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$248.7 million in seven biotech companies making next-generation coronavirus...
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IMAGE: Crystal structure of GeSnPbSSeTe, a
University Ancient...
semiconducting entropy-stabilized chalcogenide alloy. The yellow atoms are...
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coronavirus testing for...
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just as easily as older kids and adults and have up to 100 TIMES more coronavirus...
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Evidence-Based Medicine at the prestigious university, questioned...
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Matt Hancock today denied stoking up Covid-19
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panic and hysteria after he warned a second wave
wounds. However, Exeter...
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was ‘starting to roll...
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Separate households will not be allowed to meet
rates in Europe in the months until the middle of June, official analysis...
indoors in Greater Manchester, East Lancashire and parts of West Yorkshire...
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The Government will launch a new NHS Test and
in Europe during the coronavirus pandemic, startling
Trace public health campaign in a desperate bid to
figures today revealed...
improve the lagging system...
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Dementia rates could fall 40% if people live healthier lives
EXCLUSIVE: A QUARTER of Britons say the
dementia by adopting a healthy lifestyle, a major
introduction of coronavirus quarantine for Spain has
study has found. Some 40...
Hundreds of thousands of people could ward off
made them rethink their holiday...
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Social distancing varies by income in United States
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NASA-NOAA satellite tracks Isaias’ development, movement, soaking potential
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IMAGE: NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided a visible image Tropical Storm Isaias after it formed in the...
HOUSTON — According to researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the implementation of social...
CHOP researchers identify lab profiles that differentiate MIS-C from COVID-19 in children
Argonne-led team finds special engines and fuels could cut air emissions and water use
Philadelphia, July 30, 2020–In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the SARS-CoV-2 virus
Advanced fuels and new engine designs could reduce emissions and water use over the
seemed only rarely to...
next 30 years, according for a new...
A centerpiece of EBRAINS’ human brain atlas is presented in ‘Science’
Tip sheet for joint statistical meetings Aug. 2
IMAGE: The architecture of the nerve cells changes
WHAT The 2020 Joint Statistical Meetings will bring
at the border between two areas (dotted line). This
together statisticians and data scientists from
is the basis...
around the world –...
Researchers discover stem cells in optic nerve that preserve vision Researchers at the University of Maryland School of
Precision medicine identifies key recurring mutation in head and neck cancers
Medicine (UMSOM) have for the first time identified
IMAGE: J. Silvio Gutkind, PhD, Distinguished
stem cells in the...
Professor of Pharmacology and associate director of basic science at UC...
Researchers outline need for evaluation of gene expression profiling in melanoma
Anti-Asian racism during COVID-19 has historical ties in United States
IMAGE: Grossman and members of the clinical
AMES, Iowa — Anti-Asian hate crimes during health
team view more Credit: Huntsman Cancer Institute
crises are unfortunately not new, according to a new
A consensus...
academic paper...
The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Study reveals where first cases of COVID-19 outside China may have originated based on case travel histories
Physician practices with more female doctors have smallest gender pay gaps
Of the first confirmed COVID-19 case in each affected country outside mainland China, almost two thirds had travel links...
Alzheimer’s risk factors may be measurable in adolescents and young adults CHICAGO, July 30, 2020 — Risk factors for Alzheimer’s dementia may be apparent as early as our teens and 20s,...
In medicine, men generally earn more than women for similar work, but a new study published July 30 in BMJ finds that the...
American Cancer Society updates guideline for cervical cancer screening An updated cervical cancer screening guideline from the American Cancer Society reflects the rapidly changing landscape of...
Headline news: Botox injections may lessen depression
Compounds show promise in search for tuberculosis antibiotics
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Compounds tested for their potential as antibiotics have demonstrated promising activity against one of the deadliest infectious...
Coronavirus: Cardiff scientists helping crack virus DNA code
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Scientists in Wales are leading global efforts to decipher and track changes to the genetic code of coronavirus. Little variations...
The restrictions of lockdown have fostered a new community spirit in Britain, but there are signs feelings of solidarity...
One in three children ‘exposed to lead’ globally
Coronavirus: Self-isolation period to be extended to 10 days
One in three children could have been exposed to poisonous lead, potentially causing irreversible harm, research into the...
The length of time people with coronavirus symptoms will have to self-isolate for is expected to be increased to 10 days...
Women on the pill may face high risks of blood clots if infected with coronavirus
Coronavirus US: Death rates fell in schools that closed early on
Women who are pregnant, on the pill or taking estrogen could face high risks for deadly blood clots if they catch coronavirus,...
Coronavirus death rates fell when states closed schools early on in the pandemic, a new study suggests. Researchers found...
Coronavirus: CDC says Trump’s European travel ban too late
Even good ventilation removes only 10% of coronavirus particles from classrooms, study finds
Donald Trump banned travel from Europe too late, allowing ‘large seeding’ of coronavirus in the US, CDC director...
Coronavirus US: Cases in Texas nursing homes DOUBLED in July
Even with good ventilation, only a small fraction of the novel coronavirus may be filtered out from a room, a new study suggests. Researchers...
Pregnant women are FOUR TIMES more likely to be infected with COVID-19 than the general population
Nursing homes with higher rates of deficiencies and complaints were more likely to report cases of the
Pregnant women are FOUR TIMES more likely to be infected with COVID-19 than the general population,
novel coronavirus,...
Philadelphia study suggests Researchers...
Coronavirus US: Fauci suggests wearing eye protection Eye protection to block pathogens may be
NHS patients having a routine operation no longer need to self isolate for 14 days prior
necessary to fully prevent coronavirus infection,
Patients having an operation or treatment on the
leading US infectious disease...
NHS no longer need to self-isolate for 14 days before going to hospital. Updated...
Low plasma 25(OH) vitamin D level associated with increased risk of COVID19 infection
Face coverings do not lead to false sense of security, existing evidence suggests
The collaborative group of scientists from the Leumit
the concept of ‘risk compensation’ is itself the
Health Services (LHS) and the Azrieli Faculty of
greater threat...
Writing in BMJ Analysis, the researchers say that
Medicine of Bar-Ilan...
COVID-19 increased anxiety, depression for already stressed college students
Immune system variation can predict severe COVID-19 outcomes
The research also found that sedentary behavior increased dramatically during the onset of the public health crisis in early...
The findings may help identify individuals at high risk of severe illness early in their hospitalization and suggest drugs...
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Researchers map mechanisms in the largest CRISPR system
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Florida State University Professor of Biological Science David Gilbert is using the latest information about the human genome...
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IMAGE: A combination of positron annihilation spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy reveals new insights...
In HEPA we trust: making the indoors safer during COVID As schools prepare to reopen and more people are heading back to their offices and shared work spaces, Syracuse University...
Most women treated in New York City for gynecologic cancers
Inflammation induced blood-brain barrier dysfunction studied in organoids
Women receiving standard treatment in New York City for ovarian, uterine, and cervical cancers are not at increased risk...
IMAGE: This figure shows BBB dysfunction under hypoxia representing how the BBB becomes leaky under hypoxia. ...
Are cover crops negatively impacting row crops?
1,000-year-old medieval remedy ‘could treat diabetic foot ulcers’
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A 1,000-year-old medieval remedy containing onion, garlic, wine, and bile salts could be used to treat diabetic foot ulcers...
Coronavirus NOT less deadly than it once was, despite claims
‘Made from fruit juice’ claims make people think sweets healthy
Covid-19 has not become less deadly, according to research that rubbishes claims the life-threatening disease has weakened...
Waitrose’s Fruit Jellies, which proudly claim to be ‘made with fruit juice’, are loaded with a...
Coronavirus UK: Government urged not to ‘panic’ over new cases
Coronavirus UK: Outbreak at pub packed with 200 drinkers
Ministers don’t need to panic yet about rising
Hundreds of people queued up for a coronavirus
coronavirus cases in Britain, leading experts insisted
test in a Staffordshire market town today as it fought
today after it...
an outbreak linked...
Coronavirus UK: BMA says government not doing enough Dr Chaand Nagpaul, the chairman of the British
Britain’s coronavirus cases rise 14% in a week as experts urge ministers not to panic
Medical Association, warned the UK Government is
Covid-19 cases in Britain have risen again with the
not doing enough...
average number of infections jumping by 14 per cent in a week as scientists...
Coronavirus UK: Testing arrivals could catch 94% infections
Hospitalized COVID-19 patients have low risk of stroke
Testing travellers for coronavirus one week after
“While there was initial concern for a high number of
they arrive into the UK could catch virtually all
strokes related to COVID-19, that has not been born
imported cases and solve...
out. Importantly,...
Researchers speed up gold-standard COVID-19 diagnostic test
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine protects upper and lower airways in nonhuman primates
Their new approach could enable the wider adoption of COVID-19 testing for diagnosis in academic or research laboratories,...
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RNA sequences involved in regulating gene expression identified A research consortium known as ENCODE (Encyclopedia of DNA Elements) has made significant progress toward that goal, identifying...
Pimavanserin reduced symptoms of dementia-related psychosis in phase 3 trial A large-scale trial has found a treatment with pimavanserin substantially reduced psychotic symptoms and reduced risk of...
First results of an upgraded device highlight lithium’s value for producing fusion IMAGE: The team that upgraded the LTX-?. Front row from left: Shigeyuki Kubota, Dylan Corl, Guy Rossi, Anurag Maan...
The candidate vaccine, mRNA-1273, was codeveloped by scientists at the NIAID Vaccine Research Center and at Moderna, Inc.,...
New maps of chemical marks on DNA pinpoint regions relevant to many developmental diseases The data, published July 29, 2020, in a special edition of Nature devoted to the ENCODE Project (a public research effort...
Pregnant Black and Hispanic women five times more likely to be exposed to coronavirus “Pregnant women are fairly representative of community exposure, and these data provide more evidence, on top of what...
Genetically similar fungi cause severe infections in different hospitals IMAGE: An international study involving 16 hospitals found isolates with high levels of virulence. Species of Candida...
NASA follows potential tropical cyclone 9 into eastern Caribbean IMAGE: NASA’s Terra satellite provided a visible image to forecasters of Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 on July...
Cosmic tango between the very small and the very large
COVID-19 risk model uses hospital data to guide decisions on social distancing
While Einstein’s theory of general relativity can explain a large array of fascinating astrophysical and cosmological...
With communities throughout the United States combating surges in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, researchers at The...
Report provides new framework for understanding climate risks, impacts to US agriculture
Social distancing varies by income in US
IMAGE: “We want to help farmers, ranchers and land managers adapt better under climate change, which requires...
Coronavirus vaccine: UK signs deal with GSK and Sanofi
IMAGE: A graph from the study depicts the percentage of people staying completely at home on weekdays, by income quintile....
Coronavirus: Sending untested patients to care homes ‘reckless’
The UK government has signed a fourth coronavirus
The decision to allow hospital patients in England to
vaccine deal, securing up to 60 million doses of an
be discharged to care homes without Covid-19 tests
experimental treatment...
at the start of...
Alzheimer’s: ‘Promising’ blood test for early stage of disease
Covid studies to examine virus link with ethnicity
A blood test could spot Alzheimer’s disease at the
UK scientists are to receive millions of pounds of
earliest stage and years before symptoms appear,
government funding for a raft of studies to learn why
studies in the...
people from an ethnic...
Care homes suffered ‘appalling’ errors by ministers during coronavirus crisis, MPs warn
UK scientists will get £4 million for Covid BAME study
Ministers ‘threw care homes to the wolves’:
and Asian people are more likely to die from
Devastating MPs’ report says ‘appalling’ errors...
coronavirus Six projects...
Scientist warns gloves achieve ‘nothing in the way of safety’
Experts urge ministers not to overreact to rising coronavirus cases
Why gloves may not protect you from Covid-19:
Ministers don’t need to panic yet about rising
Scientist warns they achieve ‘nothing in the way of
coronavirus cases in Britain, leading experts insisted
safety’ and...
today after it...
You’ll have to BOOK an A&E appointment this winter: NHS told plans for patients to ‘call first’
Oldham overtakes lockdown-Leicester to have the highest second coronavirus infection rate in England
Patients will be asked to book an AE appointment by calling 111 this winter, NHS bosses have been told. The plans, revealed...
Oldham has overtaken Leicester to have the second highest Covid-19 infection rate in England, official figures revealed today. NHS statistics...
Sweets using ‘made from fruit juice’ claims are ‘tricking people into thinking they’re healthy’
Coronavirus outbreak at pub where 200 drinkers were crammed in
UK scientists will get £4 million to find out why black
Waitrose’s Fruit Jellies, which proudly claim to be ‘made with fruit juice’, are loaded with a...
A Staffordshire market town is today fighting a coronavirus outbreak linked to a local pub where at least ten people were...
Newer PFAS compound detected for first time in Arctic seawater
Estimating bisphenol exposures in the Australian population
IMAGE: Aboard an icebreaker ship, researchers collected water samples flowing into and out of the Arctic Ocean and...
Once found in bottles, food containers, cash register receipts and electronics, bisphenol A (BPA) has been phased out of...
Decreased iron levels in seawater make mussels loosen their grip
Americans are consuming less sugar but more nonnutritive sweeteners
IMAGE: A mussel attaches to a sheet of glass via sticky plaques and hair-like threads. view more Credit: Jonathan...
AUDIO: Reducing sugar consumption is an important public health strategy. Shu Wen Ng, PhD, discusses a new study from...
Indigenous people vital for understanding environmental change
‘Quantum negativity’ can power ultraprecise measurements
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IMAGE: Quantum laser light is shone onto a chemical molecule that we wish to measure. Then the light passes our “magic...
Influx of electric vehicles accelerates need for grid planning
New survey finds large racial divide in concern over ability to pay for COVID-19 treatment
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IMAGE: Has there been a time in the last 12 months when you or a member of your household has been unable to pay for...
9/11 first responders ‘may be at higher risk for dementia’
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First responders at Ground Zero on 9/11 are at greater risk for dementia than average Americans, two new studies suggest. In...
Pessimists die two years earlier than the average person – but being an optimist does not lead to a longer life, study...
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Scientists identify 21 drugs that show promise for treating COVID-19
Black and Hispanic Americans are more likely to be
Scientists have identified 21 compounds that could
infected with and die from the novel coronavirus,
help treat coronavirus, including everything from an
regardless of where...
already-approved...
Further evidence World Trade Center responders are at risk for dementia One study in Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Diagnosis,
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Fertilized egg cells are loaded with maternal
that many responders...
molecules that control the earliest steps of embryonic development. A critical...
Telemedicine can help safety net providers expand access to medical specialists
Exposure to environmental chemicals may disrupt sleep during menopause
Safety new medical providers can substantially
women who have difficulty sleeping, it might be
increase their telemedicine services with modest
because of chemicals...
CLEVELAND, Ohio (July 29, 2020)–For menopausal
investments in new staff...
Studying interactions between groundnesting bees and soils
Pediatric experts offer tips for children’s mental health in transition back to school
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IMAGE: Whether this school year will take place in the classroom or at home, practicing your school routine with your...
How the brain senses smell
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Rovereto, Italy, 29th July 2020 – An Italian-American research conducted by researchers at the IIT-Istituto Italiano...
IMAGE: Carmakers have been using natural fibres for decades in high-end sedans and coupes. Natural fibers such as hemp,...
Curtin research finds first African carder bees to reach Western Australia
For rufous hummingbirds, migration looks different depending on age and sex
Curtin research has recorded the first known appearance of Pseudoanthidium (Immanthidium) repetitum, the African carder bee,...
IMAGE: Male rufous hummingbird. view more Credit: Josee Rousseau, OSU CORVALLIS, Ore. – Plucky, beautiful...
Coronavirus: German officials ‘very concerned’ by rising cases
PMDD: Thousands of women share their experiences
The head of Germany’s public health agency has said he is “very concerned” by rising infections in the...
PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder) is an extreme form of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) where women can fall into severe...
Coronavirus: Why isn’t the UK testing travellers on arrival?
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson warns of Europe ‘second wave’ amid Spain row
A holiday in Spain now means two weeks of quarantine on return to the UK to help stop the spread of coronavirus across borders. Some...
Media captionBoris Johnson defends adding Spain to the quarantine list Boris Johnson has warned there are signs...
HRT lowers breast cancer risk in women after hysterectomies
Coronavirus US: Navy studies symptoms of young Marines
Hormone replacement therapy lowers risk of breast cancer by 25% for women who have had hysterectomies – but raises...
US Navy is studying 3,500 teenage Marine recruits in an effort to learn why coronavirus makes some young people so much sicker...
Health workers in US coronavirus units NINE TIMES more at risk
Loss of smell from Covid-19 is not permanent, scientists say
Healthcare workers treating coronavirus patients face a much higher risk than their colleagues, but a hospital’s ventilation...
Scientists claim to have finally discovered how the coronavirus can cause patients to lose their sense of smell. Until now,...
Daily coronavirus infections in the UK shoot up 30% in a week
Ex-Supreme Court judge says UK ‘can’t run from’ coronavirus
Covid-19 cases are still on the rise across the UK as the average daily number of infections has shot up to almost 700 —...
Black Death How many died? Roughly 25million people in Europe died from the Black Death, or a third of the continent’s...
Coronavirus UK: 23 test positive on Shropshire caravan site
Coronavirus: Men over 6 feet TWICE as likely to get infected
Travellers at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak in Shropshire say they have been ‘treated like
Tall people could face a greater risk of getting Covid19, according to research that adds weight to the
animals’. But...
theory the disease...
Novel diabetes drug candidate shows promising properties in human islets and mouse models
How renegade protein interrupts brain cell function in Alzheimer’s disease
Tested on isolated human and mouse pancreatic
become toxic when extra chemical molecules
islets, mouse and rat cell cultures and animal
accumulate with its structure...
Neuroscientists have previously found that tau can
models of both Type 1 and Type...
‘SoundWear’ a heads-up sound augmentation gadget helps expand children’s play experience
Multiomics investigation revealing the characteristics of HIV-1-infected cells in vivo
To counter such concerns, KAIST researchers
A research group at The Institute of Medical
designed a wearable bracelet using sound
Science, The University of Tokyo (IMSUT) using
augmentation to leverage play benefits...
HIV-1-infected cells performed...
Reproductive effects of weed killer, glyphosate, examined in mice
Artificial intelligence could speed up and improve Alzheimer’s diagnosis
Two studies, published in the peer-reviewed
The new research from the University of Sheffield’s
academic journals Toxicology and Applied
Neuroscience Institute examines how the routine
Pharmacology and Reproductive Toxicology,...
use of AI in healthcare...
Increased attention to sad faces predicts depression risk in teenagers
Discovery will allow more sophisticated work at nanoscale
Researchers at Binghamton University, led by graduate student Cope Feurer and Professor of Psychology Brandon Gibb, aimed...
Researchers led by a University of Houston engineer have reported a new understanding of the process and why some fluids...
Your brain on birth control
Medicaid-covered mothers have less say in birthing experience: BU study
They are used by 150 million women worldwide and have been around for over 60 years. Oral contraceptives – like birth...
Econometric study on the JUUL system? s market entry in Canada finds vaping product availability could reduce combustible cigarette sales
Giving birth in the United States is a radically different experience based on race and income, illustrated most brutally...
Calcium and vitamin D nutrient deficiencies lead to higher risk for osteoporosis
IMAGE: Juul Labs logo view more Credit: Juul Labs San Francisco (July 28, 2020) — As part of Juul...
Pharmavite LLC, the makers of Nature Made vitamins, minerals and supplements, announced the publication of a research article...
Quitline plus surgery are big motivators for giving up smoking
Text messaging: The next gen of therapy in mental health
IMAGE: David Tom Cooke is a thoracic surgeon with UC Davis Health. view more Credit: UC Regents / UC Davis...
In the U.S., it is estimated that approximately 19 percent of all adults have a diagnosable mental illness. Clinic-based...
Solving materials problems with a quantum computer
Human coagulation factor XIIIa expressed in pichia pastoris as fXIIIa hemostatic agent
IMAGE: Artistic rendering of atomic structure of silicon carbide crystal showing defect (purple circle) and region...
IMAGE: Schematic representation of pPICZ?CFXIIIa vector view more Credit: Dr. Xu et al., Bentham Science...
GPs get ready to give free flu jab to 30m people this winter
Our expert examines whether snack bars can ever replace a proper meal
The biggest immunisation programme of its kind in
Meal replacement shakes are no longer the
British history — that’s how the Government has billed its ambitious...
preserve of slimmers. Now, there’s a new range of bars and shakes that cater...
DR MAX PEMBERTON : Obesity threatens the NHSmore than Covid…
Having a flu jab could cut the risk of over50s suffering a heart attack or stroke
Here we go again! A new war is declared on obesity
Getting a flu jab could slash the risk of middle-aged
and this time it’s personal. For it’s the Prime Minister himself who...
people suffering a heart attack or stroke, a study has found. Vaccinated...
Listening to songs while running can boost your performance, scientists find
DR MARTIN SCURR: Why your ‘bad breath’ may not be bad at all
You don’t need an expert to tell you that listening to
I have had bad breath for nine years. I do not want
music while running can make it feel easier and more fun — but...
to go to church or work because people laugh at me and I have become...
Magic wand uses radio waves to spot even tiny breast tumours
Coronavirus: 5G networks do NOT raise risks, scientists say
A wand that uses radio waves to pinpoint hard-tofind breast tumours could dramatically improve the
Researchers have swiftly debunked a scientific paper claiming 5G transmissions raise the risk of the
accuracy of cancer surgery...
novel coronavirus. Earlier...
Population genetic screening shown to efficiently identify increased risk for inherited disease
Hedonism leads to happiness
In 2018, the Healthy Nevada Project® (the largest, community-based population health study combining
We all set ourselves long-term goals from time to time, such as finally getting into shape, eating less sugar or learning...
genetic, clinical,...
Unparalleled inventory of the human gut ecosystem
Studies demonstrate further evidence WTC responders are at risk for dementia
This project was led by EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and included
IMAGE: These brain images are a compilation of MRI results from WTC responders. The images
collaborators from the Wellcome...
show gray matter atrophy...
Scientists reveal an explosive secret hidden beneath seemingly trustworthy volcanoes
Gene variations at birth reveal origins of inflammation and immune disease
IMAGE: The 2015 eruption at Wolf volcano in the Galapagos Archipelago. view more Credit: Gabriel Salazar,...
Cardiovascular Prediction and Prevention at the Baker Institute and Principal...
Researchers discover cell communication mechanism that drives cancer adaptation
Medieval medicine remedy could provide new treatment for modern day infections
Collaborative Cancer Research UK-funded studies
more Credit: University of Warwick Antibiotic resistance...
from University of Oxford researchers have uncovered a new mechanism by which...
IMAGE: Dr Michael Inouye, Munz Chair of
IMAGE: The Balds Eyesalve mixture in the lab. view
NYUAD astrophysicist investigates the possibility of life below the surface of Mars
New machine learning method allows hospitals to share patient data — privately
IMAGE: The Rosalind Franklin rover by European
PHILADELPHIA – To answer medical questions that
Space Agency and Roscosmos will drill 2 meters below the surface of...
can be applied to a wide patient population, machine learning models...
Seafood products made from cells should be labeled cell-based
NHS Tayside claims it has ‘effectively eliminated’ hepatitis C
IMAGE: A meal featuring white fish, which someday may be made from the cells of fish. view more
A Scottish health board has claimed to be the first region in the world to effectively eliminate hepatitis
Credit: William...
C. NHS Tayside...
Coronavirus: Safety fears over lack of translated virus advice
Obesity: Have 20 years of policies had any effect?
A lack of translated coronavirus guidance is jeopardising the safety of non-English speakers in
The prime minister has launched a new policy on obesity in England. This will not be the first attempt
the UK, a joint letter to...
to tackle the problem...
Coronavirus ‘most severe health emergency’ WHO has faced
Coronavirus ‘may inflict same damage as heart attacks’
Covid-19 is easily the most severe global health
Coronavirus may leave the heart with lasting,
emergency ever declared by the World Health Organization (WHO), its leader...
dangerous damage, two new studies suggest. It’s become clear that the...
GP spent £4,000 of his own money on special support packs for frontline NHS staff
Grandfather-of-seven tells how a quick blast of steam shrunk his enlarged prostate
Do you know a health hero? The Daily Mail, in
Men’s prostate glands tend to enlarge with age,
partnership with eBay and NHS Charities Together, wants you to nominate special...
making urination problematic. A new treatment that uses steam to reduce...
Pneumonia vaccine may cut Alzheimer’s risk by up to 40%
Experts reveal how lockdown made hoarding disorder symptoms WORSE
Pneumonia vaccine may reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s by up to 40%, study finds –
Since lockdown started, Faye Dawson has been forced to sleep on her sofa and eat sandwiches and
as evidence mounts...
cold ready meals because...
Arthritis anti-inflammatory treatment could halt immune system ‘storm’ to coronavirus
Coronavirus Germany: Merkel ally says country has second wave
Could an arthritis drug be a breakthrough treatment for Covid? Doctors say anti-inflammatory treatment
Germany’, senior Merkel ally says, as he admits ‘we have...
‘The second wave of coronavirus is already in
could halt the immune...
Ads for butter, cheese and ketchup may be banned before 9pm
Ultra-low power brain implants find meaningful signal in grey matter noise
Britons may have to wave goodbye to daytime
The team, led by Cynthia Chestek, associate
adverts on cheese, yoghurts and olive oil in Boris Johnson’s ‘nanny-state’...
professor of biomedical engineering and core faculty at the Robotics Institute,...
Protecting beta cells against stress may guard against type 1 diabetes
MicroRNA shows promise for hair regrowth
Research in mouse models and in human cells has shown that targeting a protein called renalase may
Hair growth depends on the health of dermal papillae (DP) cells, which regulate the hair follicle
protect beta cells against...
growth cycle. Current treatments...
Stopping listeria reproduction ‘in its tracks’
Lithium in drinking water linked with lower suicide rates
Researchers at the University of Houston are reporting in the Journal of Environmental Chemical
Published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, the study collated research from around the world and
Engineering that cobalt-doped...
found that geographical...
A new way to target cancers using ‘synthetic lethality’
Hydrogel mimics human brain with memorizing and forgetting ability
Synthetic lethality results when non-lethal mutations
The human brain learns things, but tends to forget
in different genes become deadly when combined in cells. In a new paper...
them when the information is no longer important. Recreating this dynamic...
Invisible barriers cut down on cheating Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study shows that simple
Nationwide trends show fewer cancer patients seeking care since start of pandemic
environmental cues...
Research from the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center – Jefferson Health (SKCC) found significant decreases nationwide in the...
Link between education, income inequality has existed for a century
Study reveals how different mosquitoes respond to light and ti
HOUSTON – (July 27, 2020) – Income is inextricably linked to access to education in America
IMAGE: UCI School of Medicine research team, led by Todd Holmes, PhD, discovers how day- and
and it has been for...
night-biting mosquitoes...
Highly invasive lung cancer cells have longer ‘fingers’
Study: Mapping crystal shapes could fast-track 2D materials
Tiny finger-like projections called filopodia drive invasive behavior in a rare subset of lung cancer
IMAGE: Inspired by the work of Japanese snowflake researcher Ukichiro Nakaya, materials scientists
cells, researchers...
from Rice University...
Ferried across: Figuring out unconventional spin transport in quantum spin liquids
Study reveals how renegade protein interrupts brain cell function in Alzheimer’s disease
IMAGE: A magnetic impulse at the left end causes
Dozens of molecules may tangle up with rogue
spin excitations there owing to the time variability of their spins....
bundles of tau, a protein that normally gives nerve fibers structure, to cause...
Tracking symptoms with app an inexact predictor of coronavirus infection
Woman loses 100LBS by following a ‘lazy keto’ diet
A new piece in Family Practice, published by Oxford
A woman has revealed how she lost more than 100
University Press, indicates that tracking symptoms affiliated with the...
pounds in just one year following a ‘lazy keto’ — her own simplified...
Coronavirus UK: Pet cat is first animal to be infected
Say goodbye to the adverts for butter, cheese and tomato ketchup!
Can animals catch Covid-19? The chance of your
Britons may have to wave goodbye to daytime
dog catching Covid-19 strain is very slim, according to the World Health Organization...
adverts on cheese, yoghurts and olive oil in Boris Johnson’s ‘nanny-state’...
Britain records just SEVEN more Covid19 deaths in lowest daily toll
Coronavirus: Germany to impose Covid19 tests on travellers returning from highrisk countries
Coronavirus cases are still rising in Britain with the rolling daily average number of new cases 15 per cent higher than...
Germany will make coronavirus tests mandatory for
Coronavirus outbreak hits caravan park in Shropshire as 23 residents are diagnosed with the disease
F1 star Lewis Hamilton slammed for sharing anti-vaxxer post
A coronavirus outbreak at a traveller site in
travellers returning from high-risk areas, as fears rise that summer travel...
Lewis Hamilton insisted today he was ‘misinterpreted’ after he sparked backlash for
Shropshire has seen nearly two dozen residents struck down with the life-threatening...
sharing an anti-vaxxer...
‘NO travel is risk free’: No10 says countries could be suddenly added to quarantine list with Spain
Life in the pits: Scientists identify key enzyme behind body odor
Downing Street risked causing more confusion
Researchers from the University of York have previously shown that only a few bacteria in your
among British holidaymakers and travel firms today, warning ‘no travel...
armpit are the real culprits...
Brain cell types identified that may push males to fight and have sex
Teen museum educators increase engagement, learning, in tween visitors
Led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the study showed that male mice
Informal learning sites — such as museums, zoos and aquariums — often have programs for teenaged
struggled to have sex in experiments...
docents, or...
Flu, pneumonia vaccinations tied to lower risk of Alzheimer’s dementia
Novel label-free imaging technique brings out the inner light within T cells
Three research studies reported at AAIC 2020
The method could help assess T cell involvement in
suggest: At least one flu vaccination was associated with a 17% reduction in...
immunotherapies for cancer treatment or autoimmune diseases. “T...
Antibiotics alone successfully treat uncomplicated appendicitis in children
NASA tracks Hanna’s soaking path into Mexico
Of 1,068 patients from 10 health centers enrolled in
IMAGE: On July 26 at 3:35 p.m. EDT (1935 UTC)
the study, 67.1% of those who elected to initially manage their care...
NASA’s Aqua satellite analyzed Hanna in infrared light using the...
Yale to lead trial of potential COVID-19 treatment
NIST expands database that helps identify unknown compounds in milk
Yale School of Medicine and the biopharmaceutical firm AI Therapeutics have launched a multi-
IMAGE: Remoroza operates a mass spectrometer, a laboratory instrument used to identify chemical
institutional clinical trial...
compounds. “We...
Safe work protocols can increase the likelihood the business will fail INFORMS Journal Management Science Study Key
University of Hawaii and iconic watercress farm collaborate on sustainability research
Takeaways: Organizations that provide a safe workplace have significantly...
IMAGE: Sumida Farm employees hand plant, harvest, and prepare watercress for market in much the same way they have...
Randomness theory could hold key to internet security
How airway cells work together in regeneration and aging
ITHACA, N.Y. – Is there an unbreakable code? The
IMAGE: Microscopic image showing stem cells in
question has been central to cryptography for thousands of years,...
young (left) and old (right) airways with cell nuclei seen in blue,...
Scientists record rapid carbon loss from warming peatlands
Coronavirus doctor’s diary: Will vaccine sceptics make trials a headache?
IMAGE: The Spruce and Peatland Responses
It will soon be critical for the NHS to start vaccinating
Under Changing Environments project uses a series of enclosures to expose...
people against flu, to prevent hospitals being swamped with flu...
Coronavirus: Vietnam coma pilot warns people ‘not to be blasé’
Coronavirus: How bad will winter really be?
Media captionScottish pilot Stephen Cameron spent 10 weeks in a coma in Vietnam A Scottish pilot, who
Winter is coming and traditionally it is party time for colds and flu. This has raised fears that coronavirus
spent...
will surge...
Obesity: Unhealthy ‘buy one get one free’ deals targeted
Mother’s tooth abscess led to a lifethreatening infection on her brain
“Buy one get one free” deals on unhealthy food will
A single mother spent five months in hospital after
be banned as part of the government’s bid to tackle...
an abscess on her tooth led to a life-threatening infection on her brain. Rebecca...
Magic mushrooms ‘should be rescheduled’ like cannabis
Wearing a facemask does not instil a ‘false sense of security’ against the coronavirus
Magic mushrooms should be rescheduled in Britain to treat depression, top doctors have said. Leading experts have called...
Wearing a face mask does not instill a false sense of
Scientists identify the key enzyme behind the pungent smell of BO
Teaching unions call for face masks to be made mandatory for children
BO decoded: Scientists identify the key enzyme
Teaching unions have urged ministers to make face
behind the pungent smell of body odour – and it could lead to a new...
masks mandatory for children in secondary schools when they finally return...
Coronavirus outbreak hits caravan park in Shropshire as 21 residents are diagnosed with the disease
Researchers develop a method for predicting unprecedented events
A coronavirus outbreak at a caravan park in Shropshire has seen nearly two dozen residents
security against coronavirus, scientists have concluded. The World...
A black swan event is a highly unlikely but massively consequential incident, such as the 2008 global recession and the loss...
struck down with the life-threatening...
New native Hawaiian land snail species discovered, first in 60 years
Studying COVID-19’s envelope protein
IMAGE: An adult Auriculella gagneorum, left, subadult and juvenile rest on the tip of a toothpick.
2 virus shows the membrane protein (green) and envelope protein (purple)...
IMAGE: This artistic representation of a SARS-CoV-
The snails represent...
Life in the pits: Scientists identify the key enzyme behind BO
How the zebrafish got its stripes
Scientists have discovered a unique enzyme
and the stripes of colour resolve into individual pigment...
responsible for the pungent characteristic smell we call body odour or BO. Researchers...
