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UrduThe aim of the research is to examine whether unequal participation in providing financial resources and performing household chores is associated with differences in levels of life satisfaction
Month: May 2021
Applying UV light to common disinfectants makes them safer to use
Over 400 common disinfectants currently in use could be made safer for people and the environment and could better fight the COVID-19 virus with the simple application of UVC light, a new study from the University of Waterloo shows. Benzalkonium…
Blockchain as ‘TechQuity’: How tech solutions have the power to help the homeless
AUSTIN, Texas — For people experiencing homelessness, missing proof of identity can be a major barrier to receiving critical services, from housing to food assistance to health care. Physical documents such as driver’s licenses are highly susceptible to loss, theft…
New research shows long-term recovery possible for areas impacted by seagrass die-off
Nearly 10,000 acres of lush seagrass vanished from Florida Bay between 1987 and 1991, leading to massive ecological changes in the region near the Florida Keys. Abundance of the seagrass, Thalassia testudinum , more commonly known as turtlegrass, a foundation…
Will your future clothes be made of algae?
Researchers at the University of Rochester and Delft University of Technology used 3D printing to create a novel, environmentally-friendly material made of algae that has applications for energy, medicine, fashion, and space exploration
Renewable energy sources: On the way towards large-scale thermal storage systems
KIT and partners conduct research into inexpensive and highly efficient thermal storage systems of the next generation
How to manage osteoporosis in hematologic stem cell transplant recipients
IOF Cancer & Bone Disease Working Group summary and algorithm outlines main recommendations to maintain bone health in HSCT patients: includes guidance for bone assessment, management and treatment as well as dietary and lifestyle recommendations.
Team from UHN, CAMH identify unique characteristics of human neurons
These findings may have implications for brain disease, disorders
Same drug can have opposite effects on memory according to sexual differences
A research team from the Institut de Neurociències at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (INc-UAB) has showed that inhibition through a drug of the Tac2 neuronal circuit, involved in the formation of the memory of fear, has opposite effects on…
Landmark study launched to detect liver cancer early in Singapore
Study aims to recruit 2,000 participants at high risk of developing HCC from 6 healthcare institutions and 8 polyclinics across Singapore
Conspiracy theories characterise views in and about Europe
Conspiratorial narratives of internal disintegration and external threats affect views in the European Union and Europe to an increasing extent. Our trust in society is put to the test in crises such as COVID-19 when various groups are singled out…
Volunteer firefighters have higher levels of ‘forever chemicals’
Levels of potentially health-threatening chemicals rise with years of service, Rutgers study finds
Technique to automatically discover simulation configurations for behaviors hard to test
Automated search for “various situations” encountered in automated driving
Screening healthcare workers could serve as early warning system for future viruses
New research has shown that COVID-19 infections in healthcare workers during the first wave of the pandemic provided an accurate sample of the general population, suggesting that data from healthcare workers could be used to estimate the severity of future…
Oceans’ microscopic plants — diatoms — capture carbon dioxide via biophysical pathways
Diatoms are tiny unicellular plants — no bigger than half a millimeter — which inhabit the surface water of the world’s oceans where sunlight penetration is plenty. Despite their modest size, they are one of the world’s most powerful resources…
Planned cesarean births safe for low-risk pregnancies
New research shows that planned cesarean deliveries on maternal request are safe for low-risk pregnancies and may be associated with a lower risk of adverse delivery outcomes than planned vaginal deliveries. The study is published in CMAJ ( Canadian Medical…
Election campaigns: attacks and smearing backfire and can benefit other candidates
Study from Bocconi University shows that negative campaigning with electoral attacks on opponents backfires and, in multicandidate races, ends up having positive spillover effects on third candidates
Structural racism contributes to the racial inequities in social determinants of psychosis
Review in The American Journal of Psychiatry
Personalised medications possible with 3D printing
Customised medicines could one day be manufactured to patients’ individual needs, with University of East Anglia (UEA) researchers investigating technology to 3D ‘print’ pills. The team, including Dr Andy Gleadall and Prof Richard Bibb at Loughborough University, identified a new…
European coordination needed to fight science disinformation, academies say
In a new report, ALLEA, the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, examines the potential of technical and policy measures to tackle science disinformation
Glandular fever increases the risk of depression
New research shows that patients who have had contact with the hospital due to serious glandular disease have a greater risk of subsequently developing depression. The study from iPSYCH is the largest yet to show a correlation between glandular fever and
Towards a treatment for myotonic dystrophy: First 3D model with patient cells
Myotonic dystrophy is a hereditary degenerative neuromuscular disease that occurs mainly in adults, affecting about 50,000 people only in Spain. Symptoms range from difficulty walking and myotonia (great difficulty in relaxing the contracted muscles) to severe neurological problems, leading to…
Less precipitation means less plant diversity
Climate change might lead to changes in plant diversity, especially in the world’s drylands
Electric vehicle batteries: The older they get, the safer they are
As part of the project “SafeBattery”, a team from Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) has been investigating the behaviour of lithium-based batteries in electric cars under crash loads for the past four years. “The performance of new battery cells…
Tailor-made therapy of multi-resistant tuberculosis
Globally, tuberculosis is the most common bacterial infectious disease leading to death. The pathogen causing tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has a number of peculiarities. One is that it is growing very slowly. While other typical pathogens, such as pneumococcal and pseudomonads,…
Research with neutrons for better mRNA medicines
If not before, then certainly since the first messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines to combat the SARS CoV2 virus were approved in Germany, mRNA has become a recognized term even outside scientific circles. What is less well known is that mRNA…
Personalised follow-up care needed to address varying health burdens in breast cancer pts
ESMO Breast Cancer 2021 Virtual Congress, 5-8 May
Landscape study launched to detect liver cancer early in Singapore
Singapore, 3 May 2021 – A first of its kind cohort study on patients at high risk of developing primary liver cancer also known as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), has been launched to diagnose HCC more accurately at an earlier stage…
200-year-old poop shows rural elites in New England had parasitic infections
Study finds parasites in fecal samples from the 1830s-1840s in privy on Dartmouth’s campus
Ways of improving thermal energy conversion for efficient power generation
Worldwide many thermal industries are working without tapping the valuable waste heat into a useful form. Electricity is one of the most extensively used commodities in the world. The existing and futuristic power plant configurations and its characteristics suitable to…
Low doses of radiation may improve quality of life for those with severe Alzheimer’s
Individuals living with severe Alzheimer’s disease showed remarkable improvements in behaviour and cognition within days of receiving an innovative new treatment that delivered low doses of radiation, a recent Baycrest-Sunnybrook pilot study found. “The primary goal of a therapy for…
Health anxiety in childhood and adolescence can become chronic
Symptoms of health anxiety are common already during childhood and adolescence – and if the children do not receive the correct help, the anxiety can become a permanent problem with serious personal and socio-economic consequences.
