Microparticles could be used to deliver “self-boosting” vaccines
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Most vaccines, from measles to Covid-19, require a series of multiple shots before the recipient is considered fully vaccinated. To make that easier...
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Activity patterns saw dramatic shifts during and beyond COVID-19 pandemic in UK
A new analysis describes how U.K. residents shifted the amount of time they spent on various activities over the course of the pandemic and whether...
Research reveals how brain inflammation may link Alzheimer’s risk, sleep disturbance
Irvine, Calif., July 13, 2022 – A multisite research team from the University of California, Irvine, the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Wake Forest University has...
A robot learns to imagine itself
New York, NY—July 13, 2022—As every athletic or fashion-conscious person knows, our body image is not always accurate or realistic, but it’s an important piece...
Best FIFA Men’s Player Award appears to be biased by cultural similarity
A new analysis of voting data for the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)’s World’s Best Male Football Player Award suggests that cultural similarity between...
Corrupted proteins in focus: How shape gives rise to variations of fatal brain disease
CLEVELAND—Prion diseases are incurable, deadly neurological disorders that can affect both humans and animals–including Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) in people, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (also known as...
SIRI-2 to qualify technologies for radiation detection in space
WASHINGTON – U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists launched the second Strontium Iodide Radiation Instrument (SIRI-2) instrument in December 2021 onboard Space Test Program (STP) Sat-6. SIRI-2, a gamma-ray spectrometer, will demonstrate...
Genomic research supports recognizing new scrub jay species in Texas and Mexico
LAWRENCE — A comprehensive new genetic and statistical study from researchers at the University of Kansas reveals two groups of scrub jays — one in Mexico and...
New stem cell mechanism in your gut
Your gut is a wondrous place. A special layer of cells that coats the insides of your small and large intestines takes in nutrients and...
Tiny gene fragments revealed as crucial new players in retinal development and vision
Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona reveal that Srrm3 is a master regulator gene crucial for the development of photoreceptors, cells...
Social development of infants unaffected by COVID-19 pandemic
Health issues and loss, social isolation and mental health problems – the pandemic has had a drastic effect on our society. But how have the...
Widely-used kidney function tests underestimate scale of kidney disease in Africa
The findings suggest that methods developed in high-income settings to check kidney function are not accurate for many people in Africa.Credit: University of the Witwatersrand,...
2022 RELX SDG Inspiration Day: Aspiring to make SDG-16 a reality
In 2015, the United Nations put forth 17 Sustainable Development Goals that aim to transform the world and envision a more sustainable future for all...
A world afire: Social–ecological processes in a time of change
In an era of ubiquitous human entanglement with the natural world, scientists are turning to social–ecological systems approaches as a way to better understand our...
Turning white blood cells into medicinal microrobots with light
Medicinal microrobots could help physicians better treat and prevent diseases. But most of these devices are made with synthetic materials that trigger immune responses in...