IMAGE: Zoom into the zebrafish’s alternating pattern
New CRISPR C-to-G DNA base editor expands the landscape of precision genome editing
Simple urine test could significantly improve detection of adrenal cancer
The new CRISPR-guided DNA base editing
are used in clinical practice with increasing frequency and often lead incidentally...
technologies are designed to efficiently induce “transversion” alterations...
Imaging procedures, such as CT and MRI scans,
Antiviral method against herpes paves the way for combating incurable viral infections
Study finds decline in certain emergency hospitalizations during early phase of COVID-19
Herpes virus infections are lifelong, with latency
Boston – Early reports have shown the COVID-19
periods between recurring reactivations, making treatment difficult. The...
pandemic has resulted in a decline in patients seeking outpatient medical...
Wealthier men are more likely to develop high blood pressure
Existing evidence suggests face coverings do not lead to false sense of security
Sophia Antipolis, 27 July 2020: Working men with higher incomes are more likely to develop high
Existing limited evidence suggests that wearing face
blood pressure, reports...
coverings to protect against COVID-19 does not lead to a false sense...
Researchers build first AI tool capable of identifying individual birds
Study finds increase in number, severity of suicide-related calls to US Poison Control
New research demonstrates for the first time that artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to train
computers to recognise...
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Over-the-counter (OTC) analgesics like acetaminophen, ibuprofen, and acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin)...
Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Have Low Risk of Stroke
‘Selfish and loveless’ society in Uganda really is not
PHILADELPHIA–While initial reports suggested a significant risk of stroke in patients hospitalized with
IMAGE: he Ik society of Uganda, labeled half a century ago as selfish, actually has a culture that
COVID-19, a...
encourages sharing...
Lead white pigments on Andean drinking vessels provide new historical context
Coronavirus: Spain says outbreaks under control after UK orders quarantine
IMAGE: Lead researcher Allison Curley with qeros from the collection of the Smithsonian National
Spain has said outbreaks of new Covid-19 cases are isolated and under control after the UK abruptly
Museum of the American...
ordered people coming...
Coronavirus: GPs to prescribe cycling in new obesity strategy
‘Self-eating’ process of stem cells may be the key to new regenerative therapies
Boris Johnson will set out his strategy to tackle
Human bodies contain over 200 different types of
obesity on Monday – including a 12-week plan for people to lose weight...
specialized cells. All of them can be derived from embryonic stem (ES) cells,...
Tracking antibody profiles for influenza exposures across the lifespan
PolyA-miner assesses the effect of alternative polyadenylation on gene expression
Seasonal influenza remains a ubiquitous threat to human health. Each infection leaves a mark on a
“APA is about modifying one of the ends, called the
person’s immune system,...
3-prime end (3?end), of RNA strands that are transcribed from DNA....
Two distinct circuits drive inhibition in the sensory thalamus of the brain
Increasing rates of preventable hospitalizations among adults with dementia
One powerful type of transformation comes from interactions between excitatory neurons that carry
BOSTON – Older adults with dementia tend to be
data to the neocortex and...
hospitalized more often than those without cognitive impairment. Now...
Desert mosses use quartz rocks as sun shades
Lego-inspired bone and soft tissue repair with tiny, 3D-printed bricks
IMAGE: In the Mojave Desert, a translucent quartz rock keeps the soil moist, the moss green and cuts
IMAGE: regon Health Science University researchers have developed a tiny, 3D-printed
the intensity...
technology that can be assembled...
Phage therapy shows potential for treating prosthetic joint infections ROCHESTER, Minn. — Bacteriophages, or phages,
Rely on gut feeling? New research identifies how second brain in gut communicates
may play a significant role in treating complex bacterial infections...
You’re faced with a big decision so your second brain provides what’s normally referred to as ‘gut instinct’,...
New study explains ‘miracle’ of how the Warsaw Ghetto beat Typhus IMAGE: Painting by Israel Bernbaum, 1981. Oil on
New model by CHOP researchers identifies noncoding mutations across five pediatric cancers
canvas, 70 3/8 x 82 1/4 inches view more Credit: Property...
Philadelphia, July 24, 2020–Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have developed a new computational...
Novel drug delivery particles use neurotransmitters as a ‘passport’ into the brain
Knowledge, concerns, behaviors of individuals during 1st week of COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
IMAGE: A successful transfer of Cre-recombinase
What The Study Did: This is a survey study that
packaged in an NT-lipidoid-doped lipid nanoparticle is demonstated...
examined the knowledge, concerns and behaviors of people living in different...
COVID-19 medical leave among EMS responders, firefighters in New York
An origin story for a family of oddball meteorites
What The Study Did: The use of medical leave
Most meteorites that have landed on Earth are
among emergency medical service responders and firefighters in New York during...
fragments of planetesimals, the very earliest protoplanetary bodies in the...
Genetic mutations help MRSA to become highly resistant to antibiotics
Big brains and dexterous hands
Scientists from the University of Sheffield have
energy until their offspring are independent – like this Hanuman...
found that genetic mutations in MRSA allow it to evolve and become more...
IMAGE: Parents have to invest a lot of time and
Risk of sepsis greatest for patients with frailty, older age or urinary tract infections
Why is obesity so common in COVID-19 patients?
Patients with frailty, older age and urinary tract
connects the body’s metabolism and immune response system may explain...
infections (UTIs) are at greatest risk of developing sepsis following...
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – A hormone that
Mouse study shows spinal cord injury causes bone marrow failure syndrome
Coronavirus: UK brings back 14-day quarantine for Spain
IMAGE: Lead author Phillip Popovic is, chair of the
Travellers returning to the UK from Spain after
Ohio State Department of Neuroscience and executive director of...
midnight will have to quarantine for 14 days, the government has said. The...
Coronavirus: PM to set out strategy to tackle obesity in UK
New mother, 41, convinced better care in 20s when she suffered anorexia may have spared IVF agony
Boris Johnson will set out his strategy to tackle obesity on Monday – including a 12-week plan for people lose weight...
Of all the ways I imagined spending my 37th birthday, crying in the rain outside a London hospital was not one of them. But...
The petrifying moment Covid-19 doctors stopped my twin brother’s heart, says DR CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN It’s a life-saving procedure I’ve witnessed – and carried out myself – dozens of times in the almost
The 3D-printed cage that could spare hundreds of Britons from leg amputations A 3D-printed ‘cage’ could spare hundreds of Britons disabled by agonising bone fractures from limb amputation. The new...
two decades...
Why gym fanatics claim measuring time BETWEEN your heart beats can tell you if you’re overdoing it
Racism, slurs, hysteria… All for daring to suggest a banana isn’t as bad as six spoonfuls of sugar
If, like a third of Britons, you own a fitness tracker, you may already count your steps, track your sleep
Two weeks ago, I wrote an article about bananas. Specifically, whether eating one was ‘the same as’
quality and keep...
consuming six teaspoons...
DR ELLIE CANNON: How long will it be before I’m free from the pain of shingles?
Researchers capture cell-level details of curved cornea
I had shingles a few months ago and was given
“As the curved outermost part of the eye, the cornea
tablets. The blisters have gone but I still have pain across the side of my...
offers a transparent window into both ocular and general health...
Cells react differently to genomic imprinting
Gene in fat plays key role in insulin resistance
Previous studies have shown that imprinted genes
In 2016, UTSW immunologist and geneticist Bruce
are more active in some tissues, and less active in others. The neuroscientists...
Beutler, M.D., Zhao Zhang Ph.D., and their colleagues reported a new mouse...
Two immunotherapies merged into single, more effective treatment
New cell profiling method could speed TB drug discovery
Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have combined two
Current treatment requires multiple drugs for at least six months and sometimes years, and antibiotic
immunotherapy strategies into...
resistance is growing,...
Study finds global trends in women’s breast cancer show cause for concern
Dual role discovered for molecule involved in autoimmune eye disease
A new study published in The Lancet Global Health includes data on women from 41 countries and
In autoimmune uveitis, immune cells become abnormally activated and begin to destroy healthy
found that in higher income...
cells, including light-sensing...
Discovery of a rare human gene mutation that causes MAIT cells to disappear
Serendipity broadens the scope for making graphite
IMAGE: A man gazes at the complex protein
IMAGE: Curtin University researchers have
structures of his own immune system, and the rare genetic mutations that...
unexpectedly discovered a new way to make crystalline graphite, an essential...
Look into the mirror IMAGE: The super-camera allows for diagnosing corneal diseases quickly, cheaply and painlessly. view more Credit:...
Solving the jigsaw puzzle of regional carbon budgets IMAGE: Carbon storage change from inventories (? C in red) and lateral fluxes from trade and riverine carbon export...
Rapid COVID-19 test developed to detect neutralising antibodies with high specificity and sensitivity
Antiviral method against herpes paves the way for combatting incurable viral infections
According to a study published in Nature Biotechnology, the sVNT is capable of detecting the
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered a new method to treat human herpes
functional neutralising antibodies...
viruses. The new broad-spectrum...
AsEH enzyme: A new pharmacological target against Alzheimer’s disease
Ocean features and changes in the past are explored to anticipate future climate
IMAGE: From left to right, Santiago Vázquez, Carles
IMAGE: A core being extracted from the floor of the
Galdeano, Mercè Pallàs and Christian Griñán-Ferré (Faculty...
Bay of Biscay taken on board an oceanographic vessel. view...
Pandemic to accelerate adoption of electronic patient portal for epilepsy
Sci-fi foretold social media, Uber and Augmented Reality, offers insights into the future
Dublin, Friday, 24 July 2020: The COVID-19 pandemic is a catalyst to accelerate the adoption of technology-enabled patient...
Science fiction authors foresaw augmented reality
Brazilian researchers develop an optical fiber made of gel derived from marine algae
Healthy international travelers not likely to acquire Candida auris
IMAGE: Edible, biocompatible and biodegradable,
have shown that there is a low risk for healthy people to acquire...
these fibers have potential for various medical applications. ...
video games, the rise of social media and trends of hyper-consumption,...
Washington, DC – July 24, 2020 – Researchers
High levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria found on equipment in communal gyms
Plant-based diets shown to lower blood pressure even with limited meat and dairy
Washington, DC – July 24, 2020 – Research presented at ASM Microbe Online found that 43% of
Consuming a plant-based diet can lower blood pressure even if small amounts of meat and dairy
Staphylococcus bacteria...
are consumed too, according...
Experimental optimal verification of entangled states using local measurements
Artificial intelligence can help predict the bacteria responsible for pneumonia in emergency rooms
Quantum information is a field where the information is encoded into quantum states. Taking advantage
Washington, DC – July 24, 2020 – A team of researchers showed that artificial intelligence (AI)
of the “quantumness”...
could help predict...
Coronavirus: Obesity increases risks from Covid-19, experts say
Narrow wavebands of UV light kill germs
Being obese or overweight puts you at greater risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, experts
collaborators published several papers on some fundamental findings with potential...
Back in 2012, the NIST scientists and their
say after examining...
Antioxidant-rich powders from blueberry, persimmon waste could be good for gut microbiota
What happens around an Alzheimer plaque?
In recent years, fruit and vegetable powders have
has puzzled scientists ever since Alois Alzheimer first described...
become popular as a way to add beneficial compounds, such as polyphenols...
The role of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer’s disease
Novel PFAS comprise 24% of those measured in blood of Wilmington, N.C. residents
Fine-tuning adoptive cell therapy for advanced cancers
The GenX Exposure Study began in 2017 after NC
products bearing a transgenic T-cell receptor (TCR), researchers at the...
State researchers found a chemical called GenX in Wilmington residents’...
China 2050: How the US should prepare for an ascendant China — RAND Report
In a new study looking at adoptive cell transfer
Nature study identifies 21 existing drugs that could treat COVID-19
The United States should prepare for a triumphant
A Nature study authored by a global team of
or ascending People’s Republic of China – scenarios that not...
scientists and led by Sumit Chanda, Ph.D., professor at Sanford Burnham Prebys...
Researchers use cell imaging and mathematical modeling to understand cancer progression
Another mRNA-based vaccine candidate protects animals against SARS-CoV-2
IMAGE: A tetraploid RPE-1 mitotic cell. Centrioles
An experimental messenger RNA (mRNA)-based vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome
are displayed in green (two dots at each centrosome/spindle pole);...
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) elicits...
Proposed framework for integrating chatbots into health care
NASA Water vapor data reveals Tropical Storm Gonzalo’s soaking capability
While the technology for developing artificial intelligence-powered chatbots has existed for some
IMAGE: On July 24 at 1:35 a.m. EDT (0535 UTC), NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Storm
time, a new viewpoint piece...
Gonzalo in the...
Project creates more powerful, versatile ultrafast laser pulse
High-protein distillers dried grains with solubles provide high quality pig nutrition
IMAGE: In the stretched-pulse soliton Kerr resonator developed by the lab of William Renninger, a single
IMAGE: Hans Stein and others at the University of Illinois found that a new high-protein distillers dried
frequency...
grains with...
DR MAX PEMBERTON: Kanye West’s crisis and the toll of bipolar on loved ones
Coronavirus symptoms linger for over two weeks for one in five young adults
Rapper Kanye West has long had a reputation for
three WEEKS for one in five healthy Americans aged 18 – 34 who catch...
attention-seeking and so, when he announced on July 4 that he was going to...
Symptoms like cough and fatigue linger as long as
Coronavirus England: Average daily cases rising for a WEEK
Triple negative breast cancer meets its match
Coronavirus cases in England appear to be creeping
TNBC — so called because it lacks estrogen
up with 1,000 more people estimated to be catching the disease every day...
receptors, progesterone receptors, and overexpression of the growth-promoting...
Getting under the skin of psoriasis
Diets high in protein, particularly plant protein, linked to lower risk of death
A team of researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and John A. Paulson School...
The researchers say these findings “support current dietary recommendations to increase consumption of plant proteins...
Food supplements may improve brain health among young children in low income countries The results could have important implications for children’s education and national development in
Immune system — Knocked off balance The immune system defends us against attack by viruses and bacteria and also helps to eliminate cancer cells. The innate...
low income countries,...
Gene-controlling mechanisms play key role in cancer progression
Home-made face masks likely need at least two layers to curb COVID-19 spread
MIT and Harvard University researchers have now
Viral droplets are generated during coughing,
mapped out an additional layer of control that guides this evolution —...
sneezing, or speaking. And face masks are thought to protect healthy people...
Heart transplants declined sharply during pandemic
Sputum testing provides higher rate of COVID-19 detection
The study found that the number of heart transplants
Boston, MA — Early and accurate detection is
performed nationwide dropped 26% during the 8week period marking the...
critical for preventing the spread of COVID-19 and providing appropriate...
Wrong number of fingers leads down wrong track
Machine learning reveals recipe for building artificial proteins
IMAGE: Life reconstruction of the Metoposaurus with the new model of the forelimb with five fingers.
Proteins are essential to the life of cells, carrying out complex tasks and catalyzing chemical reactions.
view more Credit:...
Scientists and...
Neurons are genetically programmed to have long lives
Dartmouth-industry collaborations improve computer graphics
IMAGE: Photo shows Sika Zheng. view more
IMAGE: ReSTIR dramatically increases the quality
Credit: Zheng lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. — When...
of rendering on a computer’s graphics card by reusing rays that...
Discovery of disordered nanolayers in intermetallic alloys
SARS-CoV-2 infection of non-neuronal cells, not neurons, may drive loss of smell in patients with COVID-19
IMAGE: (A) Atom maps reconstructed using 3D-APT show the distribution of each element. Iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), and...
A new study of human olfactory cells has revealed that viral invasion of supportive cells in the nasal cavity might be driving...
Wetter than wet: Global warming means more rain for Asian monsoon regions
Coronavirus vaccine: Might it have sideeffects?
IMAGE: Map of current rainfall (mm day-1) and wind (m s-1). Vectors show wind in the lower troposphere.
There was promising news in the search for an effective vaccine against coronavirus this week
The tropical...
when a team at Oxford University...
Coronavirus: New face covering rules in force in England
Coronavirus prompts PM into obesity crackdown
Face coverings are now compulsory for customers
The prime minister is set to announce new
in shops in England, after new coronavirus rules came into force within 12...
measures to curb obesity next week, and they are expected to include a ban on TV...
Coronavirus: 1 in 5 young adults’ symptoms last over two weeks
Free flu jabs will be offered to 30M people in UK this year in a bid to relieve pressure on NHS
Symptoms like cough and fatigue linger as long as three WEEKS for one in five healthy Americans
The Government plans to double its winter flu
aged 18 – 34 who catch...
vaccination programme to 30million people this year, with free jabs for all...
Coronavirus UK: 123 fatalities announced on Friday
Imperial College vaccine’s second round trials on 200 humans
Another 123 people were today confirmed to have died of Covid-19 in the UK, as SAGE admitted the
University of Oxford Oxford University academics began developing the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine in
reproduction rate of the...
January. It is now named...
Coronavirus UK: Interactive map shows deaths by postcode
Care home outbreaks of Covid-like illnesses highest for a month
An interactive map which highlights coronavirus deaths by postcode in
Outbreaks of Covid-like illnesses in care homes are at their highest levels in a month, data from Public
England and Wales reveals people in the North West...
Health England show. In...
Coronavirus England: People in poor areas twice as likely to die
Pizza study shows body copes surprisingly well with one-off calorie indulgence
The most deprived areas of England have coronavirus death rates twice as high as the richest areas, stark official data confirms. People...
Researchers with the Centre for Nutrition, Exercise and Metabolism at the University of Bath compared the effects of normal...
Rapid COVID-19 test developed to detect neutralizing antibodies with high specificity and sensitivity According to a study published in Nature Biotechnology, the sVNT is capable of detecting the
Livestock expansion is a factor in global pandemics Research has shown a global increase in the emergence of infectious diseases and epidemics, an accelerated loss of biodiversity...
functional neutralising antibodies...
If relaxed too soon, physical distancing measures might have been all for naught
Study identifies 21 existing drugs that could treat COVID-19
The researchers compared the results of three related mathematical models of disease
The scientists analyzed one of the world’s largest collections of known drugs for their ability to block
transmission that they used to analyze...
the replication...
In cell studies, seaweed extract outperforms remdesivir in blocking COVID-19 virus
High-deductible health plans and major cardiovascular outcomes
Published online today in Cell Discovery, the
than any other condition, accounting for 30% of deaths in 2017. Improvements...
research is the latest example of a decoy strategy researchers from the Center...
Cardiovascular disease kills more people in the U.S.
How COVID-19 causes smell loss Now, an international team of researchers led by neuroscientists at Harvard Medical School has identified the olfactory cell...
Elevated levels of a specific protein found to correlate with inflammatory symptom severity in COVID A new study found raised levels of transforming growth factor beta-induced protein (TGFBIp) in blood sampled from roughly...
Photochromic bismuth complexes show great promise for optical memory elements
Genetic mutations predispose individuals to severe COVID-19
IMAGE: Working routine in Center for Energy
SARS-CoV-2 causes severe symptoms mainly in elderly patients with chronic...
Science and Technology. view more Credit: Timur Sabirov / Skoltech Russian...
Current observations suggest that the coronavirus
Alaska is getting wetter. That’s bad news for permafrost and the climate.
NASA’s tracking Hawaii-bound Major Hurricane Douglas
IMAGE: Postdoctoral fellow Catherine Dielemen
IMAGE: On July 24 at 6:30 a.m. EDT (1030 UTC),
associated with Merritt Turetsky’s research group uses a frost...
the MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite gathered temperature...
Manipulating non-magnetic atoms in a chromium halide enables tuning of magnetic properties
NASA animation tracks Tropical Storm Hanna’s progression
IMAGE: The atomic landscape of chromium halides
IMAGE: This animation of visible imagery from NASA Aqua Satellite shows the development of
are illustrated. The magnetic chromium atoms appear as gray spheres...
Tropical Storm Hanna from...
Citizen science at heart of new study showing COVID-19 seismic noise reduction
There will NOT be a Covid-19 baby boom: Pregnancies will fall as the pandemic fades
IMAGE: Locations of the 268 global seismic stations used in the study. Lockdown effects are observed (red) at 185 of...
There will not be a Covid-19 baby boom straight after the pandemic because couples will be too concerned about their money,...
Fitbit wearers asked to join a study to see if smartwatches can detect signs of coronavirus
Coronavirus can infect people 26 FEET away in cold moving air, finds study
Fitbit wearers are being asked to join a study to see
metres) in cold environments with moving air,
if smartwatches can detect the coronavirus. King’s College London...
according to a study...
Coronavirus: Lockdowns DON’T reduce death rate, study claims
Coronavirus infection rates have RISEN in 63 areas of England in the past week
Lockdowns have not had a big impact on
Coronavirus cases have risen in 63 local authorities
coronavirus death rates around the world, scientists
in England in the past week, and Blackburn has
have claimed, and the health...
become the new epicentre...
Coronavirus death rate in the North West of England was TRIPLE that of London in June
Boris Johnson slams ‘nuts anti-vaxxers’ as he urges ‘everybody’ to get a flu jab before winter
An interactive map which
Boris Johnson lashed out at ‘nuts’ anti-vaxxers
highlights coronavirus deaths by postcode in
today as he urged all Britons to get a flu jab in the
England and Wales reveals people in the North West...
run-up...
Coronavirus antibodies fall dramatically in first 3 months after mild cases of COVID-19
Researchers discover new pathways that could help treat RNA viruses
Previous reports have suggested that antibodies
anticipated that we’d be in the midst of a pandemic
against the novel coronavirus are short-lived, but the rate at which they...
caused by...
Calcium channel subunits play a major role in autism spectrum disorders
Antibiotics disrupt development of the ‘social brain’ in mice
?2? subunits have different effects on the formation
Katerina Johnson, from the University’s
of new synapses Autism spectrum disorders involve
Departments of Psychiatry and Experimental
impaired development...
Psychology, was researching the...
Coronavirus is able to travel more than 26 feet (eight
“When we first started this research, we never
Older adults coped with pandemic best, study reveals
We are mutating SARS-CoV-2, but it is evolving back
Based on daily diary data collected between midMarch and mid-April of this year, the researchers
All organisms mutate. You were for example born with between 10 and 100 new mutations in your
found that older adults...
DNA. Mutation is usually a...
Unprecedented effort to ramp up testing technologies for COVID-19
When it comes to happiness, what’s love got to do with it?
To fill this urgent need, the Rapid Acceleration of
The study — published in the Journal of Positive
Diagnostics (RADx) program was established in just five days following...
Psychology — examined the relationship histories of 7,532 people...
Researchers find evidence of smallpox in the viking age
New approach simultaneously measures EEG and fMRI connectomes
The fatal disease smallpox is older and more
IMAGE: Sepideh Sadaghiani is interested in
widespread than scientists so far have proved. A
studying the connectivity and functions of brain
new study by an international...
networks. view more Credit:...
Online tools can improve autism diagnosis
New technology makes homes more energy independent, helps divert power during blackouts
IMAGE: Online tools and assessments can help speed up diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the first comprehensive...
IMAGE: Mixed neighborhood used in the researchers’ computer simulation. Open circles denote nodes where homes...
Getting a grip on near-field light IMAGE: Designer landscape of localized light in the
Coronavirus makes changes that cause cells not to recognize it
shape of an elephant. Guided light is molded by bouncing back and...
IMAGE: Yogesh K. Gupta, PhD, and colleagues at UT Health San Antonio discovered the mechanism by which the novel coronavirus...
Health, well-being and food security of families deteriorating under COVID-19 stress
T cells can shift from helping to harming in atherosclerosis
The ongoing disruptive changes from efforts to
recognize ApoB, the protein backbone of LDL cholesterol, better knowns as...
reduce the spread of COVID-19 are having a
IMAGE: Everyone produces T cells that can
substantial negative impact on...
Coronavirus: Has Covid-19 exposed UK’s underlying ill health?
Coronavirus: Mothers ‘unlikely to infect newborns’
Covid-19 has taken a disproportionate toll on those
Women who have Covid-19 are unlikely to pass on
with underlying health conditions. Some experts say the crisis has shone...
the infection to their babies during childbirth if precautions are in place,...
Coronavirus: New face covering rules come into force in England
Most people in England to be offered flu vaccine
Face coverings are now compulsory for customers
Most people in England, about 30 million, are to be
in shops in England, after new coronavirus rules
offered the flu vaccine this year, the government
came into force within 12...
says. It is to prepare...
Scientists discover coronavirus in the EARS of two dead Covid-positive
Coronavirus US: NIH to launch ‘flurry’ of treatment trials
Scientists discover coronavirus in the EARS of two
NIH is gearing up to launch a ‘flurry’ of clinical trials
dead Covid-positive patients as studies suggest
using everything from antibodies to blood thinners...
hearing loss may be a...
NIH officials announce plan to ramp coronavirus testing up to 6 million a DAY by December
Coronavirus on track to be second leading cause of death in LA
NIH officials announce plan to ramp coronavirus
is on track to become the second leading cause of death in Los Angeles...
testing up to 6 million a DAY by December by
If the crisis continues at its current clip, coronavirus
building ‘mega-labs’...
Coronavirus England: Testing is getting SLOWER, data shows
Coronavirus England: 10% July hospital deaths at Kent NHS trust
Waiting times for coronavirus swab test results have
One in every 10 Covid-19 deaths in English
surged in the past week and now one in three people at drive-through...
hospitals in July have been at a single NHS trust in Kent, data has revealed. Some...
UK announces 53 more coronavirus deaths taking the UK total to 45,554 Another 53 people have died of the coronavirus in the UK, according to the Government, taking the total to 45,554. But there...
Parents should NOT buy face masks for children because they ‘can cause choking and suffocation’ Parents should not buy face masks for children under three because they can cause choking and suffocation, Public Health...
Lone Star ticks in Illinois can carry, transmit Heartland virus
Lung ultrasound shows duration, severity of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
The findings are reported in the journal Emerging
“In addition,” concluded Yao Zhang of at China’s
Infectious Diseases. In July 2018, a resident of Kankakee County was hospitalized...
Beijing Ditan Hospital, “our results indicate that...
New CT scan method lowers radiation exposure
Reexamining the history of slavery through 23andMe African ancestry data
The technique, demonstrated on a small sample in a
“Our study combined the genetic data of more than
micro CT scanner, could potentially be adapted for
50,000 people on both sides of the Atlantic with
medical scanners and...
historical records...
How mosquitoes got their taste for human blood and what it means for the future
COVID-19 vaccine innovation could dramatically speed up worldwide production
“Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are invasive across the
The new findings are described in the journal
global tropics, where a strong preference for human
Science. Most coronavirus vaccine candidates train
hosts and habitats...
the human immune system...
Driving immunometabolism to control lung infection Although the bacteria that causes TB (called Mtb)
COVID-19 lockdown caused 50 percent global reduction in human-linked Earth vibrations
has scourged humankind for millennia, we do not
This quiet period, likely caused by the total global
fully understand the complexities...
effect of social distancing measures, closure of services and industry,...
Study identifies spread of bee disease via flowers
Some ‘inert’ drug ingredients may be biologically active
ITHACA, N.Y. – One in 11 flowers carries disease-
Some supposedly inert ingredients in common drugs
causing parasites known to contribute to bee
— such as dyes and preservatives — may
declines, according to...
potentially be biologically...
Small-farm tech reduces deforestation, climate change
Silicon core fishbone waveguide extends frequency comb
IMAGE: Miombo woodlands near the Lower
IMAGE: Waveguide design, Zhang et al. doi
Zambezi National Park, Zambia. view more Credit: Johanne Pelletier ITHACA,...
10.1117/1.AP.2.4.046001 view more Credit: Zhang et al. Frequency...
Young dolphins pick their friends wisely
Do bicycles slow down cars on low speed, low traffic roads? Latest research says ‘no’
DURHAM , N.C. — Strategic networking is key to career success, and not just for humans. A new study of wild bottlenose...
The new article Evidence from Urban Roads without Bicycle Lanes on the Impact of Bicycle Traffic on Passenger Car Travel...
L-type calcium channel blockers may contribute to heart failure, study finds
Tandem catalytic system efficiently converts carbon dioxide to methanol
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — L-type calcium channel
IMAGE: Boston College researchers used three
blockers (LCCBs) — the most widely used drugs for
different catalysts in one system to transform, in
treating hypertension...
three steps, the greenhouse...
US military improved mortality since World War II, but there have been alarming exceptions
Fasting diet could boost breast cancer therapy
“This shows us the big picture of combat casualty
clinical trials, researchers at USC and the IFOM
outcomes from the beginning of World War II through the modern era,...
Cancer Institute in Milan...
Science sweetens stingless bee species honey health claims
Scientists discover how immune cells mobilize to fight infection
University of Queensland organic chemist Associate
The study, led by scientists at the University of York,
Professor Mary Fletcher said Indigenous peoples
reveals how B-cells — crucial agents of the immune
In studies on mice and in two small breast cancer
had long known that native...
response...
Ibuprofen does not hinder bone fracture healing in children
Atomic force microscopy reveals nanoscale dental erosion from beverages
The study examined 95 skeletally immature children
Enamel is the hard-white substance that forms the
with fractures. Forty-six patients in the control group
outer part of a tooth. It is the hardest substance in
received acetaminophen...
the human body, even...
Neanderthals may have had a lower threshold for pain
Vikings had smallpox and may have helped spread the world’s deadliest virus
As several Neanderthal genomes of high quality are now available researchers can identify genetic
Smallpox spread from person to person via infectious droplets, killed around a third of sufferers
changes that were present...
and left another third...
A new approach to aiding black male trauma survivors
NASA finds strength in new Gulf Tropical Depression 8
IMAGE: A new study by researchers at the
IMAGE: On July 23 at 4:05 a.m. EDT (0805 UTC),
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) and Drexel University...
the MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite gathered temperature...
Preventing the next pandemic
FSU biologists shed light on how cells move resources
Thus far, COVID-19 has cost at least $2.6 trillion and may cost ten times this amount. It is the largest global pandemic...
IMAGE: The structure of the clathrin cage that forms around a vesicle, a fluid-filled package that moves materials...
Frequent social media use influences depressive symptoms over time among LGBTQ youth
Study finds decline in emergent hospitalizations during early phase of COVID-19
PULLMAN, Wash. – Frequent social media use can
Boston – Early reports have shown the COVID-19
impact depressive symptoms over time for LGBTQ
pandemic has resulted in a decline in patients
youth, according to research...
seeking outpatient medical...
NASA examines Tropical Storm Gonzalo’s structural changes
Different from a computer: Why the brain never processes the same input in the same way
IMAGE: NASA’s Aqua satellite provided a visible image to forecasters of Tropical Storm Gonzalo in the central...
IMAGE: How strongly the cortex is excitable by a stimulus (lightning symbol) is not left to chance. Rather, the change...
Coronavirus cure: What progress are we making on treatments?
Cutting screen time lowers risk of death, study finds
Trials around the world are attempting to identify treatments for people with severe Covid-19. The first
Restricting television viewing to two hours a day could prevent or delay poor health, according to a
drugs that do make...
new study. Health risks...
Coronavirus: Ministers urged to end face coverings ‘confusion’
Coronavirus: Walk-in centres ‘to help cope with winter’
The government has been accused of mixed
A network of coronavirus-testing walk-in centres is
messaging over where people will have to wear face coverings when new rules come...
to be set up across England in an attempt to persuade more people to...
UK Government copies Trump attacking journalists on Twitter The UK Government has today been accused of
NHS Test and Trace is failing to reach even HALF of people at risk of having Covid-19 in some areas
‘taking a leaf out of Donald Trump‘s playbook’ after
NHS Test and Trace is still failing to track down up to
using...
half of Covid-19 patients’ contacts in areas most at risk of...
Covid-19 cases in Britain are still plateauing, data shows Covid-19 cases in Britain are barely dropping with
People with psychopathic or narcissistic traits are less likely to follow face mask rules
almost 2,000 people still becoming infected each
People with psychopathic and narcissistic
day, experts say. King’s...
personality traits are more likely to ignore coronavirus restrictions and to hoard...
Coronavirus testing in England is getting SLOWER, official data shows
A coronavirus vaccine will NOT be available this year, World Health Organization warns
Waiting times for coronavirus swab test results have
Hopes for a coronavirus vaccine before Christmas
surged in the past week and now one in three people at drive-through...
have been dashed by a World Health Organization expert. Mike Ryan, head...
Ultra-small, parasitic bacteria found in groundwater, moose — and you
Markerless motion capture technology could help skeleton athletes’ training
The organisms are members of the TM7, or
Skeleton is a winter sport where athletes rapidly
Sacchraribacteria, phylum. These are ultra-small,
accelerate on ice whilst pushing a sled before
parasitic bacteria with small...
launching forwards on to...
Cancer metabolic pathway identified as target for therapy
Portable blood ammonia detector
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara may have added
Veltman and colleagues Natalia Gomez-Ospina and Chun Tsai have published...
to that arsenal by helping to identify a cellular
In the August issue of ACS Sensors, Chu, Kanan,
mechanism that, if inhibited,...
Smile: Atomic imaging finds root of tooth decay
Twitter data reveals global communication network
The team’s paper, “Chemical Gradients in Human
While previous investigations have identified
Enamel Crystallites,” published July 1 in Nature. Cornell’s...
patterns using other data, such as mobile phone usage and Facebook friend connections,...
Brain network mechanism causing spatial memory impairment revealed
Evidence of ‘hormone disruptor’ chemical threats grows
Published today in Neuron, the study titled,
Led by NYU Grossman School of Medicine, a team
“Disrupted place cell remapping and impaired grid
of environmental health experts analyzed research
cells in a knockin model...
published in the past five...
What happens in Vegas, may come from the Arctic?
