Supporting organizations to quickly respond to the Covid-19 pandemic
Credit: African Academy of Sciences "In this global crisis, it is important for organizations on the frontlines of responding to COVID-19 to quickly mobilize financial...
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Scientist proposes clinical trials with low-dose rapamycin to protect elderly from COVID-19
Friday, 3rd of April, 2020, London, UK - The Biogerontology Research Foundation, a registered UK charity supporting and promoting aging and longevity research worldwide since...
Making stronger concrete with ‘sewage-enhanced’ steel slag
A by-product of steel making can be used to both treat wastewater and make stronger concreteCredit: RMIT University Researchers have shown how a by-product of...
Lancaster academic sees positives in first published clinical trial of COVID-19 treatment
Credit: Lancaster University A Lancaster University statistician who worked on the first published large randomised clinical trial for a potential treatment for the COVID-19 virus...
Curbing the rising toll of adults with complex care needs
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (April 6, 2020) - Data show that the number of people with clinically complex health and social needs is growing. Programs...
Efforts to control livestock disease PPRV should focus on herd management style, not age
Credit: Rod Waddington/Flickr UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The risk of transmitting the virus PPRV, which produces a highly infectious and often fatal disease in sheep...
What is the Asian hornet invasion going to cost Europe?
Credit: Prof. Franck Courchamp Since its accidental introduction in 2003 in France, the yellow-legged Asian hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) is rapidly spreading through Europe. Both...
Synthesis against the clock
Novel radiopharmaceutical for the diagnosis of tumor-relevant transport proteins developedCredit: HZDR/ Bodo Tiedemann Radiolabeled molecules, so-called radiotracers, help nuclear physicians to detect and precisely target...
Surgical masks good for most COVID-19 treatment: McMaster
Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (April 6, 2020) - The N95 respirator masks should be preserved for health-care workers involved in inserting breathing tubes for...
Invasive species with charisma have it easier
Credit: Jonathan Jeschke It's the outside that counts: Their charisma has an impact on the introduction and image of alien species and can even hinder...
APS tip sheet: First results from the Belle II experiment
The Belle II experiment reports its first measurementsCredit: KEK / Belle II Collaboration At the SuperKEKB Collider, scientists have performed the first searches of invisibly...
The ocean responds to a warming planet
New research indicates that upper ocean water masses are shrinking in a changing climateCredit: Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences We're familiar with how climate change...
X-rays reveal in situ crystal growth of lead-free perovskite solar panel materials
Credit: G. Portale, University of Groningen Lead-based perovskites are very promising materials for the production of solar panels. They efficiently turn light into electricity but...
Tiny marine organisms as the key to global cycles
New ways to understand the functioning of marine phytoplanktonCredit: Tom Deerinck, Mark Ellisman, Alexandra Worden Marine microorganisms, such as bacteria and so-called protists, form a...
Condensed matter: Bethe strings experimentally observed
Long-standing prediction of quantum physics now provenCredit: HZB The regular arrangement of atoms in a crystal allows complex interactions that can lead to new states...
