Study: Hundreds of lives saved in Kansas counties that adopted mask mandates
Credit: Courtesy of Donna Ginther LAWRENCE -- Despite facing cultural and political pushback, the evidence remains clear: Face masks made a difference in Kansas. "These...
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Unique exoplanet photobombs CHEOPS study of nearby star system
Credit: © ESA Photobombs - when something or someone unexpectedly enters a camera's field of sight during the taking of a photograph - happen every...
Keck backs Rice bid to ‘build a brain’
Jacob Robinson lab analyzes connections in hydra to understand neural pathwaysCredit: Kelly Kim/Robinson Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 28, 2021) - Rice University scientists are...
DNA data and modelling reveal potential spread of invasive species
Credit: Marc Rius Scientists at the University of Southampton have found that a marine invasive species - a sea squirt that lives on rocky shores...
COVID-19 vaccine generates immune structures critical for lasting immunity
Vaccines likely induce strong, persistent immunity to COVID-19Credit: Matt Miller The first two COVID-19 vaccines authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration...
New report explains microbiome impact on glucose control
Highlights how probiotic interventions can improve Type 2 diabetes managementCredit: Pendulum Therapeutics San Francisco, CA, June 28, 2021 - A new study by Pendulum Therapeutics...
Review by Temple scientists: Endovascular therapy best for superior vena cava syndrome
Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - Like a blocked water line, obstructions in blood vessels in the human circulatory...
CHEOPS unexpectedly detects a unique exoplanet
Credit: ESA The exoplanet satellite hunter CHEOPS of the European Space Agency (ESA), in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is participating along...
COVID-19’s socio-economic fallout threatens global coffee industry
Credit: Zack Guido New Brunswick, N.J. (June 28, 2021) - COVID-19's socio-economic effects will likely cause another severe production crisis in the coffee industry, according...
RAMBO speeds searches on huge DNA databases
Rice method cuts indexing times from weeks to hours, search times from hours to minutesCredit: Courtesy G. Gupta/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 28, 2021) -...
Danger caused by subdomains
A dangerous security vulnerability was discovered by TU Wien in collaboration with the Ca' Foscari University (Italy): Anyone who assumes control over subdomains of websites...
Unusual prey: Spiders eating snakes
There are spiders that eat snakes; observations of snake-eating spiders have been reported around the world. Two researchers from Basel and the US consolidated and...
An atlas of the bumblebee brain
Credit: Lisa Rother / University of Wuerzburg The buff-tailed bumblebee Bombus terrestris is one of the most common bumblebee species in Europe. It is not...
COVID-19 patients recover faster with metabolic activator treatment, study shows
Credit: Adil Mardinoglu Metabolic activators were found to reduce recovery time by as many as 3.5 days in patients with mild-to-moderate Covid-19, according to a...
New tools for pandemic prevention research: DNA sequencing from water and leech
Credit: Andrew Tilker/Leibniz-IZW In a new scientific investigation headed by the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW), water from African and Mongolian...