Novel ‘on-off’ switch discovered in plant defenses
IMAGE: Lake Mead and its infamous bathtub ring is pictured on April 11, 2019. view more Credit: Josh
IMAGE: A new report describes the discovery of an “on-off ” switch used in plant defenses. view...
Hawkins/UNLV...
Expanded access to treatment in prisons can reduce overdose deaths by 31.6%, study finds
The most important task for a PTSD service dog for veterans is disrupting anxiety
IMAGE: This figure compares cumulative overdose
IMAGE: Maggie O’Haire, associate professor of
deaths among those with prior incarceration
human-animal interaction view more Credit: Purdue
between 2017 and 2024 when...
University Science...
Sweet coolers a gateway to increased alcohol consumption
Wireless, optical cochlear implant uses LED lights to restore hearing in rodents
IMAGE: Sweet coolers gateway to increased alcohol
Scientists have created an optical cochlear implant
consumption, U of G prof says view more Credit: (University...
based on LED lights that can safely and partially restore the sensation...
Older adults feel stressed, yet resilient in the time of COVID-19
Genetic testing for heart diseases may help patients and families identify risks
America’s oldest citizens say they’ve been through
DALLAS, July 23, 2020 — Genetic testing and
worse, but many older adults are feeling the stress
counseling for inherited cardiovascular diseases
of COVID-19...
may help patients and...
Exercise PILL hopes after liver protein worked in mice brains
Coronavirus: At-home tests work as well as those in clinics
Maybe you won’t need the gym when they finally reopen! An ‘exercise PILL’ could be on the horizon
At-home coronavirus tests work just as well as those given at clinics: Study finds self-swab kits are 80%
after...
accurate as experts...
Protein drug ‘reversed’ the deadly inflammatory cytokine storm in COVID-19 patients
MIT scientists design a $15 reusable SILICONE face mask
Could THIS stop coronavirus in its tracks? Protein
(MIT) have designed a reusable face mask that can be sterilized and worn...
drug boosts infection-fighting white blood cells by
Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
two-fold and may ‘reverse’...
Airborne coronavirus CAN infect people, study suggests
Blood test can detect five types of cancer FOUR YEARS before symptoms appear
Coronavirus can spread in airborne particles, drifting
Blood test can detect five types of cancer FOUR
around rooms to infect people, new research
YEARS before symptoms appear — including
suggests. Whether coronavirus...
tumours in the lungs and liver PanSeer...
Physical stress on the job linked with brain and memory decline in older age
Putting the spring-cam back into stroke patients steps
Aga Burzynska, an assistant professor in the
Stroke patients often suffer from motor paralysis as
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, and her research team connected...
a result of damage to the brain, significantly affecting their walking....
Sharks almost gone from many reefs
How neurons reshape inside body fat to boost its calorie-burning capacity
Professor Colin Simpfendorfer from James Cook University in Australia was one of the scientists who took part in the study,...
That signal is the hormone leptin, which is released by the fat cells themselves. In experiments with mice described on July...
Mapping the brain’s sensory gatekeeper Institute of MIT and Harvard has now mapped the
Brain builds and uses maps of social networks, physical space, in the same way
TRN in unprecedented detail,...
“When we’re learning to navigate the real world, we
A team of researchers from MIT and the Broad
don’t start off by seeing a whole map,” said...
New role for white blood cells in the developing brain
Health and happiness depend on each other
Like a highly fortified headquarters, our brain enjoys
New research published in the journal Psychological
special protection from what is circulating in the rest of our body...
Science shows that both online and in-person psychological interventions...
Giant, fruit-gulping pigeon eaten into extinction on Pacific islands
Health and happiness depend on each other, Psychological Science says
IMAGE: Tongoenas burleyi, right, likely featured the
Good health and a happy outlook on life may seem
brightly colored plumage of other canopy-dwelling
like equally worthy yet independent goals. A growing
pigeons on the...
body of research, however,...
Researchers simulate, assess damage to brain cells caused by bubbles during head trauma
Princeton scientists discover a topological magnet that exhibits exotic quantum effects
IMAGE: This illustration shows how head trauma
An international team led by researchers at
can create microbubbles in the skull that collapse
Princeton University has uncovered a new class of
and damage nearby...
magnet that exhibits novel...
IUDs successfully manage menstrual pain in adolescents with disabilities
Study of US mass shootings, firearms homicides suggests two-pronged policy approach
PHILADELPHIA — Studies have shown that intrauterine devices (IUDs) that release progestins can help adult women with...
Over the past 30 years, mass shootings have fueled calls for changes in gun ownership and concealed carry legislation, but...
Big wheel ruts, big economic losses IMAGE: Aerial photo of wheel-traffic compaction on early-season crop stands in western Minnesota. view more Credit:...
Mammal cells could struggle to fight space germs The immune systems of mammals – including humans – might struggle to detect and respond to germs from other planets,...
Shropshire baby deaths: Maternity review expanded
Coronavirus: The great contact-tracing apps mystery
The largest ever review of maternity care in the NHS
Germany and Ireland have both trumpeted their
has revealed it is now examining nearly 1,900 cases. An investigation...
success in rolling out contact-tracing apps. But is there any evidence that...
Coronavirus: Care home visits to resume in England
Trump concedes pandemic to ‘get worse before it gets better’
Care home residents in England can begin to be
Media captionTrump pivots on masks: ‘I’m getting
reunited with one of their loved ones, the
used to the mask’ President Donald Trump...
government has said, as it publishes...
Coronavirus: Bald men 40% more likely to end up in hospital
Coronavirus England: Family visitors allowed in care homes
Bald men are 40 per cent more likely to end up in hospital with the coronavirus, a study has claimed.
Care homes residents in England will be allowed family visits again for the first time since lockdown
Dermatologists uncovered...
started in March —...
Coronavirus UK: No proof ANY teacher infected by a pupil
Coronavirus: Care home residents 13 TIMES more likely to die
There is no proof Covid-19 has been transmitted
Care homes residents are 13 times more likely to
from a pupil to a teacher in school anywhere in the
die from coronavirus than elderly people in the
world, a scientist advising...
community, a study suggests. Canadian...
Hundreds of Americans in need of new hearts took themselves off waitlists amid coronavirus pandemic
Coronavirus Canada: Health chiefs recommend GLORY HOLES
Hundreds of Americans in need of new hearts took
Glory holes are being encouraged as a safer way to have sex by health chiefs in Canada amid the
themselves off transplant waitlists amid coronavirus
coronavirus pandemic. The...
fears as the number...
Coronavirus: Blood test shows if dexamethasone will help user
Coronavirus UK: 79 new fatalities in daily death toll
A simple blood test may reveal which coronavirus patients are most likely to benefit from
Another 79 people have died of Covid-19 in Britain as official figures released today reveal the daily
dexamethasone — the only drug...
number of victims...
Free trade can prevent hunger caused by climate change
Legal marijuana may be slowing reductions in teen marijuana use
Climate change has consequences for agriculture
The longitudinal study of more than 230 teens and
worldwide, with clear differences between regions. Expectations are that...
young adults finds that teens may be more likely to use marijuana following...
Gum disease may raise risk of some cancers
Biggest risk factors identified to try and prevent Alzheimer’s disease
US researchers found that a history of periodontal
Focusing on these factors, which include cognitive
disease appeared to be associated with a raised risk
activity, high body mass index in late life,
of esophageal (gullet)...
depression, diabetes, and...
High school athletes require longer recovery following concussions
Cinnamon may improve blood sugar control in people with prediabetes
The study’s results were published ahead of the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s recent
It is estimated that nearly 90 million people in the United States have prediabetes, which occurs when
announcement...
blood sugar levels...
Artificial cells produce parts of viruses for safe studies
New study finds access to food stamps reduces visits to the physicians
The cells are micrometer-sized compartments
In a new study, University of Colorado Denver
etched into a silicon chip. At the bottom of each compartment, the scientists...
researchers found when people have access to the food stamp program, they are...
2,000 years of storms in the Caribbean IMAGE: Aerial photograph of the Blue Hole, a flooded karst sinkhole on Lighthouse Reef, Belize,
Narcissists don’t learn from their mistakes because they don’t think they make any
where the research...
IMAGE: Researcher Satoris (Tori) Howes at Oregon State University – Cascades with the OSU College of Business. ...
Concussions associated with cognitive, behavioral, and emotional consequences for students
City of Hope scientists leverage interference between signaling pathways for cancer treatment
Concussions can have a compounding effect on
IMAGE: Markus Müschen, M.D., Ph.D., chair of City
children, leading to long-term cognitive, behavioral, and emotional health consequences,...
of Hope’s Department of Systems Biology and The Norman and...
Research explores the link between wages, school and cognitive ability in South Africa
New UBC study reveals older adults coped with pandemic best
Studies through the decades have linked higher
compared to younger adults (18-39) and middle-
wages to education, with the greatest returns in developing countries. However,...
aged adults (40-59) amid...
Loyola researchers identify common characteristics of rare pediatric brain tumors
Coronavirus UK: ‘SAGE and COBRA no longer control decisions’
MAYWOOD, IL–Vestibular schwannomas, more
scientific advisory panel SAGE has been
commonly known as acoustic neuromas, are benign
downgraded and the secretive Joint...
Adults aged 60 and up have fared better emotionally
Matt Hancock today confirmed Number 10’s
brain tumors that develop...
Coronavirus UK: Sticking to the rules could prevent lockdown
Trump admits coronavirus ‘will get worse before it gets better’ at comeback briefing
Almost all scientists agree the infection is bound to re-emerge in a second wave in the absence of a
President Donald Trump conceded Tuesday that the worst of COVID-19 is yet to come as he held his first
vaccine or cure for...
White House coronavirus...
Covid vaccine could be rolled out for vulnerable Britons before it is approved by regulators
Face shields worn by hairdressers DON’T protect against Covid-19, health officials say
A Covid-19 vaccine could be rolled out for vulnerable Brits before it gets approved by medical
Face shields worn by hairdressers are not protective against Covid-19 and are not a safe alternative to
regulators, according to the...
masks, health chiefs...
Has the handshake gone forever? Public health experts say traditional greeting may never return
Common blood test identifies benefits and risks of steroid treatment in COVID19 patients
Almost all scientists agree the infection is bound to re-emerge in a second wave in the absence of a
July 22, 2020–(BRONX, NY)– A new study led by Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore
vaccine or cure for...
Health System...
Plastics found in sea-bed sharks IMAGE: Microplastics have been found in the guts of
New study: Brain tumors may be seeded from distant site
sharks that live near the seabed off the UK coast.
WASHINGTON – (July 22, 2020) – A mouse model
view...
of glioblastoma, an aggressive type of cancer that can occur in...
Early menstruation linked to increased menopause symptoms
Neutralizing antibodies isolated from COVID-19 patients may suppress virus
Early menstruation increases the likelihood of hot
IMAGE: Cryo-EM reconstructions show how two
flushes and nights sweats decades later at
different antibodies (blue) bind to the spike protein of
menopause, according to a University...
the SARS-CoV-2...
Patients who lived longer with cancer at greater risk of severe COVID-19 infection
Even if you want to, you can’t ignore how people look or sound
Cancer patients diagnosed more than 24 months ago are more likely to have a severe COVID-19
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Your perceptions of someone you just met are influenced in part by what they look
infection, research has found....
like and how they...
Dragonflies reveal mercury pollution levels across US national parks
Shrewsbury and Telford maternity review expanded
IMAGE: Before turning into adults, dragonfly larvae
The largest ever review of maternity care in the NHS
can be collected easily by citizen scientists and used as “biosentinels...
has revealed it is now examining nearly 1,900 cases. The investigation...
Senior Bradford nurse survives 40-day coronavirus coma
Coronavirus: NHS nurses told ‘lives would be made hell’
Media captionAyesha Orlanda had been in intensive
Hospital nurses were told their “lives would be made
care for 41 days after being admitted in May. A
hell” if they complained over conditions on a
senior nurse...
coronavirus...
Coronavirus: ‘Infection here for many years to come’
Coronavirus US: Black and Hispanic patients’ lung damage worse
The UK will be living with coronavirus for many years to come and even a vaccine is unlikely to
Black and Hispanic coronavirus patients had lung damage that was 1.5 times worse than the
eliminate it for good, experts...
infection’s attacks on white...
Coronavirus US: Case count 6-24 TIMES the reported number
Coronavirus: AstraZeneca offers vaccines to US at no profit
As many as one-quarter of Americans may have
AstraZeneca and Johnson Johnson promised to
contracted the novel coronavirus since the start of
offer their coronavirus vaccines to the US at cost
the pandemic, a new study...
during testimony before a...
Man nearly died when heart surgery delayed due to coronavirus A grandfather was a ‘ticking time bomb’ after he had
German scientists are hosting a 4,000person indoor concert to study how coronavirus spreads
to delay his heart surgery due to the coronavirus
German scientists to host a 4,000-person indoor
pandemic...
concert to study how coronavirus spreads by tracking the movements of fans...
Blackburn overtakes Leicester as UK’s coronavirus hotspot
Lab-made virus mimics COVID-19 virus
Blackburn has overtaken Leicester to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in England, data
University School of Medicine in St. Louis have
To help remedy that, researchers at Washington developed a hybrid virus that...
today revealed. Figures...
While birds chirp, plasma shouldn’t: New insight could advance fusion energy
Instantaneous color holography system for sensing fluorescence and white light
IMAGE: PPPL physicist Roscoe White and
IMAGE: Overview of the proposed instantaneous
colleagues have furthered understanding of a barrier
color-multiplexed holographic sensing technique
that can prevent doughnut-shaped...
with a computational...
Keeping pinto beans away from the dark side IMAGE: A new variety of slow-darkening pinto beans
Solar-driven membrane distillation technology that can double drinking water production
shows benefits for the entire value chain. view more
IMAGE: This is Dr. Kyung-guen Song at the Water
Credit:...
Cycle Research Center at KIST. view more Credit: Korea Institue...
Study suggests increased risks for COVID-19 patients who smoke, vape
Invention offers new option for monitoring heart health
IMAGE: A study led by TTUHSC’s Luca Cucullo,
IMAGE: A team from Purdue University developed
Ph.D., looked at the effect smoking and vaping may
self-powered wearable triboelectric nanogenerators
have on the cerebrovascular...
with polyvinyl alcohol-based...
Racial and LGBT bias persists in ridesharing drivers despite mitigation efforts
Junk DNA might be really, really useful for biocomputing
IMAGE: Despite efforts by ridesharing companies to
Dr. Herbert asks what if our genome was far smarter than everyone previously believed? What if in the
eliminate or reduce discrimination, research from the
many DNA repeat elements...
Indiana University...
How to transform your life in 24 hours by discovering the perfect time for everything
Up to 3,500 cancer patients in England will die early due to coronavirus, study claims
Does your morning routine involve reaching for the
Cancer treatment delays caused by the Covid-19
snooze button before getting up, jumping into the
pandemic could cause up to 10,000 more avoidable
shower, then grabbing...
deaths over the next five...
Has working from home given us all back ache?
Coronavirus US: Trump resuming briefings due to viewing figures
During lockdown millions of us were suddenly forced to work from home for long hours every day for
Donald Trump touted Monday that he will resume the ‘very successful’ briefings on the pandemic after
months at a time: smiling...
his frequent...
Chris Whitty defends coronavirus lockdown lag in bad-tempered interview
Coronavirus: Scottish victims older than average life expectancy
The Government’s scientific advisers today butted
The average age patients die from coronavirus in
heads about whether the UK was too slow to enforce lockdown. In an...
Scotland is older than the age at which people pass away normally, stark...
Coronavirus UK: 110 new fatalities in daily death toll
Coronavirus: The survivors donating antibodies to find a cure
Britain today announced 110 more coronavirus
With only one drug so far proven to save the lives of
deaths as the number of victims continues to tumble
Covid-19 patients, doctors are desperate to find
— but cases are still...
more treatments to...
Range of commercial infant foods has grown markedly in past seven years, UK study finds
SARS-CoV-2 is not transmitted by mosquitoes, study shows
Although fewer foods are now being marketed to
Stephen Higgs, associate vice president for research and director of the university’s Biosecurity
infants aged four months, there are far more snack
Research Institute,...
foods for babies being...
Benefits of routine childhood vaccines far outweigh risks of additional COVID-19 transmission in Africa, study suggests
UK’s vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 is safe and induces an immune reaction, according to preliminary results
For every additional COVID-19 death that might be
The early stage trial finds that the vaccine is safe,
associated with additional exposure to the virus
causes few side effects, and induces strong immune
during routine clinic...
responses in both...
Chinese phase 2 trial finds COVID-19 vaccine is safe and induces an immune response
Droplet biosensing method opens the door for faster identification of COVID-19
The randomised trial sought to evaluate the safety
coronavirus testing, Cheng and Zhou have found.
and immunogenicity of the vaccine candidate and
Current COVID-19 verification...
There’s significant room to improve the pace of
follows a phase 1 trial...
Lego builds anaesthesia skills according to new study
Autopsies reveal surprising cardiac changes in COVID-19 patients
Scientists from the University of Nottingham’s
“We identified key gross and microscopic changes
School of Psychology and School of Medicine
that challenge the notion that typical myocarditis is
developed a task where people...
present in severe...
Freeze-framing the shape-shifting SARSCoV-2 spike protein
Shortening of average serial interval over time indicates isolation effectively limits COVID-19 transmission
IMAGE: The two alternate shapes of the SARS-CoV2 spike protein, before and after fusion of the viral and cell membranes. ...
A new analysis of SARS-CoV-2 transmission data in China shows that faster identification and isolation of infected, symptomatic...
Scientists present pre- and postfusion cryo-em structures of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
Anti-Asian hate crime during the COVID19 pandemic
Scientists report two new cryo-EM structures
Under the Hate Crime Statistic Act, hate crimes are defined as “crimes that manifest evidence of
representing the pre- and postfusion conformations
prejudice based...
of the full-length SARS-CoV-2...
Spider monkey groups as collective computers The wild spider monkeys living in a protected area near Punta Laguna, Mexico, collectively figure out good ways to divide...
Russian scientists identified energy storage mechanism of sodium-ion battery anode Scientists from Skoltech and Moscow State University (MSU) identified the type of electrochemical reaction associated with...
No single sign or symptom is sufficient to rule in or rule out community-acquired pneumonia
Fusion protein holds promise for treating pulmonary arterial hypertension
IMAGE: Meta-analysis of 16 studies. Prospective
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an insidious disease. Symptoms may begin slowly, and
cohort of adolescents/adults with symptoms of
even before they appear, extensive...
respiratory infection...
Mother creates app for people caring for children with health conditions
Coronavirus: Above-inflation pay rise for almost 900,000 public sector workers
A mother has designed an app to help people caring for children with health conditions to make
Almost 900,000 public sector workers are to get an above-inflation pay rise, including doctors and
connections. Jessica Barker’s...
teachers. Chancellor Rishi...
Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust maternity review expanded
Coronavirus could lead to thousands more cancer deaths
The largest ever review of maternity care in the NHS
There could be more than 3,500 avoidable cancer
has revealed it is now examining nearly 1,900 cases. The investigation...
deaths in England in the next five years as a result of the coronavirus pandemic,...
Nutritionist reveals the EXACT healthy five-minute work lunch she swears by
Face masks DO help to protect the wearer, infectious disease experts claim
Nutritionist reveals the EXACT healthy five-minute
Research on how well various types of masks and
work lunch she swears by for staying full and
face coverings varies but, recently, and in light of the
replenishing her body Nutritionist...
pandemic of COVID-19,...
Coronavirus deaths drop to their lowest levels since BEFORE lockdown
Italy trials coronavirus swab that gives a result in 12 minutes and costs only £10
Department of Health: 45,312 Department of Health’s latest death count for all settings (as of
Italy is trialling a coronavirus swab test that costs £10 and can give results in as little as 15 minutes.
9am, July 20) stands...
Health chiefs...
Head doctor in Yemen spent 10 days in a coronavirus-induced coma after being misdiagnosed
Wuhan COVID-19 patient saved by double-lung transplant makes full recovery
The head doctor of an intensive care unit in Yemen
A coronavirus patient saved from the brink of death
spent 10 days in a coronavirus-induced coma after being misdiagnosed with...
by a double-lung transplant has made a full recovery from the deadly...
Oxford academic dismisses idea of deliberately infecting volunteers with Covid-19 to test vaccine
Coronavirus death rates ‘drop in the summer’
Professor Sarah Gilbert said it would not be safe for
winter grew today after scientists warned a lull in the
them to do a so-called ‘challenge trial’ of Oxford...
outbreak this...
City of Hope: Mechanism that may lead to metabolic memory/sustained diabetes complications
Genes, cardiovascular health each factor into dementia risk
IMAGE: City of Hope’s Rama Natarajan, Ph.D., the
cardiovascular health each contribute in an additive
National Business Products Industry Professor in
way to a person’s risk...
Fears of a second wave of Covid-19 in Britain this
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, USA — Genes and
Diabetes Research, ...
Florida harmful algal blooms produce multiple toxins detrimental to human health
Making comprehensive water resources modeling more accessible
IMAGE: Dr.James Metcalf at the Brain Chemistry
in the Community Water Model. view more Credit:
Labs, Jackson Hole, analyzing Florida
IIASA The...
IMAGE: Schematic figure of the processes included
cyanobacterial samples. ...
Mount Sinai researcher identifies single gene biomarker to differentiate between atopic dermatitis
Front-line physicians stressed and anxious at work and home
Mount Sinai researchers have pinpointed a single
emergency medicine physicians in seven cities
gene biomarker, nitride oxide synthase 2 (NOS2) that can distinguish atopic...
around the country experienced rising...
Popular seafood species in sharp decline around the world IMAGE: Octopus at a fish market in Indonesia. view
New study shows advantages of ellipsys system in creating reliable dialysis access
more Credit: Photo by Deng Palomares, Sea
San Juan Capistrano, Calif. – A new study shows
Around Us. Fish...
significant benefits of the Ellipsys® Vascular Access System in easily...
Which sun protection will keep you safe? The weather may be unpredictable but, with skin cancer rates in the UK soaring 45 per cent in the
Rate of very premature births falls by as much as 90% during coronavirus lockdowns
past decade, sunscreen...
Hospital emergency rooms, hallways and even
Amid the COVID-19 chaos in many hospitals,
children’s hospitals around the world flooded with coronavirus patients...
Is it time to BAN electric shock therapy?
Could sound waves lower cholesterol?
Like a ‘zombie’ is how Gillian describes her state following electroconvulsive therapy for severe
A one-off, painless blast of ultrasound may be a new way to lower cholesterol and high blood pressure
depression. She...
and cut the risk of...
Hospital porter who inspired two billion to show they care is the Mail’s latest Health Hero nominee
The high-tech specs that claim to beat dry eyes and insomnia
The Daily Mail’s 2020 Health Hero Awards, launched in partnership with eBay and NHS
that ‘blue light’ — the type emitted by smartphones...
As a lifelong insomniac, it’s been drummed into me
Charities Together, are your chance...
Red rash-like splotches in the MOUTH may be a new symptom of coronavirus, study suggests
Not brushing your teeth increases chance of developing mouth and stomach cancer
Red rash-like splotches in the MOUTH may be a new symptom of coronavirus, Spanish study
developing mouth and stomach cancer, 20 year study finds Gum disease sufferers...
Not brushing your teeth increases chance of
suggests Researchers examined 21...
Why governments have the right to require masks in public
Traditional PTSD therapy doesn’t trigger drug relapse
In a paper published today (July 16, 2020) in the
Johns Hopkins researchers have now demonstrated
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, the professors say mask requirements...
that behavior therapy that exposes people to memories of their trauma doesn’t...
Specialized cellular compartments discovered in bacteria
What silicone wristbands say about chemical exposure in Uruguayan children
The study, published in Proceedings of the National
Researchers studying chemical exposures among
Academy of Sciences, is the first to show that E. coli
children in Uruguay turned to an unlikely data
uses similar strategies...
collection device as part of...
MRI scans of the brains of 130 mammals, including humans, indicate equal connectivity
New model connects respiratory droplet physics with spread of Covid-19
“We discovered that brain connectivity — namely the
understand the role that droplet clouds play in the
efficiency of information transfer through the neural
spread of respiratory viruses....
The team developed this new model to better
network...
3D hand-sensing wristband signals future of wearable tech
Insight into toddlers’ awareness of their own uncertainty
ITHACA, N.Y. – In a potential breakthrough in
Toddlers may not be able to describe their feelings
wearable sensing technology, researchers from
of uncertainty, but a new study from the Center for
Cornell University and...
Mind and Brain at...
Label-free imaging helps predict reproductive outcomes
Media tip sheet: Going high-tech in ecology
IMAGE: Phase imaging with computational specificity applies artificial intelligence to label-free
As the world enters the digital age, ecologists are finding themselves equipped with the tools needed
spatial light interference...
to answer longstanding...
Racial discrimination may adversely impact cognition in African Americans
OSU researchers part of international effort to save critically endangered seabird
(Boston)–Experiences of racism are associated with lower subjective cognitive function (SCF) among African-American...
IMAGE: Chinese crested tern. view more Credit: Dan Roby, OSU CORVALLIS, Ore. – The global population...
Spinal stimulators repurposed to restore touch in lost limb
Everything you ever wanted to know about leech sex but were afraid to ask
PITTSBURGH, July 21, 2020 – Imagine tying your
IMAGE: Green horse leeches (Haemopis
shoes or taking a sip of coffee or cracking an egg
marmorata) were used for the gonad dissections.
but without any feeling...
view more Credit: Karen...
Coronavirus: Local lockdown in Blackburn ‘a last resort’
Coronavirus: Protein treatment trial ‘a breakthrough’
A local lockdown in Blackburn with Darwen is “the
The preliminary results of a clinical trial suggest a
very last resort” in tackling the area’s rise in
new treatment for Covid-19 reduces the number of
coronavirus...
patients needing intensive...
Coronavirus vaccine: UK government signs deals for 90 million doses
Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine triggers immune response
The UK government has signed deals for 90 million doses of promising coronavirus vaccines that are
A coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford appears safe and triggers an immune
being developed. The vaccines...
response. Trials involving...
Coronavirus: School reopenings WILL trigger outbreaks
Laid off US workers get 60 more days to decide health insurance
School reopenings WILL trigger coronavirus
Americans laid off during the pandemic can now wait
outbreaks, study suggests: Korean CDC finds
an extra two months to sign up for COBRA health
middle and high school-age children...
insurance without losing...
Scientists discover ‘master circuit’ that controls how cells age California scientists are paving the way to extending
More than 90% of coronavirus patients DO develop antibodies to the virus, study finds
human life span after discovering the cellular
More than 90% of coronavirus patients DO develop
command center for aging,...
antibodies to the virus that last for at least three months, study finds Researchers...
Government’s test and trace programme broke data protection law, rights group says
Coronavirus ‘breakthrough’ as inhaled drug treatment slashes ICU admissions by 79%
Government admits its test and trace programme
Scientists believe they have found an inhaler
broke data protection law as privacy campaigners call the scheme ‘reckless’...
(pictured) that blocks coronavirus from progressing in the lungs An...
Coronavirus UK: 11 new fatalities in daily death toll
Antibody tests are back on the market in Superdrug
Britain’s coronavirus outbreak may be growing as
Britons can now buy coronavirus antibody tests on
figures today revealed the average number of daily
the high street to find out if they have had Covid-19
cases has risen...
in the past. Superdrug...
Scientists supercharge shellfish to tackle vitamin deficiency in humans
Scientists trace and identify origin of smallpox vaccine strains used in Civil War
Over two billion people worldwide are nutrient deficient, leading to a wide range of serious health problems. Fortifying...
Smallpox was one of the most devastating viral diseases ever to strike humankind, killing about three out of every 10 people...
Music on the brain “Music is ubiquitous and indispensable in our daily lives. Music can reward us, comfort us and satisfy us emotionally,”...
‘Love hormone’ oxytocin could be used to treat cognitive disorders like Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disorder in which the nerve cells (neurons) in a person’s brain and the...
Immunotherapy safe for patients with COVID-19, cancer
The hair-raising reason for goosebumps
This data is being presented by Layne Weatherford, PhD, UC postdoctoral fellow, at the American
discovered the reason: the cell types that cause goosebumps are also important...
In a new study, Harvard University scientists have
Association for Cancer Research...
New diagnostic test for heart failure patients could also help COVID-19 patients
COVID-19 replicating RNA vaccine has robust response in nonhuman primates
The researchers examined circulating angiotensin
administration through injection into a muscle. The level of antibodies generated...
peptide levels in the blood of 110 people who were
The effects occurred within two weeks after
experiencing heart failure...
Argonne’s pivotal research discovers practices, technologies key to sustainable farming
A mechanical way to stimulate neurons
Argonne researchers quantify how to reduce
respond to mechanical...
In addition to responding to electrical and chemical stimuli, many of the body’s neural cells can also
emissions by farms changing their practices and adopting novel technologies. Currently,...
Cyber expert on ‘insider threat’ attacks Dr Duncan Hodges, Senior Lecturer in Cyberspace
Powerful human-like hands create safer human-robotics interactions
Operations, Cranfield University, is actively
IMAGE: The novel humanoid hand design is a soft-
researching insider threats...
hard hybrid flexible gripper that can generate larger grasping force...
Legal marijuana may be slowing reductions in teen marijuana use, study says
Advancing knowledge on archaea
The legalization of marijuana for Washington state adults may be thwarting a steady downward trend in
specialized conditions....
IMAGE: Biologists found that the archaea Haloferax volcanii grows in a honeycomb-like fashion under
teen marijuana use,...
If it’s big enough and leafy enough the birds will come
Better wastewater treatment? It’s a wrap
Ithaca, NY–A new study from the Cornell Lab of
helps particles destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Ornithology highlights specific features of urban
and free-floating...
HOUSTON – (July 20, 2020) – A shield of graphene
green spaces that...
200,000 people could die because of delays in healthcare, report warns More than 200,000 people could die because of
Senior doctors urge Britons to wear face masks and stick to social distancing to prevent second wave
delays in healthcare and other economic and social
A second wave of coronavirus will cause more
effects all caused by lockdown,...
suffering than the first, according to Professor Carrie MacEwen, chair...
Call to action for stronger, better-funded federal nutrition research
Race is a risk factor for postoperative death in apparently healthy children
BOSTON (July 20, 2020, 8:00 a.m. EDT)–The
In a new study, published in Pediatrics, researchers
nation needs to strengthen and increase funding for federal nutrition research...
have shown that being African American was strongly associated with...
Mailed colorectal cancer screening kits may save costs while increasing screening rates
Nearly 60% of American children lack healthy cardiorespiratory fitness
New research indicates that mailing colorectal
children do not have healthy cardiorespiratory
cancer screening kits to Medicaid enrollees is a cost-effective way to boost...
fitness (CRF), a key...
Regular exercise helps prevent high blood pressure, even in areas of high air pollution
Shells and grapefruits inspire first manufactured non-cuttable material
DALLAS, July 20, 2020 — People who regularly
and grapefruits to create what they say is the first
exercise tend to have a lower risk of high blood pressure, even if they...
manufactured non-cuttable...
A plot twist in pharmaceuticals: Single nanoparticles could pave the way for medicines on demand
Geoengineering is just a partial solution to fight climate change
IMAGE: We can now ‘see’ the twist of a single
injecting sulfur dioxide into the upper atmosphere to
nanoparticle, floating freely in a liquid. view more Credit:...
create sulfuric acid...
Coronavirus: Wales ‘could have done’ to prepare for Covid-19 crisis
Second daily jump in Covid-19 cases in Scotland
Wales should have been better prepared when
More than 20 new cases of Covid-19 have been
coronavirus arrived in February, according to the
detected in Scotland for the second day in a row.
chair of the Senedd’s...
Saturday saw the biggest rise...
Coronavirus: Outbreak investigated at contact tracing centre
Coronavirus: ‘Almost half’ of Blackburn Covid-19 contacts not reached
Health officials are investigating an outbreak of coronavirus at an NHS test and trace call centre in
England’s contact tracers have only reached about 50% of people who have been in close contact with
North Lanarkshire....
someone with Covid-19...
Diagnosing acute aortic syndrome: New guideline for hard-to-diagnose condition
School-based vision screening programs found 1 in 10 kids had vision problems
A new guideline aimed at helping clinicians identify
A school-based vision screening program in
the difficult-to-diagnose acute aortic syndrome is published in CMAJ...
kindergarten, shown to be effective at identifying untreated vision problems in...
National poll: Some parents may not properly protect children from the sun
Concerns over police head injuries
DALLAS, July 20, 2020 — Nearly 60% of American
Engineers have taken their inspiration from shells
IMAGE: Potential geoengineering methods for
IMAGE: While the majority of parents recognize the
Head injuries may be worryingly common among police officers, according to a new pilot study led by
importance of sunscreen, they may not always use
the University of Exeter. In...
best practices...
Simple test helps to predict and prevent falls
Which way to the fridge? Common sense helps robots navigate
IMAGE: Designed by Staffordshire University Cartoon and Comic Arts student Josh Thomas who
PITTSBURGH–A robot travelling from point A to point B is more efficient if it understands that point A
won a competition to illustrate...
is the living...
Portable DNA device can detect tree pests in under two hours
New nano drug candidate kills aggressive breast cancer cells
IMAGE: UBC professor Richard Hamelin inspecting
IMAGE: Hassan Beyzavi, University of Arkansas.
a gypsy moth trap view more Credit: Paul H Joseph/UBC Asian...
view more Credit: University Relations, University of Arkansas Researchers...
Female surgeon scientists claim more than their share of research grants
Orderly arranged bead-chain ternary nanocomposites for supercapacitors
IMAGE: The Changing Face of Academic Surgery:
IMAGE: A schematic diagram of Cu2O-Mn3O4-NiO
Over-Representation of Females Amongst Surgeon-
ternary nanocomposites preparation process.
