A versatile vaccine that can protect mice from emerging tick-borne viruses
Credit: VanBlargan et al./Cell Reports A group of researchers led by Michael Diamond of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a...
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Pathogen predicament: How bacteria propel themselves out of a tight spot
Scientists have deciphered how some types of 'swimming' bacteria have evolved to be able to escape when trapped in small spaces Scientists have deciphered how...
Study suggests shifts in Afghan attitudes towards increased education and delayed marriage
In Afghanistan's most underdeveloped regions, attitudes towards education and child marriage appear to have changed significantly since the overthrow of the Taliban government in 2002,...
Nearly one in five Tibetan refugee schoolchildren has tuberculosis infection, Johns Hopkins study finds
Zero TB in Tibetan Kids outreach program aims to eliminate the disease in an entire population in India In a tuberculosis screening and treatment initiative...
Explaining differences in rates of evolution
Credit: ETH Zurich The rate at which evolution produces new species of plants and animals, or at which existing species die out, is a subject...
Childhood blindness therapy shows 'very promising' results
A new therapy aimed at improving the sight of people with one of the most common forms of childhood blindness, has shown 'very promising' initial...
Buruli ulcer: Promising new drug candidate against a forgotten disease
Buruli ulcer - one of the most neglected among the NTDs - is a debilitating and stigmatising disease. Affecting mainly children in West and Central...
Takeaway containers — the environmental cost of packing our favorite fast-foods
Scientists say more should be done to tackle the growing environmental impact of takeaway food containers. A new study estimates there are 2025 million takeaway...
Brain health not affected by major heart surgery
New study offers important and novel way to look at 'old problem' of cognitive dysfunctionCredit: Elsevier Chicago, December 18, 2018 Patients who undergo heart surgery...
Flowers originated 50 million years earlier than previously thought
Credit: NIGPAS Analysis of fossil specimens of a flower called Nanjinganthus from the Early Jurassic (more than 174 million years ago) suggests that flowers originated...
Sofosbuvir rids organism of chikungunya and yellow fever viruses
The medication is already used to treat hepatitis C and has passed all human use approval tests, so it can be fairly easily deployed if...
Milken Institute releases index ranking states on tech and innovation
Massachusetts, Colorado, Maryland, California, and Utah are top five for high-tech innovation, education, and investment LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18, 2018 - Massachusetts retained its No....
Ten group leaders across Europe supported by EMBO Installation Grants
Heidelberg, 18 December 2018 - EMBO announces today the award of ten Installation Grants to early-career researchers establishing their independent laboratories in the Czech Republic,...
ECDC: Influenza vaccination coverage rates insufficient across EU member states
None of the European Union (EU) Member States could demonstrate that they reach the EU target of 75% influenza vaccination coverage for vulnerable groups, according...
HKU fossil imaging helps push back feather origins by 70 million years
Credit: @Reconstruction by Yuan Zhang In a new study published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, an international team led by Professor Baoyu Jiang...
