs?

Globally, only half of women get treatment for preventable killer of


Taking painkillers too often may be doing more harm than good. That was the advice last week from the National Institute...

newborns A previous study estimated that complications of the disease may be linked to the deaths of at least 50,000 fetuses and 114,000...

Personal connections key to climate adaptation

Individual differences in the brain

The research found people are more empowered to respond when they see others doing the same.

almost transparent. Nevertheless, the tiny fish

Young zebrafish are just five millimeters long and display a spectrum of...

Scientists analysed how an island...

Detailed molecular workings of a key system in learning and memory formation

Quality of care at rural hospitals may not differ as much as reported

One such scientist is biochemist Margaret Stratton

Prior research studies comparing the quality of care

at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, whose lab reports how they...

provided by CAHs and non-CAHs have found that risk-adjusted mortality...

HPV strains may impact cervical cancer prognosis

Non-fasting blood test can help screen youth for prediabetes and diabetes

The study — recently published in Nature Genetics

The results suggest that the simple blood test,

— was led by a team of researchers, including

hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), should be used more

scientists at...

frequently to screen youth for...

Schooling is critical for cognitive health throughout life

Gene therapy targets inner retina to combat blindness

A new analysis published in the journal

IMAGE: journal in the field and provides all-inclusive

Psychological Science in the Public Interest (PSPI),

access to the critical pillars of human gene therapy:

however, reveals that even though...

research,...

Electronic components join forces to take up 10 times less space on computer chips

Youth’s risks from first-time opioid prescriptions may not be as high as once thought

IMAGE: Mark Kraman, right, professor Xiuling Li, center, and Mike Yang led a study that integrates the

IMAGE: Patrick Quinn view more Credit: Indiana University Young adults and adolescents who are

multiple elements...

prescribed...

New machine learning tool predicts devastating intestinal disease in premature infants

How boundaries become bridges in evolution

IMAGE: A 34-week premature baby in an isolette

life forms that exist today are here because they were able to...

incubator with oxygen. view more Credit: Sharon

There’s a paradox within the theory of evolution: The

McCutcheon/Unsplash New...

Study: Increased presence of law enforcement officers in schools does not improve safety

New model shows how voting behavior can drive political parties apart

Concern over the safety of students, teachers, and administrators in U.S. schools continues to grow, in

two major political parties in the United States has

Over the last few decades, the divide between the deepened. Studies...

part as a result...

Analysis of Ugandan cervical carcinomas, an aid for understudied subSaharan women

Coronavirus in Scotland: Care home residents to be allowed more visitors

IMAGE: Akinyemi Ojesina view more Credit: UAB

Monday, the Scottish government has announced. Health Secretary Jeane...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Cervical cancer kills more

Visiting rules at care homes are to be relaxed from

than 300,000...

Nursing apprenticeship funding gets £172m boost

Coronavirus: Little evidence of Covid transmission in schools, says Williamson

Funding of up to £172m for thousands more

There is little evidence of coronavirus being

apprentice nurses in England has been unveiled by

transmitted in schools, Education Secretary Gavin

the government. The Department...

Williamson has said. Mr Williamson...

Coronavirus: Is the world winning the pandemic fight?

New approach to treating osteoarthritis advances

It is little more than six months since the World

The study results revolve around the long-

Health Organization (WHO) declared the arrival of a

established idea that machines within animal and

new virus a global...

human cells turn the sugars, fats,...


Math shows how brain stays stable amid internal noise and a widely varying world

Successful school instruction is digital

Whether you are playing Go in a park amid chirping

sciences and mathematics and are more motivated

birds, a gentle breeze and kids playing catch nearby

when digital tools are...

Secondary school students perform better in natural

or you are playing...

Restaurant customers frown on automatic gratuities, particularly after good service

New tools in the fight against lethal citrus disease

PULLMAN, Wash. – Automatic gratuities leave

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restaurant patrons with a bad taste, even when the

MetalloVander...

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Tel Aviv University scientists reduce metastatic spread following tumor removal surgery

Fragmented forests: Tree cover, urban sprawl both increased in Southeast Michigan over the past 30 years

A research group from Tel Aviv University (TAU)

The extent of Southeast Michigan’s tree canopy and

successfully reduced metastatic spread following

its urban sprawl both increased between 1985 and

tumor removal surgery in...

2015, according...

How maths modelling helps efforts to eradicate banana bunchy top virus, QUT study

Gulf war illness, chronic fatigue syndrome distinct illnesses, Georgetown study suggests

Modelling the predicted movements of pervasive

WASHINGTON – A brain imaging study of veterans

sap-sucking tiny insects before they infest banana

with Gulf War illness (GWI) and patients with chronic

crops has the potential...

fatigue syndrome...

How fish stocks will change in warming seas IMAGE: Fishing boat view more Credit: Katherine

Study finds ATV-related head and neck injuries among youth continue to remain high

Maltby New research out today highlights the future

This summer, children and teens will be spending

effects...

more time outside. For some, this will include riding all-terrain vehicles...

UT southwestern levels the playing field for testicular cancer patients

How to boost tips and donations with the dueling preference approach

IMAGE: Aditya Bagrodia, M.D. view more Credit:

Researchers from University of Missouri-Kansas

UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Aug.

City, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and

10, 2020...

University of Pennsylvania published...

KIST finds clue to improve artificial vision for patients with retinitis pigmentosa

New treatment targets found for blinding retinal disease

IMAGE: (A) Schematic illustration of retinal

IMAGE: Drs. Ruth Caldwell, Yuqing Huo and Zhiping

prosthesis showing perception of the word ‘KIST’. Electric...

Liu. view more Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer,...

Berkeley Lab science snapshots

Coronavirus: Moral duty to get all children back in school

IMAGE: Berkeley Lab researcher Bin Wang view more Credit: Thor Swift/Berkeley Lab Scientists Say: Expect...

There is a “moral duty” to get all children back into schools in England next month, Boris Johnson has said. Writing...

"Ample evidence" that Cape Hatteras beach closures benefit birds

New studies highlight racial disparities among stroke patients with COVID-19

The barrier islands of North Carolina’s Cape

FAIRFAX, Va. — Two new studies indicate that

Hatteras National Seashore are among the most

racial disparities related to outcomes exist among

popular recreational destinations...

stroke patients, including...

Study finds benefit in more frequent HIV screenings for young men who have sex with men

Unveiled: A channel SARS-CoV-2 may use to proceed with viral replication in the host cell

A new study has found that HIV screening every

By visualizing coronavirus replication in an infected

three months compared to annually will improve

host cell, researchers may have answered a long-

clinical outcomes and be cost-effective...

standing question about...

Chemotherapy is used to treat less than 25% of people with localized sarcoma

Credible assumptions replace missing data in COVID analysis

FINDINGS UCLA researchers have found that

ITHACA, N.Y. – How contagious is COVID-19, and

chemotherapy is not commonly used when treating

how severe is the virus for those who’ve caught it?


adults with localized sarcoma,...

Everyone wants...

Arecibo Observatory returns from tropical storm Isaias lockdown to track asteroid for NASA

Study shows variation in hospital visitor & ICU communication policies due to COVID-19

IMAGE: Radar range-Doppler image of 2020 NK1

Four months ago, Michigan glowed red on COVID-

reveals an elongated asteroid approximately 1 km

19 maps. Hundreds of patients packed hospital

(0.6 mi) along the longest...

intensive care units in the southern...

Scientists use CRISPR to knock down gene messages early in development

Why do so many refugees move after arrival? Opportunity and community

IMAGE: The development of mRNA knock-down

What do you think of when you hear the word

technologies for use in vertebrate organisms such

“refugee”? For many people, what comes to mind is

as zebrafish has been limited....

vulnerability–you...

Scientists develop principles for the creation of an "acoustic diode"

Transgender and gender-diverse individuals more likely to be autistic

In research published in Science Advances, a group

Transgender and gender-diverse adults are three to

led by scientists from the RIKEN Center for

six times more likely as cisgender adults (individuals

Emergent Matter Science (CEMS)...

whose gender identity...

New Zealand’s Southern Alps glacier melt has doubled IMAGE: Rob Roy glacier in the Matukituki valley in

Heart attack case rates, treatment approaches, outcomes during COVID-19 pandemic

December 2018; this glacier on steep hillslopes is

What The Study Did: The increases and decreases

now disconnected...

in patient volume and associated changes in treatment experienced by individuals...

Does physician burnout, depression, career satisfaction differ by race/ethnicity?

Intranasal vaccine platform has potential for more effective vaccines, fewer side effects

What The Study Did: This survey study of U.S.

IMAGE: An image of self-assembled peptide

physicians examined whether there were differences

nanofibers, which are currently under investigation

by race/ethnicity in burnout,...

for engineered vaccines. ...

Coronavirus: Moral duty to get all children back in school

Potentially predictive humoral immune response markers in COVID-19 patients

There is a “moral duty” to get all children back into

Galit Alter, PhD, Group Leader at the Ragon

schools in England next month, Prime Minister Boris

Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard and Professor of

Johnson...

Medicine at Harvard Medical...

Study finds parents can help kids eat healthier by knowing their own sense of self-control

Scientists introduce FlowRACS for highthroughput discovery of enzymes

EUGENE, Ore. – Aug. 7, 2020 – Young children

IMAGE: Schematic illustration of the FlowRACS platform and instrument view more Credit: WANG

naturally like sugar and salt in food and develop

Xixian Enzymes...

food preferences...

Hubble makes the first observation of a total lunar eclipse by a space telescope IMAGE: Taking advantage of a total lunar eclipse in

Epirubicin-loaded nanomedicines beat immune checkpoint blockade resistance in glioblastoma

January 2019, astronomers using the NASA/ESA

Summary: A nanomedicine-based strategy for

Hubble Space Telescope...

chemo-immunotherapy (CIT) of glioblastoma (GBM), which has the worst prognosis...

Researchers discover how plants distinguish beneficial from harmful microbes

Machine learning research may help find new tungsten deposits in SW England

IMAGE: Scientists have discovered that legumes

this is the most important tungsten-bearing mineral

use small, well-defined motifs in LysM receptors to

in SW...

IMAGE: Quartz vein containing wolframite (black) –

read signals produced...

Huge ring-like structure on Ganymede’s surface may have been caused by violent impact

Is it ethical to infect volunteers with Covid-19 to test a vaccine?

IMAGE: The Dark Terrain and Bright Terrain areas

lace-ups and five-day stubble – it’s the classic,

can be recognized, with concurrent furrows present

bookish Oxford student...

in these Dark Terrains. ...

A crumpled blue shirt and cords, beaten-up brown


EVE SIMMONS: Why putting calories on restaurant menus fills me with fear

DR ELLIE CANNON: It is time to give young people back their freedom

Britain is officially on a diet. After three years of

Among the many suggestions floated about how to

debates and discussions, the Government has finally committed to a...

curb the rising number of corona cases, one has sparked particular outrage...

