COVID-19 stimulus brings momentum for economy…and bright spot for geriatrics
Credit: (C) 2020, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today commended the U.S. Senate for supporting critical efforts ...
Month: March 2020
AGS applauds important action on geriatrics priorities, Older Americans Act
Credit: (C) 2020, American Geriatrics Society Representing more than 6,000 healthcare professionals dedicated to improving the health, independence, and quality ...
How to identify factors affecting COVID-19 transmission
Engineers at Stanford describe potential transmission pathways of COVID-19 and their implications.Credit: NIAID-RML Much remains unknown about how SARS-CoV-2, the ...
In politics and pandemics, trolls use fear, anger to drive clicks
Fake Facebook ads placed by Russians in 2016 earned 9 times more clicks than typical adsCredit: Courtesy: Chris Vargo/CU Boulder ...
Quantum effect triggers unusual material expansion
Findings open new avenues for designing alloys for aviation and other applicationsCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY--You know how you ...
Kids & COVID-19 website provides resources for pediatric healthcare providers and families
Credit: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Joanne Morrison BALTIMORE, MD, March 26 - The University of Maryland School of ...
New studies investigate how COVID-19 may impact breast milk and pregnancy
Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine are launching a pair ...
Coral tells own tale about El Niño’s past
Rice, Georgia Tech study in Science reveals Pacific temperatures over a millenniumCredit: Cobb Lab HOUSTON - (March 26, 2020) - ...
Reducing reliance on nitrogen fertilizers with biological nitrogen fixation
Credit: Beverly J. Agtuca, Sylwia A. Stopka, Thalita R. Tuleski, Fernanda P. do Amaral, Sterling Evans, Yang Liu, Dong Xu, ...
New technique looks for dark matter traces in dark places
Study knocks down some theories for the origin of a mysterious light signature that has puzzled physicists for yearsCredit: Zosia ...
Wildfire perceptions largely positive after hiking in a burned landscape
Post-fire surveys at natural reserve describe 'awe-inspiring' experienceCredit: Alexandra Weill, UC Davis When hikers returned to UC Davis Stebbins Cold ...
Upgrading biomass with selective surface-modified catalysts
Scientists demonstrated how the conversion of a plant derivative into fuels and other valuable chemicals can be achieved by loading ...
What can be learned from the microbes on a turtle’s shell?
In an effort to help with and advance conservation, scientists have been investigating the microbiome of the protected Krefft's river ...
Experimental medication to prevent heart disease may treat chemo-resistant ovarian cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Most ovarian cancer starts in fallopian tubes. Then it sloughs from its site of ...
New therapeutic strategy against diabetes
Maintaining vitamin D receptor levels in insulin-producing cells could protect against diabetesCredit: CBATEG-UAB Maintaining vitamin D receptor (VDR) levels in ...
ACM launches industry-focused journal on digital threats
First issue looks at incident response and security teamsCredit: Association for Computing Machinery ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today ...
Birds exposed to PCBs as nestlings show behavior changes as adults
Males sing fewer syllables and are more aggressiveCredit: Terence Alexander/Macaulay Library Ithaca, NY--According to a new study, Zebra Finches exposed ...
Perhaps we will not need all the ventilators after all
With a grant of just over DKK 5 million, Professor and DMSc Ulf Simonsen from Aarhus University is immediately beginning ...
Oncotarget Roscovitine enhances all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA)-induced nuclear enrichment
Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 12 reported that using the HL-60 human non-APL AML model where ATRA causes nuclear enrichment of ...
Destroying DNA to save the genome — study offers new insights into sepsis and its treatment
Scientists uncover a new mechanism underlying the life-threatening condition and propose a novel treatment strategy centered around cell-free chromatinCredit: Dr ...
