NIH launches analytics platform to harness COVID-19 patient data to speed treatments
Credit: National Center for Translational Sciences The National Institutes of Health has launched a centralized, secure enclave to store and ...
Month: June 2020
Your brain shows if you are lonely or not
New insight into how the brain maps our interpersonal tiesCredit: Figure provided by Andrea L. Courtney and Meghan L. Meyer ...
Calling for nursing support amid COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (June 15, 2020) - There are close to 28 million nurses around the world who comprise ...
Taking a landslide’s temperature to avert catastrophe
A new model for deep-seated landslides that takes into account the temperature of a thin, unstable layer of clay could ...
Directly printing 3D tissues within the body
Researchers take a step closer to 3D printing living tissues in patientsCredit: Ohio State University (LOS ANGELES) - In the ...
Genetic rescue of SHANK3 is potential therapy in rare forms of autism spectrum disorder
A mouse model and previous studies suggest that genetic intervention in SHANK3-related ASD may be most effective earlier in developmentCredit: ...
New fossil discovery shows 50 million-year-old Canada-Australia connection
Credit: Copyright: The Canadian Entomologist. Used by permission. The discovery of a tiny insect fossil is unearthing big questions about ...
Barriers exist to using risk stratification tools to evaluate pulmonary embolism in the ED
Credit: Kirsty Challen, B.Sc., MBCHB, MRES, Ph.D., Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom DES PLAINES, IL -- Common barriers exist to ...
New study of bats could provide clues to protection against coronaviruses
Credit: Jon Flanders STONY BROOK, NY, June 15, 2020 - Some bat species seem to carry coronaviruses but rarely be ...
COVID-19 pandemic could decimate outdoor environmental, science education programs
11 million children at risk of losing access to educational and health benefits of outdoor educationCredit: UC Berkeley photo courtesy ...
Rochester researchers unlock clues to a dramatic chapter of Earth’s geological history
Credit: Akshay Mehra / Princeton Grinder Lab photo Imagine Earth completely covered in ice. While it's hard to picture all ...
Cell wall research reveals possibility of simple and sustainable method to protect crops
Credit: Antonio Molina While crop diseases have devastating consequences on agriculture, causing losses of up to 30% in some crops, ...
In virtual presentation, geriatrics research addresses key concern: medications
Credit: (C) 2020, American Geriatrics Society New insights on a host of factors impacting medication use for older adults will ...
NASA follows Tropical Storm Nuri’s path
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview An animation of four days of imagery from NASA's Terra satellite showed the progression and landfall ...
New technical approach can enhance diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension
Molecular analysis may facilitate targeted treatment by differentiating underlying conditions affecting pulmonary arteries and veins, report scientists in The American ...
MIT, NIST create first room-temp ‘magnon switch’ with industrially useful properties
Build approach could lead to entirely new and more efficient logic switches for computer chips.Credit: N. Hanacek / NIST Scientists ...
As food insecurity continues to plague New Yorkers, impact on children is worrisome
Credit: CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy One in four households with children have reported a child ...
Neurons can shift how they process information about motion
Credit: Getty Images Our brains use various reference frames--also known as coordinate systems--to represent the motion of objects in a ...
Clearer understanding of disordered protein could aid ALS, Alzheimer’s treatment search
NIH awards $3.3 million grant to Lehigh, Brown university researchers studying atomistic structure and mechanisms of TDP-43, which has been ...
The many lifetimes of plastics
Infographics strive to give us a sense of how long plastic goods will last in the environment but is this ...
