Geographies of death: Study maps COVID-19 health disparities in Greater Santiago
Three times higher COVID-19 mortality in low-income areasCredit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- People up to age 40 living in economically depressed...
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Nature provides inspiration for breakthrough in self-regulating materials
Research conducted at UMass Amherst documents a new platform for interactive soft materialsCredit: Courtesy Hyunki Kim AMHERST Mass. - Scientists have long sought to invent...
Hepatitis C drugs boost Remdesivir’s antiviral activity against COVID-19
Credit: Illustration credit: Jenna Luecke/University of Texas at Austin. Remdesivir is currently the only antiviral drug approved in the U.S. for treating COVID-19 patients. In...
Astronomers detect first ever hydroxyl molecule signature in an exoplanet atmosphere
Credit: Astrobiology Center An international collaboration of astronomers led by a researcher from the Astrobiology Center and Queen's University Belfast, and including researchers from Trinity...
Urine of COVID-19 patients could predict who will develop severe disease
Inflammatory markers were higher in people with high blood pressure and diabetesCredit: Dragana Komnenov Rockville, Md. (April 27, 2021)--Urine analysis of COVID-19 patients revealed elevated...
The first comprehensive single-cell atlas of human teeth
Credit: ZZM/UZH During the last 30 years, medical and dental research has attracted a large number of scientists and practitioners working on aspects of high...
Anesthesia doesn’t simply turn off the brain, it changes its rhythms
Credit: Miller/Brown labs MIT Picower Institute In a uniquely deep and detailed look at how the commonly used anesthetic propofol causes unconsciousness, a collaboration of...
Three University of Georgia faculty members elected to National Academy of Sciences
Mary Ann Moran, Gregory H. Robinson and J. Marshall Shepherd recognized for extraordinary scientific achievementCredit: UGA Three distinguished faculty members at the University of Georgia...
Five new insights in the fight against COVID-19
Researchers announce new findings on treatments, health impacts and repercussions for science educationCredit: Harmon DJ, Attardi SM, Barremkala M, Bentley DC, Brown KM, Dennis JF,...
UMD studies mangrove genetic diversity in Africa to conserve centers of biodiversity
Collaborative study shows how currents of the Western Indian Ocean create both distinct and related populations for conservationCredit: University of Maryland In collaboration with researchers...
Persuading consumers to go green
Study identifies more effective messaging for businesses to increase customers' eco-friendly tacticsCredit: University of Houston Shopping habits and escalating consumption of many consumers are inflicting...
The bluest of blue: A new algae-based switch is lighting up biological research!
Researchers have identified a novel ion channel from a species of alga growing on land, that can be switched on by shorter wavelength of lightCredit:...
Study illuminates how COVID-19 worms its way into the brain
Research helps explain baffling neurological symptoms -- and why they're so unpredictableCredit: Ricardo Costa, LSUHS New research offers an up-close view of how SARS-CoV-2, the...
UT and Bolt expand collaboration to develop IT solutions for self-driving vehicles
Credit: Mathis Bogens/Bolt On 21 April, the University of Tartu and Bolt signed a significant agreement to expand collaboration in the development of autonomous vehicle...
New chemical tool that sheds light on how proteins recognise and interact with each other
Seeing the unseen: HKU scientists develop a new chemical tool that sheds light on how proteins recognise and interact with each otherCredit: The University of...