HEALTH NOTES: Covid-proof clip makes cancer check-ups safe HEALTH NOTES: Covid-proof clip makes cancer

Did we go into lockdown for no reason and are the mask rebels putting us at risk of a second wave?

check-ups safe By Mail on Sunday Reporter

Local lockdowns, new travel restrictions and

Published: 17:00 EDT, 8 August 2020...

outbreaks across the country; in France, almost 2,000 new cases in 24 hours;...

The ‘Epipen’ that stops migraines before they start

New test better predicts which babies will develop type 1 diabetes

Severe migraine sufferers could soon be given an

Scientists at seven international sites have followed

Epipen-style DIY jab containing a powerful drug that

7,798 children at high risk of developing type 1

stops attacks before...

diabetes from birth,...

Authors’ ‘invisible’ words reveal blueprint for storytelling

Chemist’s new process fast-tracks drug treatments for viral infections and cancer

When telling a story, common but invisible words — a, the, it — are used in certain ways and at certain

For the past 50 years, scientists have used humanmade, synthetic and nucleoside analogues to

moments....

create drug therapies for diseases...

New-generation CO2 gas separation system using gate-type adsorbents

Genetic cause of congenital malformation discovered

IMAGE: Scientists in Japan designed a gate-type

IMAGE: (from left) Prof. Dr. Heiko Reutter, Prof. Dr.

adsorbent tower system that captures and separates mixed gases, CO2,...

Benjamin Odermatt and Magdalena Rieke from the University of...

COVID-19 crisis exposes imbalance in EU state aid for aviation sector

Subpolar marginal seas play a key role in making the subarctic Pacific nutrient-rich

Dr Steven Truxal, a Reader in The City Law School,

IMAGE: The research vessels Professor

says the COVID-19 crisis has exposed an

Multanovskiy of Russia and Hakuho Maru of Japan

imbalance in EU state aid for...

traveled to the marginal seas...

Oldest enzyme in cellular respiration isolated

Novel approach reduces SCA1 symptoms in animal model

IMAGE: Ph.D. student Dragan Trifunovic with a big

Research has shown that a mutation in the ATAXIN-

bottle and a small test tube containing cultured

1 gene leads to accumulation of Ataxin-1 (ATXN1)

Thermotoga maritima...

protein in brain cells...

Updating Turing’s model of pattern formation

Florida current is weaker now than at any point in the past century

In 1952, Alan Turing published a study which

A key component of the Gulf Stream has markedly

described mathematically how systems composed

slowed over the past century–that’s the conclusion

of many living organisms can form...

of a new research...

Hydroxychloroquine being ‘discarded prematurely’, say scientists

NHS protest by nurses and health staff over pay rise ‘snub’

A trial investigating the drug hydroxychloroquine as

Hundreds of nurses and NHS staff in Wales are

a preventative treatment against Covid-19 may

protesting at being excluded from a recent pay rise

never find out if it’s...

announcement. Grassroot...

Coronavirus: Face covering use expanded in England and Scotland

Coronavirus: Randox recalls up to 750,000 test kits over safety concerns

Face coverings have become mandatory in more indoor settings in England and Scotland following a

Up to 750,000 unused coronavirus testing kits are being recalled due to safety concerns. The UK’s

recent spike in coronavirus...

medicines and healthcare...

Taste bud cells might not be a target of SARS-CoV-2

New findings on enzymes with important role in SARS-CoV-2 infection

Viruses cause infection by invading specific cells in

The article presents a large-scale, systematic

the body and reproducing, often damaging or killing

evaluation of angiotensin I converting enzyme 2

those cells in...

(ACE2) expression in more...

Three-quarters of migrants traveling to US through Mexico experience food

Making N-C bond directly from N2: summary and perspective


insecurity This study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, School of Public

IMAGE: The relationship between coordination modes of dinitrogen complexes and the reaction types of N-C bond formation....

Health of Mexico, and...

Researchers find link between Atlantic hurricanes and weather system in East Asia

Treatment option improves chances of survival for babies with rare cerebrovascular disorder

IMAGE: Climate researchers led by the University of Iowa have found a link between hurricanes that form

FAIRFAX, Va. — Endovascular treatment of vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation (VGAM) in babies

in the Atlantic...

with severe pulmonary...

NASA sounding rocket finds helium structures in sun’s atmosphere

Highly sensitive dopamine detector uses 2D materials

IMAGE: A composite image of the Sun showing the

IMAGE: Schematic of a highly selective dopamine

hydrogen (left) and helium (center and right) in the

detector using two-dimensional material. view more

low corona. The...

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checkmate 743 shows that dual immunotherapy, nivolumab + ipilimumab

Phase 3 eXalt3 study shows significantly longer progression-free survival

Denver–(Embargoed for 7 a.m. EST August 8,

Denver–(Embargoed for 7 a.m. EST August 8,

2020) The combination of first-line nivolumab and

2020)–Patients with non-small cell lung cancer

ipilimumab demonstrated...

(NSCLC) carrying anaplastic...

Addition of sintilimab to pemetrexed and platinum improved progression-free survival

4 killed in Arizona and New Mexico drinking toxic hand sanitizer

Denver–(Embargoed for 7 a.m. EST August 8,

Mexico, and four died, after drinking toxic hand

2020)–The interim analysis of ORIENT-11, a phase

sanitizer, a new report...

Eleven people were hospitalized in Arizona and New

III double-blind...

More than 100 Americans have died after taking hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19

Body weight has surprising, alarming impact on brain function

More than 100 Americans have died after taking hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 despite Donald

One of the largest studies linking obesity with brain dysfunction, scientists analyzed over 35,000

Trump insisting people had...

functional neuroimaging...

COVID-19 should be treated as an acute inflammatory disease, scientist suggests

New CT scanning method may improve heart massage

In a critical literature review, among the 20 most-

A research collaboration between the Department of

read articles published in the Journal of Immunology

Forensic Medicine at Aarhus University, Denmark,

in May 2020, Manjili...

and the East Midlands...

COVID-19: The long road to recovery

Smartwatch tracks medication levels to personalize treatments

They include fatigue, breathlessness, psychological distress — including problems with concentration and memory —...

A study detailing the research was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In general, medications...

New reporter mouse strain offers powerful genetic tool to identify P2X2expressing cells

Experts urge evaluation of diet at routine check-ups

In an eNeuro paper published July 15, University of

prioritized when addressing modifiable risk factors

South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine

during regular...

“Dietary patterns and quality are not sufficiently

researchers describe...

COVID recovery choices shape future climate This is despite the sudden reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants during lockdown having a negligible impact...

Skoltech supercomputer helps scientists reveal most influential parameters for crop IMAGE: A heatmap of the impact of key soil parameters on yield view more Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Nowadays,...

Modifying BACTRAC protocol provides first chance to study local leukocyte populations during stroke

Layer of nanoparticles could improve LED performance and lifetime

FAIRFAX, Va. — Expanding standard techniques

could help them produce more light for the same

during mechanical thrombectomy — a procedure

energy, and also increase...

that removes a clot...

Adding a layer of nanoparticles to LED designs


Materials science researchers develop first electrically injected laser IMAGE: Fisher Yu, University of Arkansas view more Credit: University of Arkansas Materials science researchers,...

Sugar-based signature identifies T cells where HIV hides despite antiretroviral therapy IMAGE: Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen view more Credit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA — (August 4, 2020)...

Russian developers created a platform for self-testing of AI medical services

Integration of gene regulatory networks in understanding animal behavior

IMAGE: The first working prototype of the platform is

IMAGE: Saurabh Sinha, Director of Computational

hosted on the popular GitHub service, and

Genomics and computer science professor at

developers from all...

University of Illinois ...

Inexpensive, accessible device provides visual proof that masks block droplets

Separated twins’ parents thank Colchester nurses for pictures

DURHAM, N.C. – Duke physician Eric Westman

The parents of twin boys treated in hospitals 60

was one of the first champions of masking as a

miles (97km) apart thanked staff for sending them

means to curtail the spread...

video updates. Jane and...

Coronavirus: Cancer survivor calls mammogram refusal ‘ageist’

Coronavirus: NHS England scales back private sector deal

A breast cancer survivor refused a mammogram

NHS England has announced it is to end the deal

because she is over 70 said it was an “ageist” policy.

that gave it access to more than 90% of private

Janet Wilkie,...

hospitals’ beds, staff...

Virus cases ‘may be levelling off’ in England, figures suggest

Pfizer Inc signs multi-year deal to manufacture Gilead’s coronavirus antiviral remdesivir

The number of people in England testing positive for coronavirus may be levelling off, according to a household survey by...

Pfizer Inc signs multi-year deal to manufacture Gilead’s coronavirus antiviral remdesivir to boost production of the...

How your diet could be affecting your hair and scalp

Woman shares terrifying postpartum psychosis experience

Is there a dandruff diet? Top trichologist Stephanie

A London mother is sharing the details of her

Sey explains how what you eat could affect your hair

terrifying experience with postpartum psychosis in a

and scalp By Emily...

new memoir, revealing...

Feeling dizzy after standing up may indicate dementia risk Feeling dizzy after you stand up may be a predictor

UK’s coronavirus death toll could have topped 100,000 if we didn’t stay at home, study suggests

of dementia in later life, a study has claimed. The

More than 100,000 people could have died from

complaint is caused...

coronavirus in Britain if ministers didn’t tell people to stay at home,...

Tory MPs write to Matt Hancock over Manchester mayor lockdown claims

Coronavirus England: 3,700 infected every day

Tory MPs have clashed with Manchester mayor

The coronavirus reproduction rate could now be as

Andy Burnham over his claims that it would be ‘impossible’ to lift...

high as one right across the UK after rising slightly in the last week,...

Coronavirus UK: 871 more cases and 98 deaths

A titanate nanowire mask that can eliminate pathogens

Coronavirus cases in Britain have been on the up for

Researchers in Forró’s lab are working on a

three weeks – with 835 Britons now getting

promising solution to this problem: a membrane

diagnosed each day,...

made of titanium oxide...

COVID-19: The virus and the vasculature

Lead poisoning could reduce gene expression in humans

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 infects the respiratory tract and in severe cases, the infection can result in lung failure,...

Lead poisoning is a well-documented disease, the incidence of which has drastically reduced since the use of lead has been...

Heavier smoking linked to skyrocketing health risks

Pinpointing the cells that keep the body’s master circadian clock ticking

The Australian Centre for Precision Health based at

“This is a really important technical resource for

the University of South Australia led the study, which

advancing the study of circadian rhythms,” says

links heavier...

study leader...


Measuring electron emission from irradiated biomolecules

Newly discovered mutation could point to heart disease therapeutic target

When fast-moving ions cross paths with large

“Cardiovascular disease occurs when lipids from the

biomolecules, the resulting collisions produce many

blood plasma are deposited in the walls of blood

low-energy electrons which...

vessels, ultimately...

