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A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science found concrete evidence that more than...

Machine-learning model discriminating between COVID-negative and positive saliva supernatant.

New and improved SARS-CoV-2 detection method using Raman spectroscopy and machine learning

The novel coronavirus, or SARS-CoV-2, which causes the highly contagious COVID-19, has infected millions of people worldwide. The global spread of this deadly pandemic has...

Genome of extinct Steller’s sea cow reveals surprising link to human skin disease

Steller’s sea cow was an extraordinary creature, an enormous, kelp-eating, cold-water relative of the dugong and manatees that was hunted to extinction within three decades...

Chandra Mohan, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Endowed Professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Houston

Potential Biomarkers Identified for Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Lupus

A globally renowned expert in autoimmune diseases and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) at the University of Houston has identified potential biomarkers for neuropsychiatric symptoms of...

Hungry for love: gut molecule discovered that flips the feeding-to-mating switch

On Valentine’s Day, couples all over the world will enjoy romantic dinners to celebrate love and relationships. The association between nutrition and mating is not...

Dr Jonathan Tellechea, a synthetic biologist, working on the project

Scientists create a global repository for cell engineering

A cloud-based repository that creates a digital fingerprint of engineered microorganisms has been successfully trialled. Credit: Professor Natalio Krasnogor/Newcastle University, UK A cloud-based repository that creates...

High-resolution 3D study of pine pollen reveals nanofoams are key to surviving mass extinctions

High-resolution 3D study of pine pollen reveals nanofoams are key to surviving mass extinctionsCredit: ESRF/Stef Candé High-resolution 3D study of pine pollen reveals nanofoams are...

Feeling dizzy when you stand up? Simple muscle techniques can effectively manage symptoms of initial orthostatic hypotension

Philadelphia, February 9, 2022 -- Feeling lightheaded upon standing up due to initial orthostatic hypotension (IOH), or a transient decrease in blood pressure and increase...

A century later, International team of researchers describe second opabiniid ever discovered

In his book Wonderful Life, the late Stephen Jay Gould, former professor in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, popularized the “weird...

A student participates in Covid-19 surveillance testing.

Surveillance testing shown to reduce community COVID-19 spread

Covid-19 is often asymptomatic and can lead infected individuals to spread the disease without knowing it. Yet, regular surveillance testing of a community can catch...

Initial COVID-19 infection on the single-cell level, revealed

SAN ANTONIO (February 8, 2022) – What is going on at the single-cell level in the first days of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the lungs?Credit: Texas Biomed...

Sweating the small stuff: Smartwatch developed at UCLA measures key stress hormone

The human body responds to stress, from the everyday to the extreme, by producing a hormone called cortisol.Credit: Yichao Zhao and Zhaoqing Wang/UCLA The human body responds...

Drug halts immune reactions to save damaged lungs

A team of scientists led by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have discovered that disulfiram, an FDA-approved drug, prevents the immune system from producing toxic...

Discovery could help finetune immunity to fight infections, disease

SPOKANE, Wash.—Research led by Washington State University scientists supports a novel theory that the innate immune system people are born with can respond differently to...

Researchers: If left alone, tropical forests can recover on their own surprisingly fast