Month: April 2020

Credit: Aaron Geller (Northwestern University) A supernova at least twice as bright and energetic, and likely much more massive than ...

Data visualization tool examines community factors underlying COVID-19 outcomes

Updated daily, app shows how disparities in community conditions affect health outcomesCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- A new ...

New formation theory explains the mysterious interstellar object ‘Oumuamua

A new scenario based on computer simulations accounts for all of the observed characteristics of the first known interstellar object ...

Discovered a small protein that synchronizes the circadian clocks in shoots and roots

The CSIC researcher at CRAG Paloma Mas leads a study published in Nature Plants demonstrating that the clock protein ELF4 ...

New handle for controlling electromagnetic properties could enable spintronic computing

The magnetic transition of troilite causes instabilities in the 'space metal's' structure that transforms it from a conductor to an ...

Intermountain Healthcare COVID-19 response teams to provide support to New York hospitals

Credit: Intermountain Healthcare Hundreds of Intermountain Healthcare clinicians recently expressed interest in providing assistance to states facing major surges in ...

Observing the atmosphere at high altitudes using unmanned aeria vehicles

Credit: Qizhen Sun Severe weather conditions such as low air temperatures and strong winds often bring difficulties to scientific expeditions ...

Researchers from Intermountain Healthcare & U of U Health launch vital COVID-19 clinical trials

Credit: Intermountain Healthcare Researchers from Intermountain Healthcare and University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City have launched two vital ...

Discovery of a drug to rescue winter depression-like behavior

Celastrol treats SAD-like symptoms in medaka fishCredit: Issey Takahashi | Nagoya University ITbM A group of animal biologists and chemists ...

COVID-19: Australian research offers hope as world struggles with ventilator shortage

Credit: Monash University Researchers from The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Monash University and the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, have achieved a ...

A study at zoos shows that 42% of the animals were infected with the ‘Toxoplasma gondii’

Credit: Pixabay Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by the Toxoplasma gondii parasite, which can be passed from animals to ...

Acta Biologica Sibirica signs with Pensoft and moves to ARPHA

The first papers in 2020 of Acta Biologica Sibirica, journal of Altai State University, are published on the innovative ARPHA ...

Untangling untidy folds to understand diseases

Ocular scientists advise contact lens & spectacles wearers during COVID-19 pandemic

New findings published in Contact Lens & Anterior Eye provide evidence-based guidance for practitioners and patients, including 5 important facts ...

Mathematical modeling draws more accurate picture of coronavirus cases

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University Mathematical modeling can take what information is reported about the coronavirus, including the ...

UofL researchers describe possible mechanism for link between obesity and breast cancer

Researchers publish theory that specific protein from adipose tissue promotes breast cancer developmentCredit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. - It ...

With TxDOT grant, UTA team to test feasibility of recycled plastics in road construction

Building roads from plastic recyclablesCredit: UT Arlington When China recently stopped importing much of the United States' recycling materials, it ...

AGA releases official guidance for patients with IBD during the COVID-19 pandemic

Many patients with IBD who develop COVID-19 should stop their medicationCredit: American Gastroenterology Association Bethesda, Maryland (April 10, 2020) -- ...

COVID-19 response plan addresses unique challenges for rural hospitals and health systems

Surgeons develop a strategy that expands use of telehealth and streamlines systemwide staff communicationCredit: American College of Surgeons CHICAGO (April ...

Computer model predicts how drugs affect heart rhythm