Scientists with R01 Funding. ...
Compared with the traditional...
N-doped carbon encapsulated transition metal catalysts to optimize performance of zinc-air batteries
The secret to renewable solar fuels is an off-and-on again relationship
In a report published in NANO, a team of
IMAGE: These scanning electron microscopy
researchers from Sichuan University of Science and
images show the copper catalyst structure at
Engineering, China have developed...
different stages. (a) The catalyst...
River plants counter both flooding and drought to protect biodiversity
Type 1 interferon deficiency: Biomarker of patients at risk of severe COVID
IMAGE: Inland waters are freshwater hotspots for biodiversity. Occupying just one percent of the
Approximately 5% of people with Covid-19 progress to a severe or critical form, including the
planet’s surface,...
development of severe pneumonia...
New insight into the origin of water on the earth
Pressure suppresses carrier trapping in 2D halide perovskite
Scientists have found the interstellar organic matter
IMAGE: Fluorescence micrographs during
could produce an abundant supply of water by
compression and the PL intensity and contribution of
heating, suggesting that...
the trapped states’...
Yorkshire Nightingale Hospital’s future unclear, says council
Brighton Royal Sussex hospital staff member injured in stabbing
The future of Harrogate’s Nightingale Hospital has
A member of staff at a hospital has been injured in a
yet to be decided despite a government pledge to
stabbing, which has resulted in the site being locked
keep it until 2021,...
down. The 56-year-old...
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson ‘does not want second national lockdown’
Coronavirus: Are mutations making it more infectious?
Boris Johnson has said he does not want to impose a second national lockdown in the event of another
The coronavirus that is now threatening the world is subtly different from the one that first emerged in
Covid-19 outbreak. Speaking...
China. Sars-Cov-2,...
Working from home, masks in shops and sport: DR ELLIE CANNON answers your questions on coronavirus
Increased psychological well-being after the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic
Is it safer to stay working from home, or should we be going back to work? The short answer is both are
Concern over the risk of infection and financial strain. More people will develop stress, irritability,
safe – but some...
anxiety and depression… Expectations...
Researchers realize nanoscale electrometry based on magnetic-fieldresistant spin sensor
Honeybees reveal environmental pollution in their surroundings
A team led by Prof. DU Jiangfeng, Prof. SHI Fazhan and Prof. WANG Ya from University of Science and
Cordoba view more Credit: University of Cordoba
IMAGE: Bees where the new tool was teste in Honeybee colonies...
Technology of China (USTC)...
Fast and flexible computation of optical diffraction IMAGE: (a) Sketch of the optical system. (b) CGH
New learning algorithm should significantly expand the possible applications of AI
displayed on the SLM for the generation of a 9×9 foci array. (c)...
IMAGE: TU Graz computer scientists Robert Legenstein and Wolfgang Maass (from left) are working on energy-efficient...
Where is the water during a drought? IMAGE: Dried out stream bed in Demnitz, Germany.
Mysterious mechanism of graphene oxide formation explained
view more Credit: Lukas Kleine In low precipitation
IMAGE: Natural graphite, used as the precursor for
periods...
graphene oxide production, is a highly ordered crystalline inorganic...
New technology speeds up organic data transfer Researches are pushing the boundaries of data
HEALTH NOTES: Trial for motor neurone drug and why cycling could risk men’s sex life
speed with a brand new type of organic LEDs. An
HEALTH NOTES: Trial for motor neurone drug and
international research team,...
why cycling could risk men’s sex life By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published:...
Fad dieting risks ruining your chance of being a mum, fertility experts warn Last month, a picture of my friend, journalist Emma
DR ELLIE CANNON: Not being able to see patients in person is good for them, me and the NHS
Woolf, appeared on my Twitter feed. It made my
It’s strange to think back to life before the pandemic
heart swell. Looking beamingly...
– just seven months ago a world with Covid-19 didn’t even...
BONNIE ESTRIDGE on life with Alzheimer’s: A new test for my illness… sniffing peanut butter!
You CAN have a good death in hospital, insists top surgeon
Have you heard of the peanut butter test for
If you’re anything like me, you probably spend a fair bit of time wondering where to go on holiday, where
Alzheimer’s? If you can’t smell it, it could be an
to have...
early-warning...
Mysteries of the senses: The boy who broke almost every bone in his body
Will every person over 50 get a flu jab on the NHS this winter?
Most young siblings spend their summer holidays
Every Briton over 50 could be offered a free flu jab
building dens together, or imaginary castles out of
this winter as Ministers ‘consider all options’ to
cardboard boxes. But...
avoid...
30,000 kidney dialysis patients to benefit from no-scar operation…thanks to micro magnets in veins
Widening cancer gene testing is cost effective and could prevent millions of cancer cases
Britain’s 30,000 kidney dialysis patients could soon
The most well-known breast and ovarian cancer
benefit from a new operation that allows them to
causing genes are BRCA1 and BRCA2. These gene
undergo the...
mutations cause around 10-20...
Opium linked with more deaths after bypass surgery
Principles to enhance research integrity and avoid ‘publish or perish’ in academia
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Canadian scientist Dr. David Moher led the team
estimates that in 2015, 17.7 million people used opiates (opium, heroin, and...
that developed the principles, which are referred to as the Hong Kong Principles,...
Mundane behavioral decisions, actions can be ‘misremembered’ as done
Predicting your personality from your smartphone data
Mundane behaviors that are repeated over time and
For most people around the world, smartphones
occur in the context of many other similar behaviors
have become an integral and indispensable
can lead people to...
component of their daily lives. The...
A chemical tailor-made suit for Alzheimer’s drugs
Clear strategies needed to reduce bushmeat hunting
IMAGE: Protein crystals of the human enzyme
IMAGE: Researchers studied a wildlife trading
glutaminyl cyclase and atomic structure of the new
network in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa, and compiled
inhibitor. view...
one of the...
Psychology: The most personal device
Turmeric could have antiviral properties
Everyone who uses a smartphone unavoidably
Curcumin, a natural compound found in the spice
generates masses of digital data that are accessible
turmeric, could help eliminate certain viruses,
to others, and these data...
research has found. A study...
Antarctica more widely impacted by humans than previously thought
CVIA has just published a new issue, Volume 4 Issue 4
IMAGE: A Weddel Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii), a large and abundant seal species, is seen sunbathing
Beijing, 10 July 2020: the journal Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (CVIA) has just
in Antarctica....
published a new issue, Volume...
Male sexual worries: What has changed in the post-Viagra age?
Prostate cancer: How can we decide when to treat?
IMAGE: Trends in reasons for visiting a the San
You have been diagnosed with prostate cancer and
Raffaele sexual health clinic. view more Credit: This diagram...
your doctor gives you the option of not being treated, but of remaining...
‘Thermographic scans gave my son false hope’
Fewer heart attacks seen by NHS amid coronavirus
When Sean Walsh was told his cancer had returned,
Hospital admissions for heart attacks dropped by a
he rejected conventional treatment. A well-known
third across England when coronavirus took off in
figure on Liverpool’s...
the UK and the nation...
New technology promises to revolutionize nanomedicine IMAGE: Principal investigator Maxim Nikitin in the laboratory. view more Credit: Image courtesy of
The Lancet Global Health: Benefits of routine childhood vaccines far outweigh risks of additional COVID-19 transmission in Africa, modelling study suggests
Maxim Nikitin Researchers...
The health benefits of maintaining routine childhood vaccination programmes in Africa during the COVID19 pandemic far outweigh...
Kidney transplant, the cost of accounting for patients’ preferences
Separating gamma-ray bursts: Students make critical breakthrough
VENICE – From the moment a kidney becomes
IMAGE: The figure indicates how similar different
available, there are just 24 hours to identify the recipient and carry out...
GRBs are to each other. Points which are closer together are more...
St Petersburg University scientists count all the tiny snails in the Arctic
Baleen whales have changed their distribution in the Western North Atlantic
IMAGE: 1 – Skenea trochoides (Skeneidae); 2 –
Researchers have been using passive acoustic
Anatoma crispata (Anatomidae); 3 – Moelleria
recordings of whale calls to track their movements.
costulata...
They have found that four...
Lifetime discrimination and greater risk of high blood pressure in African Americans
Paper: Mundane behavioral decisions, actions can be ‘misremembered’ as done
Experiences of discrimination over a lifetime is associated with high blood pressure in African
IMAGE: Mundane behaviors such as taking a daily medication can eventually create false memories of
American adults, according...
completing the task,...
Simple twist of DNA determines fate of placenta
Prediabetes linked to increased risk of heart disease and early death
The Yale team also identified the molecular regulator
The findings suggest that screening and proper
that acts upon this single strand to accelerate or stop placental development,...
management of prediabetes may help to prevent cardiovascular disease in otherwise...
Dietary Guidelines are not compatible with global health and environmental targets
Research underscores importance of global surveillance of plant pathogens
The results show that reforming national dietary
of corn. view more Credit: Mary Ortiz-Castro, Terra
guidelines to become both healthier and more sustainable could prevent deaths...
Hartman,...
Study shows how traumatic experiences can leave their mark on a person’s eyes
Radiology practices struggle to survive amid COVID-19
New research by Welsh academics shows that a
OAK BROOK, Ill. (July 17, 2020) – Private radiology
patient’s pupils can reveal if they have suffered a
practices have been especially hard hit by the
traumatic experience...
COVID-19 pandemic,...
Researchers create a roadmap to better multivalent batteries
K-State study first to show SARS-CoV-2 is not transmitted by mosquitoes
Lithium-ion batteries are recognized for their high energy density in everything from mobile phones to
IMAGE: A study at the Kansas State University Biosecurity Research Institute is the first to confirm
laptop computers and...
that SARS-CoV-2...
Synapse-saving proteins discovered, opening possibilities in Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia
Uplifting of Columbia River basalts opens window on how region was sculpted
IMAGE: Gek-Ming Sia, PhD, and colleagues in the
northeast Oregon, was formed by the Columbia River Flood Basalts some 15...
Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio
IMAGE: Current distribution of bacterial leaf streak
IMAGE: Joseph Canyon, 610 meters deep, in
discovered a new class...
Study reveals intricate details about Huntington’s disease protein
Coronavirus: ‘People shielding too scared to leave home’
IMAGE: Colored lines show the paths of crawling
A woman who is “allergic to everything” says people
fruit fly larvae. Larvae with a mutant form of the human huntingtin...
shielding in the pandemic are still scared to leave home. Natasha...
Sunken chest syndrome: NHS U-turn call for ‘depressed’ patients
Coronavirus: Rochdale introduces new Covid-19 measures
A woman who suffered years of mental health
Rochdale has brought in new measures to avoid a
issues because of sunken chest syndrome has
local lockdown, as the town’s director of public
called on the NHS to make the corrective...
health warned the...
Coronavirus: Cuts ‘took away’ councils’ crisis capacity
Where to buy a face mask in the UK: 15 in-stock face coverings
Local responses to coronavirus outbreaks could be threatened by a historic lack of investment in public
The government have announced face coverings and masks will be mandatory for people visiting
health, government...
shops and supermarkets in England...
Taking hormone replacement therapy to cope with the menopause ‘cuts risk of common infections’
It could take ‘a year or MORE’ to know if young people’s lasting covid symptoms are chronic
Taking hormone replacement therapy to cope with
Top US infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci
the menopause ‘cuts risk of common infections’ New evidence...
has warned that young coronavirus survivors with long-lasting symptoms...
Leaked White House document says 18 states are in covid ‘red zone’ A leaked White House document shows that 18
Half a million Covid testing kits from Randox recalled ‘after checks revealed they were not sterile’
states – including Texas, Florida and Arizona – are
Half a million Covid-19 testing kits from major
in the ‘red...
government supplier are recalled ‘after spot checks revealed they were...
Britain ‘could ALREADY have some herd immunity against the coronavirus’
Casinos, bowling alleys, ice-rinks and leisure centres can reopen in August
Britain could already have herd immunity against
Casinos, sports centres and casinos have been
Covid-19 because so many people have had similar
given the green light to reopen in August. Boris
illnesses in the past,...
Johnson today announced...
Coronavirus UK: Scientific advisers absent from briefing
Recognizing fake images using frequency analysis
So where were Sir Patrick Vallance and Chris
The team presented their work at the International
Whitty? No10 scientific advisers are notably absent
Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) on 15 July
as Boris Johnson gives latest...
2020, one of the leading...
Pre-brain surgery test protects language in some tumors
Blood iron levels could be key to slowing aging, gene study shows
Gliomas are a common brain tumor that require
The international study using genetic data from
extensive removal for patient survival. They often occur in regions involved...
more than a million people suggests that maintaining healthy levels of iron...
Rare mutation of TP53 gene leaves people at higher risk for multiple cancers Mutations in the TP53 gene are the most commonly
Expand school digital literacy lessons to cover health technologies used by young people
acquired mutations in cancer. The p53 protein,
The researchers, based at the universities of Bath,
made by the TP53 gene, normally...
Salford and University of New South Wales (Australia) say their findings...
Widely used blood test could advance heart failure treatment
Beautyberry leaf extract restores drug’s power to fight ‘superbug’
Heart failure occurs when the heart cannot keep up
The American Chemical Society’s Infectious
with its workload, causing symptoms such as
Diseases published the finding, led by scientists at
shortness of breath, fatigue,...
Emory University and...
Potential treatment for rare degenerative disease
Pesticides speed the spread of deadly waterborne pathogens
Wolfram Syndrome — a progressive degenerative
IMAGE: A man waters his crops near Lampsar, a
disease that affects about one in 500,000 people
community about 12 miles from the city of Saint
worldwide — is...
Louis in the lower Senegal...
Atomtronic device could probe boundary between quantum, everyday worlds
Cannabis shows potential for mitigating sickle cell disease pain
IMAGE: A schematic of an atomtronic SQUID shows
Irvine, Calif. – Cannabis appears to be a safe and
semicircular traps that separate clouds of atoms, which quantum mechanically...
potentially effective treatment for the chronic pain that afflicts...
Coordinated exit strategies crucial to avoid virus second-wave in Europe
COVID-19: Viral shutdown of protein synthesis
Research by the University of Southampton shows
Researchers from Munich and Ulm have determined
European countries need to work together when
how the pandemic coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 inhibits
lifting lockdown measures,...
the synthesis of proteins...
Perspective: T cell responses to COVID19 are a crucial target for research While early research on the adaptive immune
Close-up of SARS-CoV-2 protein shows how it interferes with host anti-viral immunity
response to COVID-19 primarily looked at
A detailed study of a SARS-Cov-2 protein, Nsp1,
antibodies, more information is now...
with a central role in weakening the host anti-viral immune response shows...
Coordination helps avoid continental COVID-19 resurgence, European modeling study shows
Coronavirus UK: Urgent review into way PHE counts deaths
Coordinated lockdown strategies among countries is
Health England to review the way it counts
key to preventing resurgent COVID-19 outbreaks in
deaths because of a ‘statistical...
Health Secretary Matt Hancock today ordered Public
continental Europe,...
UK’s outbreak is still shrinking by up to 5% a day as SAGE admits R rate could still be above one
England’s Covid-19 outbreak is FLAT, data shows
The coronavirus R rate has crept above one again in
in size and 1,700 people are still catching the illness
London and is still above the dreaded number in the South West — but...
every day,...
Britain records 17 more coronavirus deaths in preliminary toll
SAGE told Boris Johnson ‘pre-Covid normality’ impossible
Britain today recorded 114 more coronavirus victims
SAGE scientists told the Government a month ago it
with the rolling average number of deaths now 10
would not be possible to return to a ‘pre-Covid
per cent higher than...
normality’...
Coronavirus UK: ‘Work from home’ advice to end in August
Countries with male leaders have had 4.3 TIMES more Covid-19 deaths
Boris Johnson’s timetable for getting life in the UK back to normal Today: Rules on using public
Countries with female leaders have fared significantly better during the coronavirus pandemic
transport will...
than nations led by men, research...
Coronavirus: T cells ‘could last years’, boosting immunity hopes
Exercise in a first-year writing course increases retention at broad-access universities
Hopes that Covid-19 survivors have long-lasting immunity is growing as scientists now believe crucial disease-fighting stay...
The coronavirus outbreak in England isn’t changing
Now, with COVID-19, colleges and universities are struggling economically and yet they must find ways to support students’...
Identifying sources of deadly air pollution in the United States The research, to be published Wednesday in the
Precision trial highlights need for new approach to treating genomically complex cancers
journal Environmental Science and Technology Letters, finds that air pollution...
Published in Nature, the National Lung Matrix Trial (NLMT) is the world’s largest precision medicine clinical trial...
Will telehealth services become the norm following COVID-19 pandemic?
Type 1 interferon deficiency: Biomarker of patients at risk of severe COVID-19
In an article published in JAMA Oncology, Trevor
Approximately 5% of people with Covid-19 progress
Royce, MD, MS, MPH, an assistant professor of radiation oncology at the...
to a severe or critical form, including the development of severe pneumonia...
Reduction in commercial flights due to COVID-19 leading to less accurate weather forecasts
Breakthrough blood test detects positive COVID-19 result in 20 minutes
A new study in AGU’s journal Geophysical Research
effort to limit the community spread of COVID-19
Letters finds the world lost 50-75% of its aircraft weather observations...
through robust contact tracing,...
A call to arms: Enlisting private land owners in conservation
UNH scientists find faster way to count animal sperm using DNA
IMAGE: People recreating in Yellowstone National
DURHAM, N.H.– Researchers at the University of
Park, the world’s first protected area. Protected
New Hampshire have identified a quicker and less
areas like...
expensive way to count...
Does having Alzheimer’s disease and dementia affect severity of delirium?
Decadal predictability of North Atlantic blocking and the NAO
Forms of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, gradually affect your cognitive function by harming
Climate in different parts of the world is undergoing a warming trend, but also significant interdecadal
your memory and...
variations that...
Supplements with potential to prevent Alzheimer’s affect blood, but less so the brain
MU advances chemotherapy-free treatment for cancer in animals and humans
In a discovery that could advance the worldwide
IMAGE: ApoE4 reduces n-3 PUFA brain delivery
IMAGE: Jeffrey Bryan is a professor in the MU
view more Credit: USC For years, a scientific
College of Veterinary Medicine. view more Credit:
puzzle has bedeviled...
MU College...
Researchers discover hybrid fungus involved in lung infections
Isoflavones in soybean help protect pigs against viral infections
IMAGE: The species is more drug-resistant than its
IMAGE: Brooke Smith and Ryan Dilger, University of
two parents and highly dangerous for patients with
Illinois. view more Credit: College of ACES,
respiratory diseases...
University...
Climate change: Summers could become ‘too hot for humans’
Coronavirus: ‘Deep concerns’ over brain injury rehabilitation
Millions of people around the world could be
Coronavirus: Care providers ‘will go to the wall’
exposed to dangerous levels of heat stress – a dangerous condition which...
without more funding
Coronavirus: £3bn for NHS to prepare for possible second wave
Hancock calls for urgent review into coronavirus death data in England
The NHS in England will get an extra £3bn of
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has called for an
funding to prepare for a possible second wave of
urgent review into how coronavirus deaths have
coronavirus, Boris Johnson...
been recorded in England. It...
One in FIVE Covid-19 patients are still not being contacted by NHS Test and Trace
Coronavirus swab tests may be unsafe and have been halted
NHS Test and Trace is still failing to find a more than a fifth of patients who test positive for Covid-19 —
Covid-19 swab tests made by Randox and given to thousands of Britons have been HALTED over fears
despite launching almost...
they are unsafe Care homes...
Contact tracing cannot reduce transmission of Covid-19 if a person is not tested within three days
Coronavirus UK: Antibody test made in MARCH waits for approval
Contact tracers need to catch 80 per cent of
antibody test has still not managed to get it approved by officials for use...
infections and test suspected patients within three
A manufacturer of a high-performing Covid-19
days to keep coronavirus...
Coronavirus-infected man, 57, is left paralysed after the disease triggers a rare condition
Covid-19 was still the third most common cause of death in June
A British man has been left paralysed after
death in England and Wales in June, even though the darkest days of crisis...
coronavirus triggered a rare condition that caused
Covid-19 was still the third most common cause of
his body to attack his own...
Matt Hancock launches urgent review into the way PHE counts coronavirus deaths
Coronavirus UK: Is YOUR town at risk of a local lockdown?
Health Secretary Matt Hancock today ordered Public
HAVE RECORDED THE MOST CASES IN THE PAST WEEK? Colwall, Cradley Wellington Heath...
Health England to review the way it counts
WHERE ARE THE 10 AREAS OF ENGLAND THAT
deaths because of a ‘statistical...
A nanomaterial path forward for COVID19 vaccine development
Move over, Siri! Researchers develop improv-based Chatbot
Nanoengineers at UC San Diego detail the current approaches to COVID-19 vaccine development, and
Jonathan May, research lead at the USC Information Sciences Institute (ISI) and research assistant
highlight how nanotechnology...
professor of computer...
Learning the wiring diagram for autism spectrum disorders
Neuronal circuits in the brain ‘sense’ our inner state
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
In order to be able to make such evaluations, we
estimate that about 1 in 54 children in the U.S. have
need signals in the brain that tell us “This is good” or
ASD, a broad range of...
“This...
Regular physical activity seems to enhance cognition in children who need it most
Novel test method detects coronavirus in highly diluted gargle samples
Executive functions refer to three types of cognitive skills. The first is the ability to suppress impulses
detect whether someone suffers from an acute
The most prominent test method being used to COVID-19 infection is the polymerase...
and inhibit reflex-like...
Spread of flu virus in hospital environment common
Researchers identify genetic factors that may influence COVID-19 susceptibility
One of the studies in the thesis is based on a review
While the majority of confirmed COVID-19 cases
of the medical records of all 435 hospitalized adult
result in mild symptoms, the virus does pose a
patients at Sahlgrenska...
serious threat to certain individuals....
Chest x-rays show more severe COVID-19 in non-white patients
A population of asteroids of interstellar origin inhabits the Solar System
OAK BROOK, Ill. (July 16, 2020) – Racial/ethnic
IMAGE: Composition made by the researcher of an
minority patients admitted to the hospital with
artistic image from NASA used to show what the
COVID-19 infection...
primordial solar system...
Dangerous blood clots form in leg arteries of COVID-19 patients
Can high-quality coral genomes be used to predict bleaching events?
OAK BROOK, Ill. (July 16, 2020) – COVID-19 is associated with life-threatening blood clots in the
In a new approach to conservation genetics, researchers used a high-quality genome of the coral
arteries of the legs,...
Acropora millepora, along...
Cancer cells in inhospitable brain fluids hijack iron to survive
Pigs turn to humans as dogs do, unless they have a problem to solve
In order to survive within the remote and harsh
IMAGE: Researchers of the MTA-ELTE ‘Lendület’
anatomical microenvironments of the central
Neuroethology of Communication Research Group
nervous system, the disseminated...
at the Department...
Chemical thermometers take temperature to the nanometric scale
Predicting the biodiversity of rivers
IMAGE: Temperature map of a gold nanowire on a
other aquatic insect species have been determined using environmental...
silicon substrate, Joule-heated by the application of
IMAGE: Stoneflies of the genus Isoperla and many
an electrical...
Space station motors make a robotic prosthetic leg more comfortable, extend battery life
Study identifies patient- and hospitallevel risk factors for death in critically ill COVID-19 patients
The key is the use of new small and powerful
To address this gap, investigators from more than 65
motors, originally designed for a robotic arm on the
sites across the country, led by a team from Brigham
International Space Station....
and Women’s...
Obesity and metabolic syndrome are risk factors for severe influenza, COVID-19
Research raises concerns about firearm access for people with dementia
Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of at least 3 cooccurring conditions that raise the risk of heart
The findings published today in JAMA Network Open. “Alzheimer’s and other kinds of dementia can
disease, stroke and type...
cause changes...
Earlier lockdown restrictions linked to greater reduction in new COVID-19 cases The data, gathered from 149 countries and regions,
Scientists uncover SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell immunity in recovered COVID-19 and SARS patients
also show that implementing lockdown restrictions
The team tested subjects who recovered from
earlier was associated...
COVID-19 and found the presence of SARS-CoV-2specific T cells in all of them,...
Vaccine additives can enhance immune flexibility — Implications for flu and SARS-CoV-2
Dangerous parasite controls host cell to spread around body
The findings have implications for the effort to develop vaccines against multiple strains of flu, as
them as vehicles to get to various organ systems,
“The parasite essentially hijacks these cells, using including the...
well as the current...
Recently discovered CRISPR enzyme from huge bacteriophages expands genome editing toolbox
New test offers clarity for couples struggling to conceive
A recently discovered hypercompact CRISPR
couples globally, and while often viewed as a women’s health...
enzyme found only in huge bacteriophages, and
ITHACA, N.Y. – Infertility affects 10% to 15% of
known as CRISPR-Cas?, is functional,...
Aging-associated inflammation may worsen COVID-19 outcomes in older individuals
When power is toxic: Dominance reduces influence in groups
The increased severity and mortality of SARS-CoV-2
view more Credit: The Jordan Lab New study by
infections in older individuals may be related to
researchers...
inflammageing –...
IMAGE: Dominant and subordinat male A. burtoni
Pine beetles successful no matter how far they roam — with devastating effects
Some decontamination processes damage N95 face masks
Whether they travel only a few metres or tens of
IMAGE: Richard Peltier is an associate professor in
kilometres to a new host tree, female pine beetles
the UMass Amherst School of Public Health and
use different strategies...
Health Sciences. ...
Glaucoma study findings emphasise need for regular eye checks People with early-stage glaucoma see the contrast
Key technology for mass-production of lignin-bio-aviation fuels for reducing greenhouse gas
of visible objects in a very similar way to people
IMAGE: The team, led by Dr. Jeong-Myeong Ha of
without the condition,...
the Clean Energy Research Center at the Korea Institute of Science and...
Summers could become ‘too hot for humans’
Coronavirus: Encouraging results in vaccine trials
Millions of people around the world could be
Encouraging early results from clinical trials have
exposed to dangerous levels of heat stress – a
raised hopes for an effective coronavirus vaccine.
dangerous condition which...
Studies in the US...
Coronavirus: Some Randox test kits ‘may not meet safety standards’
Coronavirus: Russian spies target Covid19 vaccine research
The swabs in some batches of one brand of
Russian spies are targeting organisations trying to
coronavirus home-test kits are “not up to standard”, health secretary...
develop a coronavirus vaccine in the UK, US and Canada, security services...
CDC no longer publicly displays data on coronavirus hospitalizations
Coronavirus US: Hospitals’ ICU survival rates vary hugely
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
More than one in three coronavirus patients
(CDC) website that, up until yesterday, publicly
admitted to ICUs in the US will die within a month of
displayed how many US hospital...
being moved into critical...
Fifth of Brits say they aren’t as close with their friends or lovers after lockdown How lockdown has ruined our relationships: Fifth of
Could immunity last 17 YEARS? Singaporean researchers find SARS patients still have crucial T cells
Brits say they aren’t as close with their friends or
Hopes of lasting Covid-19 immunity were raised
lovers as...
today after scientists found SARS patients still have crucial disease-fighting...
Coronavirus UK: Pharmacists will be able to give out vaccines
Britain announces 20 more coronavirus deaths in preliminary toll
Pharmacists will be able to give out Covid-19 jabs to
Britain today announced just 66
speed up a nation-wide roll out, Matt Hancock has
more coronavirus deaths — meaning the daily
revealed. The Health...
average number of fatalities has now dropped...
Rishi Sunak is STILL wearing face mask that ‘acts like a jet’ to SPREAD Covid-19
Coronavirus outcome in the UK has not been good, Sir Patrick Vallance admits
Rishi Sunak was pictured again today wearing a
The Government’s top scientific adviser today dealt
face mask that scientists say ‘acts like a jet’ to spread Covid-19...
a hammer blow to Boris Johnson’s hopes of persuading workers...
Meditation linked to lower cardiovascular risk
Liquid-repelling substance works on all surfaces
The results appeared online June 30 in the
Researchers at the Okanagan Polymer Engineering
American Journal of Cardiology. Previous studies
Research and Applications (OPERA) Lab have
have suggested that meditation...
developed a coating that repels...
A ‘feeling’ for dementia? New findings on subjectively perceived memory problems
Finding hints at novel target for Ewing sarcoma therapy
When memory deteriorates according to one’s own
Ewing sarcoma is a bone and soft tissue cancer that
perception, but mental performance — following
primarily affects children and adolescents. The
objective criteria...
discovery, made by scientists...
Genome guardians stop and reel in DNA to correct replication errors When a cell prepares to divide, the DNA splits, with
Gel that breaks down, puts itself back together could improve delivery of oral drugs
the double helix “unzipping” into two separate
“The majority of drugs and nutrients are absorbed
backbones....
into the body in the intestines, but to get there, they have to traverse...
How nutrient-starved cells recycle internal components
Two paths of aging: New insights on promoting healthspan
But how do cells decide what to recycle when they are starving? One prevailing hypothesis suggests
The research is described July 17 in the journal Science. Our lifespans as humans are determined
that starving cells prefer...
by the aging of our individual...
ESA/NASA’s solar orbiter returns first data, snaps closest pictures of the sun
Researchers solve a long-standing problem in organic chemistry
IMAGE: Solar Orbiter spots ‘campfires’ on the Sun.
IMAGE: Light-driven flip of alkene geometry view
Locations of campfires are annotated with white arrows. ...
more Credit: Ryan Gilmour They occur in nature, are reactive...
Pioneering method reveals dynamic structure in HIV
Improving lung cancer CT screening performance in real-world settings
IMAGE: An artist’s rendition of Gag molecules
IMAGE: “Our study demonstrates that a real-world
proteins that form lattice hexagonal structure
lung cancer screening can perform similar to
diffusing across...
randomized controlled...
Research helping to improve detection of disease in newborn babies
Industry-made pits are beneficial for beavers and wolverines, study shows
New research will help health-care practitioners to
IMAGE: Beavers, like the one pictured here, are
more accurately diagnose disease and illness in
making their homes on sites of industry activity.
newborn babies from urine...
Image credit: A....
Scientists identify new species of sea sponge off the coast of British Columbia, Canada
Study: Dangerous parasite controls host cell to spread around body
IMAGE: A new species of sea sponge, Desmacella,
host cells changing their shape to migrate. view
discovered off the coast of British Columbia. Photo
more Credit:...
IMAGE: This image shows two different Toxoplasma
credit: Sally Leys ...
Coronavirus UK: Nurse at hospital training caused outbreak
Around 190,000 people missed vital heart ultrasounds in England during lockdown
‘Super-spreader’ nurse at hospital training event
Around 190,000 people in England missed out on
where staff didn’t wear masks or obey social distancing...
crucial heart ultrasounds during the Covid-19 lockdown, a charity has warned. The...
Up to two thirds of elderly were discharged from hospitals to care homes without a Covid-19 test
Nobel laureates call for healthy volunteers to be infected with coronavirus for vaccine trials
Up to two thirds of elderly patients discharged from
Healthy people should be purposely infected with
hospitals into a care home at the height of the
the coronavirus to speed up the development of a
pandemic were not tested...
vaccine, according to a...
Rishi Sunak is pictured wearing face mask that ‘acts like a jet’ to SPREAD Covid
Daily death toll ‘is being INFLATED and fewer than 40 people are dying per day in the UK’
Rishi Sunak has been ridiculed online for wearing a face mask that acts like a ‘jet’ to spread
Department of Health: 45,053 Department of Health’s latest death count for all settings (as of
coronavirus. The...
9am, July 15) stands...
Covid-19 intensive care mortality rates have fallen by a THIRD since the start of pandemic
Is Britain’s coronavirus outbreak GROWING? Symptom-tracking app shows daily cases doubled in a week
The chance of surviving coronavirus after falling
Britain’s coronavirus outbreak may be growing
critically ill has risen significantly since the start of
following a spike in the number of people with
the pandemic,...
symptoms over the past...
COVID-19: Patients improve after immune-suppressant treatment
Super-agers show resistance to tau and amyloid accumulation
The single-center, observational study of 27 patients
“Our cognition reflects who we are as individuals. As
was led by Stanley Jordan, MD, director of the
we age, most of us lose some of that ability,” said
Cedars-Sinai Nephrology...
SNMMI’s...
After universal masking, health care worker COVID-19 rates drop at Mass General Brigham
New research highlights increased loneliness in over-70s during COVID-19 pandemic
“These results support universal masking as part of
Previous research into this area has shown that
a multipronged, infection-reduction strategy in health
strong social ties may protect people from emotional
care settings,”...
distress, cognitive...
Flavored cigarette ban significantly reduced youth smoking, new study finds
New promising treatment uses smart nanoparticles to target lung cancer
On September 22, 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug
Lung tumors are often difficult to remove using
Administration’s national ban on flavored cigarettes products went into...
current surgical techniques due to their location in the lung or the fact...
New hyperbaric oxygen therapy protocol can improve cognitive function of older adults
Exploring how a scorpion toxin might help treat heart attacks
The main areas of improvement were attention,
active molecules, including neurotoxins, vasodilators
information processing speed, and executive
and antimicrobial...
Scorpion venom is a complex mixture of biologically
function, in addition to the global...
Weaving Indigenous knowledge with scientific research: a balanced approach
Analysis finds multiple social disadvantages magnify stroke risk
IMAGE: The Hooker River in Aoraki Mount Cook
DALLAS, July 16, 2020 — Having more social
National Park, Aotearoa New Zealand view more
disadvantages can nearly triple your risk of stroke,
Credit: University...
particularly if you...