Strong link found between abnormal liver tests and poor COVID-19 outcomes The study appeared online on July 29 in Hepatology.

Simple approach tested in small group visually evaluates mask effectiveness against viral droplets

Previous studies in China found that approximately

Using inexpensive and widely available tools,

15% of patients with...

scientists have developed a simple approach to visually evaluate how effectively...

COVID-19 may have a longer incubation period, suggests probability analysis of Wuhan cases

Advance in programmable synthetic materials

By applying the renewal theory in probability to

programmed with different metal atoms (colored

reduce recall bias in initial case reports, scientists have come up with...

balls) to do a series...

Decline in plant breeding programs could impact food security IMAGE: A team of scientists led by Kate Evans, a

SFU chemist’s new process fast-tracks drug treatments for viral infections and cancer

Washington State University horticulture professor

Discovering antiviral and anticancer drugs will soon

who leads WSU’s...

be faster and cheaper thanks to new research from

IMAGE: Rods of multivariate MOFs (left) can be

Simon Fraser University...

Deep-sea misconceptions cause underestimation of seabed-mining impacts

Predicting drought in the American West just got more difficult

IMAGE: A diverse, dense coral community was

the American West are in for a disappointment, as

present throughout the dive at Debussy Seamount. Several colonies were...

new USC-led research...

Scientists discover curious clues in the war between cf bacteria

Koala Babycare Koala Hugs Nursing V Pillow Review Amazon

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‘A must-have for mums-to-be’: Expecting mums are

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Eating too much rice increases your risk of dying from heart disease

Coronavirus: Vaccine may be less effective in obese adults

Eating too much rice could be fatal as low levels of

It’s already well-known that being overweight is a

arsenic in the grains can increase your risk of dying

major risk factor for contracting the novel

from heart disease,...

coronavirus. But some...

‘Physical stress’ at work linked to signs of brain aging and memory loss

Two thirds of NHS staff ‘lost their sense of taste or smell during coronavirus peak’

Scientists have linked on-the-job stress to brain

Two thirds of staff at one NHS hospital trust lost their

aging and memory loss for the first time, according

sense of taste or smell during the peak of the

to new research from...

coronavirus epidemic,...

Dominic Cummings’ 260mile trip to County Durham eroded public trust, study shows

Fashion model, 27, claims CBD has helped her ditch medication for crippling Lyme disease

Dominic Cummings faced the media on May 25 to

A former fashion model who’s spent a decade

give a day-by-day account of his battle against coronavirus and his controversial...

battling a crippling medical condition that left her unable to get out...

Thousands could die if normal care is shut down during second wave, leading medics warn

Autism: How a gene alteration modifies social behavior

Tens of thousands of patients may die if the NHS

population and is characterized by alterations in

shuts down normal care during a second

communication, repetitive behavior...

People hoping to get a handle on future droughts in

Autism occurs in about one percent of the

coronavirus wave, leading medics...

Move over Akita: Introducing ‘Kuma mutant’ mice for islet transplantation research

Implanted neural stem cell grafts show functionality in spinal cord injuries


Diabetes seldom occurs in newborns — a condition known as neonatal diabetes. But when it does, it’s

In a new study, published August 5, 2020 in Cell Stem Cell, researchers at University of California

mostly due...

San Diego School of Medicine...

Education may be protective for people with gene for familial early onset Alzheimer’s

Drivers respond to pre-crash warnings with levels of attentive ‘gaze’

About 1-6% of people with Alzheimer’s disease have

conducted open road testing of three collision avoidance systems and demonstrated...

rare genes that cause the disease in everyone who

A team of engineers at the University of Missouri

has them. This...

Vitamin D twice a day may keep vertigo away “Our study suggests that for people with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, taking a supplement of vitamin D and...

Genes related to Down syndrome abnormalities may protect against solid tumors “Our promising preliminary data carries strong potential for ultimately developing gene-targeted therapies to inhibit...

Tasmanian devil research offers new insights for tackling cancer in humans

Renewables in Europe: Land requirements can be reduced at low cost

The study, published in Genetics on Aug. 1, found a

Transitioning our energy supply from coal, oil and

single genetic mutation that leads to reduced growth of a transmissible...

gas to wind and solar power is feasible. However, renewables require more...

COVID-19

Origins of life: Chemical evolution in a tiny Gulf Stream

In severe cases of COVID-19, the infection can lead to obstruction of the blood vessels in the lung, heart and kidneys. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet...

Chemical reactions driven by the geological conditions on the early Earth might have led to the prebiotic evolution of self-replicating...

Stellar egg hunt with ALMA IMAGE: Wide-field far-infrared image of the Taurus Molecular Cloud obtained by the Herschel Space Observatory and stellar...

Alport syndrome: Research highlights link between genotype and treatment effectiveness IMAGE: Genotype-phenotype correlation for renal survival in Alport syndrome view more Credit: Kobe University A...

Success in promoting plant growth for biodiesel IMAGE: Fig 1: In the plant cell, actin filaments, which are cytoskeletal proteins, are stretched around. Plant myosin...

Adding another dimension to a cell culture model for pulmonary arterial hypertension IMAGE: Pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells derived from patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension were cultured...

NSD2 enzyme appears to prevent cellular senescence

Malaria in Africa: Parasite ‘resistant to artemisinin’

IMAGE: The human body and the cells that make it

A drug-resistant strain of the parasite that causes

up have a “program ” for aging. It is thought that

malaria has been identified by scientists in Rwanda.

there...

The study, published...

Coronavirus: England’s contact-tracing app readies for launch

Coronavirus: Asymptomatic cases ‘carry same amount of virus’

A second attempt at a Covid-19 contact-tracing app

People with symptomless Covid-19 can carry as

for England will soon be tested by members of the

much of the virus as those with symptoms, a South

public. Officials hope...

Korean study has suggested. South...

Chemotherapy in cancer patients with Covid-19 ‘not a risk’

Coronavirus US: Meat plant outbreak infected 929 in five weeks

Continuing chemotherapy and immunotherapy

Coronavirus outbreak infected more than 900

treatment in cancer patients with Covid-19 is not a

workers at a South Dakota meat plant in just FIVE

risk to their survival, a study...

WEEKS, CDC report reveals CDC...

Gilead says it has ramped up production of remdesivir by 50-fold

UK pharmacies could be BANNED from selling codeine

Gilead Sciences Inc says it has ramped up

Pharmacies across the UK could be BANNED from

production of its antiviral remdesivir and expects to

selling codeine over the counter amid growing fears

produce millions of vials...

about painkiller addiction Codeine,...

Freezing embryos after IVF does NOT boost the chances of becoming pregnant

Hospitalised Covid-19 survivors make the most antibodies


In-vitro fertilisation, known as IVF, is a medical

Convalescent plasma has been used to treat

procedure in which a woman has an already-

infections for at least a century, dating back to the

fertilised egg inserted into...

1918 Spanish flu pandemic. It...

Second wave strikes Europe? Spain reintroduces lockdown, Greece sees a worrying rise in cases

Coronavirus UK: Up to 135k may get infected A DAY in winter

A second wave of Covid-19 appears to be striking

every day during the peak of the second wave this

Europe, forcing Spain to reimpose lockdowns and cases spiking to a three-month...

December, scientists have...

More than 700,000 patients could be left without access to face-to-face GP appointments

Peptide makes drug-resistant bacteria sensitive to antibiotics again

Hundreds of thousands of patients living in the

also kill bacteria that have grown resistant to

poorest areas of the UK could miss out on face-to-

antibiotics. Every year,...

Up to 135,000 Britons may catch the coronavirus

On its own, the synthetic antimicrobial peptide can

face GP appointments due...

COVID-19: Immune system derails Most patients infected with the coronavirus SARS-

Chemists build natural anti-cancer compound with lean new process

CoV-2 show mild or even no symptoms. However,

Through this, they were able to understand how the

10 to 20 percent of those...

bacterial secretion is able to block a piece of molecular machinery known...

Blood test may point to patients at higher risk for COVID-19 deterioration, death

A new tool for modeling the human gut microbiome

“When we first started treating COVID-19 patients, we watched them get better or get worse, but we

This difficulty is especially pronounced for species that cannot live in oxygen-rich environments.

didn’t know...

However, MIT biological...

DNA from an ancient, unidentified ancestor was passed down to humans living today

Study finds dedicated clinics can reduce impact of flu pandemic

Roughly 50,000 years ago, a group of humans

interventions such as vaccination, but at the statewide level,...

migrated out of Africa and interbred with

“Dedicated clinics would have less of an impact than

Neanderthals in Eurasia. But that’s...

Training neural circuits early in development improves response

NASA’s Maven observes martian night sky pulsing in ultraviolet light

Techniques for training engineered neural circuits

IMAGE: This is an image of the ultraviolet “nightglow

usually involve training them after the cells have fully

” in the Martian atmosphere. Green and white

matured. Using...

false...

Few changes seen in ‘Big Five’ personality traits during early days of COVID-19 pandemic

Study finds high levels of toxic pollutants in stranded dolphins and whales

A new study suggests that adults experienced few

Lucie County in Florida in 2019. (The FAU Harbor

changes in “Big Five” personality traits as a result of the...

Branch rescue...

Study: Most Americans don’t have enough assets to withstand 3 months without income

Test accurately IDs people whose gonorrhea can be cured with simple oral antibiotic

CORVALLIS, Ore. — A new study from Oregon

A test designed by UCLA researchers can pinpoint

State University found that 77% of low- to moderate-

which people with gonorrhea will respond

income American households...

successfully to the inexpensive...

The costs and benefits of addressing customer complaints

Chemotherapy for rare cancer fine-tuned with organoids

Researchers from Michigan State University,

WINSTON-SALEM, NC – Aug. 10, 2020, – A

University of South Florida, St. John’s University,

patient-specific tumor organoid model is being used

and American Customer...

to identify the most...

The Last unknown Sundue collected this Selaginella on the tropical

Couple engaged for 10 years finally marry at hospital bedside after husband’s cancer diagnosis

island of New Guinea–and...

Emotional moment couple engaged for 10 years

IMAGE: University of Vermont fern expert Michael

IMAGE: Gervais’ beaked whale that stranded in St.

finally tie the knot at hospital bedside after husband, 68, was told he has...


Erectile dysfunction drug aviptadil may also beat Covid-19, experts believe A drug used for erectile dysfunction has the potential

Fears for holidays as travel experts warn France ‘is highly likely’ to be added to quarantine list

to treat critically ill Covid-19 patients, scientists say.

Thousands of holidays could be at risk as France is

Aviptadil...

‘highly likely’ to be added to the 14-day quarantine list...

Coronavirus: Could gum disease make infection more deadly? Scientist have discovered a link between lifethreatening coronavirus infection and gum disease in new research published...

Menopausal women may be denied entry to airports using temperature scanners for Covid-19 Menopausal women may be unfairly denied entry to airports, pubs and restaurants if they have their temperature checked, it...

