Risk of children orphaned from COVID-19 highest in poorest countries
The risk of children being orphaned per COVID-19 death is highest in the poorest countries and those where people of reproductive age have the highest...
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“Micro-breaks” from tasks show promise in boosting wellbeing
A review of 22 previously published studies suggests that taking micro-breaks—discontinuing a task for periods of 10 minutes or less—is generally associated with reduced fatigue...
Old drugs hint at new ways to beat chronic pain
Pain is an important alarm system that alerts us to tissue damage and prompts us to withdraw from harmful situations. Pain is expected to subside...
Boot Camp helps produce record number of CAREER awards at Hajim School
Five Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences faculty members at the University of Rochester have received National Science Foundation CAREER awards this year, a...
Push, pull or swirl: the many movements of cilia
Cilia are tiny, hair-like structures on cells throughout our bodies that beat rhythmically to serve a variety of functions when they are working properly, including...
Particles pick pair partners differently in small nuclei
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – The protons and neutrons that build the nucleus of the atom frequently pair up. Now, a new high-precision experiment conducted at...
Peering into mirror nuclei, physicists see unexpected pairings
– Ben BrubakerCredit: Jenny Nuss/Berkeley Lab – Ben Brubaker The atomic nucleus is a busy place. Its constituent protons and neutrons occasionally collide, and briefly fly...
Discovery and naming of Africa’s oldest known dinosaur
An international team of paleontologists led by Virginia Tech has discovered and named a new, early dinosaur. The skeleton — incredibly, mostly intact — was...
Simple technique ushers in long-sought class of semiconductors
Osaka, Japan – Breakthroughs in modern microelectronics depend on understanding and manipulating the movement of electrons in metal. Reducing the thickness of metal sheets to...
Scripps Research scientists eavesdrop on communication between fat and brain
LA JOLLA, CA—What did the fat say to the brain? For years, it was assumed that hormones passively floating through the blood were the way...
Researchers find spaceflight may be associated with DNA mutations and increased risk of developing heart disease and cancer
Astronauts are at higher risk for developing mutations—possibly linked to spaceflight—that can increase the risk of developing cancer and heart disease during their lifetimes, according...
Rugby concussion to be studied in grassroots games for the first time by University of Essex
Concussion in grassroots rugby will be investigated in a new cutting-edge technology trial which could transform player safety across the globe. For...
‘YES Oklahoma’ project aims to improve American Indian representation in cancer research
The National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health has awarded the University of Oklahoma an expected $2 million over five years to develop...
Signs of saturation emerge from particle collisions at RHIC
UPTON, NY—Nuclear physicists studying particle collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)—a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facility at DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory—have...
The novel technology to improve the high perm-selectivity and anti-biofouling properties of RO membrane
Reverse osmosis (RO) has attracted wide attention for its extensive applicability in brackish water and seawater desalination. Thin-film composite (TFC) polyamide (PA) RO membranes consisting...