Significant drop in stroke recurrence found among Mexican Americans
New map for radioactive soil contamination in Western Europe
DALLAS, JULY 16, 2020 — The rate of recurrent strokes significantly declined among Mexican
An international consortium of scientists has refined the map of caesium and plutonium radionuclide
Americans in a long-term...
concentrations in soils...
Blood iron levels could be key to slowing ageing, gene study shows
Lesion of doom — how a parasitic bacterium induces blood vessel formation to cause lesions
Genes linked to ageing that could help explain why some people age at different rates to others have been identified by scientists. The...
IMAGE: Aorta tissues that were not exposed to BafA (left) did not sprout new vessels, while BafAexposed aorta tissues...
‘Blinking" crystals may convert CO2 into fuels IMAGE: The arrows point to titanium dioxide
ATS publishes new guidance on safely restoring elective pulmonary and sleep services
nanocrystals lighting up and blinking (left) and then
IMAGE: The new guidance in the Annals of the
fading (right). ...
American Thoracic Society on “Restoring Pulmonary and Sleep Services...
Child vaccinations fall sharply amid pandemic, UN says
Seven countries with big (and small) population problems
The pandemic has led to a sharp fall in the number
A major new study published in the Lancet medical
of children around the world being vaccinated, the UN says. The decline...
journal suggests falling fertility rates mean nearly every country could...
Fertility rate: Shrinking population in six easy lessons
Coronavirus: Call to infect volunteers in Covid-19 vaccine hunt
Falling fertility rates could mean most countries see
Nobel laureates are among scientists calling for
their populations shrink by the end of the century.
volunteers to be exposed to coronavirus after
The world will...
receiving a vaccine to see...
Trump administration tells hospitals NOT to send data to CDC
Eerie animation shows how the world went from zero to 10 MILLION
Trump administration ORDERS hospitals to bypass
Just six months ago, coronavirus didn’t yet have a
CDC and send all coronavirus patient statistics to a
name, but since January, the virus has exploded,
central database in...
circled the globe...
Scientists generate first complete DNA sequence of a human X chromosome Scientists have generated the first complete DNA
Children exposed to Deepwater Horizon oil spill suffered physical, mental health effects
sequence of a human X chromosome, in a major
A study recently published in Environmental
step towards mapping the entire...
Hazards has found that the disaster was also harmful to the mental and physical...
Novel biomarker technology for cancer diagnostics
Researchers 3D print a working heart pump with real human cells
Today, every third person will get cancer in their
The study is published and appears on the cover of
lifetime, and the current trend suggests that in a few
Circulation Research, a publication of the American
years that number...
Heart Association. In...
Study of natural gas flaring finds high risks to babies
Only a third of pediatricians fully follow guidelines on peanut allergy prevention
“Our study finds that living near flaring is harmful to
“Our study is the first population-based survey of a
pregnant women and babies,” said Jill Johnston, an
large nationwide sample of U.S. pediatricians that
environmental...
characterizes...
Credit-card sized tool provides new insights into how cancer cells invade host tissues
Single drop of blood could help rapidly detect radiation sickness
The device, described in a paper published today in Science Advances, reproduces various
(ARS), is a condition caused by irradiation of major
Radiation sickness, or acute radiation syndrome volume or the entire...
environments within the human body...
Does eating fish protect our brains from air pollution?
How long should you fast for weight loss?
Researchers found that among older women who
IMAGE: Krista Varady, University of Illinois at
lived in areas with high levels of air pollution, those
Chicago view more Credit: UIC Two daily fasting
who had the lowest levels...
diets, also...
Penn researchers find three distinct immune responses for sicker COVID-19 patients
Analysis of immune responses in COVID19 patients identifies defining features of severe disease
IMAGE: E. John Wherry, PhD, chair of Systems
An analysis of immune responses in 42 COVID-19
Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics and
patients, both infected and recovered, identified
director of the Penn Institute...
immune signatures that distinguish...
Detailed study of immune responses in COVID-19 patients reveals distinct ‘immunotypes’
Study: Single drop of blood could help rapidly detect radiation sickness
Expanding on observations made in smaller patient
reports evidence that a new testing method has the
cohorts, researchers studying immune responses of 125 hospitalized COVID-19...
potential to rapidly...
‘Bystander’ Cs meet their match in geneediting technique IMAGE: When consecutive cytosines are positioned
New study ranks performance of currently available COVID-19 antibody tests
in the editing window, the new A3G base editor
A new peer-reviewed study by researchers at NSF
developed at Rice University...
International and Novateur Ventures finds significant
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new proof-of-concept study
variability in the...
Breeding new rice varieties will help farmers in Asia
Coronavirus: Skin rashes are a symptom for one in 11 patients
IMAGE: Short-duration rice breeding trial at the
Skin rashes should be added to the NHS‘ official list
IRRI, Los Banos, the Philippines. view more Credit:
of Covid-19 symptoms because one in 11 patients
Courtesy...
develop them,...
Coronavirus: Blood clotting present in every patient who dies
Coronavirus outbreaks are up to 20 TIMES more likely in large care homes, study claims
Every Covid-19 patient who has died of the disease shows signs of blood clotting, a leading scientist has claimed. Professor...
Coronavirus outbreaks are up to 20 times more likely to occur in large care homes, according to the biggest study of its...
Coronavirus UK: Pendle in Lancashire at risk of local lockdown
Test and Trace DID work on the Isle of Wight, study finds
The Lancashire borough of Pendle warned of a
Test and Trace worked well on the Isle of Wight and
coronavirus outbreak today — after a spike in cases
the authority now has Covid-19 ‘really under control’,
in nearby Blackburn with...
an...
Hopes build over UK Covid vaccine as Oxford drug trials work
Coronavirus UK: 85 new fatalities in preliminary death toll
Hopes for a working Covid-19 vaccine are growing
Britain’s Covid-19 death toll today topped 45,000 as
as two projects in the UK and US have reported
officials recorded just 85 more victims and Scotland
promising results in their...
has now gone...
Donald Trump has held back global efforts to find real treatments, SAGE scientists claims
Common FDA-approved drug may effectively neutralize virus that causes COVID-19
Sir Jeremy Farrar said today the US President’s
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, uses
enthusiasm about hydroxychloroquine had held
a surface spike protein to latch onto human cells
back global efforts...
and initiate infection....
Researchers outline strategy for testing ketone bodies against COVID-19
In one hour, surface coating inactivates virus that causes COVID-19
Ketone bodies are compounds naturally produced
A Virginia Tech professor has found a solution.
during fat metabolism. They provide energy to cells
Since mid-March, William Ducker, a chemical
and can also reprogram...
engineering professor, has developed...
Researchers find three distinct immune responses for sicker COVID-19 patients
Scientists uncover key process in the manufacture of ribosomes and proteins
The findings were published in Science. “For
The discovery reveals a previously unknown
patients who are hospitalized with COVID-19, there
function for the enzyme in the nucleolus, the site of
isn’t just one...
ribosome manufacture inside...
Molecular ‘tails’ are secret ingredient for gene activation in humans, yeast, and other organisms
High-fat diet with antibiotic use linked to gut inflammation
But besides their obvious differences, yeast and
study included 43 healthy adults and 49 adult
humans, and much of life for that matter, have a great deal in common, especially...
patients diagnosed...
World population likely to shrink after mid-century, forecasting major shifts in global population and economic power
Do campaign finance reforms truly help make elections more competitive?
The modelling research uses data from the Global
Department of Economics in the MU College of Arts
Burden of Disease Study 2017 to project future
and Science. ...
Antibiotic usage with high-fat diet is a risk factor The
IMAGE: Jeff Milyo is a professor and chair of the
global, regional, and national...
Unleashing the potential of tethered drones
When should you neuter your dog to avoid health risks?
The use of tethered unmanned aerial vehicles
Some dog breeds have higher risk of developing
(TUAVs) has been modeled as a powerful new tool
certain cancers and joint disorders if neutered or
for improving cellular phone...
spayed within their first...
Social distancing and COVID-19: A law of diminishing returns
Consensus statement on doppler waveforms
IMAGE: Semi-log plot for the relationship between
July 15, 2020 -The first consensus-based
social distancing duration and the corresponding
nomenclature for arterial and venous waveforms has
maximum attainable...
been published online first today...
Reprogramming of immune cells enhances effects of radiotherapy in preclinical models of brain cancer
NASA finds limited water vapor as depression 06E becomes a trough
IMAGE: Ludwig Lausanne Member Johanna Joyce
NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the remnants of Tropical Depression...
view more Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research JULY
IMAGE: On July 14 at 4:50 p.m. EDT (2050 UTC),
15, 2020, NEW...
New antiplatelet drug shows promise for treating heart attack
Coronavirus: Smokers quit in highest numbers in a decade
IMAGE: Xiaoping Du, UIC professor of
More than one million people have given up
pharmacology and regenerative medicine at the
smoking since the Covid-19 pandemic hit, a survey
College of Medicine view...
for charity Action on Smoking...
Coronavirus: R number ‘lower than thought’ before lockdown eased in England
Blackburn facing ‘rising tide’ of coronavirus cases
The rate of coronavirus infections in the community in England was significantly reduced before
coronavirus cases centred on terraced houses with
Blackburn with Darwen is facing a “rising tide” of high numbers...
lockdown eased in May, according...
Fertility rate: ‘Jaw-dropping’ global crash in children being born The world is ill-prepared for the global crash in children being born which is set to have a “jaw-
About 5,000 heart attack sufferers in England missed out on treatment due to the Covid-19 pandemic
dropping” impact...
Five-thousands heart attack sufferers in England missed out on life-saving hospital treatment due to the Covid-19 pandemic,...
World population will start SHRINKING in 44 years after peaking at 9.7bn, study claims
Why the UK should tackled Covid-19 like CUBA did
Earth’s population will peak in 44 years at around
deaths in the first wave of the crisis if it took Cuba’s
9.7billion before it starts to shrink again, according
approach,...
Britain could have avoided thousands of coronavirus
to scientists...
More than a million Britons have quit smoking during the coronavirus crisis, analysis suggests
Germany vulnerable to second wave of Covid-19 as antibody study reveals only 1.3% has immunity
Swathes of studies have shown a low prevalence of
Germany is vulnerable to a second Covid-19 wave
smokers in hospitals with Covid-19. If the findings
because only 1.3 per cent of the country has
are proven, scientists...
developed antibodies, experts...
Matt Hancock admits he is ‘worried’ about Covid-19’s ‘debilitating’ effects Health Secretary Matt Hancock today admitted he is
85% of new coronavirus infections in Blackburn are among South Asians as local lockdown looms
‘worried’ about the long term health impacts
Dominic Harrison, Blackburn with Darwen’s director
plaguing coronavirus...
of public health A staggering 85 per cent of new Covid-19...
Man, 82, catches coronavirus TWICE in two months An 82-year-old man who spent four weeks in
Factors maximize impact of yoga, physical therapy on back pain in underserved population
intensive care with Covid-19 was struck down by the
BOSTON – New research shows that people with
virus again just 10 days after...
chronic low back pain (cLBP) have better results from yoga and physical...
Researchers cast doubt on earlier COVID19 origins study citing dogs as possible hosts
What determines a warbler’s colors?
AURORA, Colo. (July 14, 2020) – A study published
warblers have white bellies and...
IMAGE: While blue-winged warblers have predominantly yellow underparts, golden-winged
earlier this year claiming the coronavirus may have jumped from dogs...
Housing conditions affect cardiovascular health risks
Scientists identify new material with potential for brain-like computing
DALLAS, July 15, 2020 — People who are
The most powerful and advanced computing is still
homeless may experience 60-70% higher rates of
primitive compared to the power of the human brain,
cardiovascular events, such as...
says Chinedu E. Ekuma,...
Geoengineering’s benefits limited for apple crops in India
In the sharing economy, consumers see themselves as helpers
IMAGE: A map of India, with apple-growing regions
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Whether you use a taxi or a
in color. Himachal Pradesh is the second-largest
rideshare app like Uber, you’re still going to get a
apple-producing...
driver who...
Experts strongly recommend varenicline over the patch for adult smokers hoping to quit
Half of coronavirus-positive in nursing home had no symptoms
IMAGE: ATS publishes new clinical practice guideline on treating tobacco dependence in adults.
with coronavirus had NO symptoms when they
More than half of Maryland nursing home residents tested positive, study finds Johns...
view more Credit:...
America’s population will peak at 364 million in 42 years before shrinking 10%
Scientists discover key element of strong antibody response to COVID-19
The US population will grow until 2062, then shrink –
The scientists, whose study appears July 13 in
alongside 182 other countries around the world – to 336...
Science, reviewed data on nearly 300 anti-SARSCoV-2 antibodies that their...
How our brains remain active during familiar, repetitive tasks
Freedom of choice: Adding value to public goods
Our brains are often likened to computers, with
Now, a study by an international group of
learned skills and memories stored in the activity
researches shows that the ability to freely choose
patterns of billions of...
preferred public goods adds...
More than one cognition: A call for change in the field of comparative psychology
Robot jaws shows medicated chewing gum could be the future
Based on 40 years of scientific literature and case
in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering,
studies of three non-human animals, the current
was to confirm whether...
The aim of the University of Bristol study, published
paper identifies two...
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine safe, generates immune response
Correlations identified between insurance coverage and states’ voting patterns
The ongoing Phase 1 trial is supported by the
Cleveland – Researchers at Case Western Reserve
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
University reviewed national data from the U.S.
(NIAID), part of the...
Census bureau and found...
COVID-19 may attack patients’ central nervous system
Why hydration is so important when hiking in the heat of summer
IMAGE: Ahmad Sedaghat, MD, PhD, shown in University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience
You don’t have to be an experienced trailblazer to know that if you choose to hike in the heat, you
Institute. view more Credit:...
better be hydrated....
Oncotarget: The Golgi protein TMEM165 controls migration/invasion for carcinoma
How much postmenopause weight gain can be blamed on weight-promoting medications?
IMAGE: TMEM165 expression levels alters N-linked
CLEVELAND, Ohio (July 15, 2020)–Abdominal
glycosylation. (A) Western blot analysis of NCSTN
weight gain, which is common during the
from MDAMB231 TMEM165KO...
postmenopause period, is associated...
How much fluorine is too much fluorine? on a Massey University production farm. view more
KIST develops "dielectrophoretic tweezer" technology for toxic nanoparticles
Credit:...
IMAGE: Model diagram of the nanogap electrodes
IMAGE: Dairy cows grazing clover/ryegrass pasture
allowing the dielectrophoretic tweezer technology. view more Credit:...
Early life stress is associated with youthonset depression for some types of stress but not others
Coronavirus: People told to phone ahead before going to A&E
Early life stress is associated with youth-onset
calls are dealt with People with non-life threatening illnesses...
depression for some types of stress but not others
Media captionThere will be no change to how 999
Results support an association...
Coronavirus: California reimposes sweeping restrictions amid virus spike
Winter wave of coronavirus ‘could be worse than first’
California has reimposed restrictions on businesses
The UK could see about 120,000 new coronavirus
and public spaces amid a spike of coronavirus
deaths in a second wave of infections this winter,
infections in America’s...
scientists say. Asked...
Coronavirus: Face masks and coverings to be compulsory in England’s shops
Half of covid-positive nursing home residents had no symptoms
Wearing a face covering in shops and supermarkets
More than half of Maryland nursing home residents
in England is to become mandatory from 24 July.
with coronavirus had NO symptoms when they
Those who fail to comply...
tested positive, study finds Johns...
FDA expands list of potentially deadly toxic hand sanitizers The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is
Why experts think MMR jab may save adults from Covid: Childhood vaccine at heart of dramatic trial
warning Americans to stop using certain hand
Think of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jab
sanitizers because they may be...
and one image might spring to mind — a mother cradling an infant as a...
Dissolving eye implant the size of a grain of sand could help save the sight of glaucoma patients
Exercise bikes in the office could slash risk of heart disease, study finds
Dissolving eye implant the size of a grain of sand
employees to use them just twice a week could
could help save the sight of glaucoma patients For
slash their risk of heart disease...
Putting exercise bikes in offices and urging
those who find administering...
Coronavirus England: 85 people A DAY may die until end of July
Britain records 138 more coronavirus deaths in preliminary toll
Coronavirus could still be killing as many as 85
Britain announced 138 more coronavirus victims
people per day by the end of July, Public Health England scientists have...
today as the daily fatality toll continues to drop but the average number...
Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software skills
Artificial ‘neurotransistor’ created
“Technical interviews are feared and hated in the
Today, enhancing the performance of microelectronics is usually achieved by reducing
industry, and it turns out that these interview
component size, especially of the individual...
techniques may also...
Loss of a co-twin linked to heightened psychiatric risk
Researchers found a link between genes and preeclampsia
Losing a loved one is always difficult but losing a
Preeclampsia is characterized by the elevated blood
twin may be particularly so. By virtue of being the
pressure of the mother, and the baby is often
same age, twins share...
delivered preterm and smaller...
Scientists ID gene responsible for deadly glioblastoma
Keeping innocent people out of jail using the science of perception
The researchers say the oncogene is essential to
“Misidentification by eyewitnesses is a long-standing
the survival of the cancer cells. Without it, the
problem in our society. Our new lineup method
cancer cells die. Scientists...
uncovers the structure...
Quantum body scanner? What happens when vector vortex beams meet scattering media
Vision scientists discover why people literally don’t see eye to eye
OAM is an internal property of light conferring a
California, Berkeley, recently published in the
characteristic doughnut shape to the spatial profile. The polarization...
Proceedings of the Royal...
Study finds hidden emotions in the sound of words ITHACA, N.Y. – In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis,
Converting female mosquitoes to nonbiting males with implications for mosquito control
it’s common to feel stress levels rise every time we
IMAGE: James Biedler (left), a research scientist in
hear...
Zhijian Tu’s lab; Azadeh Aryan (middle), the first
Not according to new research from the University of
author...
For chimpanzees, salt and pepper hair not a marker of old age
Ancient oyster shells provide historical insights
IMAGE: There is significant individual variation in
An interdisciplinary team of scientists studying
how chimpanzees, like this one at Gombe National
thousands of oyster shells along the Georgia coast,
Park, experience...
some as old as 4,500...
Dancing chemicals: Innovative catalytic reaction for low-cost synthesis of aromatic esters
COVID-19 and the heart: Searching for the location of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor
IMAGE: A new, practical catalytic reaction, called the
the Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI)
“ester dance reaction, ” to achieve a high yield...
view more Credit:...
New lithium battery charges faster, reduces risk of device explosions IMAGE: A schematic showing lithium battery with
Oncotarget: Tumor markers for carcinoma identified by imaging mass spectrometry
the new carbon nanotube architecture for the anode
IMAGE: Effect of palmitoyl-lysophosphatidylcholine
view more Credit:...
LPC[16:0] on tumor spheroid invasion and growth.
IMAGE: Dr. Nathan Tucker, Assistant Professor at
3D cell spheroids...
Coronavirus: Florida has more infections than all but 8 countries
Limp handshake? You may be at risk of a potentially fatal liver disease
Coronavirus case numbers continued to spike over the weekend as Florida shattered it’s previous
Could GPs soon be detecting hidden liver disease, simply by shaking a patient’s hand? While social
record number of new...
distancing means it’s...
Bravery of chemist who defied fierce floods to deliver vital medicines in evacuated Derbyshire town
Ovarian cancer treatments must restart immediately, charity warns
The Daily Mail’s 2020 Health Hero Awards,
suffered delays to treatment and a lack of support during the Covid-19 crisis,...
launched in partnership with eBay and NHS
Thousands of women with ovarian cancer have
Charities Together, are your chance...
Coronavirus UK: Herd immunity could develop from 10% infected
Middle-aged people will be more ill and for LONGER than baby boomers, major
Herd immunity against Covid-19 could develop if just 10 per cent of the population catches the disease, a study has claimed. Scientists...
new study suggests Middle-aged people face spending more time in poor health than older generations, according to a major study. Today’s...
Coronavirus isolation pods haven’t been used over fears they would explode Coronavirus isolation pods thought to have cost the
Medics demand government releases plans for how the NHS should get ready for second Covid wave
taxpayer more than one million pounds have went
Professor Martin Marshall, chair of the RCGP, said
unused during the pandemic...
the College needed reassurances immediately that staff and patients...
Engineered llama antibodies neutralize COVID-19 virus
Mothers’ paid work suffers during pandemic, study finds
The team involves researchers from the Rosalind Franklin Institute, Oxford University, Diamond Light
Four months later, however, new research from Washington University in St. Louis finds early
Source and Public Health...
evidence that the pandemic has...
One in three young adults may face severe COVID-19, study shows
Family caregiving may not harm health of caregivers after all
The study looked at data drawn from a nationally
A report on the findings was published online June
representative sample of approximately 8,400 men
24 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of
and women ages 18 to 25...
Sciences. “The...
Researchers find the worst reason to give a gift
Bat research critical to preventing next pandemic
In a series of studies, researchers found that people
Evidence already links different bat species to
reacted negatively to gifts that they were told — or
human outbreaks of SARS, MERS, some Ebola
that they...
viruses as well as the Marbug,...
Whole body scans for trauma patients saves time spent in emergency departments
A micro-lab on a chip detects blood type within minutes
This scenario is common in most hospitals around
AB. These types differ based on the presence or
the world, leading to long queues and ramping
absence of structures...
There are four major blood types — O, A, B, and
issues with paramedics having...
UMass Amherst team makes artificial energy source for muscle IMAGE: Myosin with azoTP and ATP in its active site. view more Credit: UMass Amherst/Debold lab AMHERST,...
UTMB researchers have discovered a new antiviral mechanism for dengue therapeutics IMAGE: Digital illustration of dengue virus view more Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch GALVESTON,...
A dual antenatal therapy benefits extreme preterm babies better than either alone or none
Large Lot Program shows the power of private land stewardship in addressing urban vacancy
IMAGE: Sam Gentle from University of Alabama at
IMAGE: Scientists with the USDA Forest Service
Birmingham view more Credit: UAB Extremely
and the University of Illinois followed Chicago’s
preterm children...
Large Lots program...
Study finds that special filters in glasses can help the color blind see colors better
New, remote weight-loss method helped slash pounds
IMAGE: John S. Werner of UC Davis Health has led a study of glasses with special filters designed to
CHICAGO — Losing weight during the COVID-19 pandemic has increasing urgency because obesity
address colorblindness. ...
increases the risk of severe...
Mismatched caregiver-infant interactions during feeding could boost babies’ risk of later obesity
Study shows how our brains remain active during familiar, repetitive tasks
Infancy is a sensitive developmental period that
suggests that our brains are never at rest, even when we are not learning...
presents opportunities and challenges for caregivers
New research, based on earlier results in mice,
to feed their infants...
Coronavirus doctor’s diary: Why are people remaining ill for so long?
Gloucester barbers trained to spot mental health issues
Four months after the start of the coronavirus
A hair salon and barbers in Gloucester has trained
pandemic, doctors are still on a steep learning
all its staff to recognise when clients may have
curve. One surprise is just...
problems with mental...
Coronavirus: South Africa bans alcohol sales again to combat Covid-19
Coronavirus: Face coverings in England’s shops to be compulsory from 24 July
South Africa has introduced new restrictions,
Wearing a face covering in shops and supermarkets
including another ban on alcohol sales, to help
in England is to become mandatory from 24 July.
contain the spread of coronavirus. A...
Those who fail to comply...
Heroic woman, 48, who died from ovarian cancer spent last months of life devising awareness campaign
Can online GP appointments replace a face to face meeting?
Advertising boss Vicky Jacobs was whip-smart and
Dr Martin Scurr, Good Health columnist, believes that online consultations can not replace in person
terrific fun, the sort of woman people couldn’t say no
appointments Can...
to. So it’s...
Under the microscope: TV presenter and Strictly winner Ore Oduba, 34, answers our health quiz
Will victims of mesh scandal be betrayed all over again? Baroness warns against report being ignored
Under the microscope: TV presenter and Strictly
Kath Sansom had hoped now would be the time she
winner Ore Oduba, 34, answers our health quiz By
could finally ‘step away from all of this and wind it
Sarah Ewing for the Daily...
down’ —...
One in three young adults in the US are at risk for severe coronavirus infection
Scientists find firm link between prostate cancer and HPV for the first time
One in three young Americans are at risk for
HPV could cause prostate cancer: Scientists find
developing severe COVID-19 if they contract the
firm link between the disease and sexually
virus, a new study suggests. The...
transmitted virus for the first...
Should you swallow the cost of premium vitamins? Which ARE worth splashing out on…
Coronavirus: Man trained as 111 callhandler after aunt’s death
There has long been debate about supplements —
hard’ and inspired him to train as 111 call-handler –...
whether they can boost your health by
Man, 18, reveals loss of his aunt from COVID-19 ‘hit
‘supplementing’ the nutrients...
Cystic fibrosis: Why so many respiratory complications?
Listeria protein provides a CRISPR ‘kill switch’
Cystic fibrosis, affecting more than 700,000 people
The protein, called AcrVIA1, can halt the CRISPR-
worldwide, is one of the most common genetic
Cas13 editing process, according to new research
diseases in Switzerland....
from Cornell, Rockefeller...
Autoclaving, alcohol not the best options for disinfecting, reusing face masks
Artificial energy source for muscle
Scarcity of personal protection equipment in medical
seeking an alternative energy source to replace the
settings has led many health systems to consider
body’s usual...
Debold told the chemist how researchers have been
sterilizing and reusing...
Green is more than skin-deep for hundreds of frog species
Genetic variation shapes individual perception of fatty foods
Most of these animals rely on color-controlling
“Person-to-person diversity in the positive
structures in their skin called chromatophores that
perception of fattiness derives partially from an
use crystals to bend...
individual’s genetic...
Special filters in glasses can help the color blind see colors better, study finds
Domestic violence increased in the great recession
At least eight in 100 men (8%) and one in 200
Conducting one of the first studies to date examining
women (0.5%) suffer from red-green color vision deficiency (CVD), totaling...
the impact of a modern recession on hospital and emergency room visits,...
Lung screening bus brings high-tech health care directly to patients
When a pandemic strikes, we still expect an ambulance
IMAGE: Breathe Easy Bus from CHI Memorial in
IMAGE: New ECU research sheds light on
Chattanooga, TN view more Credit: CHI Memorial
community expectations of paramedics during a
in Chattanooga,...
pandemic. view more Credit:...
COVID-19 pandemic could be learning opportunity for middle-grade students
Age of sexual debut among young gayidentified sexual minority men
Educators could use the COVID-19 outbreak to help
Young gay sexual minority men – especially Black
middle-schoolers better understand the world,
and Latino youth – have their first sexual
according to new research...
experiences at younger...
Molecularly thin interface between polymers — for efficient CO2 capture membrane
Space to grow, or grow in space — how vertical farms could be ready to take-off
IMAGE: Freestanding and mechanically strong
IMAGE: Vertical Farming — economic and environmental benefits. view more Credit: LettUs
nanomembranes composed of two polymeric layers
Grow Vertical...
demonstrated superior carbon...
Transparent, reflective objects now within grasp of robots
Predation by Caspian terns on young steelhead means fewer return as adults
PITTSBURGH–Kitchen robots are a popular vision
IMAGE: Caspian tern with smolt (photo by Dan
of the future, but if a robot of today tries to grasp a
Roby OSU College of Agricultural Sciences) view
kitchen staple...
more Credit:...
Man, 51, who hadn’t been to the dentist in nearly 30 years needs his whole jaw removed
Coronavirus: Recovered patients ‘only develop 14% immunity’
A man who hadn’t been to the dentist for nearly three decades because he was too scared had to
vaccine for Covid-19 is ‘urgently needed’ because
Researchers from Melbourne University said a the body...
have his jaw removed...
Coronavirus UK: 11 new fatalities in death toll Britain’s coronavirus outbreak may be getting worse as alarming government figures today revealed the average number...
Man, 18, reveals how loss of aunt from COVID-19 inspired him to train as 111 call-handler Man, 18, reveals loss of his aunt from COVID-19 ‘hit hard’ and inspired him to train as 111 call-handler –...
Coronavirus: UK plans ‘biggest flu vaccination programme ever’
Coronavirus England: Death rates vary massively in hospitals
Ministers are preparing to roll out the ‘biggest flu
Coronavirus death rates vary massively
vaccination programme in history’, the Health
across NHS hospitals in England, according to
Secretary...
shocking data. Eight out of 10 infected...
Coronavirus: Sufferers describe symptoms MONTHS after infection
Coronavirus: Four workers ‘escape’ Herefordshire vegetable farm
Three coronavirus survivors in their twenties have
A hunt has today been launched for a group of
revealed how they all still suffer from persistent
vegetable pickers – one who has tested positive for
fatigue, breathlessness...
Covid-19 –...
Significantly less addictive opioid may slow progression of osteoarthritis while easing pain The medication activates the kappa opioid receptor
Drug that calms ‘cytokine storm’ associated with 45 percent lower risk of dying among COVID-19 patients on ventilators
(KOR), which binds to opioid-like compounds in the
The lower risk of death in patients who received
central and peripheral...
intravenous tocilizumab happened despite the fact that they were also twice...
Researcher develops method for mapping brain cell change, development in mice
Bird droppings carry risk of antibiotic resistance
The technique allows scientists to create maps of
antibiotic resistance harbored by opportunistic
developing mouse brains that can display how much of certain cell types...
pathogens in the droppings...
Why are memories attached to emotions so strong?
Cost-effectiveness of esketamine for depression
Most people can remember where they were on
The study compared the costs and benefits of
9/11, or what the weather was like on the day their
esketamine, an antidepressant approved by the U.S.
first child was born. Memories...
Food and Drug Administration...
Pickled capers activate proteins important for human brain and heart health
Study shows humans are optimists for most of life
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine
throughout young adulthood, seemed to steadily
School of Medicine have discovered that a
plateau and then decline...
Their study found high levels of genes that encode
“We found that optimism continued to increase
compound named quercetin,...
5,000 years of history of domestic cats in Central Europe
For every COVID-19 death, 9 close family members are left to grieve
IMAGE: Perspektywiczna cave inside view during
A new analysis finds more than one million
excavation. view more Credit: Magdalena Krajcarz
Americans have been swept up in the tidal wave of
A loner...
grief resulting from the COVID-19...
COVID-19: Considering meditation and yoga as adjunctive treatment
Perceiving the flavor of fat: A Monell Center twins study
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Credit: Monell...
Study finds cancer mortality rate disparity based on hospital ratings
Consumer-created social media visuals capture consumer brand perceptions
A new paper in the JNCI Cancer Spectrum,
Key Takeaways: Social media visuals are overtaking
published by Oxford University Press, finds that the mortality rates for complex...
text in defining online brand conversations. Usergenerated visuals...
The new tattoo: Drawing electronics on skin
Cardiac scar tissue: A factor which regulates its size
IMAGE: One day, people could monitor their own
IMAGE: Contraction force measurement for cardiac
health conditions by simply picking up a pencil and
tissue. Formation of tissue between microposts (top
drawing a bioelectronic...
image). Simulation...
‘Breakthrough’ cancer study adds to Super Strong Sophie’s legacy
Coronavirus: Llamas provide key to immune therapy
Scientists studying a form of bone cancer that took
As Fifi the llama munches on grass on a pasture in
the life of a “super strong” five-year-old girl say
Reading, her immune system has provided the
they...
template for a coronavirus...
Coronavirus: Florida sets new state daily case record of 15,299
Coronavirus: More than 100 outbreaks tackled a week, says Matt Hancock
Florida has registered a state record of 15,299 new
“Targeted action” is being taken against more than
coronavirus cases in 24 hours – around a quarter of
100 local outbreaks of coronavirus every week,
all of the...
Health Secretary...
Calls for clarity on face masks after Boris Johnson said ‘stricter’ approach is needed in England
More than 100 coronavirus outbreaks A WEEK are being ‘swiftly’ contained Matt Hancock reveals
Health experts back move to make face masks
More than 100 outbreaks of coronavirus are ‘swiftly
COMPULSORY in shops and pubs as Boris wears one for the first time – but...
and silently’ being dealt with every week across the UK,...
Immunity to Covid-19 may be lost in just a few months, new research suggests Immunity to Covid-19 may be lost in just a few
Scientists to trial coronavirus antibody treatment to protect older people from Covid-19
months and it could be caught again like a common
A British pharmaceutical giant is preparing to launch
cold, new research suggests King’s...
human trials of an antibody treatment that could protect old and vulnerable...
Coronavirus can damage the heart, study confirms Coronavirus patients can suffer irreversible heart
Mothers, newborns, young children and adolescents lose 20% of health and social services to COVID-19
damage as a result of their battle with the disease, a
Death registration (completeness of cause-of-death
study of hospital...
data) Each indicator for the 193 countries is colourcoded to depict a...
Women taking beta blockers for hypertension may have higher risk of heart failure with acute coronary syndrome
Janggu makes deep learning a breeze IMAGE: The scientists Altuna Akalin (left) and Wolfgang Kopp (right) from the “Bioinformatics and Omics Data...
DALLAS, July 13, 2020 — Women taking beta blockers for hypertension with no prior history of cardiovascular disease...
1 in 3 young adults may face severe COVID-19, UCSF study shows As the number of young adults infected with the coronavirus surges throughout the nation, a new study by researchers at UCSF...
Scientists demonstrate a new experiment in the search for theorized ‘neutrinoless’ proc IMAGE: The CUPID-Mo detector is installed in the EDELWEISS cryostat at Modane Underground Laboratory (LSM) in France. ...
Study links attraction to ‘tyrannical’ leaders to dysfunctional family dynamics
Racial disparities in COVID-19 are clear; better data, more targeted action needed
Ever wonder how some leaders in business or
IMAGE: Drs. Joseph Hobbs and Steven Coughlin
politics who appear selfish, manipulative and
view more Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer,
domineering still manage to amass...
Augusta University Marked...