Coronavirus: Asymptomatic patients shed just as much of virus

Coronavirus US: Families east of Portland’s 82nd Avenue at risk

COVID-19 patients with and without symptoms are

Portland has become a tale of two cities with blacks

equally contagious: Asymptomatic people have just

and Hispanics living east of 82nd Avenue, also

as much virus in their...

known as Cascade Highway,...

Coronavirus UK: 950 new cases and 49 deaths in official toll

REM sleep tunes eating behavior

Coronavirus cases rose to a six-week high in the UK

phases of sleep each of which may contribute differently to us feeling...

today as officials announced another 950 people

While we are asleep, we transition between different

had tested positive for...

Why the ‘wimpy’ Y chromosome hasn’t evolved out of existence

Scientists discover cells that filter and sharpen spatial signals

“The Y chromosome is generally thought to be

Identifying the correct cells IST Austria Professor

protected from extinction by having important

Peter Jonas, Xiaomin Zhang, and Alois Schlögl

functions in sex determination...

started to examine neuronal...

Completing the set: ‘Coupon-collection behavior’ reduces sex-ratio variation among families

Brain waves can be used to predict future pain sensitivity

The practice, which the two University of Michigan biologists who conducted the study dubbed

rhythmic patterns of activity, which can be compared

The living brain is constantly producing regular to musical notes. Scientists...

“coupon-collection behavior”...

Algorithm created by deep learning finds potential therapeutic targets throughout genome

Key to dialogue between brain cells to protect against stroke

The paper was published online this week by the

cell-to-cell crosstalk regulates neuroinflammation

journal Nature Machine Intelligence. DNA

and the immune system,...

Brain cells talk to one another. This synchronized

methylation is involved in many...

Placebos prove powerful even when people know they’re taking one A team of researchers from Michigan State University, University of Michigan and Dartmouth College is the first to demonstrate...

Training neural circuits early in development improves response, study finds CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — When it comes to training neural circuits for tissue engineering or biomedical applications, a new...

Provider access to chronic opioid prescribing resources improves guideline adherance

A new look at Mars’ eerie, ultraviolet nighttime glow

Boston – Results of a new study find that providers

polar ice cap. view more Credit: LASP Every...

IMAGE: Mars’ nightglow as seen above the planet’s

participating in an intervention with education and resources to...

New science behind algae-based flipflops

Electric cooker an easy, efficient way to sanitize N95 masks, study finds

IMAGE: Commerical-quality biodegradable flip-flops.

IMAGE: One 50-minute, 212 F cooking cycle in a

view more Credit: Photo courtesy of Stephen

dry electric multicooker decontaminates an N95

Mayfield,...

respirator without chemicals...

Brain noise contains unique signature of dream sleep

Are we medically intervening in maternity care when we don’t need to?


When we dream, our brains are filled with noisy electrical activity that looks nearly identical to that of

Are we medically intervening in maternity care when we don’t need to? Researchers from the School of

the awake brain. But...

Nursing and Midwifery...

People who feel dizzy when they stand up may have higher risk of dementia

Coronavirus: How does test-and-trace work?

MINNEAPOLIS – Some people who feel dizzy or

Angry Beirut residents demand answers after blast

lightheaded when they stand up may have an

People in Lebanon call for justice after a blast that

increased risk of developing...

left at least 137...

Coronavirus: University life may ‘pose further risk’ to young shielders

Coronavirus: Safety concerns halt use of 50 million NHS masks

Angry Beirut residents demand answers after blast

Fifty million face masks bought by the government in

People in Lebanon call for justice after a blast that

April will not be used in the NHS because of safety

left at least 137...

concerns. The government...

Up to half a million Britons are suffering the effects of ‘long Covid’, MPs told Up to 500,000 Brits are suffering from psychosis,

Coronavirus cases continued to fall after some lockdown measures were eased in June

fatigue and loss of eyesight after recovering from

Coronavirus cases continued to fall after some

coronavirus, MPs have...

lockdown measures were eased, a major study revealed today.

Cases of gout are spiralling at an ‘astonishing’ rate across the world Cases of gout are spiralling at an ‘astonishing’ rate across the world with 41million people now living with...

Some 123...

Cannabis is bad for your HEART: Doctors warn using the drug can trigger heart attacks and strokes Cannabis is bad for the heart and may trigger heart attacks and strokes, doctors have warned. The American Heart Association...

Fauci says US has the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the world Dr Anthony Fauci says the ‘numbers don’t lie’ when

Hydroxychloroquine could save tens of thousands of lives from Covid-19 but it’s been politicised

it comes to coronavirus in the United States and

Hydroxychloroquine could prevent tens of thousands

acknowledged...

of people from dying from coronavirus but the drug has been too...

Thousands of Covid-19 deaths ‘to be wiped off the government’s official toll’ after counting fiasco

Scientists behind trial of coronavirussniffing dogs issue plea for worn T-shirts and socks

Thousands of coronavirus deaths are set to be

Scientists behind a trial of coronavirus-sniffing dogs

wiped from the government’s official count, it was

have issued a plea for worn T-shirts and socks from

claimed today. Health...

patients with...

New study on development of Parkinson’s disease is ‘on the nose’

Language may undermine women in science and tech

In the central nervous system, the sensory neurons

Molly Lewis, special faculty at CMU and her

that line the nasal epithelium are particularly

research partner, Gary Lupyan, associate professor

susceptible to neuroinflammatory...

at University of Wisconsin-Madison,...

How climate change affects allergies, immune response and autism

Warming climate may trigger more West Nile outbreaks in Southern California

IMAGE: Xue Ming, professor of neurology at

IMAGE: A new study by researchers at the

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School view more

University of California, Berkeley, finds that infection

Credit: Rutgers University Climate...

rates of mosquitos...

Influenza A virus directly modulates eosinophil responses

Herbivores, not predators, most at risk of extinction

Eosinophils residing in the airways of mice respond

IMAGE: An African Elephant walks through the

to influenza A virus (IAV) infection through

drying streambed of Chitake Springs as the drought

alterations in surface expression...

season descends on...

Turning carbon dioxide into liquid fuel for conversion of carbon dioxide and water into

New study may refine predicted survival outcomes and treatment in younger adults with acute leukemia

ethanol. ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The findings of a new study led

IMAGE: Artistic rendering of electrocatalytic process

by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center...


Non-invasive nerve stimulation boosts learning of foreign language sounds IMAGE: Illustration of the vagus nerve view more

Genes related to down syndrome abnormalities may protect against solid tumors

Credit: Kenneth Probst/UCSF PITTSBURGH, Aug.

Scientists from Stanley Manne Children’s Research

6, 2020 –...

Institute at Ann Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago...

Coronavirs US: Only 42% plan on getting vaccine

Baby boomers’ cognitive functions 3.5% WORSE than parents’

Only 42% of Americans now plan on getting a

From the ‘greatest generation’ to the war babies,

coronavirus vaccine – down from 55% who wanted the shot in May with one-third...

Americans’ cognitive functions – mental skills...

This heated Shiatsu Neck and Shoulder Massager is now on sale on Amazon ‘Like having your own personal masseuse’: This

Two doses of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine protected mice from infection for 13 WEEKS

heated Shiatsu Neck and Shoulder Massager is now

Two doses of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine

on sale on Amazon...

protected mice from infection for 13 WEEKS – and a single shot blocked...

Experimental MS drug prevents relapses in nine out of 10 patients A life-changing treatment for the devastating autoimmune condition, multiple sclerosis (MS), may be on the horizon after...

Younger Covid-19 patients ‘more likely to lose sense of smell and taste’ than older patients Younger people with COVID-19 are more likely to lose their sense of smell and taste than older patients, a new study has...

Social distancing may be GOOD for the economy as it makes people more comfortable to go out

Coronavirus: Professor, 52, volunteers to take Moderna vaccine

Social distancing measures to control the spread of

university professor Gary Stradiotto became one of

coronavirus ‘make people feel safer spending

30,000 volunteers helping...

It was no routine shot in the arm. Last week

money and working’...

Cannabinoids may affect activity of other pharmaceuticals

Energy demands limit our brains’ information processing capacity

Kent Vrana, professor and chair of pharmacology at

The study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience,

the College of Medicine, and Paul Kocis, a

found that paying attention can change how the

pharmacist at Penn State Health...

brain allocates its limited...

‘Deepfakes’ ranked as most serious AI crime threat

How thoughts could one day control electronic prostheses, wirelessly

The study, published in Crime Science and funded

The team has been focusing on improving a brain-

by the Dawes Centre for Future Crime at UCL (and

computer interface, a device implanted beneath the

available as a policy briefing),...

skull on the surface of...

Molecular forces: The surprising stretching behavior of DNA

Scientists discover the switch that makes human brown fat burn energy

Experiments with DNA molecules show that their mechanical properties are completely different from

Brown fat burns energy and generates heat — a process called thermogenesis — after being

what those of macroscopic...

activated by cold temperature...

The yin and yang of inflammation controlled by a single molecule

Land use changes may increase disease outbreak risks

“Our work shows that HDAC3 is key to the innate

The findings, published in Nature, may have

immune response due to the yin and yang of its

implications for future spillovers of diseases

responsibilities —...

originating in animal hosts. The...

Organoids help bridge gap between laboratory study and animal modeling of disease

Promising new research identifies novel approach for controlling defects in 3D printing

WINSTON-SALEM, NC — Aug. 6, 2020 —

With its ability to yield parts with complex shapes

Scientists at the Wake Forest Institute for

and minimal waste, additive manufacturing has the

Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM)...

potential to revolutionize...

A ‘Devonian’ aquarium: Modern mutant fishes replicate creatures of ancient oceans

Citizen scientists help geologists to identify earthquakes and tectonic tremors AUDIO: Audio file of an earthquake, sped up 800 times view more Credit: The authors It is not yet


IMAGE: Skeleton of a mutant (top) and normal

possible...

zebrafish, showing the structural differences with the jaw. view...

Childhood connection to nature has many benefits but is not universally positive, finds review

Children’s pester power a future target for interventions

The review, published in the British Ecological

discusses a new study that highlights how children’s

Society Journal People and Nature, is the first to

pester power...

AUDIO: Lead investigator Taren Swindle, PhD,

focus on nature connection...

Make the best of bad reviews by leveraging consumer empathy

First food-grade intermediate wheatgrass released

Researchers from Nanyang Technical University, University of Washington, and University of British

IMAGE: UMN Kernza researcher Prabin Bajgain evaluating intermediate wheatgrass in selection

Columbia published a new...

nursery at St. Paul, MN...

Coronavirus: What are the risks of opening schools?

Obesity not defined by weight, says new Canada guideline

The current plan is to have most children back in

Obesity should be defined by a person’s health – not

school across the UK by September. But, with winter

just their weight, says a new Canadian clinical

and fears of a resurgence...

guideline. It...

