High dose of vitamin D fails to improve condition of moderate to severe COVID-19 patients
A clinical trial was conducted with 240 patients who were given 200,000 IU of vitamin D3 on admission to hospital. The supplementation did not reduce...
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Quantifying the level of pollution in marinas
Credit: Universidad de Sevilla An interdisciplinary group of Spanish scientists, bringing together biologists and chemists from the Universities of Seville, Huelva, the Autonomous University of...
Newly discovered immune cell function vital to healing
Credit: David Ahl Cardiovascular disease, the most common cause of death, is the result of oxygen deprivation as blood perfusion to affected tissue is prevented....
Climate has shifted the axis of the Earth
Credit: Credit: Deng et al (2021) Geophysical Research Letters/AGU WASHINGTON-- Glacial melting due to global warming is likely the cause of a shift in the...
Army, ASU publish human-autonomy communication tips
Credit: U.S. Army photo illustration ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Army and Arizona State University researchers identified a set of approaches to help scientists assess...
From individual receptors towards whole-brain function
Credit: RUB, Marquard In the brain, more than a hundred molecular substances act as transmitters that control communication pathways between nerve cells via thousands of...
Hubble captures giant star on the edge of destruction
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI In celebration of the 31st anniversary of the launching of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers aimed the renowned observatory at a...
VR visualization supports research on molecular networks
A new VR platform enables the display of huge amounts of data. This can be helpful in the study of rare genetic defects, among other...
Toward new solar cells with active learning
Credit: © Kunkel/FHI How can I prepare myself for something I do not yet know? Scientists from the Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin and from...
Fight or flight response may hinge on protein in skeletal muscular system
University of Cincinnati researchers hope to advance the understanding of skeletal muscular disordersCredit: Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati Researchers at the University of Cincinnati say a...
Inhibitory effect of strawberry geranium on inflammatory response in skin keratinocytes
Credit: Maruzen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd Strawberry geranium (Saxifraga stolonifera) has been used in Japan as a herbal medicine to treat wounds and swelling, and continues...
Red Sea is no longer a baby ocean
Hidden structures reveal 13 million years of seafloor spreadingCredit: GEOMAR It is 2,250 kilometers long, but only 355 kilometers wide at its widest point -...
Engineering single-molecule fluorescence with asymmetric nano-antennas
Credit: by Wenqi Zhao, Xiaochaoran Tian, Zhening Fang, Shiyi Xiao, Meng Qiu, Qiong He, Wei Feng, Fuyou Li, Yuanbo Zhang, Lei Zhou, and Yan-Wen Tan...
Recreating the earliest stages of life
Scientists generate synthetic mouse embryos containing the three fundamental cell types normally found in pre-implantation embryosCredit: Gladstone Institutes SAN FRANCISCO, CA--April 22, 2021--In their effort...
Patching up your health
Researchers at Osaka University and JOANNEUM RESEARCH develop ultrathin self-powered e-health patches that can monitor a user's pulse and blood pressure, which may lead to...
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