Month: August 2020

Researchers caution: It is too soon to say whether pre-existing immune cell memory affects COVID-19 clinical outcomesCredit: Gina Kirchweger, La ...

Sulfur-containing polymer generates high refractive index and transparency?

Transparent polymer thin film with refractive index exceeding 1.9 to serve as new platform materials for high-end optical device applicationsCredit: ...

Dolphin calf entangled in fishing line only lived two years following rescue

Study of Indian River lagoon bottlenose dolphin shows severe, long-term damage from monofilament fishing lineCredit: Private citizen More than 1,000 ...

A research team of the CNIO and the HKUST identifies how some gliomas develop chemoresistance

Credit: CNIO A team led by Massimo Squatrito, Head of the Seve Ballesteros Foundation Brain Tumour Group at the Spanish ...

Ghasempour receives 2020 Marconi Society Young Scholar Award

ECE alum honored for Ph.D. work on terahertz wireless network connectionCredit: Photo courtesy of Rice University HOUSTON -- (Aug 4, ...

Grooming behavior between dairy cows reveals complex social network

Insights into how cattle react to changes in social groups could help shape future farm management practicesCredit: Gustavo E. Monti ...

Penn medicine receives $4.9 million grant to improve uptake of cancer care best practices

Funding from National Cancer Institute is part of the Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot InitiativeCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - While extensive ...

Implantable transmitter provides wireless option for biomedical devices

Credit: Hansraj Bhamra/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University innovators are working on inventions to use micro-chip technology in ...

Surface clean-up technology won’t solve ocean plastic problem

Credit: Making Oceans Plastic Free Clean-up devices that collect waste from the ocean surface won't solve the plastic pollution problem, ...

A targeted treatment for emphysema?

Small engineered peptide maintains lung tissue in animal modelsCredit: Hao Wu, PhD, Boston Children's Hospital Emphysema is a progressive, debilitating ...

Hydrogel paves way for biomedical breakthrough

Plasma technology could improve viability of implantsCredit: University of Sydney Published in Advanced Functional Materials, a University of Sydney team ...

COVID-19: Lower incidence at high altitudes?

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 3, 2020--Despite recent reports of lower COVID-19 incidence among high-altitude ...

Half of low-income communities have no ICU beds

Policies that facilitate hospital coordination are urgently needed to mitigate effects of the COVID-19 pandemicCredit: Health Affairs, August 2020 PHILADELPHIA ...

Identifying the blind spots of soil biodiversity

Only few studies investigate soil biodiversity in tropical and subtropical regionsCredit: Andy Murray Soils harbour a substantial part of the ...

Unequal neutron-star mergers create unique “bang” in simulations

Credit: Adapted from figure 4 in "Accretion-induced prompt black hole formation in asymmetric neutron star mergers, dynamical ejecta and kilonova ...

Monkeying around: Study finds older primates father far fewer babies

Credit: Photo courtesy of Krista Milich, Washington University in St. Louis Infertility is a worldwide clinical problem for human health ...

Tackling the bioethics challenges raised by COVID-19

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (August 3, 2020) - The diverse situations experienced by health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic often ...

How COVID-19 changed the way patients responded to a heart attack

Credit: University of Leeds The death rate for patients who experienced what is normally a lower-risk heart attack rose sharply ...

Researchers uncovered the Zika virus mutation responsible for quick spread, birth defects

Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas - A multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas ...

Machine learning makes drug repurposing for psychiatric disorders more effective