Autism in children: ‘Many families face council discrimination’

Two-thirds shielding happy to return to work, ONS figures suggest

More than a quarter of English councils are acting

Two-thirds of people who have been shielding from

unlawfully by discriminating against children with

the coronavirus in England say they are comfortable

autism, according to...

going back to work...

Coronavirus: US ‘must drop below 10k daily cases next month’

‘Stay at Home’ messaging ‘may have led to a spike in heart attack deaths’

The United States needs to drive new COVID-19

Ministers were praised for their simple and effective

cases downwards to under 10,000 per day by next

slogan, ‘Stay at Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives’

month or risk a catastrophic...

Deaths...

Doctors warn of a devastating toll on nonvirus patients who face delays in diagnosis and care

Unborn babies could be at risk of catching COVID-19 in the womb

Lockdown has taken a huge toll on Britain’s wider health, doctors warn, with two-thirds saying non-

19 in the womb at just two weeks old if their mother

Unborn babies could be at risk of catching COVIDbecomes infected, study...

virus patients have...

Coronavirus UK: Preston set to be next city in local lockdown Preston could be forced back into lockdown within

Charity warns of an ‘alarming’ drop in number of over-65s getting diagnosed with dementia

days amid a spike in coronavirus cases, according

The number of people being diagnosed with

to local public health...

Alzheimer’s has dropped during the coronavirus pandemic, figures show. Just...

Britain records 892 more coronavirus cases and 65 deaths

Coronavirus UK: 68% of ‘shielded’ happy to return to workplace

Britain’s coronavirus outbreak is still growing as

Two thirds of vulnerable workers who were shielding

officials recorded another 892 cases today —

to avoid getting Covid-19 are happy to go back to

causing the average...

offices and factories,...

New strategy against osteoporosis Osteoporosis is caused by excessive activity of

COVID-19 vaccine shows promise in mouse studies

bone resorbing cells, while activity of bone-forming

Scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and

cells is reduced. In...

Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health,...

How tumor cells evade the immune defense Cancer cells differ from healthy body cells — in their appearance, their behavior and the genes that are active in...

Researchers discover predictor of laser treatment success in patients with glaucoma “There’s been a lack of evidence about how well SLT works, how safe it is and the ideal candidate,” said...

To bond with nature, kids need solitary activities outdoors

Discovery shows promise for treating Huntington’s Disease


In addition to these independent activities,

Huntington disease is a progressive and

researchers led by an investigator from North Carolina State University reported...

aggressively debilitating brain disorder that causes uncontrolled movements, psychological...

New light on how ovarian cancer grows and evolves

Gut microbes shape our antibodies before we are infected by pathogens

The paper, “Multi-omic analysis of subtype evolution

In a research article published in the journal Nature,

and heterogeneity in high-grade serous ovarian

Dr. Hai Li, Dr. Julien Limenitakis, Prof. Stephanie

carcinoma”...

Ganal-Vonarburg...

Joint ASU-Hawaii state study reveals long-term human impacts on reef fish

Career-readiness through crossdisciplinary project-based learning

IMAGE: A school of fish swim amongst healthy coral

WSU Everett faculty members from the Edward R.

reefs in South Kona, Hawaii Island. view more

Murrow College of Communication, the Voiland

Credit: Greg...

College of Engineering Architecture...

Quality suffers for audit offices with clients from different industries, study shows

How cells keep growing even when under attack

IMAGE: Erik Beardsley, assistant professor of

experiments and discovery about how bacteria

accountancy at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of

switch gears to respond...

IMAGE: Biochemist Peter Chien, reports on recent

Business. ...

Online ‘booster’ improves attitudes toward hearing health among farm youths

Will automated vehicles cut parking revenue?

Researchers at the University of Michigan are interested in changing the behavior of some 2

IMAGE: This figure shows the non-linear nature of the association between parking occupancy and

million farm youths affected...

TNC trips: The positive...

Waning attention to climate change amid pandemic could have lasting effects On Sept. 23, 2019, then-16-year-old climate activist

HDAC6 can control tumor growth and halt metastasis in triple-negative breast cancer

Greta Thunberg stood before a sea of news

WASHINGTON (Aug. 5, 2020) — Genetic modifier

cameras at the United Nations...

HDAC6 was found to control tumor growth and halt metastasis in triple-negative...

Dementia risk falls for millions as chance of developing the disease is now 13% lower than 2010

Keir Starmer warns PM has a MONTH to fix the NHS test and trace system

Dementia rates among men are falling three times quicker than they are in women, according to a

fix the NHS test and trace system or the UK will face

Keir Starmer warns Boris Johnson has a MONTH to a ‘long bleak...

major study. Harvard University...

Why DID we let millions into Britain unchecked, MPs ask as a major report is published

Schools must stay open ahead of pubs and shops, Children’s Commissioner says

No 10’s ‘inexplicable’ decision to lift quarantine at

‘Shut pubs, not schools’: Children’s Commissioner

height of pandemic: MPs’ damning report

demands classrooms stay open with increased

condemns...

testing even...

Banning all travel is better at controlling a pandemic than reopening with quarantine

GPs cannot refuse to treat patients who refuse to wear a face covering

International travel bans can be three times as

GPs aren’t allowed to refuse to treat patients who

effective at controlling the spread of coronavirus

won’t cover their face, according to controversial

than quarantining incoming...

new NHS...

How deadly is Covid-19? Italian study finds mortality rate is 7.4% while Qatari study says 0.01%

Doctors warn of spike in shortsightedness caused by staring at screens to relieve boredom

Scientists still cannot agree on how deadly Covid-19

Coronavirus lockdowns could have damaged the

is — with fresh data from Italy suggesting it may kill up to 7.4 per...

eyesight of thousands of people, scientists have warned. Another study has discovered...

Hydrogel paves way for biomedical breakthrough

Your hair knows what you eat and how much your haircut costs

To function optimally in the body, a manufactured

A study led by University of Utah researchers finds

implant — whether it be an artificial hip, a fabricated

that this record reveals a divergence in diet

spinal disc...

according to socioeconomic...


An averted glance gives a glimpse of the mind behind the eyes

Doubt cast on wisdom of targeting ‘bad’ cholesterol to curb heart disease risk

Psychologists at Yale and Harvard have now found

If anything, it is failing to identify many of those at

a new way to study this mystery by examining the

high risk while most likely including those at low risk,

universal and embarrassing...

who don’t...

Some asthma drug can boost sprint and strength performance in athletes

Strong relationships in adulthood won’t ‘fix’ effects of early childhood adversity

The performance-enhancing qualities of ß2-agonists

Published in the Proceedings of the National

seem to be greater when taken by mouth rather than

Academy of Sciences, the research sheds light on

when inhaled, the...

the long-term effects of experiences...

Researcher seeks safer, more effective leukemia treatment

Exposure to common cold coronaviruses can teach the immune system to recognize SARS-CoV-2

The procedure is known as a haploidentical (halfmatched) bone marrow transplantation, or “haploBMT,” providng...

Now, a new study led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) shows that memory helper T cells that recognize...

Antibiotics linked to higher heart disease risk in individuals with type 1 diabetes

Neuroendocrine markers of grief

Results from a study published in the Journal of

about the neuroendocrine effects of grief and whether biological factors...

Internal Medicine suggest that bacterial infections

Researchers have examined what’s currently known

may elevate the risk...

Are vultures spreaders of microbes that put human health at risk? IMAGE: A new analysis published in IBIS examines whether bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms that are present...

Did the election of Donald Trump affect Europeans’ support for US trade agreement? A survey conducted immediately before and after the 2016 US presidential election reveals that the election of Donald Trump...

Study suggests pregnancy and ovarian function are risk factors for coronary artery disease

Increase in immigration has little impact on the wages of US citizens

CLEVELAND, Ohio (August 5, 2020)–Coronary

suggests that a large increase in the stock of immigrants to the United States...

artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of death in

A new study in Review of Economic Studies

both men and women. Women...

COVID-19 rates higher among minority, socioeconomically disadvantaged children

Smartphones prove to be time-saving analytical tools

Minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged

a 3D-printed turntable with cell phone. A light

children have significantly higher rates of COVID-19

provides consistent...

IMAGE: Experimental set up showing soil sample on

infection, a new study...

Chronic pain: Antidepressants not painkillers recommended

NHS: MPs pilot system to measure delivery of key pledges

Doctors are being advised not to prescribe common

MPs are to launch a new system for evaluating

painkillers, including paracetamol and ibuprofen, for patients with chronic...

whether key health targets are being met in England. A panel of experts reporting...

Schools ‘must come before pubs and restaurants in future’

Coronavirus: Ethnic minorities ‘overexposed’ to Covid-19

Schools should only close after pubs, restaurants

People from ethnic minority backgrounds in Britain

and non-essential shops in any future lockdown, the

“face greater barriers” when trying to protect

children’s commissioner...

themselves...

Large study debunks myth that Vitamin D reduces risk of mood disorders

Coronavirus US: 33 states where over 5% tests are positive

Vitamin D will not protect you from depression:

At least 33 US states have more than five percent of

Large study debunks myth that the ‘sunshine

all coronavirus tests coming back positive, a new

supplement’ reduces...

report reveals. These...

Prisoner turnover at one jail linked to 15% of Chicago covid cases Prisons and jails number among the top hotspots for

More than 60% of Americans are waiting more than three days for their COVID-19 test results

coronavirus outbreaks in the US – and new Harvard

Five percent of Americans are waiting TWO WEEKS

University research...

for their COVID-19 test results and it takes more


than 60 percent of patients...

Coronavirus: Droplets can travel further than thought through air

COVID-19 study in Australia confirms low transmission in educational settings

More evidence coronavirus can spread through the

Researchers from the National Centre for

air: Scientists find droplets of all sizes can scatter

Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS)

the virus in unpredictable...

and the University of Sydney released...

Assembly within the tumor center

Consumers don’t fully trust smart home technologies

Immune cells significantly influence the course of tumors. Depending on the cell type, they can both promote and inhibit...

The ‘smart home’ can be defined as the integration of Internet-enabled, digital devices with sensors and machine...

Green energy and better crops: Tinted solar panels on greenhouses By allowing farmers to diversify their portfolio, this

New study shows how infrared lasers destroy harmful protein aggregates in Alzheimer’s

novel system could offer financial protection from

In recent years, instead of going down the chemical

fluctuations in...

route using drugs, some scientists have turned to alternative approaches,...

Scientists develop new way to deliver more drugs through the skin In a paper published in Science Advances, the researchers showed that bringing together two magnets so that they pinch and...

A normal DNA repair process can become a major source of mutations in cancer Researchers from IRB Barcelona’s Genome Data Science Lab, led by the ICREA researcher Fran Supek, have discovered a...

An easier way to go veggie: Vitamin B12 can be produced during dough fermentation

The three strategic priorities of marketing excellence

“In situ fortification of B12 via fermentation could be

University of Texas – Austin published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing...

a more cost-effective alternative. And as a

Researchers from University of Mannheim and

commonly consumed...