Parasite infestations revealed by tiny chicken backpacks
Study of giant ant heads using simple models may aid bio-inspired designs
Blood-feeding livestock mites can be detected with
IMAGE: Soldier ants have giant heads with pincers
wearable sensor technology nicknamed “Fitbits for
that help them defend the colony. view more Credit:
chickens.” To...
Photo...
A new look at deep-sea microbes IMAGE: Microbes found deeper in the ocean are
Study finds less impact from wildfire smoke on climate
believed to have slow population turnover rates and
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., July 9, 2020–New research
low amounts of available...
revealed that tiny, sunlight-absorbing particles in wildfire smoke may...
Otago researchers find link between rape and breathing problems
Revealing winners & losers in projected future climates
Rape and sexual trauma may have long-lasting
IMAGE: The range of the three study species of
consequences for physical health as well as mental
rainbowfishes in Australia. Photos by Gunther
health, University of Otago...
Schmida. view more Credit:...
New estimates highlight global economic and environmental impacts of COVID-19
Cigarette sales declining by 20 million a month after advent of standardized packaging
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an estimated global consumption loss of $3.8 trillion, as well as significant job and...
The introduction of standardised packaging for cigarettes in the UK, combined with stricter taxation measures on cheaper...
Long-term strategies to control COVID-19 must treat health and economy as equally important
Oil spill clean- up gets doggone hairy
Strategies for the safe reopening of low and middle-
polluting soils and sediments...
Oil spill disasters on land cause long-term damage for communities and the natural environment,
income countries (LMICs) from months of strict social distancing in response...
UQ researchers solve a 50-year-old enzyme mystery IMAGE: ‘This information provides new insights into an important enzyme — acetohydroxyacid synthase
Viral dark matter exposed: Metagenome database detects phage-derived antibacterial enzyme IMAGE: Let’s give our special “phage ” attack to
—...
those evil C. difficile! (Illustration by Hideaki...
Largest study of prostate cancer genomics in Black Americans ids targets for therapies
Discovery of a novel drug candidate to develop effective treatments for brain disorders
Black men in the United States are known to suffer disproportionately from prostate cancer, but few
IMAGE: The Protein NKCC1 is a transporter of ions in the brain; their concentration is crucial for brain
studies have investigated...
function....
Fat cell hormone boosts potential of stem cell therapy
Study: Medicaid expansion meant better health for the most vulnerable lowincome adults
IMAGE: Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapies are being developed for the treatment of various diseases, including heart...
The most vulnerable residents of the nation’s 10th most populous state say their health improved significantly after...
How Venus flytraps snap IMAGE: The force sensor of the microrobotic system
Study finds fatty acid that kills cancer cells
deflects a sensory hair of a fllytrap that is kept open
PULLMAN, Wash. – Researchers have
by the sensors...
demonstrated that a fatty acid called dihomogammalinolenic acid, or DGLA, can kill...
Mom and baby share ‘good bacteria’ through breast milk IMAGE: A new study has found that bacteria are
Polarization of Br2 molecule in vanadium oxide cluster cavity and new alkane bromination
shared and possibly transferred from a mother’s milk
IMAGE: Peak of the spectrum due to polarized
to her infant’s...
bromine molecule view more Credit: Kanazawa
University [Background] Alkanes...
Satellite data show severity of drought summers in 2018 and 2019 IMAGE: The four Central European droughts of the
Alaskan volcano linked to mysterious period with extreme climate in ancient Rome
years 2003, 2015, 2018, and 2019: Shown are the
PHYSICS The cold, famine and unrest in ancient
water mass anomalies,...
Rome and Egypt after the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE has long...
Understanding the love-hate relationship of halide perovskites with the sun
Collective behavior research reveals secrets of successful football teams
IMAGE: The atomic structure of mixed FACsPbI3
The scientists analysed five full matches played by
perovskite, where it separates into two CsPbI3 (green region) and FAPbI3...
nine teams from a German Bundesliga season. They employed a tool borrowed...
T-ray camera speed boosted a hundred times over
Coronavirus: What guidance did care homes get from the government?
IMAGE: Optical set up for single pixel transmission
Care home providers have criticised Boris Johnson
imaging of object R. view more Credit: University of
after he said “too many care homes didn’t really
Warwick Scientists...
follow the...
‘Long-haulers’ face lengthy recovery
Will a Covid mask starve your brain of oxygen?
Extreme fatigue, nausea, chest tightness, severe headaches, “brain fog” and limb pains are among the recurring...
The frantic woman made a controversial yet compelling argument as to why Palm Beach residents should not be forced to wear...
Is a banana as bad for type 2 diabetes as SIX spoons of sugar?
Jab that lets you stay awake for complex hand surgery
Is eating a banana the same as swallowing six
It might sound daunting – particularly for the more
teaspoons of sugar? It would seem intuitive to say
squeamish – but NHS patients are now routinely
no, of course not – a...
being offered complex...
You can save a fortune buying braces online, but they might not give you the smile you’re after…
How Zoom calls with GPs are helping to end the epidemic of wounds that never heal
A body that represents British dentists has called for
It is a hidden epidemic that has hit more than two
a crackdown on DIY braces sold online which promise to straighten...
million Britons and left them struggling through each day with debilitating...
DR ELLIE CANNON: Just what is a healthy level of cholesterol these days?
Key role of immune cells in brain development
I read in The Mail on Sunday that having very high
Brain function depends on the precise formation of
HDL cholesterol is a worry, especially for middle-
millions of connections between specific brain cell
aged women like me. My...
types, including neurons...
An early morning whey protein snack increases morning blood sugar level in healthy people
Construction: How to turn 36 seconds into USD 5.4 billion
Having high blood sugar levels after eating is linked
for the first time ever, linked 40 years of productivity
to health problems, such as diabetes, heart disease
data from the...
A team of researchers from Aarhus University have,
and obesity. Previous...
Day in, day out: Targeting the daily magnesium "rhythm" can optimize crop yield
Is gender equality achievable in the Russian family?
IMAGE: The leaf blade of rice seedlings was
opportunities and responsibilities in performing the
sampled every 2 hours for 2 days. Expression of the
main family functions...
Distribution of rights and obligations in the family,
OsMGT3 gene relative...
Robust high-performance data storage through magnetic anisotropy
New study warns of misinformation about opt-out organ donation
IMAGE: This is how the experiment went: Two laser
A new study has warned of the power of a type of
pulses hit the thin film of iron-platinum nanoparticles
behaviour dubbed the ‘lone wolf’ effect which could
at short...
result in...
Sobering reminder about liver disease
New biomarker for dementia diagnosis
IMAGE: Flinders University Associate Professor
IMAGE: Professor Arduino Mangoni, Head of
Wigg, Head of the Hepatology and Liver
Clinical Pharmacology at Flinders University, in his
Transplantation Medicine Unit...
research laboratory...
Basel study: Why lopinavir and hydroxychloroquine do not work on COVID-19
Sensation seekers, risk-takers who experience more bitterness apt to drink IPAs
IMAGE: Treatment of a patient with Covid-19 in the
The results of the study, which involved more than
intensive care unit of the University Hospital Basel.
100 beer consumers, were unexpected, explained
view...
researcher John Hayes,...
Is COVID-19 widening the gender gap in academic medicine?
Living close to green space benefits gut bacteria of urban, formula-fed infants
The findings suggest a worsening gender gap in
“Not every infant can be breastfed,” said Anita
academic medicine as previous research has shown
Kozyrskyj, pediatrics professor at the University of
women are underrepresented...
Alberta....
Gene yields insights into the causes of neurodegeneration Without a cure, the World Health Organization
Why stakeholders in ‘wind energy vs biological conservation’ conflict have low mutual trust
predicts that number could rise by as many as 10
Mitigating climate change by producing more
million cases per year. However,...
renewable (green) energy, for instance through wind turbines, seems to be a good...
Researchers solve a 50-year-old enzyme mystery The research team, led by UQ’s Professor Luke
Physicians give first comprehensive review of COVID-19’s effects outside the lung
Guddat, revealed the complete three-dimensional
“I was on the front lines right from the beginning. I
structure of an enzyme,...
observed that patients were clotting a lot, they had high blood...
Study links abnormally high blood sugar with higher risk of death in COVID-19 patients not previously diagnosed with diabetes
Microscopy technique reveals nanoscale detail of coatings as they dry
Previous studies have established that
posted to EurekAlert! by contributing...
Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases
hyperglycaemia (abnormally high blood sugar) is associated with an elevated risk of...
Montana State research on plant chemistry published in Global Change Biology
Age-related features of facial anatomy for increase safety during plastic surgery
BOZEMAN — A Montana State University
year-old male to identify the facial artery (red arrow)
professor’s research on plant chemistry in the
in relation to...
IMAGE: Figure showing a transverse CT of a 63-
Northern Great Plains and...
A balancing act between immunity and longevity
Study shows that aerosol box used to protect healthcare workers during COVID
IMAGE: PUF60 mediates a yin-yang like balance between immunity and longevity. view more Credit:
A new study shows that certain aerosol boxes of a similar type to those that have been manufactured
Raymond Laboy As...
and used in hospitals...
New research shows that laser spectral linewidth is classical-physics phenomenon
Invention: "Nanocage" tool untangles (molecular) spaghetti
New ground-breaking research from the University
have invented a new tool–they call it a “nanocage”– that...
of Surrey could change the way scientists
A team of scientists at the University of Vermont
understand and describe lasers...
Fast-spreading mutation helps common flu subtype escape immune response
Coronavirus vaccine: When will we have one?
Strains of a common subtype of influenza virus,
Coronavirus is spreading around the world, but there
H3N2, have almost universally acquired a mutation
are still no vaccines to protect the body against the
that effectively blocks...
disease it causes,...
India coronavirus: Life-saving Covid-19 drugs sold on Delhi black market
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson criticised over ‘cowardly’ care home comments
A BBC investigation has found that two life-saving
Media captionPM: “Too many care homes didn’t
drugs used to treat Covid-19 patients in India –
follow procedures” Boris Johnson has been
remdesivir and...
accused...
Coronavirus: Calls for government to clarify face coverings in England
New biomaterial could shield against harmful radiation
MPs have called for the government to clarify its
Northwestern University researchers have
position on face coverings, after the PM said a
synthesized a new form of melanin enriched with
“stricter”...
selenium. Called selenomelanin,...
Where did the Asian longhorned ticks in the US come from?
Preliminary study suggests tuberculosis vaccine may be limiting COVID-19 deaths
“While additional samples from the tick’s native
Research by Assistant Professor Luis Escobar of
range are needed to pinpoint more exactly the
the College of Natural Resources and Environment
source of the...
and two colleagues at the...
Healthier school food and physical activity environments matter for childhood obesity
Abnormal cells in early-stage embryos might not preclude IVF success
The study, published in Preventive Medicine
in-vitro fertilization field, where debate still rages
Reports, uses professional measures of students’ height and weight —...
about the efficacy...
Optical shaping of polarization anisotropy in a laterally-coupled-quantum-dot dimer IMAGE: For polarized excitation parallel (?ex =90°)
Black phosphorus-based van der Waals heterostructures for mid-infrared lightemission applications
and perpendicular (?ex =0°) to the coupled direction,
IMAGE: a, Schematic diagram of the BP-WSe2
different...
heterostructure. Under the excitation of light, the
The findings could have clinical implications for the
electron and hole pairs...
Orbital engineering of quantum confinement in high-Al-content AlGaN quantum well
NASA tracks tropical storm fay’s development and strongest side
IMAGE: Applying an external electric field on the
Fay’s development and progression over the past
quantum well, the emission peak related to the CH band at the VBM...
few days, showing...
Gender bias in evaluating surgical residency faculty members may be decreasing
Health disparities published in new volume
CHICAGO (July 10, 2020): In the male-dominated
health disparities research she coedited will promote
field of surgery, female faculty of training programs
cancer health...
NASA used satellite data to create an animation of
IMAGE: Dr. Marvella Ford hopes the new volume of
tend to receive lower...
Liquid crystals create easy-to-read, colorchanging sensors Chameleons are famous for their color-changing
Jurassic fossils from northeastern China reveal morphological stasis in the catkinyew
abilities. Depending on their body temperature or
IMAGE: (a, b) cf. Amentotaxus from the Middle-Late
mood, their nervous system...
Jurassic Daoguhou Bed in eastern Inner Mongolia, China. (c) Living...
DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: Hoping for a safe bet by gambling online? Now that IS high stakes
ER visits for sports-related brain injuries fell 32% over last decade as fewer kids played football
For my patient Tanya*, it started innocently enough.
ER visits for sports-related brain injuries fell by 32%
Off work after an operation, she was bored and
over last decade as fewer children played football,
killing time online when...
CDC report finds Researchers...
Therapy delivered electronically more effective than face to face
Critical early step of the visual process uncovered
Based on randomized control trials, the systematic
To understand fully how the light receptors, called
review and analysis revealed that cognitive
photoreceptors, impact the early stages of the
behavioural therapy that connected...
process of vision, researchers...
Higher fruit, vegetable and whole grain intake linked to lower risk of diabetes
Breakthrough with cancer vaccine
The findings suggest that even a modest increase in
Research team based at The Translational
consumption of these foods as part of a healthy diet
Research Institute in collaboration with...
The new vaccine was developed by a Mater
could help prevent...
Climate change: Heavy rain after drought may cause fish kills
Study sheds light on how cancer spreads in blood
A grave example is reported from a lake in
The research is a large-scale analysis of what are
Denmark. In 2018, Denmark was hit by extreme summer drought and temperatures in...
known as palmitoylated proteins inside extracellular vesicles, according...
New clues from fruit flies about the critical role of sex hormones in stem cell control
Structural analysis of COVID-19 spike protein provides insight into its evolution
Bruce Edgar, PhD, a stem cell biologist at HCI and
that causes COVID-19, is the protein spikes which cover the surface, which...
professor of oncological sciences at the U of U,
A characterising feature of SARS-CoV-2, the virus
together with Aurelio...
BU researchers: ‘Gun culture 3.0’ is missing link to understand US gun culture
Nano-radiomics unveils treatment effect on tumor microenvironment
IMAGE: This is a map showing the most present
microenvironment (TME) can help cancers grow and
subculture in each state. view more Credit: Boine et
evade the immune response. The TME has...
Research has shown that the tumor
al. Leading...
Study highlights multiple health risks among a people living longer with HIV
Like humans, beluga whales form social networks beyond family ties
BOSTON – The impact and prevalence of heart
A groundbreaking study using molecular genetic
disease and other critical comorbidities on an aging global population...
techniques and field studies brings together decades of research into the...
Is what I see, what I imagine? Study finds neural overlap between vision and imagination
Theft law needs reform to reduce the risk of judgements which lack ‘common sense’
IMAGE: An ibis as “seen ” by a machine, 2015. This
Theft law needs reform so the crime is based on
processed image, which is based on a photograph
consent not dishonesty – reducing the risk of
by...
judgements which lack...
Couldn’t socially distance? Blame your working memory
Columbia physicians give first comprehensive review of COVID-19’s effects outside the lung
IMAGE: Students at UC Riverside with masks. view more Credit: Stan Lim, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif....
NEW YORK, NY (July 10, 2020) — After only a few days caring for critically ill COVID-19 patients at the start of the...
Coronavirus: Wear masks in crowded public spaces, says science body
Nursing and midwife numbers jump by record amount
Everyone should carry a face covering when they
Record numbers of nurses, midwives and nursing
leave home in order to tackle coronavirus, the head of the UK’s national...
associates have registered in the UK, figures show. By the end of March, there...
Government says sorry to women ‘ignored’ by doctors
Coronavirus: Conservative councillor PPE contracts questioned
Media captionNadine Dorries has apologised to
The government is under pressure to review its
women, calling for a “quicker and more
personal protective equipment (PPE) deals after a
compassionate way”...
Tory councillor received...
Coronavirus US: Cases hit record singleday high again at 63k
Matt Hancock says ban on care home visits will be lifted ‘in the coming days’
The US has once again set a record-high number of
Families can finally look forward to reunions with
coronavirus cases for the third day in a row,
elderly relatives in the coming days after Matt
recording more than 63,000...
Hancock suggested the...
Sixteen homeless people in England have died of Covid-19 during country’s crisis
Scientists warn UK Government to prepare for ‘visible resistance’ to future lockdowns
Sixteen homeless people have died of coronavirus in England, official data revealed today. An Office for National Statistics...
The Government has been warned to prepare for ‘visible resistance’ if it ever tries to introduce another lockdown...
Coronavirus UK: Two children die from Kawasaki-like disease
Coronavirus UK: Hospital discharged infected into care homes
At least two British children have died from a
FEBRUARY – SAGE scientists warned Government
Kawasaki-like disease linked to Covid-19, doctors have revealed. In the...
‘very early on’ about the risk to care homes Britain’s...
Coronavirus UK: R-rate may be ABOVE one in South West England
Major cause of rare genetic mitochondrial disease identified
South West England’s coronavirus R rate could now
The research, published in Med, a new journal from
have edged above one, government scientists
Cell Press, has found disruptions in the ATAD3 gene
warned today as they...
cluster caused fatal...
Scientists discover protective Alzheimer’s gene and develop rapid drugtesting platform
Scientists may have found one path to a longer life
The main challenge in testing Alzheimer’s drugs in
Gerontology: Biological Sciences, shows the drug
clinical trials is that participants need to have
mifepristone can extend...
The research, published July 10 by the Journal of
symptoms. But...
Children rarely transmit COVID-19, doctors write in new commentary
Why lopinavir and hydroxychloroquine do not work on COVID-19
The authors, Benjamin Lee, M.D. and William V.
In February 2020, a Covid-19 patient cohort was
Raszka, Jr., M.D., are both pediatric infectious
established at the University and the University
disease specialists on the...
Hospital in Basel to prospectively...
Changes in the immune system can promote healthy aging
COVID-19 can be transmitted in the womb, reports pediatric infectious disease journal
From their work in the tiny roundworm, Caenorhabditis elegans, the scientists discovered a change in an evolutionarily conserved...
The findings “suggest in utero transmission” of COVID-19 from an infected mother to her infant, according to...
Global COVID-19 registry finds strokes associated with COVID-19 are more severe, have worse outcomes and higher mortality
Experts, advocates publish guidance for research on HIV, co-infections in pregnancy
In “Characteristics and Outcomes in Patients with COVID-19 and Acute Ischemic Stroke: The Global
women are among those most in need of safe and
CHAPEL HILL, NC – July 10, 2020 – Pregnant effective preventives...
COVID-19 Stroke Registry,”...
NASA infrared data shows Cristina strengthening
Pandemic inspires framework for enhanced care in nursing homes
IMAGE: On July 10 at 4:35 a.m. EDT (0835 UTC),
PHILADELPHIA (July 10, 2020) – As of May 2020,
the MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite
nursing home residents account for a staggering
gathered temperature...
one-third of the more...
Extraordinary regeneration of neurons in zebrafish
Study pinpoints brain cells that trigger sugar cravings and consumption
IMAGE: Color-processed microscopic image of a
IMAGE: The hormone FGF21 is made in the liver
pair of Mauthner cells (green) in a zebrafish. On the
and acts in the brain to suppress sugar intake and
left is the head...
the preference for...
Arctic Ocean changes driven by subArctic seas
Single-cell RNA sequencing outlines the immune landscape of severe COVID-19
IMAGE: A map of the Arctic Ocean shows the
A new single-cell RNA sequencing analysis of more
location of the Amerasian and Eurasian basins.
than 59,000 cells from three different patient cohorts
Arrows show the path of warm,...
provides a detailed...
More than meets the eye The ability to recognize faces is a complex
US sets another single-day high of coronavirus cases, with more than 62,000
neurocognitive skill with important social
For the second consecutive day, the US has set a
implications. The disorder, which,...
record-high number of coronavirus cases with more than 62,000 new infections...
Coronavirus: N99 is most effective mask against transmission We’ve all been told to wear face masks to reduce
Boris Johnson is accused of hypocrisy for plans to ban junk food deals in antiobesity drive
the spread of coronavirus, but it turns out the
Boris Johnson was today accused of hypocrisy over
material your mask...
plans to get Britain into shape by banning buy-oneget-one-free deals on...
Distorted passage of time during the COVID-19 lockdown Previous research suggests that one’s perception of
About half of health care workers positive for COVID-19 by serology have no symptoms, study finds
how quickly time passes can vary according to one’s
Among 249 front-line health care workers who cared
emotions,...
for COVID-19 patients during the first month of the pandemic in Tennessee,...
Contracting COVID-19: lifestyle and social connections may play a role
Sodium found to regulate the biological clock of mice
A new article published in the journal Perspectives
The findings, published in Nature by former McGill
on Psychological Science explores how lifestyle,
PhD student Claire Gizowski and Charles Bourque,
social, and psychological...
a professor in McGill’s...
Older, critically ill patients with COVID-19 may have increased risk of bradycardia with lopinavir and ritonavir
Study: More than half of US students experience summer learning losses five years in a row
The combination of antiretroviral medications lopinavir (LPV) and ritonavir (RTV) have been
“Many children in the U.S. have not physically attended a school since early March because of the
previously used to treat patients...
Covid-19 pandemic,...
No NELL2, no sperm motility; novel protein is essential for male fertility
Socio-economic, environmental impacts of COVID-19 quantified
Dr. Martin Matzuk at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr.
The international group of researchers, using a
Masahito Ikawa with Osaka University and their
global and highly detailed model, found that most
colleagues have discovered...
directly hit was the travel...
Aquaculture’s role in nutrition in the COVID-19 era
Teva presents latest data on AJOVY® ▼ (fremanezumab) at EHF Congress
Aquaculture, the relatively young but fast-growing
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS – Teva
industry of farming of fish and other marine life, now
Pharmaceutical Europe B.V. has presented results
produces around...
from a pooled analysis of three randomized,...
New in the Hastings Center Report: Health, race, and society during Covid-19
Discovery reveals how plants make cellulose for strength and growth
Several essays look specifically at how racial
New research from the University of Virginia School
inequality is embodied in health inequities. Black
of Medicine reveals how plants create the load-
Lives in a Pandemic:...
bearing structures that...
Food safety investments open new markets, boost revenue for small farmers
Commentary in Pediatrics: Children don’t transmit Covid-19, schools should reopen in fall
ITHACA, N.Y. – The costs of implementing food safety practices to prevent foodborne illnesses have been viewed as a...
A commentary published in the journal Pediatrics, the official peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics,...
Farmers’ climate change conundrum: Low yields or revenue instability ITHACA, N.Y. – Climate change will leave some
Liquid metal synthesis for better piezoelectrics: Atomically-thin tinmonosulfide
farmers with a difficult conundrum, according to a
IMAGE: Transmission electron microscope (TEM)
new study by researchers...
image: atomically thin (monolayer) tin-sulfide nanosheet (scale bar is...
Coronavirus: Planned ops in May fell by 80% in England
Coronavirus: Asymptomatic testing for taxi drivers and cleaners in England
Planned operations in England fell by 80% in May
People in “high-contact” professions, such as taxi
compared with the same month in 2019, NHS
drivers, pharmacists and cleaners will be tested for
figures show. The number of people...
coronavirus...
Coronavirus: Data shows cases in England falling
Coronavirus: Dementia patients ‘deteriorating’ without family visits
Two reports charting coronavirus cases in England
Relatives of care home residents with dementia
show the number of people in the community with
should be treated as key workers, leading charities
the disease is falling. The...
say. In a letter to the...
‘Unknown pneumonia’ said to be deadlier than coronavirus is sweeping across Kazakhstan
Coronavirus US: Death rates three times higher in prisons
‘Unknown pneumonia’ said to be deadlier than
Coronavirus death rates are THREE TIMES as high in US prisons than in the general population, study
coronavirus is sweeping across Kazakhstan,
finds Researchers compared...
Chinese embassy says More...
Gyms ‘will get the green light to reopen within days, Boris Johnson to announce Boris Johnson is set to give gyms the green light to
Britain could have been hit harder by Covid-19 because it has avoided bad flu seasons
reopen within DAYS – provided they take measures
Britain could have been hit harder by Covid-19 than
to slow the spread...
other European nations because the past two winter flu outbreaks have...
Delirious coronavirus-infected man confesses to his wife that he used to have sex with men
Thousands of taxi drivers, cleaners and shop workers will be tested for coronavirus
A man who became manic after being infected with
Thousands of taxi drivers, cleaners and shop
coronavirus got so delirious he confessed to his wife
workers will be tested for Covid-19 as part of a new
that he used to have...
trial — even if they...
England’s coronavirus outbreak IS shrinking, official data shows
Coronavirus England: 43 local authorities where cases RISING
England’s coronavirus outbreak is still shrinking and
Forty-three authorities in England have suffered a
the number of new cases each day have more than
spike in Covid-19 cases in the past week — but the
halved in a week,...
outbreak in locked-down...
Brain benefits of exercise can be gained with a single protein
Women who deliver by C-section are less likely to conceive subsequent children
Exercise is one of the best-studied and most
Kristen Kjerulff, professor of public health sciences,
powerful ways of protecting the brain from age-
said that although previous studies showed that
related cognitive decline and...
women who delivered...
No association found between exposure to mobile devices and brain volume alterations in adolescents
Study identifies unique cells that may drive lung fibrosis
The potential negative health consequences
This is one of the first comprehensive looks at lung cells using a technology called single-cell RNA
associated with children’s use of mobile devices
sequencing. Instead...
have been a matter of concern...
Salmonella biofilm protein causes autoimmune responses — Possible link with Alzheimer’s
New study supports remdesivir as COVID-19 treatment
Salmonella was previously thought to only form
Medical Center (VUMC), the University of North
biofilms in the environment, such as on food
Carolina at Chapel Hill and...
This week researchers at Vanderbilt University
processing surfaces. Biofilms...
A complex gene program initiates brain changes in response to cocaine
Community initiative increases teenage use of effective contraception
The atlas was just the beginning of a major study,
The study, “Impact of the Rochester LARC Initiative
published in the journal Science Advances, that
on Adolescents’ Utilization of Long-Acting
used multiple cutting-edge...
Reversible Contraception,”...
CU researchers identify key role of immune cells in brain development
New evidence of long-term volcanic, seismic risks in northern Europe
AURORA, Colo. (July 9, 2020) – Researchers at the
IMAGE: Water-filled maars in Germany’s Eifel
University of Colorado School of Medicine have identified how specific...
region. view more Credit: Martin Schildgen/Wikimedia Commons An...
Magnetic memory states go exponential
A memory game could help us understand brain injury
Spintronics is a thriving branch of nano-electronics which utilizes the spin of the electron and its associated magnetic...
After a traumatic brain injury, why do some people quickly regain their skills while others face longlasting setbacks? Boston...
A new role for a tiny linker in transmembrane ion channels
New study outlines best practices for delivering care via telehealth
IMAGE: Jianhan Chen at UMass Amherst reports
(Boston)–The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a
new results on calcium-gated ion channels. Besides
rapid expansion of telehealth use in the U.S. While
advancing knowledge,...
articles have been...
CT of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) versus CT of influenza virus pneumonia IMAGE: Artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted software
Researchers call for worldwide biosurveillance network to protect from diseases
was used to identify inflammatory tissues in lung
The emergence of COVID-19 is a powerful reminder
and automatically...
of how unchecked wildlife trade can lead to the spillover spread of viruses...
England’s coronavirus outbreak IS shrinking, official data shows
Britain records 85 more Covid-19 deaths
England’s coronavirus outbreak is still shrinking and
deaths as promising data revealed Northern Ireland
the number of new cases each day have more than halved in a week,...
has now gone a week without...
Britain today announced 85 more coronavirus
The 43 local authorities in England where Covid-19 cases are RISING
Our itch to share helps spread COVID-19 misinformation
Forty-three authorities in England have suffered a
Now a study co-authored by MIT scholars contains
spike in Covid-19 cases in the past week — but the
bad news and good news about Covid-19
outbreak in locked-down...
misinformation — and a new insight...
Bats offer clues to treating COVID-19
What happens when food first touches your tongue
Although humans experience adverse symptoms when afflicted with these pathogens, bats are remarkably able to tolerate viruses,...
The research, published last month in the journal PLOS Computational Biology, also provided explanation as to why humans...
5G wireless networks have few health impacts, finds study using zebrafish model
Study says inhalers OK to use amid COVID-19 concerns
Fifth generation or 5G wireless technology, which
steroids used in inhalers and nebulisers could have
began being deployed worldwide in 2019, provides
a negative effect on a...
A warning issued by WHO in March advised that
faster connectivity and...
Global wildlife surveillance could provide early warning for next pandemic
Researchers find rise in broken heart syndrome during COVID-19 pandemic
In a perspective article published July 9 in Science,
Stress cardiomyopathy occurs in response to
a diverse group of infectious disease experts, ecologists, wildlife...
physical or emotional distress and causes dysfunction or failure in the heart...
Safer CRISPR gene editing with fewer offtarget hits
Engineers design a reusable, silicone rubber face mask
The CRISPR system employs an enzyme called
IMAGE: Researchers at MIT and Brigham and
Cas9 to cleave DNA. Cas9 will cut almost any DNA
Women’s Hospital have designed a new silicone
sequence. Its specificity comes...
rubber face mask that...
Biologists trace plants’ steady mitochondrial genomes to a gene found in viruses, bacteria
Science education community should withdraw from international tests
IMAGE: Arabidopsis plant that lacks functional
involvement in international tests such as PISA
copies of MSH1. Researchers investigated the role
because they have forced schools...
The science community should withdraw from
of this gene in mitochondrial...
Expansion stress enhances growth and migration of breast cancer cells IMAGE: Joel Berry view more Credit: UAB
Researchers explore new approaches to support work practices in homeless shelters
Expansion stress can have an alarming impact on
Researchers from Bentley University, in partnership
breast cancer cells...
with Pine Street Inn, New England’s largest homeless shelter, have...
Rochester community initiative increases teenage use of effective contraception IMAGE: The Hoekelman Center relied on its wide
Neonatal exposure to antigens of commensal bacteria promotes broader immune repertoire
network of partnerships in Rochester to disseminate
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – University of Alabama at
information on LARC. ...
Birmingham researchers have added fresh evidence that early exposure to...
Improved cochlear implant device allows safe MRI in children without discomfort
Trump’s campaign rally in Tulsa may have contributed to coronavirus spike
A study from Ann Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital
A controversial campaign rally held by President
of Chicago found that children with a MED-EL
Donald Trump in Tulsa, Oklahoma, last month likely
Synchrony cochlear...
contributed to a rise...
Rsearchers study effects of cellular crowding on the cell’s transport system
Study paves way for earlier autism diagnosis in Indiana
In the recent study, “Macromolecular crowding acts as a physical regular of intracellular transport,”
Led by Nancy Swigonski, MD and Mary Ciccarelli, MD, a team of faculty at Indiana University School of
published...
Medicine have developed...
Clinicians find encouraging results from functional MRI in an unresponsive patient with COVID-19
COVID-related discrimination disproportionately impacts racial minorities, study shows
In addition to performing standard brain imaging
From March to April 2020, the overall percentage of
tests, the team took images of the patient’s brain
U.S. residents who experienced COVID-related
with a technique...
discrimination more than...
Scientists use nanoparticle-delivered gene therapy to inhibit blinding eye disease in rodents
Sensory neurons outside the brain drive autistic social behaviors, study suggests
The research, described July 3 in Science
In the fruit fly Drosophila — a powerful model for studying neurobiology — the researchers showed
Advances, provides evidence of the potential value
that loss of...
of nanoparticle-delivered gene...
Access to nature requires attention when addressing community health needs While access to nature is an established social
The spin state story: Observation of the quantum spin liquid state in novel material
determinant of health with clear benefits to physical,
IMAGE: A QSL state can be experimentally
mental, and social...
observed, which has advanced our knowledge of spin behavior, and its integration...
Water-saving alternative forage crops for Texas livestock
Extreme rainfall events cause top-heavy aquatic food webs
IMAGE: Bishwoyog Bhattarai, a graduate student in Sukhbir Singh’s lab at Texas Tech University,
IMAGE: Scientists used the insect larvae that live in the water trapped by bromeliad plants as a model
measuring the...
ecosystem, discovering...
Using electricity to break down pollutants left over after wastewater treatment
Chatbots can ease medical providers’ burden, offer guidance to those with COVID-19 symptoms
IMAGE: INRS Professor Patrick Drogui, a specialist in electrotechnologies and wastewater treatment. view more Credit:...
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — COVID-19 has placed tremendous pressure on health care systems, not only for critical care but...
Black individuals at higher risk for contracting COVID-19, according to new research
Gall fly outmaneuvers host plant in game of "Spy vs. Spy"
IMAGE: In a study, Black race was associated with increased COVID-19 infection risk. view more
that feed on them have been one-upping each other
IMAGE: Over time goldenrod plants and the gall flies in an ongoing...
Credit: ATS July...
Coronavirus: WHO rethinking how Covid19 spreads in air
Coronavirus: Hillingdon Hospital shuts to emergencies after outbreak
The World Health Organization has acknowledged
A west London hospital has been closed to all
there is emerging evidence that the coronavirus can be spread by tiny particles...
emergencies following an outbreak of Covid-19 among its staff. The outbreak...
Care homes face staffing ‘black hole’ with new immigration bill
Nurse and midwife numbers jump by record amount
Care homes could face a staffing “black hole”
Record numbers of nurses and midwives have
because of the impact of the government’s
registered to work in the UK with 18,000 more than
immigration bill,...
a year ago. By the end of...
Coronavirus: Putting hamsters on plane could test transmission Placing hamsters on an aeroplane could be one way
Why are US coronavirus deaths NOT rising after alarming case spikes across the nation?
of examining whether coronavirus can be spread
Between 40,000 and 50,000 Americans have tested
through airborne transmission,...
positive for coronavirus on a daily basis since lateJune, up from a seven-day...
