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
Researchers have correlated information on drugs, genes and diseases to identify potential candidates for psychiatric and neurological treatment; the methodology...
NASA satellites show two views of California’s Apple Fire
Credit: NASA/NOAA NASA's satellites were working overtime as they snapped pictures of the large Apple Fire in Banning Canyon near...
Study reveals less connectivity between hey brain regions in people with FXTAS premutation
Credit: McKinney, et al. LAWRENCE -- A new paper in the journal NeuroImage: Clinical from researchers at the University of...
New published study from K-State virologists identifies potential COVID-19 treatment
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Yunjeong Kim and Kyeong-Ok "KC" Chang, virologists in the College of Veterinary Medicine...
NASA puts visible and water vapor eyes on Tropical Storm Isaias
Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). NASA's Aqua satellite obtained visible and water...
2020 Michelson Prizes support groundbreaking research by young scientists
Credit: Michael Birnbaum August 3, 2020 - The Michelson Medical Research Foundation and the Human Vaccines Project are pleased to...
NASA finds an eye and a giant ‘tail’ in Typhoon Hagupit
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a visible...
Chlamydia: Greedy for glutamine
Credit: Chair of Microbiology / University of Wuerzburg Chlamydia are bacteria that cause venereal diseases. In humans, they can only...
Semiconductor manufacturing techniques employed for new gamma-ray detector
Credit: NASA/Theresa Johnson NASA astrophysicists and engineers are adapting detectors used by earthbound supercolliders and creating them the same way...
AI & single-cell genomics
New software predicts cell fateCredit: Helmholtz Zentrum München Traditional single-cell sequencing methods help to reveal insights about cellular differences and...
Roadmap to reducing colorectal cancer deaths
More convenient, accurate and lower cost tests the path to saving more livesCredit: Rush Production Group Fewer people would die...
Racial discrimination linked to suicide
Two reports: Pain of discrimination can be greater than will to live; reframing can helpCredit: University of Houston In this...