Rethink needed for treatment of Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa

Carbon footprinting and pricing under climate concerns

Researchers from Flinders University and the

Researchers from Esade, University of St. Gallen,

University of Adelaide studied a group of women in

HEC Paris, and Columbia University published a

South Australia who have...

new paper in the Journal...

Understanding why some children enjoy TV more than others

Building dementia friendly churches

IMAGE: Children’s own temperament could be

‘dementia friendly’ has had a significant impact

driving the amount of TV they watch – according to

across the...

A project to help church communities become more

new research...

Consumption of a blueberry enriched diet by women for six weeks alters determinants of human muscle progenitor cell function

Real-time imaging can help prevent deadly dust explosions

IMAGE: A new study investigated how serum from

using OpenCV algorithms...

IMAGE: Researchers at Purdue University have developed an image- and video-based application

subjects consuming a diet enriched with blueberries would affect the...

Though concerned about COVID-19, cigar smokers are smoking more, survey finds

CDC warns of outbreak of childparalyzing disease this fall

IMAGE: A survey of cigar smokers by UNC

CDC warns American parents to brace for another

Lineberger’s Sarah Kowitt PhD, MPH, and her

outbreak of mysterious child-paralyzing disease this

colleagues found that although...

fall amid COVID-19 pandemic...

Acid attack survivor gets reconstructive surgery in California The survivor of a brutal attack is finally on the road

Nearly half of COVID-19 patients at a New York City developed severe kidney damage

to recovery and undergoing reconstructive surgery

More evidence has emerged that the novel

in California. Atsede...

coronavirus attacks and severely damages the kidneys. Nearly half of patients...

Coronavirus: Tocilizumab doesn’t work on infection, say studies

Number of NHS patients waiting more than a year for treatment in London has


Tocilizumab doesn’t keep Covid-19 patients alive,

skyrocketed

researchers have claimed in a blow to the goal of discovering more...

The number of NHS patients forced to wait longer than a year for routine treatment in London is now 20 times the figure for...

Ministers admit struggling Covid contact tracing system MUST improve

Coronavirus England: Interactive map shows worst-hit areas

Ministers today admitted the struggling coronavirus

An interactive map that breaks down new

contact tracing system must improve – but insisted

coronavirus cases by postcode has revealed a

schools will...

neighbourhood near a university in...

Coronavirus: Post-menopausal women may be at higher risk

The wrong track: How papillomaviruses trick the immune system

Post-menopausal women may be more likely to get severely ill with coronavirus, according to research.

The human immune system has a wide variety of defense strategies to protect the body against

Researchers from...

pathogens, one of which involves...

Cell diversity in the embryo A fertilized egg cell develops into a complete

AI may offer a better way to ID drugresistant superbugs

organism with a multitude of different tissues and

The results appear online on August 3 in the

organs, although the genetic...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. For most of the history of...

Artificial organelles created to control cellular behavior

Can sleep protect us from forgetting old memories?

The results appear online on August 3 in the journal

Writing in the August 4, 2020 online issue of eLife,

Nature Chemistry. Proteins function by folding into

researchers used computational models capable of

specific 3-D shapes...

simulating different...

Key brain region was ‘recycled’ as humans developed the ability to read

Increased global mortality linked to arsenic exposure in rice-based diets

To account for the development of this skill, some

Arsenic is well known acute poison, but it can also

scientists have hypothesized that parts of the brain

contribute to health problems, including cancers and

that originally evolved...

cardiovascular diseases,...

New molecule reverses Alzheimer’s-like memory decline

NASA’s Aqua satellite shows two views of the apple fire

“This was a more rigorous test of how well this

IMAGE: True Color image of Apple Fire Seen by

compound would work in a therapeutic setting than

Aqua view more Credit: NASA NASA’s Aqua

our previous studies...

satellite took...

Ultrafast lasers probe elusive chemistry at the liquid-liquid interface

FSU geologists publish new findings on carbonate melts in Earth’s mantle

IMAGE: Researchers at Oak Ridge National

Geologists from Florida State University’s

Laboratory shed new light on elusive chemical

Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric

processes at the liquid-liquid...

Science have discovered how carbon-rich...

Tool could improve success in translating drugs from animal studies to humans

Experts issue back-to-school guidelines for pediatric solid organ transplant recipients

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Philadelphia, August 4, 2020 – As school districts look ahead to a very different school year, pediatric infectious...

Study: Enzyme could prove effective in treating tumors and inflammatory diseases in lung

NASA’s cloudsat takes a slice from tropical storm Isaias

IMAGE: From left to right: Yi Yao, Ph.D., Li Zhou,

was taken from NOAA’s GOES-East satellite on

M.D.; and Qing-Sheng Mi, M.D., Ph.D. view more

Aug. 3 at 3.p.m....

IMAGE: This visible image of Tropical Storm Isaias

Credit:...

Better outcomes in severe COVID-19 patients administered interleukin-6 inhibitors early

Testing and tracing ‘key to schools returning’, scientists say

New research from Boston Medical Center found

Current testing and contact tracing is inadequate to prevent a second wave of coronavirus after schools

that patients experiencing severe COVID-19

in the UK reopen,...

symptoms had improved outcomes when...


Statins are not effective at cutting risk of dying from heart disease

Coca-Cola’s work with scientists was a ‘low point in history of public health’

Statins are not particularly effective at reducing the

Coca-Cola ‘paid scientists to downplay how sugary

risk of dying from heart disease, a study claims.

beverages fueled the obesity crisis between 2013-

Scientists analysed...

2015,’ medical...

Channel 4 boss Dorothy Byrne: Why I’m going back to the office even though I’m 68 and ‘vulnerable’

Reopening schools WILL cause a second Covid-19 wave unless test and trace improves

Aged 68, I am, like millions of people in their 60s,

Children returning to school in September will trigger

still working. And, also like millions in this age group, I have an...

a devastating second wave of Covid-19 that could infect twice as many...

How the two professors leading Oxford University’s coronavirus trial and Huawei could profit

Covid-19 survivors should be exempt from having to self-isolate, government scientific advisers say

Two scientists behind Oxford University’s

Scientists still do not know for sure whether people

coronavirus vaccine could pocket a hefty sum of

can catch Covid-19 more than once or if they

money if the jab proves successful,...

become immune after their...

80% of new Covid-19 cases in part of Greater Manchester are among white people

US health chiefs approve antidepressant nasal spray derived from ‘party’ drug ketamine

Eighty per cent of new Covid-19 cases in one badly-

An antidepressant nasal spray derived from the

hit part of Greater Manchester are among white people, according to a...

illegal ‘party’ drug ketamine has been approved by US health...

COVID-19: Lower incidence at high altitudes?

Food menu fit for pandemic times

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IMAGE: Lead researcher Associate Professor Mehta, from the Caring Futures Institute at Flinders

advances in high altitude life sciences. The Journal

University, South Australia. ...

presents findings...

New obesity guideline: Address root causes as foundation of obesity management

African American BMi associated with severe COVID-19 and ICU admission

Obesity management should focus on outcomes

associated with the development of severe

that patients consider to be important, not weight

coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...

SILVER SPRING, Md.–Body mass index (BMI) is

loss alone, and include a...

Artificial intelligence-enhanced ECGs may speed heart failure diagnosis and treatment

Blood test could diagnose baby brain damage just hours after birth

DALLAS, August 4, 2020 — When people seek

deprived of oxygen at birth are at risk of serious

emergency care for shortness of breath, a routine

neurodisabilities like cerebral...

An early blood test could detect which babies

electrocardiogram (ECG...

Blood-thinner with no bleeding sideeffects is here Patients who suffer from thrombosis, pulmonary

Greater connectedness in remote areas: A Ka-band transceiver for satellite communications

embolism or stroke are usually put on drugs that

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology and

help their blood flow more...

Socionext Inc. have developed a novel transceiver for enabling seamless communication...

Can a high-tech headband really help you beat the heat? As much as we might welcome the hotter weather

How a ‘Lego’ implant that is put together like hollow ‘bricks’ could help surgeons mend broken bones

forecast for this weekend, sweltering, sticky days —

Revolutionary new implants that are put together like

and nights — can...

pieces of Lego could help broken bones heal faster Revolutionary...

Radiotherapy to fix a dodgy heartbeat? We meet the first man in Britain to have had the treatment

DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions: I have tried everything and still can’t sleep!

Radiotherapy, normally used to treat cancer, is now

I sleep only two to three hours a night and often

being used to slow racing hearts. Ray Brown, 70, a

wake up in between. I have tried relaxation

retired wood turner...

exercises, reading, walking...


‘We started chemo on the same day’: Nolan sisters Linda and Anne face the same struggle

Uncorking the truth about moderate drinking… as virus crisis sees many of us reaching for the bottle

Diagnosed with breast cancer exactly 20 years after

Moderate drinking — is it a curse or a cure?

her last bout of it, Anne Nolan is both devastated

Tippling’s reputation for helping or harming our

and scared. Her...

health flips so frequently...

Nominate a health hero: Meet the mental health nurse battling her own demons Do you know a Health Hero? The Daily Mail, in

Fauci: Rising positive test rates are a ‘good predictor’ states should pause reopenings

partnership with eBay and NHS Charities Together,

As coronavirus cases continue to rise across much

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of the US, top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci warned that states...

COVID-19 research: Anti-viral strategy with double effect

COVID-19 provides rare opportunities for studying natural and human systems

In the case of an infection, the SARS-CoV-2 virus

“Without distracting from the most important priority

must overcome various defense mechanisms of the

— which is clearly the health and well-being of

human body, including its...

people...

COVID-19 may cause deadly blood clots

Experiencing childhood trauma makes body and brain age faster

One of the many complications of COVID-19 is the formation of blood clots in previously healthy people. Estrogen increases...

“Exposure to adversity in childhood is a powerful predictor of health outcomes later in life — not only mental...

Promises found to reduce cheating in large study of adolescents

The six strains of SARS-CoV-2

The team of researchers included two newly

CoV-2, presents at least six strains. Despite its

appointed members of the School of Psychology at

mutations, the virus shows...

The virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-

the University of Plymouth, and...

Drug discovery: First rational strategy to find molecular glue degraders

Evaluating the effectiveness of travel bans

In this study, CeMM researchers turned their focus

The current COVID-19 pandemic has prompted

to a subset of degraders called “molecular glue

countries around the world to institute travel bans

degraders.”...

restricting the influx of...

Penis microbiota predicts if a man’s female partner will develop bacterial vaginosis

Grooming behavior between dairy cows reveals complex social network

Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) is an infection affecting

IMAGE: The experimental herd. view more Credit: Gustavo E. Monti Like humans, cattle are social

more than 20% of women worldwide. Caused by a

creatures...

change in the natural balance...