Wearing a face mask decreases your risk of being infected with coronavirus risk by 65%
Coronavirus: New York doctor still has symptoms 100 DAYS on
Wearing a face mask decreases your risk of being
resident at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, began
infected with coronavirus risk by 65%, scientists find
experiencing...
Dr Yochai Re’em (pictured), a third-year psychiatry
There are two main...
Context reduces racial bias in hate speech detection algorithms
Researchers create air filter that can kill the coronavirus
So, perhaps it’s no surprise that social media hate
Zhifeng Ren, director of the Texas Center for
speech detection algorithms, designed to stop the
Superconductivity at UH, collaborated with Monzer
spread of hateful...
Hourani, CEO of Medistar,...
Researchers develop sterilizable, alternative N95 mask
Neutralizing antibodies in the battle against COVID-19
Preliminary findings are published in the British
A team of researchers led by Prof. Florian Klein
Medical Journal Open. “Like many of our
(Cologne University Hospital) and the German
colleagues, when we heard...
Center for Infection Research...
Hearing persists at end of life
People more likely to donate when reminded of own mortality
This research, published recently in Scientific Reports, is the first to investigate hearing in humans when they are close...
The study examines how people respond to “mortality salience” — that is, the uniquely human awareness that...
COVID-19 cases and deaths in federal and state prisons significantly higher than in general U.S. population
Experimental drug shows early promise against inherited form of ALS, trial indicates
The researchers also found the death rate of U.S.
The results of the study, published July 9 in the New
prisoners was 39 deaths per 100,000 prison
England Journal of Medicine, have led to the launch
residents, higher than that...
of a phase 3 clinical...
Study reveals how bacteria build essential carbon-fixing machinery
Study finds decreased rates of high-cost care after a community development initiative
IMAGE: Illustration of a complex carboxysome structure and Rubisco enzymes view more Credit: Luning Liu Scientists...
More than a decade into the community development initiative called Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families, the 30-block...
Therapy delivered electronically more effective than face to face: Hamilton researchers
Study: ‘Anti-vaxxers’ gain traction against HPV vaccine on Facebook
Hamilton, ON (July 8, 2020) – Cognitive behavioural
strategic communication in the Missouri School of
therapy delivered electronically to treat people with
Journalism ...
IMAGE: Monique Luisi is an assistant professor of
depression...
GSA publishes articles on COVID-19 and aging; plus Spanish translations of infographics
Nurses and midwives take the lead in providing HIV services in Eastern and Southern Africa
The Gerontological Society of America’s highly cited,
July 8, 2020 – “Nurse-initiated and managed
peer-reviewed journals are continuing to publish
antiretroviral therapy” (NIMART) is an innovative
scientific articles...
approach...
Drug treatment could improve effectiveness of immunotherapy for cancer patients
Does genomics perpetuate inequality?
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — While
justice, and is creating new forms...
Genomics is crowding out ways of reducing inequality, has thwarted medicine from advancing
immunotherapy — a form of treatment that uses the body’s immune...
Top medical expert warns that thousands of Americans who survived COVID-19 are a ticking time bomb
Matt Hancock apologises to thousands of women harmed by vaginal mesh, primodos and sodium valproate
A doctor who has been studying lung disease for 15
Matt Hancock today apologised to thousands of
years has warned of a looming health crisis that
women harmed by three avoidable health scandals
could overshadow the...
after a damning review into...
NHS hospital in Boris Johnson’s constituency closes A&E due to Covid-19 outbreak
Coronavirus: Heartburn and indigestion drugs may increase risk
NHS hospital in Boris Johnson’s constituency closes
increase the risk of developing coronavirus, a new
AE for emergency admissions after Covid-19
study suggests. Researchers...
Popular indigestion and acid reflux medications may
outbreak leaves 70 staff...
Government’s SAGE group’s role in coronavirus will be ‘downgraded’
Coronavirus could be detected before symptoms by smartwatch
The Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) is to see its role in the
Covid-19 could be detected by wearing a smartwatch that spots the infection days before
coronavirus crisis downgraded...
symptoms occur, scientists claim. Researchers...
Coronavirus UK: 126 new fatalities in preliminary death toll
Care regulator investigated safety at up to 50 nursing homes during England’s Covid-19 crisis
Britain today recorded 126 more Covid-19 deaths as the outbreak continues to fizzle out with the average number of fatalities...
Around 50 care homes were officially investigated by regulators during the Covid-19 crisis because of concerns they weren’t...
Links between parents’ and children’s asthma and allergies
Animals who try to sound ‘bigger’ are good at learning sounds
By the time the children were 6 years old, however,
“If you saw a Chihuahua barking as deep as a
both parents presented the same risk. This suggests that non-genetic...
Rottweiler, you would definitely be surprised,” says Andrea Ravignani,...
New molecular tool precisely edits mitochondrial DNA
The best (and worst) materials for masks
Now, a team at the Broad Institute of MIT and
Amanda Wilson, an environmental health sciences doctoral candidate in the Department of Community,
Harvard and the University of Washington School of
Environment and Policy...
Medicine has broken this...
Researchers propose novel approach to limit organ damage for patients with severe COVID-19
COVID-19 brain complications found across the globe
In a paper published in Cancer and Metastasis
that strokes, delirium and other neurological
Reviews and selected by the journal as the featured
complications are reported...
Published in The Lancet Neurology, the study found
publication, a team of...
How good gut bacteria help reduce the risk for heart disease
‘Bystander Effect’ not exclusive to humans
The bacteria’s activity in the intestines reduces production of a chemical that has been linked to the
The study, titled “The Bystander Effect in Rats,” also demonstrated that in the presence of other potential
development...
helper...
CHOP-pioneered spatial mapping method pinpoints potential new therapeutic targets in lupus
Columbia professor confronts healthcare inequality in time of COVID-19
Philadelphia, July 8, 2020 – A team of researchers
to improve the well-being of populations by confronting inequality....
from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Kai Ruggeri’s research has one overriding objective:
used a new...
"Protect 30% of the planet for nature," scientists urge in new report In an independent report published today, an
Community and law enforcement partnerships best help kids who witness home violence
analysis from over 100 experts finds the benefits of
The Child Trauma Response Team, an innovative
protecting 30% of the planet...
police and community-based organization partnership, demonstrated success at...
Lung, immune function in kids could protect from severe COVID-19
Stress testing ‘coral in a box’
IMAGE: Study authors compare the physiology of a
location where they were collected and then
pediatric lung and an adult lung. view more Credit: Photo...
subjected to thermal exposures...
Researchers uncover a critical early step of the visual process
First Alaskan juvenile predator fossil adds insight to dino migration
The key components of electrical connections
DALLAS (SMU) – The discovery of the first juvenile
between light receptors in the eye and the impact of
dromaeosaurid lower jaw bone on the North Slope
these connections on the...
of Alaska supports...
New government unit to take over Covid response
Robust plan for PPE ‘must be in place for winter’
The government’s new Joint Biosecurity Centre is to
Supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE)
take a more prominent role in co-ordinating the
must be guaranteed ahead of winter when the UK
response to Covid-19,...
could face a second wave of...
Cumberlege review: The patients who fought for answers
Lives ruined as damage viewed as ‘women’s problems’
Over six decades, three very different treatments
Many lives have been ruined because officials failed
have been the subject of thousands of complaints
to hear the concerns of women given drugs and
from women. Initially,...
procedures that caused...
Health expert claims Americans will be wearing masks for several years
Warning from UN over rise in diseases jumping from animals to humans like Covid-19
IMAGE: Corals are placed in test boxes at the
A health expert with Johns Hopkins University thinks
Viruses jumping from animals to humans are
that Americans will be wearing masks for ‘several
becoming more common, the United Nations has
years’. Eric...
warned. The UN’s environmental...
Fury over ‘utterly disgusting’ decision to stop free hospital parking for NHS workers
Light a critical factor in limiting carbon uptake, even in the north
Fury over ‘utterly disgusting’ decision to stop free
that even when temperatures warm and cold stress
hospital parking for NHS workers once the Covid-19 outbreak...
is limited, light is still...
Motherhood overrides the brain’s decision-making
Probiotics alone or combined with prebiotics may help ease depression
Making decisions requires the medial prefrontal
But as to whether they might help to lessen anxiety
cortex filtering and repressing multiple streams of
isn’t yet clear, say the researchers. Foods that
information. This often...
broaden the profile...
Certain factors during infancy may affect bone health in adulthood
Does early access to pension funds improve health?
In a recent study, breast feeding during infancy was
In a recent study from Singapore, early access to
associated with a lower risk of lower limb fractures
pension wealth was associated with improved health
when children reached...
status. The findings...
The effects of smartphone use on parenting
The story behind a uniquely dark, wetland soil
Parents may worry that spending time on their
IMAGE: Researchers work together to dig a soil pit
smartphones has a negative impact on their
in a slump block wetland in Poly Canyon along the
relationships with their children....
central coast...
Towards climate resilient urban energy systems
New study reveals people more likely to donate when reminded of own mortality
IMAGE: A general framework for assessing the
New research from the UBC Sauder School of
climate resilience of urban energy systems,
Business shows that people are 30 per cent more
illustrating different components...
likely to donate their assets...
Researchers find promising therapy to fight epidemic of liver disease
HKUST researchers discover a novel mechanism regulating planar cell polarity
AURORA, Colo. (July 8, 2020) – In an effort to combat a growing worldwide epidemic of
Planar cell polarity (PCP), a process in which the epithelial tissues are polarized within the plane of
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease...
the epithelium, plays...
‘Silent spreaders’ may account for HALF of all coronavirus cases in the US, study suggests
Common inherited genetic variant identified as frequent cause of deafness in adults
‘Silent spreaders’ may account for HALF of all
Deafness in adults is known to be inherited. But,
coronavirus cases in the US as nearly 50,000
unlike childhood deafness, the genetic causes
people a day test...
largely remain a mystery,...
A key gene modifies regulatory T cells to fine-tune the immune response
Poor sleep at night ‘spills over’ into children’s emotional lives
“Our ultimate goal is to be able to use these genes
Although plenty of correlational research links
that modulate regulatory T cells to interfere with
inadequate sleep with poor emotional health,
autoimmune diseases...
experimental studies in children...
Higher manganese levels in early pregnancy linked to lower preeclampsia risk
Circular RNA makes fruit flies live longer
The study, published online in the journal
Institute for Biology...
A new Columbia Engineering study demonstrates
Carina Weigelt and other researchers in the group led by Linda Partridge, Director at the Max Planck
Epidemiology, suggests the possibility that boosting manganese levels in women...
Metabolomics meets genomics to improve patient diagnosis
Shock-dissipating fractal cubes could forge high-tech armor
At Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Sarah Elsea and
“The goal of the work is to manipulate the wave
her colleagues have been working on improving
interactions resulting from a shockwave,” said Dana
their ability to identify...
Dattelbaum,...
Strain of E. coli may offer protections against its more malevolent cousins
Targeting bacterial biofilm lynchpin prevents, treats recalcitrant biofilmmediated infections
But for more than a century, one strain of the
Chronic and recurrent bacterial diseases are
bacteria, E. coli Nissle 1917, has been used as a
treatment-resistant due to the ability of the
probiotic and therapeutic...
pathogens to establish biofilms,...
Early childhood education centers can boost parents’ engagement at home
Bad E. coli we know, but good E. coli?
COVID-19 has temporarily shuttered many early
PhD, shown in a laboratory at the University of
childhood education centers across the country,
Cincinnati. view...
IMAGE: Alison Weiss, PhD, and Suman Pradhan,
shifting full-time child care...
Famous ‘Jurassic Park’ dinosaur is less lizard, more bird
New study detects ringing of the global atmosphere
From movies to museum exhibits, the dinosaur
IMAGE: A checkerboard pattern of low (blue) and
Dilophosaurus is no stranger to pop culture. Many
high (red) pressure areas moving eastward through
probably remember it best...
time, generated by...
Milk lipids follow the evolution of mammals
Men and younger adults less active in lockdown
IMAGE: Skoltech scientists conducted a study of
New research published in the journal BMJ Open
milk lipids and described the unique features of
Sport and Exercise Medicine indicates that men and
human breast milk...
younger adults have been...
Algae species discovered infesting NW Hawaiian waters has been identified
Coronavirus: Three England pubs close after positive tests
IMAGE: The new species of algae at Pearl and Hermes Atoll. view more Credit: Photo courtesy:
Media captionJess Green from Lighthouse Kitchen: “We could have opened today but chose not to as I
NOAA/National...
think...
Coronavirus: Spanish study casts doubt on herd immunity feasibility
Coronavirus: Trump moves to pull US out of World Health Organization
A Spanish study has cast doubt on the feasibility of
President Donald Trump has formally moved to
herd immunity as a way of tackling the coronavirus pandemic. The study...
withdraw the US from the World Health Organization (WHO). The president had...
Coronavirus: Majority testing positive have no symptoms
Coronavirus US: Masks must be mandatory, says Harvard doctor
Only 22% of people testing positive for coronavirus
Harvard doctor says the US needs a mandatory
reported having symptoms on the day of their test,
mask order across ALL states to combat rise of
according to the Office...
coronavirus and prevent hospitals...
Coronavirus: 87% of meat workers infected were minorities
BAME people are up to ‘FOUR TIMES more likely to have Covid-19’
REVEALED: 87% of meat and poultry plant workers
Black and Asian Britons are up to four times more
who were infected with coronavirus were minorities,
likely to have had already fought off the coronavirus,
CDC report finds More...
official data today...
Cold temperatures in winter WILL increase the spread of COVID-19, research confirms
Devon woman sews 100 transparent face masks for deaf people
Cold temperatures in winter WILL increase the spread of COVID-19, research confirms Experts
allow deaf people to lip read and feel ‘safe and
A woman has sewn 100 transparent face masks to included’ amid...
from India compared each country’s...
Coronavirus UK: South West will be hardest hit by second wave Britain’s stay-cation hotspots of Devon, Cornwall and Dorset will be hit the hardest by a second wave of coronavirus,...
British officials WILL consider telling people to wear face coverings in public, Matt Hancock says Matt Hancock today revealed the government will look again at whether people in England should wear face coverings or masks...
Brain structural elements in psychiatric disorders The work, led by Bernhard T. Baune, MD, PhD, and Udo Dannlowski, MD, PhD, University of Münster, Germany, appears in Biological...
Engineered killer immune cells target tumors and their immunosuppressive allies The engineered cell therapy could be used as an alternative approach for treating cancer in patients for whom previous immunotherapy...
Flu in early life determines our susceptibility to future infections
Interplay of impact, moral goals influences charitable giving to different causes
The findings may help improve estimates of both the age-specific risk of acquiring seasonal influenza
An appeal to morality can persuade people to make donations that benefit recipients halfway around the
infections and vaccine...
world — even...
Women’s egg quality dependent on metabolic factors
Dopamine neurons mull over your options
In the world’s most in-depth study of the final steps
Although the choices we make are rarely as
of egg maturation, the quality of a woman’s eggs was found...
dramatic as Indiana’s, the ability to evaluate options and choose the one...
Desk-based jobs may offer protection against poor cognition in later life Lack of physical activity and exercise are known risk
Our animal inheritance: Humans perk up their ears, too, when they hear interesting sounds
factors for major health conditions, including
Asking children to ‘perk up their ears’ means asking
cognitive impairments...
them to listen intently. Nobody seriously thinks that kids...
The complex relationship between deforestation and diet diversity in the Amazon
Boron nitride destroys PFAS ‘forever’ chemicals PFOA, GenX
IMAGE: Commercial agriculture, such as palm oil
photocatalysis that destroys the pollutant PFOA in
and cocoa plantations, is expanding along the Amazonian forest frontier. ...
water. view more Credit:...
Study reveals science behind traditional mezcal-making technique
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Artisanal
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makers of mezcal have a tried and true way to tell
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right...
COVID-19 in patients who have received kidney transplants or are undergoing dialysis
New link between calcium and cardiolipin in heart defects
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production defects in heart muscles result in a
transplant recipients with COVID-19 do not need to
variety of cardiac diseases. Texas...
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Hydroxychloroquine given to 300k more patients than usual
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prevention of coronavirus are often too small to provide conclusive results...
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Britain will inevitably suffer ‘big’ Covid-19 outbreaks
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Three pubs are forced to close because customers test positive for coronavirus
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test positive for coronavirus just TWO days after
can’t,...
they reopened on Super...
Boris Johnson accuses care home bosses of failing to look after their residents during the pandemic
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Boris Johnson has refused to apologise for blaming
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shares how to take...
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Health Research (NIHR), found that hospital nurses
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make far fewer mistakes...
are prescribed for conditions...
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The American Heart Association, American College
reducing the heart’s ability to pump blood and
of Cardiology and 10 other medical organizations
adding strain to the...
published a Guideline in...
Nutrients in microalgae: An environmentally friendly alternative to fish
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meadows have been estimated to store CO2 in their
healthy omega-3 fatty acids for humans while also
soils about 30...
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being more environmentally...
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The risk of cerebral palsy linked to IVF has more than halved in the past two decades
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study from Denmark found a significantly increased
and developmental abnormalities...
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Repurposing public health systems to decode COVID-19
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IMAGE: Accumulated microplastic fibers are visible under this larval lobster’s carapace. New research
associated with severe...
shows that...
Kettering General Hospital: Police to probe waiting list figures
Coronavirus: Fear over rise in animal-tohuman diseases
Police have launched an investigation into
Zoonotic diseases – which jump from animals to
allegations a hospital manipulated waiting list
humans – are increasing and will continue to do so
figures, the BBC has learned. It...
without action...
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stop you feeling tired? Dr Najia Shaikh, an NHS GP
make it easier to diagnose whether a woman has
based in London and at...
started the menopause. The...
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increasing the risk of obesity, heart disease and type
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Only 5% of people in Spain developed antibodies three months...
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experiences unwanted thoughts and behaviors, the urge for which they find...
that would examine the factors influencing the form, effort and success...
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energy compared to its body mass. This energy is
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mainly generated by aerobic...
Age-related impairments reversed in animal model
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2020):...
sleep in late the next day are more likely to develop asthma and allergies...
Group genomics drive aggression in honey bees CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Researchers often study the
New room-temperature liquid-metal battery could be the path to powering the future
genomes of individual organisms to try to tease out
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the relationship...
at The University of Texas at Austin have built a new type of battery that...
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cultivar 43 days after planting in 2018. The left two
companies surpassed $12 million last year, according to the latest Associated...
rows shown in...
Coronavirus US: Death toll at 30k as Florida and Texas suffer More than 130,000 Americans have now died of
UK Government ‘panic bought’ £13.4million worth of Roche’s coronavirus antibody tests
coronavirus, and 14 states have hit record-high
The Department of Health has been accused of
numbers of new daily infections...
‘panic buying’ coronavirus antibody tests from the
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pharmaceutical...
Another 35,000 cancer patients could die in a year due to Covid delays A warning that another 35,000 cancer patients could die in a year due to treatment delays caused by Covid-19 has prompted...
Genes that raise the risk of dying from Covid-19 ‘were inherited from NEANDERTHALS’ People may be at a greater risk of dying of coronavirus if they have carry a certain set of genes that was inherited from...
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Nine out of 10 health and care workers who caught the coronavirus got it at work, according to a report
coronavirus, a study has...
published today. And...
Coronavirus UK: 15 new fatalities in preliminary death toll
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Britain today recorded 16 more coronavirus deaths,
Merthyr Tydfil is the UK’s new coronavirus hotspot,
including none in Scotland, Wales or Northern
according to official figures that show the Welsh
Ireland as the outbreak...
borough currently...
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were over twice as likely to be treated for the
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disease as people living in...
that causes people to have cholesterol levels 2-4 times higher than the...
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represses a process called adenosine-to-inosine (A-
renewal. In most organs, stem cells are located in
to-I) RNA editing that...
The protein, death associated protein 3 (DAP3),
specific regions and,...
Compounds halt SARS-CoV-2 replication by targeting key viral enzyme
Researchers develop software to find drug-resistant bacteria
University of South Florida Health (USF Health) Morsani College of Medicine scientists recently
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worked with colleagues at...
the environment. Such...
New connection between the eyes and touch discovered “The fact that tiny eye movements can hinder our
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ability to discriminate tactile stimuli, and that the
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suppression...
vehicle with no passengers and it is about to crash into a car containing...
Yellow pond-lily prefers cyclic flowers to spiral ones
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Researchers develop novel approach to modeling yet-unconfirmed rare nuclear process
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DNA molecule – our genetic code – sometimes gets
approach to model a yet-unconfirmed rare nuclear process. The binary code (1,...
broken....
Global success for Canadian companies depends on prior R&D investment, receptiveness to new learning
To let neurons talk, immune cells clear paths through brain’s ‘scaffolding’
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find one another. Small protrusions that bud out from
Economic Analysis and Policy at the University of
the ends of neurons’...
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Toronto’s...
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representative metastatic...
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IMAGE: This graphic illustrates three-dimensional
The prime minister has announced major changes
A suspected case of bubonic plague has been reported to Chinese authorities. It is not known how
to the lockdown in England from 4 July. BBC News
the patient became infected,...
answers questions about...
PM joins nationwide clap on NHS 72nd anniversary
Coronavirus could cause 35,000 extra UK cancer deaths, experts warn
Media captionPeople have been applauding the
Delays to cancer diagnosis and treatment due to
NHS in a range of locations The prime minister has
coronavirus could cause thousands of excess
joined a nationwide...
deaths in the UK within a year,...
Flashes bright when squeezed tight: How single-celled organisms light up the oceans
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Research explains how a unicellular marine
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organism generates light as a response to mechanical stimulation, lighting up...
University of California at San Diego reveals that changes in the direction of...
Cancer treatment in young women need not mean the end of their fertility
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Asthma does not appear to increase the risk for a
Dr Dalia Khalife presented online at the 36th Annual
person contracting COVID-19 or influence its
Meeting of ESHRE. 6...
severity, according to a team...
Cell ‘membrane on a chip’ could speed up screening of drug candidates for COVID-19
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IMAGE: Researchers have developed a human cell
when nurses use revamped guidelines. view more
‘membrane on a chip’ that allows continuous
Credit: Gustavo...
IMAGE: Injections are two-and-a-half times safer
monitoring of...
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IMAGE: A combined sewer overflow outfall. view
more Credit: Helmholtz Zentrum München Prof.
more Credit: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Maria-Elena...
Can antibiotic-resistant...
Teens who go to bed late and sleep-in are nearly three times more likely to get asthma, experts find
Pet dogs may improve social-emotional development in young children
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better social and emotional wellbeing than children from households who do...
three times more likely to have asthma, experts find
Young children from dog-owning households have
Scientists found a...
Asthma and allergies more common in teens who stay up late
The latest findings on the MOSAiC floe
Teenagers who prefer to stay up late and wake later
June 30, 2020. view more Credit: Photo: Alfred-
in the morning are more likely to suffer with asthma
Wegener-Institut...
IMAGE: MOSAiC ice floe during Cruise Leg 4 on
and allergies compared...
‘Biologically relevant’ levels of a fertility hormone are detected in human hair samples
‘Biologically relevant’ levels of a fertility hormone are detected in human hair samples
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This press release is in support of a poster presentation from Mr Sarthak Sawarkar and
respond to fertility...
colleagues presented online at the...
Coronavirus doctor’s diary: A ‘dying’ patient’s miraculous recovery
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When Mohammed Azeem arrived in Bradford Royal
Changes in young people’s eating habits, tracked
Infirmary he was in critical state, with far too little
during the lockdown in England, show both
oxygen in his blood...
increases in snacking and...
NHS anniversary: PM joins clap to celebrate health service
University of Oregon scientists dissociate water apart efficiently with new catalysts
Media captionPeople have been applauding the
IMAGE: Research in a University of Oregon
NHS in a range of locations The prime minister has
chemistry lab has advanced the effectiveness of the
joined a nationwide...
catalytic water dissociation...
Evolution of loss of smell or taste in COVID-19
Decontamination methods for reuse of filtering facepiece respirators
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What The Article Says: Studies describing various
examines the clinical course of the loss of sense of
methods of decontamination to allow safe reuse of
smell and taste in a case...
N95 respirators are...
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Rising water temperatures could endanger the mating of many fish species
Fans love musicians’ personalities as much as their music
Because fish that are ready to mate and their young
Why do you like the music you do? You would think
are especially sensitive to changes in temperature,
that it is because of the music itself. But that’s only
in the future up...
half the...
New guidelines for children and adolescents with T2D IMAGE: A team of paediatric specialists, including
Surge in domestic child abuse during pandemic, reports specialist UK children’s hospital
an expert from the University of Adelaide, has
There has been a surge in domestic child abuse
produced new guidelines...
during the coronavirus pandemic, suggests the experience of one specialist...
New platform gauges effects of plastic nanoparticles on human development and health
Targeting deep areas of the skeletal muscles effectively alleviates postoperative pain
IMAGE: Corresponding author Miodrag Stojkovic,
CHICAGO (July 2, 2020): Postoperative pain can
Ph.D., DVM. view more Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC –...
pose a number of challenges for surgical patients and their care providers....
Risk of ischemic stroke in patients with COVID-19 compared with influenza What The Study Did: This observational study
Ceftolozane/tazobactam: New treatment option for severe infections, but no proof of superiority
compares the rate of ischemic stroke among
The combination of ceftolozane with tazobactam
patients with COVID-19 compared with...
broadens the range of antibiotic therapy in adults with severe infections...
Spintronics: Faster data processing through ultrashort electric pulses
Fluorine enables separation-free ‘chiral chromatographic analysis’
Physicists at Martin Luther University Halle-
IMAGE: Mechanism and utilities of the 19F NMR-
Wittenberg (MLU) and Lanzhou University in China
based separation-free enantiodifferentiation. view
developed a simple concept...
more Credit:...
A path to new nanofluidic devices applying spintronics technology
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Research Programs have elucidated...
Covid-19 survivor...
Coronavirus: Why disabled people are calling for a Covid-19 inquiry
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NHS England is launching a new service for people
times more likely to die from coronavirus than her peers. New figures also...
with ongoing health problems after having coronavirus. The government says...
NHS anniversary: PM to join nationwide clap to celebrate health service The prime minister will join a nation-wide round of
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clapping later to pay tribute to NHS staff on the 72nd
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anniversary of...
sidelined – often by the very doctors they begged for help. But now, thousands...
DR ELLIE CANNON: Lockdowns help to avoid a second wave Last week, I put my neck on the line and make a
HEALTH NOTES: Thousands of children miss out on jabs because their mothers have mental health issues
prediction: that there would be no second wave in
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this pandemic. I wasn’t...
on jabs because their mothers ‘have mental health problems’ By Mail...
Breast cancer patients to be spared surgery thanks to ‘magnetic’ seed smaller than a grain of rice
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Advanced breast cancer patients may be spared
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debilitating surgery thanks to a magnetic ‘seed’ implanted in the...
response to our articles over the past fortnight that predicted the Government...
Antioxidant treatment in acute ischemic stroke may delay the onset of Alzheimer’s dementia
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IMAGE: With normal ageing oxidative stress
domestic violence during the pandemic, researchers
increases and is involved in causing degenerative
at the University of South...
As emerging data shows an alarming rise of
diseases like Alzheimer’s...
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Oat and rye bran fibres alter gut microbiota, reducing weight gain and hepatic inflammation In a newly published experimental study, the consumption of dietary fibre from oat and rye brans supported the growth of...
New weapons for fighting Devil disease
Climate change threat to tropical plants
Researchers at the University of Tasmania’s
Tropical plants closer to the equator are most at risk
Menzies Institute for Medical Research and the
from climate change because it is expected to
School of Medicine have...
become too hot for many...
Thermophones offer new route to radically simplify array design, research shows
Abnormal proteins in the gut could contribute to the development of Alzheimer’s Disease
IMAGE: Thermophones offer new route to radically
A new study published in the Journal of Physiology
simplify array design, research shows. view more
has shown that misfolded protein build-up in the gut
Credit:...
could contribute...
Science fiction becomes fact — Teleportation helps to create live musical performance
New candidate for raw material synthesis through gene transfer
IMAGE: Dr Alexis Kirke (right) and soprano Juliette
hydrogen – natural gene transfer could make this
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possible. view...
IMAGE: Cyanobacteria producing ethanol or
and a quantum...
Typhoon changed earthquake patterns IMAGE: Images from a satellite (LANDSAT) show massive erosion after the typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan. This influenced...
Algae as living biocatalysts for a green industry IMAGE: Algae hold great potential for environmentally friendly energy production. view more Credit: RUB, Marquard Better...
Arctic plants may not provide predicted carbon sequestration potential
The lightest shielding material in the world
IMAGE: Scientists Dr Mike Billett and Dr Lorna
IMAGE: A sample of the electromagnetic shielding
Street conduct measurements of ecosystem level fluxes of carbon dioxide,...
material made by Empa – a composite of cellulose nanofibres...
New algorithm for personalized models of human cardiac electrophysiology Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics
Marine alga from the Kiel Fjord discovered as a remedy against infections and skin cancer
and Technology, Kazan Federal University, and
IMAGE: Baltic Sea seaweed Fucus vesiculosus and
George Washington University...
its fungal symbiont were investigated in this study. view more Credit:...
Coronavirus: How those missed off the shielding list have fared in lockdown
Coronavirus: ‘I felt least afraid when the pandemic started’
As the coronavirus outbreak spread across the UK
Seaneen Molloy’s panic attacks stopped when the
in the spring, about two million people with certain
coronavirus pandemic started. But as restrictions
health conditions were...
begin to ease, the...
Coronavirus: Hydroxychloroquine trial to restart
NHS anniversary: Landmarks to be lit up in weekend of celebration
Trials of the controversial anti-malarial drug taken by US President Donald Trump to try to prevent
Dozens of landmarks across the country will be lit up blue later to mark 72 years since the founding of the
catching coronavirus...
NHS. Ahead of...
National survey on COVID-19 pandemic shows significant mental health impact
Social media and radiology — The good, the bad, and the ugly
Boston – The findings of a nationwide survey
New Orleans, LA – Bradley Spieler, MD, Vice
assessing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on
Chairman of Radiology Research at LSU Health
the emotional wellbeing...
New Orleans School of Medicine,...
"Targeting peptide" discovery offers hope as new, highly effective anti-inflammatory
Nitrous oxide may bring relief to veterans suffering from PTSD, new study suggests
TORONTO, ON (June 30, 2020) — A collaboration
A new pilot study by the University of Chicago
between the University of Toronto’s Faculty of
Medicine and the Stanford University School of
Dentistry and the...
Medicine team from the VA Palo...
Unprecedented ground-based discovery of 2 strongly interacting exoplanets
Gender gaps in STEM college majors emerge in high school
IMAGE: Artistic view of the strongly interacting
ITHACA, N.Y. – Although studies have shown that
exoplanetary system WASP-148. The planet WASP148c is shown in front....
women are more likely than men to enter and complete college in U.S....
A scientific measure of dog years
Call for immunology to return to the wild
IMAGE: This graphic depicts the epigenetic translation from dog age to human age. view more
In an article published today in Science, a multidisciplinary research team from more than 10
Credit: Ideker...
universities and research institutes...
DR MAX PEMBERTON: Why that drip-drip of nagging damages your health
Findings weaken notion that size equals strength for neural connections
Why don’t you ever listen to me? How many times
Two classic forms of synaptic plasticity are that
do I have to tell you not to do that? No one likes to be nagged. And yet...
synapses either get stronger or weaker and that the tiny spine structures...
Novel software reveals molecular barcodes that distinguish different cell types
Telehealth is an important tool for rural hospitals in treating COVID-19, research shows
To better understand how epigenetic regulation
Neeraj Puro, Ph.D., and Scott Feyereisen, Ph.D.,
works, researchers study DNA methylation signals
say the research can help U.S. hospitals understand
in whole genome datasets....
the extent to which...
Clinical-grade wearables offer continuous monitoring for COVID-19
New approach to treating certain neurological diseases
The Northwestern team, led by bioelectronics
Using mouse models, the researchers identified and
pioneer John A. Rogers, published a perspective
validated a new treatment target — a toxic protein
today (July 1) in the journal...
resulting from...
How the body fights off urinary tract infections
Oropharyngeal secretions may help reduce false negative COVID-19 test results
But the exact process by which uromodulin prevents inflammation had never been understood. Now an interdisciplinary team,...
Alexandria, Va., USA — As the global battle to understand and eliminate the coronavirus continues, a new study published...
Study supports link between COVID-19 and "COVID Toes"
Significant association between income and survival after surgery for lung cancer
There’s considerable controversy over whether
IMAGE: Veronica Jackson, MD, PhD at the
“COVID toes”–red sores or lesions on the feet and
Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery,
hands...
Karolinska Institutet. ...
States with highest income inequality experienced a larger number of COVID-19 deaths
Good news and bad news: Changing trends in cardiovascular disease in Canada
FINDINGS States with the highest level of income
IMAGE: New analysis of hospital trends over 10
inequality had a larger number of COVID-19-related
years provides a starting point for post-pandemic
deaths compared with...
healthcare planning....
Flexible material shows potential for use in fabrics to heat, cool
Stellar fireworks celebrate birth of giant cluster
A film made of tiny carbon nanotubes (CNT) may be
IMAGE: Image of star cluster G286.21+0.17, caught
a key material in developing clothing that can heat or cool the wearer...
in the act of formation. This is a multiwavelength mosaic of more...
Stemming the spread of misinformation on social media
Coronavirus: Sniffer dogs trial going ‘very well’
The bad news, not that anyone needs more of it:
A trial to see whether dogs can detect coronavirus is
The dangers of COVID-19 could worsen if
going “very well”, according to the charity behind it.
misinformation on social media continues...
