WVU-led study aims to identify, relieve anxiety and depression caused by COVID-19
Credit: West Virginia University With anxiety and depression on the rise amid the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, a West Virginia University-led study seeks to...
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Researchers show potential for subseasonal forecasts to predict dengue outbreaks
Estimates of mosquito abundance four weeks outCredit: DiSera et al., GeoHealth, 2020 A new study demonstrates for the first time that subseasonal rainfall and temperature...
A case for botanical gardens to lead in global plant crisis
New call for funding, advocacy for botanical gardens to lead efforts to avert plant extinctionCredit: © The Morton Arboretum LISLE, Ill. (August 25) - The...
New tool for identifying endangered corals could aid conservation efforts
Credit: Iliana Baums, Penn State Coral conservation efforts could get a boost from a newly developed genotyping "chip"--the first of its kind for corals. The...
Researchers introduce new theory to calculate emissions liability
Credit: Michigan Tech A comparison of the results for conventional point source pollution and bottleneck carbon emissions sources shows that oil and natural gas pipelines...
Preclinical study of COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows potent T-cell responses
These potent CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell responses were stimulated in the lungs following a single intranasal administrationCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Preclinical studies of a...
The Forsyth Institute serving as a critical resource for COVID-19 saliva diagnostic test development
Credit: Photo by Matthew Modoono for Forsyth Institute As a world leader in oral biology and salivary diagnostics, the Forsyth Institute is working with the...
Importance of rainfall highlighted for tropical animals
Credit: Cristian Bonilla Poveda URBANA, Ill. - Imagine a tropical forest and you might conjure up tall trees hung with vines, brightly colored birds, howling...
Enzyme prisons
Credit: Charlotte Konrad, MDC There are up to a hundred different receptors on the surface of each cell in the human body. The cell uses...
Changing landscapes, changing diets
Researchers use fossilized teeth to reveal dietary shifts in ancient herbivores and homininsCredit: Zeresenay Alemseged A new study published this week in the journal Proceedings...
Three-dimensional quantum Hall effect and global picture of edge states in Weyl semimetals
Credit: International Center for Quantum Materials, Peking University Since Von Klitzing discovered the quantum Hall effect in a two-dimensional electron gas system in 1980, there...
Scientists create protein models to explore toxic methylmercury formation
Credit: Connor Cooper, Oak Ridge National Laboratory/U.S. Dept. of Energy. A team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory created a computational...
How effective does a COVID-19 vaccine need to be to stop the pandemic?
This question as well as coronavirus-related discrimination, population vulnerability, anxiety, and depression are explored in recent articles in the American Journal of Preventive MedicineCredit: PHICOR...
Effectiveness of cloth masks depends on type of covering
Credit: Padmanabha Prasanna Simha, Indian Space Research Organisation WASHINGTON, August 25, 2020 -- Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing a mask while out in public...
UBCO researcher uses computer modelling to predict reef health
'Virtual' coral reefs become diagnostic tool to help manage the planet's reefsCredit: Jean-Philippe Maréchal. A UBC Okanagan researcher has developed a way to predict the...
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