How animation speed affects consumers’ perception of product size

A targeted treatment for emphysema?

Researchers from University of Hong Kong, Yonsei

Hospital tested PR1P in lung cells and mouse models of emphysema,...

University, and Chinese University of Hong Kong

IMAGE: When researchers at Boston Children’s

published a new paper in...

Finding toxic carcinogenic metals faster in foods and water

Surface clean-up technology won’t solve ocean plastic problem

Finding out if the food and water we consume are

IMAGE: Plastic bag in the ocean view more Credit:

safe from toxic and carcinogenic metals can now be

Making Oceans Plastic Free Clean-up devices that

much faster and simpler....

collect...

Implantable transmitter provides wireless option for biomedical devices

Lockdown study reports surge in health anxieties

IMAGE: A Purdue University team developed a fully

New research into people’s coping strategies faced

implantable transmitter chip for wireless sensor

with COVID-19 highlights the mental health toll for

nodes and biomedical...

those shielding Coronavirus...

Coronavirus: Is risk from Covid-19 higher during pregnancy?

Coronavirus: Do people still have to shield?

As a precaution, pregnant women have been told to

From 1 August, people who have been shielding

be particularly strict about avoiding social contact,

against coronavirus in most of England, Scotland

so they reduce their...

and Northern Ireland no longer...


NHS test hope for children with suspected genetic illness

Coronavirus: New 90-minute tests for Covid-19 and flu ‘hugely beneficial’

Media captionDoctors found two-year-old Dafydd

New 90-minute tests that can detect coronavirus

had a rare condition after genetic tests When

and flu will be rolled out in hospitals and care homes

Dafydd became “floppy”...

from next week. The...

Less than 1% of people under 50 treated for COVID-19 in Philadelphia suffered strokes, study finds

US women more likely to skip medications due to cost

Is the Covid-stroke link weaker than doctors thought? Just 2% of Philadelphia coronavirus

medications than those in other wealthy countries

American women are more likely to skip their and one-quarter say it’s...

patients suffered the devastating...

New ‘lifesaving’ tests for coronavirus will be rolled out next week

Coronavirus: WHO says 0.6% of all patients die from infection

Two new game-changing tests will be offered to

There may never be a ‘silver bullet’ for treating

millions of Britons in a major advance in the war on coronavirus. Hailed as...

Covid-19, according to the head of the World Health Organization...

Coronavirus UK: Scientist says case rises NOT second wave

Painkillers ‘should not be prescribed for chronic pain’

Professor Tim Spector, an epidemiologist at King’s

Painkillers such as paracetamol and ibuprofen can

College London, said the UK’s mini coronavirus

do ‘more harm than good’ and should not be

outbreaks...

prescribed to treat...

Sadiq Khan furious at ‘plans to quarantine London inside M25’

UK records just five Covid-19 deaths in preliminary toll

No10 today refused to rule out effectively sealing off

Britain today recorded its highest number of

London if coronavirus cases spike as Sadiq Khan

coronavirus infections in almost six weeks, after

accused Boris Johnson...

nearly a thousand people were...

Transferrin identified as potential contributor to COVID-19 severity

New genetic cause of a form of inherited neuropathy

SARS-CoV-2 is the coronavirus that causes COVID-

The findings, thanks to siblings treated at Penn

19. It is currently not known why some individuals

since the late 1980s, present a clearer picture of the

develop only mild or no...

disease’s genetic...

Why is stroke so deadly for people of African descent?

Chlamydia: Greedy for glutamine

A large international team of scientists has

reproduction of the bacteria? It has not been known

completed the largest analysis of stroke-risk genes

so far. Researchers from...

What is the decisive step that initiates the

ever undertaken in individuals...

AI and single-cell genomics Computational Biology at Helmholtz Zentrum

Child sleep problems associated with impaired academic and psychosocial functioning

München and the Department...

“Our study shows that although those with persistent

Single-cell velocity Researchers from the Institute of

sleep problems have the greatest impairments when it comes to...

Strategy for sustainable aquaculture, the world’s fastest growing food sector

Virologists identify potential COVID-19 treatment

Up to now most of this was caught in the world’s

Pathogenic coronaviruses are a major threat to

freshwaters and oceans. But things are changing,

global public health, as shown by severe acute

and today half of...

respiratory syndrome coronavirus,...

Identifying the blind spots of soil biodiversity

Bargaining and the three-way transaction defines the daily deal market

Soils harbour a substantial part of the world’s

Underdog platforms help merchants by providing an

biodiversity, yet data on the patterns and processes

alternative outlet in price negotiation.

taking place below...

CATONSVILLE, MD, August 3, 2020...

Broad antivirals kill SARS-CoV-2, the MERS virus, and other coronaviruses in cells and mice

Monkeying around: Study finds older primates father far fewer babies

A team of scientists has engineered antiviral

on Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico. view more Credit:

compounds that can kill several types of coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2,...

Photo courtesy...

IMAGE: One of the free-ranging rhesus macaques


How COVID-19 changed the way patients responded to a heart attack

Tackling the bioethics challenges raised by COVID-19

IMAGE: The graph shows the 7-day moving average

IMAGE: Connie Ulrich, PhD, RN, FAAN, the Lillian

for the number of people admitted to hospital for two

S. Brunner Chair in Medical and Surgical Nursing

types of heart...

and Professor of...

Humans and flies employ very similar mechanisms for brain development and function

Unequal neutron-star mergers create unique "bang" in simulations

With these new findings scientists can potentially

international team of researchers has determined

better understand the subtle changes that can occur

that some mergers of neutron...

IMAGE: Through a series of simulations, an

in genes and brain...

Scientists say public transport may not be a major source of coronavirus spread Catching coronavirus on public transport is far less

Putting North West under new lockdown measures was a ‘rash’ decision, top expert claims

likely than once feared, fresh data suggests. Trains,

Putting 4.5million people in the North West under

buses and planes...

tough new lockdown measures because of a rise in coronavirus cases was...

Do Matt Hancock’s new coronavirus tests even work? Scientists urge government to release data

LSU health pathologists publish first report on likely MIS involving the heart

Ministers were today asked to prove that two new

Orleans pathologists published what is believed to

rapid coronavirus tests bought to bolster Britain’s

be the first case report...

New Orleans, LA – A team of LSU Health New

war on coronavirus...

Properly-equipped laypersons can potentially reverse opioid overdose mortality

Speech processing hierarchy in the dog brain

Without timely reversal, opioid overdose causes

Attila Andics, Anna Gábor (right)) at the scanner.

respiratory depression that may deteriorate into apnea, leading to brain...

view...

Ancient part of immune system may underpin severe COVID NEW YORK, NY (Aug. 3, 2020) — One of the

A simpler, high-accuracy method to detect rare circulating tumor cells in blood samples

immune system’s oldest branches, called

Metastasis – the development of tumor growth at a

complement, may be influencing...

secondary site – is responsible for the majority of

IMAGE: A dog and researchers (Márta Gácsi (left),

cancer-related...

Baby boomers show concerning decline in cognitive functioning COLUMBUS, Ohio – In a reversal of trends,

Challenges in diagnosing hypersensitivity pneumonitis addressed in latest guidelines

American baby boomers scored lower on a test of

IMAGE: ATS, JRS and ALAT release new clinical

cognitive functioning than...

practice guidelines for the difficult to diagnose condition, hypersensitivity...

Fatty liver disease despite a normal weight

Coronavirus in the UK: How many confirmed cases are there in your area?

Tsukuba, Japan – Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

There have been more than 300,000 confirmed

(NAFLD) had long been thought to be a liver

cases of coronavirus so far in the UK and around

disease afflicting obese...

46,000 people have died, government...

Covid-19: Why Hong Kong’s ‘third wave’ is a warning

Coronavirus: The shielders turning the word ‘vulnerable’ on its head

Until recently, Hong Kong was considered a poster

Nasa astronauts make landmark splashdown The

child in its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

SpaceX capsule touches down off Florida, in the first

Despite sharing a border...

crewed US water landing...

Coronavirus doctor’s diary: How gardening could help in the fight against obesity

How creating an ’empathy lens’ makes P2P marketing communications more effective

Being overweight puts you at greater risk of serious

The study, forthcoming in the the Journal of

illness or death from Covid-19, experts say – and

Marketing, is titled “Providers vs. Platforms:

now new anti-obesity...

Marketing Communications...

Young women with polycystic ovary syndrome have raised risk of heart

Arrhythmia-free survival is indeed survival of the fittest


disease Sophia Antipolis, 3 August 2020: Women in their 30s and 40s with a common condition affecting how the

IMAGE: Kaplan-Meier curve for freedom from recurrent arrhythmia by baseline cardiorespiratory fitness group, pview...

ovaries work are more...

Survey finds Americans social media habits changing as national tensions rise

Children’s National Hospital case report sounds the alarm for antibiotic resistance

COLUMBUS, Ohio – As national tensions rise, a

WASHINGTON-(August, 3, 2020)- A recent

new national survey of 2,000 people commissioned

meningitis case at Children’s National Hospital

by The Ohio State University...

raises serious concerns about...

PLOS Special Collection: Successful approaches to HIV care

Boycotts or buycotts? The role of corporate activism

On July 27 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and

Researchers from Texas Christian University,

Human Services’ (HHS) Health Resources and

University of Arizona, University of Oregon, and

Services Administration...

Portland State University published...

Is less more? How consumers view sustainability claims

The art of making tiny holes

Researchers from City University of Hong Kong,

in the top layer, a big hole is created. The graphene

Hong Kong Baptist University, and The Chinese

below remains...

IMAGE: The projectile penetrates all layers, but only

University of Hong Kong published...

Older Americans receive cancer screenings past recommended age Older Americans may be receiving cancer

Origami microbots: Centuries-old artform guides cutting-edge advances in tiny machines

screenings not recommended by the U.S.

Origami principles can unlock the potential of the

Preventive Services Task Force, according...

smallest robots, enhancing speed, agility and control in machines no more...

Re-engineering antibodies for COVID-19 IMAGE: Structural model of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Nanoreactor strategy generates superior supported bimetallic catalysts

This structural model was built with UCSF Chimera

Supported bimetallic catalysts are an important

using high-performance...

class of catalysts in heterogeneous catalysis. They can be applied in various...

Texas cave sediment upends meteorite explanation for global cooling

New guidelines say breastfeeding is safe after anaesthesia

IMAGE: Archaeologic excavations at Hall’s Cave

New guidelines published by the Association of

exposed sediments for geochemical analysis that

Anaesthetists in the journal Anaesthesia, to coincide

span from circa...

with the start of World...

High COVID-19 risk among health care workers, especially those from minority backgrounds

SARS-CoV-2 screening strategies for safe reopening of college campuses

BOSTON – New research indicates that at the peak

screening performance standards for SARS-CoV-2 tests that would permit the safe...

of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. and the U.K.,

What The Study Did: This study defines the

frontline healthcare...