Six...
Public not asked for addresses for weeks during virus tests
Coronavirus: Almost 30,000 ‘excess’ care homes deaths
People being tested for coronavirus in England were
Almost 30,000 more care home residents in England
not asked to provide addresses for weeks during the
and Wales died during the coronavirus outbreak
height of the pandemic,...
than during the same period...
Coronavirus: ‘Right thing’ to be part of plasma trial
50% fewer COVID-19 patients died when treated with hydroxychloroquine
Media captionAnn “felt so well” after being given plasma from patients who recovered from Covid-19
After repeated failures in previous research, a new study suggests hydroxychloroquine can improve
Blood...
survival odds for some...
Labour calls for free flu jabs for over-50s to prevent second Covid-19 wave combined with influenza
Britons should be encouraged to have sex or masturbate in lockdown to be happy, researchers say
Labour has urged for all over-50s to receive a free
Brits should be encouraged to have sex or
flu vaccine to prevent a ‘perfect storm’ of a winter
masturbate to counteract the damaging effects of
flu...
lockdown on mental health, experts...
One in 10 Covid patients who lose their taste and smell may never get it back
Coronavirus UK: Daily death toll has stopped falling as quickly
Data gathered by the organisation ENT UK, which
Britain’s daily Covid-19 death toll has stopped falling
represents ear, nose and throat specialists,
as quickly and the number of cases has continued to
suggests the inability to smell...
plateau,...
Coronavirus UK: 137 new fatalities London’s R rate may have crept above the dreaded
Grant Shapps will FINALLY unveil ‘safe’ countries for holidays TODAY
level of one, government scientists warned today
Sun-hungry Britons plan to defy the government’s
amid fears the outbreak...
holiday ban on Portugal after the popular destination was left off...
How does our brain fold? Study reveals new genetic insights Misfolding of the brain is linked with many neurological conditions including autism, anorexia, epilepsy and schizophrenia. Premature...
Stretching your legs may help prevent diseases such as heart diseases and diabetes Passive stretching differs from active stretching in that the former involves an external force (another person or gravity)...
Implicit bias against women: Men more likely than women to be seen as brilliant
Understanding the circadian clocks of individual cells
The research, which appears in the Journal of
Scientists have long known that organisms across
Experimental Social Psychology, was conducted by
the spectrum of life have internal clocks — with
scientists at New York University,...
cycles about as long...
Anaplasmosis bacterium tinkers with tick’s gene expression to spread to new hosts
New light-based method for faster and ‘green’ production of building blocks for medicines
In the United States, new cases of tick-borne diseases, such as anaplasmosis, Lyme disease and
In modern society, gaseous alkanes like propane, isobutane, and methane are regularly combusted for
babesiosis, are on the rise....
energy. These relatively...
Scientists reveal why tummy bugs are so good at swimming through your gut
Patients may be exposed to hormonedisrupting chemicals in medication, medical supplies
The findings could potentially help scientists halt the bacteria in its tracks, because they show how the shape of the bacteria’s...
Exposure to EDCs, chemicals that disrupt the body’s natural hormones, is most often associated with industrial pollution,...
Early marriage may lead to unsafe drinking behavior by those with higher genetic risk
Moss protein corrects genetic defects of other plants
The finding follows previous research that found
RNA editors correct specific errors in the
marriage protects against risky alcohol use and
mitochondria and chloroplasts. ...
IMAGE: (here called RNA editor) with its target site.
moderates genetic influences...
New method measures temperature within 3D objects
First evidence of snake-like venom glands found in amphibians
MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Madison
IMAGE: This image shows a general view of the
engineers have made it possible to remotely determine the temperature...
ringed caecilian, Siphonops annulatus. view more Credit: Carlos...
Scientific ‘red flag’ reveals new clues about our galaxy, Embry-Riddle researcher says
‘Fang’tastic: researchers report amphibians with snake-like dental glands
Figuring out how much energy permeates the center
caecilian, Siphonops annulatus, reveals snake-like
of the Milky Way–a discovery reported in the July 3
dental glands....
IMAGE: A magnified image of the mouth of a ringed
edition of the...
Getting a grasp on India’s malaria burden IMAGE: Researchers experimentally infected liver
Protective antibodies identified for rare, polio-like disease in children
cells with mosquito-bred parasites, and
IMAGE: Antibodies for respiratory virus that can
characterized the vivax malaria...
cause a rare polio-like disease that causes paralysis in children...
Coronavirus UK: Resident risk homelessness if care homes fail
Could a pill made from gut bacteria treat Covid-19?
Care home residents are at risk of becoming
A pill made from gut bacteria is being tested by
‘homeless’ if the Government doesn’t prevent the
British scientists as a treatment for coronavirus. In a
collapse of...
trial launched today,...
Trump claims the ‘coronavirus death rate is down’ despite startling data that it’s RISING again
Three in four DIY swab kits are NOT being used despite being included in Government’s testing tally
Donald Trump boldly claimed the coronavirus death
Just one in four DIY Covid-19 swabs are actually
rate is ‘down’ in the US, even though startling data,
being used despite being included in the
including...
Government’s daily figures,...
Lung infections including Covid-19 HALVED in a week in hospitals and care homes in England
One care home resident died every minute during peak of the Covid-19 crisis
The number Covid-19-like outbreaks has doubled in
and Wales at the peak of the coronavirus crisis in
workplaces across England as shops reopen and
mid-April, shocking...
A care home resident died every minute in England
lockdown loosens, data revealed...
Coronavirus England: 34 areas where cases have RISEN recently
Using cellular networks to detect at-risk areas for spread of COVID-19
Thirty-four areas in England have seen coronavirus infection rates rise in the past week, fuelling
Led by Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Edwin Chong, the team is drawing on
concerns that more places...
data from existing cellular wireless...
Seeing is believing: Effectiveness of facemasks
Countries group into clusters as COVID19 outbreak spreads
Research from Florida Atlantic University’s College
The data comes from Our World in Data
of Engineering and Computer Science, just
(https://ourworldindata.org/about), a project of the
published in the journal...
Global Change Data Lab, a registered...
Is not helping a bad person good or bad?
Smart structures: Structural cells of the body control immune function
People can engage in cooperative behavior even among strangers with no direct expectation of personal benefit. For such cooperative...
Structural cells provide essential building blocks of the body and play an important role in shaping the structure of tissue...
Infant sleep problems can signal mental disorders in adolescents A team at the University of Birmingham’s School of
Materials scientists drill down to vulnerabilities involved in human tooth decay
Psychology studied questionnaire data from the
Dental caries — better known as tooth decay — is
Children of the 90s,...
the breakdown of teeth due to bacteria. (“Caries”...
How a mutation on the novel coronavirus has come to dominate the globe
How that preprint about a ‘more contagious strain’ of coronavirus changed in peer review
IMAGE: By mid-March, the G variant dominated around the world. view more Credit: La Jolla Institute for Immunology LA...
IMAGE: This figure shows the running weekly average counts of sampled SARS-CoV-2 sequences exhibiting the D variant...
New, more infectious strain of COVID-19 now dominates global cases of virus
Morning exercise is the key to a good night’s sleep after heart bypass surgery
Researchers have shown that a variation in the viral
Sophia Antipolis – 3 July 2020: Trouble sleeping
genome of Covid-19 improved its ability to infect
after heart bypass surgery? Morning walks are the
human cells and helped...
solution, according...
Novel biomarker discovery could lead to early diagnosis for deadly preeclampsia
More ecosystem engineers create stability, preventing extinctions
IMAGE: Summary of changes FKBPL and CD44 changes throughout gestation in pregnancies
IMAGE: Elephants engineer their ecosystems — they root out saplings and small trees, creating
complicated by pre-eclampsia. ...
habitats for smaller...
Towards lasers powerful enough to investigate a new kind of physics
Does DNA in the water tell us how many fish are there?
Researchers Jean-Claude Kieffer of the Institut
IMAGE: Researchers “counted ” Japanese jack
national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), E. A. Khazanov of the Institute...
mackerel (Trachurus japonicus) in Maizuru Bay, Japan, through...
Coronavirus: Many wait over 24 hours for test results
Coronavirus: Care home staff and residents to get regular tests
Many people in England are still waiting longer than
Staff and residents in care homes in England and
24 hours for their coronavirus test results, figures
Wales will receive regular coronavirus tests from
show. Four in 10...
next week. Staff will...
Leicester coronavirus outbreak timeline: Who knew what, and when?
Coronavirus: Sense of smell and taste ‘improve for most’
As the rest of England continues to emerge from
Almost 90% of people who lost their sense of smell
lockdown, a fresh outbreak of coronavirus in
or taste while infected with Covid-19 improved or
Leicester means the city will...
recovered within a month,...
Coronavirus puts you eight times more at risk of stroke than flu
Where NYC COVID-19 patients are treated may determine death risks
Coronavirus patients are EIGHT TIMES more likely
The odds that a New York City resident admitted to
to suffer a stroke than flu patients, study finds Of
a hospital for COVID-19 will die vary wildly,
more than 1,900 patients...
depending on what hospital...
Do NOT use hand sanitizer when lighting Fourth of July firecrackers, officials warn
Scientists discover naked mole-rats have special tumor-fighting immune systems
Do NOT use hand sanitizer when lighting Fourth of
Could naked mole rats help cure cancer? Scientists
July firecrackers: Officials warn the alcohol-based
discover the rodents have special tumor-fighting
product could make...
immune systems Until...
Coronavirus: Up to third of antibody tests give false negatives
Coronavirus: Variant mutation lets it copy itself more efficiently
Up to ONE-THIRD of all coronavirus antibody tests may come back as false negatives, study finds
How a mutant coronavirus strain dominated the world: Scientists discover change to COVID-19
Researchers looked at 40...
variant that lets it copy itself...
Coronavirus jab won’t be a cure-all: Head of UK’s vaccine taskforce warns
Level of media coverage for scientific research linked to number of citations
A coronavirus jab might not provide full immunity
Popular media sources, such as mainstream news
against the disease, the head of Britain’s vaccine task force warned...
and social media, often discuss scientific findings originally reported in...
Controlled human infection models and SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development
Prospective teachers misperceive Black children as angry
Writing in a commentary on behalf of Accelerating
While previous research has documented this effect
COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines’s
in adults, this is the first study to show how anger
Vaccines Working...
bias based on race...
Hot flushes and night sweats linked to 70% increase in cardiovascular disease
Tiny mineral particles are better vehicles for promising gene therapy
School of Public Health PhD student Dr Dongshan
The technology relies on inserting into cells pieces
Zhu has found women of any age who experience
of carefully designed messenger RNA (mRNA), a
hot flushes and night sweats,...
strip of genetic material...
Newer variant of COVID-19-causing virus dominates global infections
Grassroots dog vaccinations can help stop rabies, but not alone
Bette Korber, a theoretical biologist at Los Alamos
“It’s important to focus on rabies because it’s 100%
National Laboratory and lead author of the study,
preventable,” says Adam Ferguson, a
noted, “The D614G...
mammalogist...
Sniffing out smell: How the brain organizes information about odors
Timing of SNAP benefits can reduce childhood injuries
Audiences and critics quickly concluded that the
IMAGE: Colleen Heflin, professor of public
experience stunk. Fraught with technical issues,
administration and international affairs at Syracuse
Smell-O-Vision was panned...
University’s...
New Human Gene Therapy editorial: Concern following gene therapy adverse events
Researchers examine refugee children’s academic, social, and emotional learning outcomes
IMAGE: First peer-reviewed journal in the field and
IMAGE: Senior Research Scientist at Global TIES
provides all-inclusive access to the critical pillars of
for Children Ha Yeon Kim view more Credit: Global
human...
TIES for...
Carbon-loving materials designed to reduce industrial emissions
Study explains potential causes for ‘happy hypoxia’ condition in COVID-19 patients
IMAGE: Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, demonstrated a novel...
MAYWOOD, IL–A new research study provides possible explanations for COVID-19 patients who present with extremely low,...
Global threats: How lessons from COVID19 can prevent environmental meltdown
Popular chemotherapy drug may be less effective in overweight and obese women
IMAGE: Covid-19, climate emergencies, and mass
Breast cancer patients who are overweight or obese
extinction all share striking similarities, especially
might benefit less from treatment with docetaxel, a
with regard to...
common chemotherapy...
Center for BrainHealth advances understanding of brain connectivity in cannabis users
Half of Britons tested at home ‘don’t get results for at least FOUR DAYS’
DALLAS (July 2, 2020) – Researchers at Center for BrainHealth®, part of The University of Texas at
don’t get test results for at least four days after they
Half of Britons with tell-tale Covid-19 symptoms first become...
Dallas, recently...
Coronavirus UK: Pubs reopening ‘WILL cause R rate spike’
Covid-19 cases were dropping BEFORE lockdowns were introduced
‘Super Saturday’ will cause a spike in Britain’s
Covid-19 cases in the US were falling before states
crucial R rate and has already climbed back towards the...
imposed lockdowns, according to a study that suggests less draconian...
NHS Test and Trace is STILL failing to find a quarter of coronavirus-infected cases
Coronavirus England: Infection rate drops to one in 2,200
NHS Test and Trace is still failing to find a quarter of
stopped shrinking ahead of ‘Super Saturday’, as
patients who test positive for coronavirus, shocking
official...
England’s coronavirus outbreak appears to have
data revealed...
Coronavirus England: EIGHT of 50 worsthit authorities in south
Coronavirus US: Fears new data means death rate about to soar
Only eight of England’s 50 areas worst-hit by
The US could be heading for a surge in coronavirus
coronavirus are in the South, according to official
deaths as startling data shows the number of
data that lays bare...
confirmed daily cases and...
Coronavirus: UK confirms Thursday death toll
Study supports link between COVID-19 and ‘COVID Toes’
British officials have confirmed another 45 coronavirus deaths today in the preliminary toll,
In most cases, affected individuals test negative with traditional COVID-19 tests involving throat swabs
taking the nation’s official...
and measurements...
In mouse study, black raspberries show promise for reducing skin inflammation
Blood tests can predict the risk of liver cirrhosis
In a study done with mice and published earlier this
Fat accumulation in the liver is common and is often
month in the journal Nutrients, researchers found
seen in people with obesity or diabetes. In the worst
that a diet high in...
case, fatty liver...
Tests of hearing can reveal HIV’s effects on the brain Findings from a new study published in Clinical
Marine algae from the Kiel Fjord discovered as a remedy against infections and skin cancer
Neurophysiology, involving a collaborative effort
The search process for marine active ingredients
between Dartmouth’s...
starts with the extraction of marine macro- and
microorganisms, followed...
Apgar score effective in assessing health of preterm infants
New sequencing technology will help scientists decipher disease mechanisms
The so-called Apgar score has been used since the
A review paper, led by a scientist at the University of
1950s to quickly assess the vitality of the infant soon after birth. Doctors...
Birmingham, describes how emerging sequencing technologies will transform...
New technique in which drugs make bacteria glow could help fight antibiotic resistance
Crystal structure discovered almost 200 years ago could hold key to solar cell revolution
A new technique could help reduce antibiotic
IMAGE: Perovskite structure. view more Credit:
prescribing by predicting which drugs could be
John Labram, Oregon State University. CORVALLIS,
effective in fighting bacteria...
Ore. –...
How prison and police discrimination affect black sexual minority men’s health
Sniffing out smell
Incarceration and police discrimination may
marked a singular event in the annals of cinema: the
contribute to HIV, depression and anxiety among
first, and last,...
The premiere of the movie Scent of Mystery in 1960
Black gay, bisexual and other...
Study: Crowdsourced data could help map urban food deserts
Why are the offspring of older mothers less fit to live long and prosper?
New research from The University of Texas at Dallas
IMAGE: Mother rotifer (Brachionus manjavacas)
suggests food deserts might be more prevalent in
carrying four eggs (right) and newly-hatched
the U.S. than the numbers...
daughter (left). Image of...
Research reflects how AI sees through the looking glass
Marijuana use while pregnant boosts risk of children’s sleep problems
ITHACA, N.Y. – Things are different on the other
Use marijuana while pregnant, and your child is
side of the mirror. Text is backward. Clocks run
more likely to suffer sleep problems as much as a
counterclockwise....
decade later, according...
Mobile clinics can help address health care needs of Latino farmworkers
Coronavirus: Frailty ‘indicator’ to survival
IMAGE: A mobile health clinic the researchers used.
issues in determining whether someone may die
view more Credit: Center for Healthy Communities,
from Covid-19, a study...
Frailty is as important as age or underlying health
UC Riverside RIVERSIDE,...
Lockdown: Suicide fears soar in LGBT community
Coronavirus: ‘No obvious source’ of Leicester Covid-19 outbreak
Media captionSam Brooks says “there was no
There is no obvious source for a recent surge in
support there for me” after his partner, Iago, took
coronavirus cases in Leicester, a report has found.
his...
Public Health England...
Coronavirus: Many waiting longer than 24 hours for test results
Another warning on antibody tests: A THIRD of home blood-kits miss Covid-19
Many people in England are still waiting longer than
Coronavirus antibody tests that can be done at
24 hours for their coronavirus test results, figures
home would get the results wrong a third of the time,
show. Four in 10...
a damning study has...
Vaccine will give long-term protection says Oxford study chief
Was Leicester’s Covid surge down to more TESTING?
Coronavirus vaccine WILL give long-term protection
The Government today revealed English local
says Oxford study chief – as US experts find their
authorities and health bodies only had access to
own jab triggered...
positive coronavirus cases by...
Feeds of the future IMAGE: Researchers at the University of Göttingen
Laser takes pictures of electrons in crystals
have found that the meat quality of chickens fed with
IMAGE: Electrons in the crystal of calcium fluoride;
certain insects...
Christian HackenbergerElectrons in the Crystal of Calcium Fluoride ...
Learn from the pandemic to prevent environmental catastrophe, scientists argue
Men more likely than women to be seen as brilliant
The dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic share
“brilliant,” finds a new study measuring global perceptions...
“striking similarities” with the twin environmental crises of global...
Men are more likely than are women to be seen as
CNIO team develop a technology to improve effectiveness of stem cells in regenerative medicine
Mini-‘Marsquakes’ measured by InSight lander show effects of sun and wind
IMAGE: Mouse embryoid body with multiple cell
more Credit: Takeshi Tsuji, I2CNER, Kyushu
types (in different colours) generated in vitro after
University Fukuoka,...
IMAGE: This is ambient noise on the Mars. view
expression of miR-203...
Putting zinc on bread wheat leaves IMAGE: Reza Keshavarz taking note of wheat
New method reveals how the Parkinson’s disease protein damages cell membranes
growth stage. view more Credit: Photo courtesy of
IMAGE: An illustration showing how the
Reza Keshavarz An...
mitochondria-imitating lipid vesicles are damaged by the Parkinson’s protein...
Babies who have trouble sleeping are more likely to have mental health problems as adolescents
Coronavirus: Experimental Pfizer vaccine gives hopeful results
Babies who have trouble sleeping are more likely to
triggered levels of antibodies up to THREE TIMES
have mental health problems as adolescents, a new
greater than those seen in...
Experimental coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer
study suggests. Children...
Coronavirus may be traveling along US interstates as people travel, projections show
Coronavirus US: 28% deaths MISSING from official toll
Coronavirus has become a dire situation for states
lower than the actual number of fatalities, a new
like Texas, Arizona and Florida – and the latest
study suggests. Researchers...
The official coronavirus death toll in the US much
projections suggest...
Why do arteries age? Study explores link to gut bacteria, diet
Toward principles of gene regulation in multicellular systems?
The study, published this month in the American
In cells, genes are expressed through transcription,
Heart Association journal Hypertension, also
a process where genetic information encoded in
suggests that people may be...
DNA is copied into messenger...
Why memory-forming neurons are vulnerable to Alzheimer’s
Fever-associated seizures after vaccination do not affect development, behavior
Figuring out why patients lose these vulnerable neurons early on could be the key to discovering novel treatments for Alzheimer’s....
“This is reassuring news for parents,” said study author Lucy Deng, MBBS, of the National Centre for Immunisation...
Does deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s increase risk of dementia?
New system combines smartphone videos to create 4D visualizations
For people with advanced Parkinson’s disease,
IMAGE: By combining video of the same scene from
deep brain stimulation has been shown to be more
several cameras, Carnegie Mellon University
effective than medication...
researchers can create...
Long-term culture of human pancreatic slices reveals regeneration of beta cells IMAGE: A non-profit organization supporting the
Consumption of products derived from vulnerable wildlife species pervasive in Laos
Diabetes Research Institute at the University of
A new study of wildlife consumption in northern Laos
Miami Miller School...
by San Diego Zoo Global researchers found widespread use of products...
Study confirms ultra music festival likely stressful to fish IMAGE: Gulf toadfish (Opsanus beta) play an
NIH ACTIV working group weighs human challenge studies for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development
important ecological role in the local marine
WHAT: In a Perspective for the New England
environment and rely heavily...
Journal of Medicine, members of the National Institutes of Health’s Accelerating...
New Yorkers grow more hesitant about a return to normalcy, poll shows
Charcoal a weapon to fight superoxideinduced disease, injury
IMAGE: As May 2020 began, 65% of New Yorkers
IMAGE: Artificial enzymes made of treated charcoal,
said they would see their doctor for a routine visit
seen in this atomic force microscope image, could
beginning at the...
have the power...
Researchers outline adapted health communications principles for the COVID-19 pandemic
Probe into Shropshire maternity deaths ‘too late’
The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced unique
Parents of babies who died at a hospital trust at the
challenges for public health practitioners and health
centre of a maternity inquiry say a police
communicators that warrant...
investigation has come “too...
Coronavirus: US buys nearly all of Gilead’s Covid-19 drug remdesivir
Coronavirus: Immunity may be more widespread than tests suggest
The US is buying nearly all the next three months’
People testing negative for coronavirus antibodies
projected production of Covid-19 treatment
may still have some immunity, a study has
remdesivir from US manufacturer...
suggested. For every person...
Coronavirus: Local testing data to be shared with councils Local authorities are to be given access to
Blood samples taken from New Yorkers reveal some had coronavirus antibodies in February
postcode-level data about the number of people
Blood samples taken from New Yorkers reveal some
testing positive for coronavirus...
had coronavirus antibodies in late February – more than a week BEFORE...
EIGHT states hit record highs for daily coronavirus infections
Coronavirus can cause PRIAPISM: Man, 62, has four-hour erection
New daily coronavirus infections are surging in the
Covid-19 may cause priapism ? an erection lasting
US, with more than 47,000 new cases confirmed
longer than four hours, doctors have warned. An
Tuesday marking an increase...
unidentified 62-year-old...
Coronavirus UK: More local lockdowns are ‘just DAYS away’
Tory MP David Davis accuses ‘overcontrolling’ Public Health England of not being fit for purpose
Leicester-style localised lockdowns are ‘just days away’ from being imposed after dozens of towns and cities...
Prominent Tory MP David Davis today accused Public Health England of being ‘over-controlling’ amid mounting pressure...
Is THIS why Covid-19 causes strokes? The coronavirus causes ‘hyper-activity’ in blood-clotting cells
Coronavirus UK: 28 infected at Walkers Leicester crisp factory
‘Hyper-activity’ in blood clotting cells could be the
signs erected all over the city which say: ‘Great to
cause of strokes and heart attacks in Covid-19
have you back...
So much for all these smart new post-Covid council
patients,...
Britain announces 176 more Covid-19 deaths
At-risk twin pregnancies benefit from an intervention called cerclage
Britain today announced 176 more
The clinical trial was stopped early because of
coronavirus deaths as government experts
positive results in the intervention group. The
estimated up to 3,000 people are still getting...
researchers showed that perinatal...
Playtime with dad may improve children’s self-control The study, by academics at the Faculty of
Genomic variation causing common autoinflammatory disease may increase resilience to bubonic plague
Education, University of Cambridge and the LEGO
The researchers suggest that because of this
Foundation, pulled together fragmentary...
potential advantage, FMF-causing genomic variants have been positively selected...
Human-Artificial intelligence collaborations best for skin cancer diagnosis
School absenteeism has surprising consequences for adults
The global team tested for the first time whether a
regularly absent in these early years of school were
‘real world’, collaborative approach involving
less likely to vote, reported...
Researchers found that those who were more
clinicians...
Exercise can slow or prevent vision loss, study finds The new study from the University of Virginia School of Medicine found that exercise reduced the harmful overgrowth of blood...
Study: 35 percent of excess deaths in pandemic’s early months tied to causes other than COVID-19 Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and Yale University found that, from March 1 to April 25, the U.S. saw 87,001...
A simpler way to make sensory hearing cells
Need to check patient’s jugular venous pressure? There’s an app for that
“We’ve succeeded in directly reprogramming a
IMAGE: Mark Drazner, MD, UT Southwestern
variety of mouse cell types into what we’re calling
Medical Center view more Credit: UT Southwestern
‘induced...
Medical Center DALLAS...
Higher concentration of metal in Moon’s craters provides new insights to its origin
Jellyfish-inspired soft robots can outswim their natural counterparts
IMAGE: View of Moon Limb, with Earth on the
Engineering researchers at North Carolina State
Horizon view more Credit: NASA Apollo 11 Mission
University and Temple University have developed
Image Life...
soft robots inspired by jellyfish...
UM Bio Station researchers unlock mystery of subterranean stoneflies
Financial conflicts of interest are often not disclosed in spinal surgery journals
IMAGE: Flathead Lake Biological Station summer
July 1, 2020 – Many studies published by major
intern Grant Marshall collects stonefly specimens
spinal surgery journals do not include full disclosure
from the alluvial...
of researchers’...
Radar points to moon being more metallic than researchers thought
Treatments tested for invasive pest on allium crops
IMAGE: This image based on data from NASA’s
IMAGE: An adult Allium leafminer. view more
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft shows the
Credit: Riley Harding ITHACA, N.Y. – Native to
face of the Moon...
Europe...
Giant leap in diagnosing liver disease signature from stool samples can be used to test for
Covid-19 treatment hopes dashed as trial of promising HIV drug reveals it does NOT work
cirrhosis. ...
Covid-19 treatment hopes dashed as trial of
IMAGE: Schematic showing how the microbiome
promising HIV drug given to infected patients reveals it does NOT work Oxford...
NHS heart, stomach and arthritis patients face treatment delays for up to TWO YEARS
Coronavirus UK: Leicester clothes factory to defy lockdown
Britons could be waiting up to two years for NHS
defy the city’s local coronavirus lockdown, protesting
treatment due to Covid-19 infection control rules.
that they cannot...
Garment manufacturers in Leicester have vowed to
Almost half of heart,...
Ring 111 BEFORE going to A&E: NHS trials scheme in London and Portsmouth Patients are being asked to phone AE and book an
Fears for UK coronavirus patients as the US buys almost the ENTIRE world stock of remdesivir
appointment — instead of just turning up under
Remdesivir, an anti-viral drug first made to try and
an NHS trial. Casualty...
treat Ebola, has been used experimentally on Covid19 patients since...
More local lockdowns are ‘just DAYS away’ PHE sources claim
Lifting weights makes your nervous system stronger, too
Leicester-style localised lockdowns are ‘just days
The brain orchestrates movement via two major
away’ from being imposed after dozens of towns
neural highways descending to the spinal cord: the
and cities...
corticospinal tract (CST)...
Older adults share fewer memories as they age
Closer threats inspire a more primitive kind of fear
However, a new study suggests that the older a
And that, according to a new study using virtual
person is, the less likely they are to share memories
reality to make threats appear near or far, is
of their past experiences....
probably what makes it harder...
Ethnolinguistic diversity slows down urban growth Studies in the area of conflict research have shown
Preterm delivery increases long-term risks of ischemic heart disease in women throughout their life
that the risk of conflict is increased when various
Preterm delivery occurs in about 9.6% of births in
ethnic groups live...
the U.S. annually and is defined as any birth that occurs at less than...
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood … or is it? “It’s all in our heads,” said Zachary Neal, associate
Even when women outnumber men, gender bias persists among science undergrads
professor of psychology at MSU and author of the...
But is representation enough to improve gender diversity in science? In a new study, Colorado State University researchers...
Whole-town study reveals more than 40% of COVID-19 infections had no symptoms
Role models have major influence on female university choices
The authors of the new research, from the University
Women exposed to successful and charismatic role
of Padova and at Imperial College London,
models are more likely to follow them in choosing a
published today in Nature,...
university major. An...
New study confirms high prevalence of depression during the menopause transition
Lifetime discrimination may increase risk of hypertension among African Americans
CLEVELAND, Ohio (July 1, 2020)–Depression has
DALLAS, July 1, 2020 — Lifetime discrimination is a
been shown to be prevalent during menopause,
chronic stressor that may increase the risk for
affecting as many as 70%...
hypertension also...
New study finds that menopause increases risk of metabolic syndrome CLEVELAND, Ohio (July 1, 2020)–Perimenopause
Children’s National Hospital quality initiative changes culture of antibiotic prescribing in NICU
is a time when women become more vulnerable to a
A quality improvement initiative in the Neonatal
number of health problems....
Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Children’s National Hospital led to...
Indices of health under our feet
GPS isn’t just for road trips anymore
IMAGE: Wastewater gathered at treatment plants
IMAGE: Tractor guidance screen as seen during a
contains a wealth of information relevant to human
fertilizer application. view more Credit: Mike Popp
and environmental...
When...
Spanish language increasingly more relevant to presidential elections
Cystic fibrosis patients offered ‘lifetransforming’ drug
Discourse in and about Spanish was present on
Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients can now get a “life-
both sides of the political spectrum, more so leading
transforming” treatment on the NHS in England.
up to the 2016 presidential...
Nine in 10...
Period poverty: Rise in free sanitary products needed in lockdown
Coronavirus: Calls for government to plan public inquiry
The number of women and girls facing period
The government must set out plans for an inquiry
poverty has risen sharply during the coronavirus
into its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the
lockdown, according to charities...
health service ombudsman...
Coronavirus: Data needed quicker to target local outbreaks, say doctors
Coronavirus US: Over 30 US states STILL fall short on testing
The government must provide vital data more quickly to local authorities to help them deal with
More than 30 states are still not meeting testing targets needed to control the novel coronavirus, new
Covid-19 spikes in their...
data reveals. Researchers...
New York man suffering from a heart attack was afraid to go to ER for fear of catching coronavirus
Coronavirus US: Half of diagnosed don’t know how they got it
A New York man who suffered a heart attack earlier
coronavirus knew they had come into contact with someone who had tested positive,...
this year was afraid to go to the emergency room
Less than half of Americans diagnosed with
over fears of falling...
Coronavirus: Scientists grade countries’ response to pandemic
Study finds COVID-infected droplets of saliva can travel eight feet with no wind
A new model has grouped countries into ‘clusters’
Coronavirus-infected droplets may evaporate more
depending on how they did over the course of the
quickly on hot humid days over 85F – but viral
coronavirus...
particles can travel...
US buys nearly all of the global supply of Gilead’s remdesivir
A vaccine targeting aged cells mitigates metabolic disorders in obese mice
The US government has bought up virtually the
Aged, or senescent, cells are known to harm their
entire global supply of remdesivir, the only drug
surrounding younger cells by creating an
approved in the nation to...
inflammatory environment. A specific...
Promising therapy for cardiac regeneration When IHD develops, chronic myocardial ischemia,
Discovery of key protein behind cancer relapse and progression can lead to new therapies
aggravated in some instances by periods of acute
“We discovered a mechanism involving MBNL1
ischemia in the form of...
protein that predicts several characteristics of cancer such as progression...
Novel pathology could improve diagnosis and treatment of Huntington’s and other diseases
‘Morning sickness’ is misleading and inaccurate, new study argues The researchers call for the change in a study published today (30 June) in the British Journal of General Practice which...
The article, published in Brain Pathology, describes how SAFB1 expression occurs in both spinocerebellar ataxias and Huntington’s...
Study asks who’s playing ‘hard-to-get’ and who’s attracted by the ploy Research just published in the peer-reviewed journal
Next-generation sequencing to provide precision medicine for rare metabolic disorders
Personality and Individual Differences looks at the
An international team of scientists from Switzerland
psychological underpinnings...
Spain, has studied the genetic basis of aromatase deficiency, a rare...
COVID-19: Study shows virus can infect heart cells in lab dish
New materials of perovskite challenge the chemical intuition
Although many COVID-19 patients experience heart
IMAGE: Chemical intuition tells us that pressure
problems, the reasons are not entirely clear. Pre-
tends to increase number of coordination, and
existing cardiac conditions...
hence usually makes...
Scientists shed new light on how seabirds cruise through air and water
Mathematical noodling leads to new insights into an old fusion problem
IMAGE: Puffins, a member of the Alcidae family.
IMAGE: PPPL physicist Christopher Smiet helped
view more Credit: Daniel Zatz (CC BY-NC 2.0 –
produce findings that could bring fusion-produced
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/)
electricity closer...
New...
As wildfires flare up across West, research highlights risk of ecological change
Hints at jaw evolution found in marsupials and monotremes
IMAGE: Professor Jonathan Coop said he’s seen an
between their ear and jaw bones shortly after birth to
incredible amount of forest lost in the Jemez
enable them to drink...
Infant marsupials and monotremes use a connection
Mountains where...
UTEP research reveals more about path bacterial pathogen travels to cause tuberculosis
Time trends in pregnancy-related outcomes among American women with type 1 diabetes
IMAGE: Jianjun Sun, Ph.D. left, associate professor
BOSTON – (June 30, 2020) – Researchers from the
in The University of Texas at El Paso Department of
Joslin Diabetes Center investigated time trends in
Biological...
pregnancy-related...
Traditional strength training vs jump training for physically inactive young adults The study focuses on the effects of Traditional Resistance Training (TRT) and Plyometric Jump Training (PJT) in participants...
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