Health
Study reveals COVID-19 transmission rate on trains
Credit: University of Southampton A study by scientists from the University of Southampton has examined the chances of catching COVID-19...
Proving immersion matters: UVA pioneers engineering-to-medicine faculty fellowships
The UVA Center for Engineering in Medicine pairs engineers with clinicians to transform health care researchCredit: Photo credits: UVA Communications...
Tinkering with roundworm proteins offers hope for anti-aging drugs
The somatic nuclear protein kinase VRK-1 increases the worm's lifespan through AMPK activation, and this mechanism can be applied to...
A centerpiece of EBRAINS’ human brain atlas is presented in ‘Science’
Credit: Forschungszentrum Juelich / Katrin Amunts The atlas features close to 250 structurally distinct areas, each one based on the...
Researchers find increase in comorbidities among hospitalized patients with heart failure
Melissa Caughey, PhD, instructor in the UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, is the senior author of a recently...
CZI, CZ Biohub, and the State of California partner to track COVID-19 spread statewide
California COVID tracker is the first statewide SARS-CoV-2 tracking program of its kind in the United States -- will help...
Obesity linked to social ties in older women, more so than in men
Credit: UBC Women who lack social ties have a greater likelihood of being obese, according to new UBC research published...
AJR study associates coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with large vessel occlusion strokes
After stratification for race and ethnicity, the risk of large vessel stroke among patients with COVID-19 was 2.4 times as...
Biofilm early detection findings will advance chronic wound care
Biofilms, not visible by the naked eye, go undetected by health professionals damaging healing tissue and causing delays in wound...
Pooling strategy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: A solution for mass population screening of SARS-CoV-2
A rapid, cheap, and reliable pooling strategy for screening of SARS-CoV-2 for maximization of available RT-PCR testing kits and resources...
Forty percent of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting 12 risk factors throughout life
An update to the Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention and care adds excessive alcohol intake, head injury and air...
Tierra del Fuego: marine ecosystems from 6,000 to 5000 years ago
The Middle Holocene, a plausible view of the futureCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Global warming will modify the distribution and abundance...
Training algorithms to identify COVID-19 in CT scans
Pitt's Jingtong Hu will use an NSF award to develop deep neural networks that can identify pneumonia caused by COVID-19...
Cystic fibrosis study to investigate real-world effects of new triple combination drug
Credit: Julien Behal Photography Dublin, Ireland, Thursday, 30 July 2020 - Researchers at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences...
Hearing loss linked to neurocognitive deficits in childhood cancer survivors
Research shows that severe hearing loss in childhood cancer survivors is associated with neurocognitive deficits independent of type of therapyCredit:...
Cell antennas lacking in Fragile X syndrome, study finds
Increasing the number of antennas might be a therapyCredit: UT Health San Antonio Laboratory of Hye Young Lee, PhD Structures...
Single-shot COVID-19 vaccine protects non-human primates
Findings lay groundwork for clinical development programCredit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Mass. - The development of a safe...
Rapid test for the determination of antibodies against Sars-Cov-2
A Swiss-German team presents a test that determines the amount of neutralising antibodies within a short period of timeCredit: FSVO/Renate...
Peering into the secrets of phages to see how they kill bacterial superbugs
Credit: F. Coulibaly & J.M. Hardy A research collaboration involving Monash University has made an exciting discovery that may eventually...
Pre/postnatal lead exposure affects neurodevelopment in Japanese children
Credit: Tohoku University A study conducted over the past 18 years has found differences between lead exposure effects in young...
POPULAR NEWS
-
Breakthrough in Computer Hardware Advances Solves Complex Optimization Challenges
-
Physicists Develop Visible Time Crystal for the First Time
-
Tailored Gene-Editing Technology Emerges as a Promising Treatment for Fatal Pediatric Diseases
-
Scientists Achieve Ambient-Temperature Light-Induced Heterolytic Hydrogen Dissociation