Coronavirus: Hong Kong on verge of ‘large-scale’ outbreak, says Carrie Lam

Coronavirus: Camera firm Kodak turns to drugs to fight virus

Hong Kong’s hospital system could face “collapse”

Better known for making cameras, Kodak has

as it grapples with a sharp rise in coronavirus

moved into drug making and has just secured a

cases,...

$765m (£592m) loan from the US...

Unhealthy diets are ‘slow-motion disaster’

Coronavirus: Hydroxychloroquine ineffective says Fauci

Free school meals should be extended to another

Media captionUS President Trump on Dr Fauci’s

1.5 million children in England, says a government-

approval rating: “Nobody likes me” US President...

commissioned review into...

Targetable biological mechanisms implicated in emergent psychiatric conditions associated with SARS-CoV-2

Machine learning finds a surprising early galaxy

What The Viewpoint Says: Targetable biological

captured by the Subaru Telescope and the power of

mechanisms implicated in emergent psychiatric

machine learning have discovered...

conditions associated with...

New results achieved by combining big data


Frontline healthcare workers more likely to test positive for COVID despite PPE A new study published today in Lancet Public Health

Policies to mitigate wildfire impacts have public health implications, amplified amid COVID

has found that front-line healthcare workers with

[Oakland, CA] As the western United States enters

adequate personal protective...

the 2020 wildfire season with anticipated above normal significant fire...

A new synthesis method for threedimensional nanocarbons

Short wind turns with strong cooling effect

A team of scientists led by Kenichiro Itami, Professor and Director of the Institute of

IMAGE: Microstructure probe at the stern of the Meteor when launching with the instrument’s own

Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM),...

winch. The fast...

When Dirac meets frustrated magnetism (purple balls) with magnetic moments (turqouise

The behavior of coral reefs is simulated in order to optimize space in industrial plants

arrows) and the anomalous...

Many factors must be kept in mind when designing a

IMAGE: Schematic of the triangular vanadium net

hospital, a factory, a shopping center or any industrial plant, and many...

Using games to study law of motions in mind

Reducing corticosteroid use in rheumatoid arthritis

IMAGE: The link between GR theory and Flow

Is the long-term use of glucocorticoids essential in

theory. The force is normalized over various mass

people with chronic inflammatory diseases such as

with momentum and potential...

rheumatoid arthritis,...

Quantum machines learn "quantum data" Skoltech scientists have shown that quantum

Tiny plants crucial for sustaining dwindling water supplies: Global analysis

enhanced machine learning can be used on

IMAGE: A diverse biocrust community in western

quantum (as opposed to classical) data,...

New South Wales. view more Credit: David Eldridge A global...

Inbreeding detrimental for survival

Sharing a secret…the quantum way

IMAGE: Researchers have studied house sparrows

IMAGE: An artistic impression sharing a secret using

off the Norwegian coast for more than two decades.

structured light. view more Credit: Wits University

Their most recent...

Researchers...

Low-cost moist heat treatment of N95 masks eliminates SARS-CoV-2, bacteria masks eliminates severe acute respiratory

The Lancet Public Health: UK and US healthcare workers report higher rates of COVID-19 compared to general population in early pandemic period

syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)...

The authors say that health-care systems should

A new study shows that moist heat treatment of N95

ensure adequate availability of PPE and develop additional strategies to...

Young people ‘feel anxiety and terror’ using fitness apps

Coronavirus: Cardiff scientists helping crack virus genetic code

Young people’s use of phone apps to monitor and

Scientists in Wales are leading global efforts to

improve their health has led to “obsessive

decipher and track changes to the genetic code of

behaviour, anxiety...

coronavirus. Little variations...

Australia’s Victoria records huge coronavirus case jump Australia’s virus-hit state of Victoria has reported its

Coronavirus: Shielding ends for two million in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland

worst death toll and case rise, prompting fears that a

More than two million people shielding against

six-week...

coronavirus in most of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland can now leave...

Beat type 2 diabetes in middle age

Pioneering treatment for dementia could be available in the UK in two years

Not for nothing has type 2 diabetes been dubbed ‘a 21st Century epidemic’. Year after year, numbers continue to spiral...

For millions living with dementia – and for their loved ones – the future may appear bleak. Thanks to medical breakthroughs,...

Don’t buy into the superfood hype… but eating right CAN reduce your risk of dementia

The simple tweaks that can prevent dementia (plus delicious recipes to help beat it)

As a nutritionist, perhaps I’m more acutely aware

Today, and every day, roughly 190 Britons will die

than most of the often overblown claims made for

from dementia – about 1,350 every week – and


‘brain boosting’...

numbers are steadily...

DR ELLIE CANNON: Dementia ISN’T just part of old age

Want to slash your risk of dementia by a third? Sort out your hearing!

Nobody wants to develop dementia and for good

We all know someone who shrugs off their hearing

reason: it’s the most feared condition among people

loss as just another inevitability of older age. But

over 50, according to...

really, according to...

Sweat science: Engineers detect health markers in thread-based, wearable sweat sensors

Aerobic exercise could have the final say on fatty livers

Typical consumer health monitors can track heart

a condition characterised by a build up of fat in the

rate, temperature, glucose, walking distance and

liver. The liver...

Metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is

other gross measurements....

Peering into the secrets of phages to see how they kill bacterial superbugs

Gut feelings help promote positive body image

The study, led by Monash Biomedicine Discovery

The study, led by Jennifer Todd of Anglia Ruskin

Institute’s Associate Professor Fasséli Coulibaly and

University (ARU) and published in the journal Body

Professor Trevor...

Image, focused on gastric...

Study reveals COVID-19 transmission rate on trains IMAGE: Attack rate of COVID-19 per different seats

Way, shape and form: Synthesis conditions define the nanostructure of manganese dioxide

and co-travel time on a high-speed train view more

IMAGE: -Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology

Credit:...

explore a novel and simplistic method to synthesize manganese dioxide...

Portable, injectable clotting agent could treat trauma victims on the front lines When it comes to traumatic injuries, it’s a race against time. A person with major hemorrhage can die from blood loss...

A new chemical analysis upends conventional explanation for global cooling IMAGE: Researchers relied upon isotope analysis of sediments collected from Hall’s Cave, located in the Texas...

Pandemic leads to higher depression, anxiety and fear, studies show

Youth more likely to stick with CGM if they are part of decision to start

IMAGE: Using an internet survey distributed in the

Philadelphia, July 31, 2020–Continuous glucose

last week of March that sampled 10,368 adults from

monitoring (CGM) tracks glucose levels of people

across the country,...

with type I or type...

Insight on novel genetic approaches to metabolic liver diseases

New studies show how to save parasites and why it’s important

DETROIT – Diabetes, obesity and nonalcoholic fatty

IMAGE: Chelsea Wood, right, and the team prepare

liver disease (NAFLD) are all common diseases that

to collect trail cameras, which were deployed to

can lead to serious...

quantify bird biodiversity...

HudsonAlpha scientists help identify important parts of the human genome

NASA examines water vapor and structure in Hurricane Isaias

July 31, 2020 (Huntsville, Ala.) – Although the

IMAGE: On July 31 at 3:20 a.m. EDT (0720 UTC),

Human Genome Project sequenced a nearly-

NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over Hurricane Isaias

complete human genome almost...

as it departed...

Differences between discs of active and non-active galaxies detected for the first time

NASA sun data helps new model predict big solar flares

IMAGE: Image illustrating the comparison between

the Sun on March 7, 2012. This image was captured

an active spiral galaxy (orange box) and its non-

by NASA’s...

IMAGE: An X-class solar flare flashes on the edge of

active twin (blue...

Huntsman Cancer Institute illuminates potential new treatment in acute myeloid leukemia

Satellite survey shows California’s sinking coastal hotspots

IMAGE: In a study published in the journal

zones, which are defined to be those with elevations

Leukemia, lead author Ami Patel, MD, Huntsman

less than 10 m,...

IMAGE: Coastal elevation in California. Coastal

Cancer Institute researcher...

Epilepsy: International researchers propose better seizure classification

To improve students’ mental health, Yale study finds, teach them to breathe


Epilepsy is a wide-spread neurological disorder that

New Haven, Conn. — When college students learn

affects around 50 million people worldwide. It is

specific techniques for managing stress and anxiety,

characterized by recurrent...

their wellbeing...

Covid-19: Tracing app is released for NI Northern Ireland has become the first part of the UK

Creeper guitarist: ‘I worked on the album from a psychiatric ward’

to launch an app for tracking and tracing

Last year Ian Miles went into a psychotic episode

coronavirus. Named StopCOVID...

and was committed to a psychiatric hospital. Now, he’s promoting...

First England case diagnosed of tickborne babesiosis

Coronavirus: Lockdown easing on hold as shielding ends

People are being urged to be on alert for tick bites,

People shielding against coronavirus can now leave

following the diagnosis for the first time in England

their home and return to work, as a further easing of

of a rare illness. Public...

lockdown restrictions...

DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: It’s not a tall story

Coronavirus US: NIH gives $250m to seven firms making tests

Whenever I’m doing a routine physical examination

The US government is investing a cumulative

and check a patient’s height, I’m always bemused by

$248.7 million in seven biotech companies making

how interested...

next-generation coronavirus...

Colleges CAN reopen As the fall semester fast approaches, schools, public

One-size does not fit all for post-disaster recovery

health officials and President Donald Trump are

“Recovery is a dynamic process with multiple

scrambling to work...

dimensions which means that government and outside aid programs cannot...

Memory loss reversed or abated in those with cognitive decline

To improve students’ mental health, study finds, teach them to breathe

Affirmativ Health sought to determine whether a

The research team evaluated three classroom-

comprehensive and personalized program, designed

based wellness training programs that incorporate

to mitigate risk factors...

breathing and emotional intelligence...

How human sperm really swim: New research challenges centuries-old assumption

Physicists find misaligned carbon sheets yield unparalleled properties

More than three hundred years after Antonie van

carbon has grabbed the attention of physicists worldwide for its intriguing...

Leeuwenhoek used one of the earliest microscopes

A material composed of two one-atom-thick layers of

to describe human sperm...

Mandatory country-wide BCG vaccination found to correlate with slower growth rates of COVID-19 cases

A simple screening process may enhance monoclonal antibody-based drug development

Scientists have found that countries with mandatory

By screening potential monoclonal antibody (mAb)-

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination until at

based drugs solely based on a measure of their

least the year 2000...

colloidal stability, scientists...

DNA metabarcoding detects ecological stress within freshwater species

A rebranding of ‘freedom’?

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more popular than capitalism among Democrats and

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young people, and support...

According to recent Gallup polls, socialism is now

DNA or eDNA),...

The need for progressive national narratives

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The recent rise of authoritarian nationalist

The background of this research is based on the use

movements has reinforced the tendency of many on

of large interbody spacers in minimally invasive

the left, and some on the right,...

(MIS) lateral lumbar...

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