Researchers wirelessly record human brain activity during normal life activities
NIH BRAIN Initiative-funded study opens the door to correlating deep brain activity and behavior
Pulse oximeters more useful in COVID screening for older adults
People have become accustomed to having their temperature checked during the pandemic because fever is a key indicator of COVID-19. A new commentary by Washington State University College of Nursing Associate Professor Catherine Van Son and Clinical Assistant Professor Deborah…
New research shows benefits of deworming expectant mothers to their infants
With more than a quarter of the world infected with the soil-transmitted helminth (STH), one method is showing particular promise when it comes to reducing infant mortality and low birth weight caused by STH infection
Mating with relatives? Not a big deal in nature
We usually assume that inbreeding is bad and should be avoided under all circumstances. But new research performed by researchers at Stockholm University, published in Nature Ecology and Evolution , shows that there is little support for this assumption. The…
Local impacts from fracking the Eagle Ford
Fracking and earthquakes
Bornean rajah scops owl rediscovered after 125 years
First-ever photographs of what may be a distinct species
Mutant corn gene boosts sugar in seeds, leaves, may lead to breeding better crop
An abnormal build up of carbohydrates — sugars and starches — in the kernels and leaves of a mutant line of corn can be traced to one misregulated gene, and that discovery offers clues about how the plant deals with…
Health ads in users’ customized online sites may evoke negative reactions
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Tweaking the look of a social media profile may subtly alter a person’s reaction to the health messages that appear on that site, according to researchers. They add that these reactions could influence whether the users…
White matter structural hubs and cognitive impairment
A study of 504 people with focal brain lesions finds that damage to white matter regions with densely-packed structural connections was more strongly associated with cognitive impairment than damage to gray matter regions with high connectivity; the results suggest that…
Thermal resilience of Red Sea corals
A study finds that thermal acclimation capacity may protect some corals as well as their algal and bacterial communities from damage due to rising ocean temperatures. Warming ocean temperatures have damaged coral reefs worldwide through coral bleaching and mortality, but…
Strike-slip fault tsunami generation
A study suggests that earthquakes on strike-slip faults can cause tsunamis in shallow bays even without an undersea landslide. Large tsunamis are generally attributed to earthquakes on normal and thrust faults that produce substantial vertical seafloor displacements, such as the…
Resurrecting Judean date palms
Researchers report germination of seven ancient Judean date palm seeds as well as insights gained from genetic sequencing of the ancient plants. Resurrection genomics aims to answer questions about past and possibly extinct populations by reviving biological material through mechanisms…
Pleistocene human colonization and insular faunal extinction
Researchers examine insular faunal extinction and human colonization during the Quaternary Period. Humans have colonized islands since at least the Early Pleistocene Epoch. However, whether early human arrival to previously unoccupied islands contributed to insular fauna extinction during the Quaternary…
UM professor awarded $430,000 NASA grant
MISSOULA – A University of Montana geosciences professor who studies the structure and evolution of the Earth has received a prestigious grant from NASA’s Earth Surface and Interior Division. Hilary Martens, assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences, housed in…
Review outlines approaches to deliver radiation to tumors while sparing healthy tissue
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina–A comprehensive review by University of North Carolina researchers and colleagues highlights the optimal ways that focused, high-dose radiation can be delivered to various types of tumors while sparing normal tissue and mitigating long-term side effects. The…
Solar development: super bloom or super bust for desert species?
Rare desert plants more sensitive to solar development
Human organ chips enable COVID-19 drug repurposing
Emulating the human lung airway in vitro identified the SARS-CoV2-inhibiting effects of the antimalarial drug amodiaquine, which is now in COVID-19 clinical trials
GM grass cleanses soil of toxic pollutants left by military explosives, new study shows
Genetically modified grass cleanses soil of toxic pollutants left by military explosives, new research shows