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Credit: RUDN According to a linguist from RUDN University, the number of COVID-19 cases in a country might be related to the existence of aspirated...

Scoring system for the diagnosis of COVID-19

This Letter by Dr. Mohamed Farouk Allam is published in The Open Public Health Journal, Volume 13, 2020Credit: Dr. Mohamed Farouk Allam, Bentham Open The...

Antibody blockade effective in treatment of severe COVID-19

A team of researchers led by Osaka University find an overlap in the pathogenesis of cytokine release syndrome and COVID-19, and show that the symptoms...

Using AI to better assess structural health of bridges

UTA researcher combining machine learning, structural health monitoring for bridgesCredit: UT Arlington A civil engineering assistant professor at The University of Texas at Arlington is...

Eating your vegetables is easier said than done

The landmark EAT-Lancet report on food in the Anthropocene sets ambitious targets; putting it into action, however, will require policymakers to make sustainable food systems...

Strokes in babies are surprisingly common; here’s how the body rushes to the rescue

Credit: Courtesy Kuan lab New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine is shedding light on the development of the brain's immune defenses...

Asthma may not be a significant risk factor for severe COVID-19

Credit: ATS August 31, 2020-- A new research letter published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society examines whether asthma is a significant...

Guam study advances research of cycads as an ecotoxin

Models for estimating seed age to add clarity to future researchCredit: University of Guam University of Guam research has revealed that younger cycad seeds pose...

Intelligent software tackles plant cell jigsaw puzzle

Credit: Kreshuk group/EMBL and Hamprecht lab/HCI Heidelberg University Imagine working on a jigsaw puzzle with so many pieces that even the edges seem indistinguishable from...

Natural disasters must be unusual or deadly to prompt local climate policy change

Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Natural disasters alone are not enough to motivate local communities to engage in climate change mitigation or adaptation,...

NASA Terra Satellite sees development of Tropical Storm Maysak

Credit: NASA/NRL NASA infrared imagery revealed several areas of strong thunderstorms around the center of the recently organized Tropical Storm Maysak. Tropical Depression 10W formed...

NASA Terra Satellite examines Tropical Storm Hernan’s relocated center

Credit: NASA/NRL NASA infrared imagery revealed a burst of strength in Tropical Storm Hernan, located over the Gulf of California. At 12:30 a.m. EDT, NOAA's...

NASA-NOAA satellite nighttime imagery tracks Tropical Depression Laura over US

Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) A new animation of nighttime imagery from NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite followed the path...

Fossil trees on Peru’s Central Andean Plateau tell a tale of dramatic environmental change

Credit: Carlos Jaramillo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute On an expedition to the Central Andean Plateau, researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and colleagues...

Plant scientists study the interaction of heat stress responses in corn