Health
Scientists develop new way to identify the sex of sea turtle hatchlings
Study provides crucial step to assess climate change impacts on imperiled turtle speciesCredit: Dana Ralph Unlike humans, sea turtles and...
Stream pollution from mountaintop mining doesn’t stay put in the water
Stream insects and the bankside spiders that eat them carry potentially toxic selenium runoff from water to landCredit: Photo by...
Clemson researchers unraveling role of fungi in early childhood dental health
Credit: Clemson College of Science/Pete Martin CLEMSON, South Carolina -- Although mostly preventable, tooth decay is one of the most...
Scientists’ warning to humanity on insect extinctions
As the human race continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists have found that the planet's insects are also facing...
ATS publishes new guidance on COVID-19 management
Credit: ATS April 06, 2020─ An American Thoracic Society-led international task force has released a guidance document to help clinicians...
How understanding the dynamics of yeast prions can shed light on neurodegenerative diseases
Credit: Tokyo Tech Prions are a class of misfolded proteins that form aggregates called "amyloid fibrils." These aggregates are the...
Scientist proposes clinical trials with low-dose rapamycin to protect elderly from COVID-19
Friday, 3rd of April, 2020, London, UK - The Biogerontology Research Foundation, a registered UK charity supporting and promoting aging...
Lancaster academic sees positives in first published clinical trial of COVID-19 treatment
Credit: Lancaster University A Lancaster University statistician who worked on the first published large randomised clinical trial for a potential...
Curbing the rising toll of adults with complex care needs
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (April 6, 2020) - Data show that the number of people with clinically complex health and...
Efforts to control livestock disease PPRV should focus on herd management style, not age
Credit: Rod Waddington/Flickr UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The risk of transmitting the virus PPRV, which produces a highly infectious and...
Surgical masks good for most COVID-19 treatment: McMaster
Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (April 6, 2020) - The N95 respirator masks should be preserved for health-care workers involved...
Insect wings hold antimicrobial clues for improved medical implants
Credit: Professor Bo Su, University of Bristol Some insect wings such as cicada and dragonfly possess nanopillar structures that kill...
The human body as an electrical conductor, a new method of wireless power transfer
Published by Marc Tudela, Laura Becerra-Fajardo, Aracelys García-Moreno, Jesus Minguillon and Antoni Ivorra, in Access, the journal of the Institute...
Cranfield University helps create new low-cost, simple ventilators for COVID-19 patients
Credit: Georgia Tech A simple, low-cost Bag Valve Mask (BVM) ventilator to help critically-ill COVID-19 patients has been rapidly designed...
Shorter radiotherapy treatment for bowel cancer patients during COVID-19
Credit: University of Leeds An international panel of cancer experts has recommended a one-week course of radiotherapy and delaying surgery...
New algorithm aims to protect surgical team members against infection with COVID-19 virus
Journal of American College of Surgeons releases new best practice guideline based on potential viral spread patterns, risks facing health...
Climate change to affect fish sizes and complex food webs
Credit: Antonia Cooper Global climate change will affect fish sizes in unpredictable ways and, consequently, impact complex food webs in...
Turning colon cancer cells around
UCI study finds supplement inhibits cell growthCredit: UCI School of Biological Sciences Using a modified natural substance along with current...
A new way to deliver drugs in MOFs
Credit: Grzegorz Krzyzewski, IPC PAS Scientists from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC PAS)...
Simple, low-cost ventilator builds on available resuscitation bags
Credit: Steven Norris, Georgia Tech A simple, low-cost ventilator based on the resuscitation bags carried in ambulances - and widely...
