Landmark study published in Technology and Health Care demonstrates that electric cars do not cause problems
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Marketing researchers identify the three most powerful drivers of effective crowdfunding
Key Takeaways: Researchers identify critical factors at each of three phases of crowdfunding: “friend funding”, “getting crowded”, and “races to the goal” and the characteristics of crowdfunders contributing to the successful fund raising. Based on this understanding, fundraisers can maximize…
New method to monitor Alzheimer’s proteins
Terahertz waves detect the fibrillization state of amyloid beta proteins in solution
The evolution of arthritic knees
Evolutionary study links subtle modifications in the morphology of the bipedal knee to osteoarthritis later in life
Lipid gradient that keeps your eyes wet
New understandings of how lipids function within tears could lead to better drugs for treating dry eye disease. A new approach has given Hokkaido University researchers insight into the synthesis and functions of lipids found in tears. Their findings, published…
US public concerns about COVID-19 pandemic
What The Study Did: This survey study assessed public concerns about symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 and individual actions in response to the pandemic. To access the embargoed study: Visit our For The Media website at this link https:/ /…
USPSTF recommendation on screening for bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy
Bottom Line: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against screening for bacterial vaginosis in someone without symptoms and who is pregnant but not at increased risk for preterm delivery. Bacterial vaginosis is a common condition caused by an…
What other countries can learn from Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic
What The Viewpoint Says: Exploring the challenges in the Italian health care system during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and how other countries can plan for optimal actions. To access the embargoed study: Visit our For The Media website at…
The evolution of color: Team shows how butterfly wings can shift in hue
WOODS HOLE, Mass. – A selective mating experiment by a curious butterfly breeder has led scientists to a deeper understanding of how butterfly wing color is created and evolves. The study, led by scientists at University of California, Berkeley, and…
Successful online management of COVID-19 infection
New Rochelle, NY, April 6, 2020–A team of researchers in Wuhan, China have developed a multidisciplinary self-managed home quarantine method that was effective in controlling the source of COVID-19 infection and was useful in alleviating the shortage of medical resources.…
Repetitive irradiation with 222nm UVC shown to be non-carcinogenic and safe for sterilizing human skin
Wide ranging antibacterial and antiviral applications in medical fields and daily life
Atomic force microscopy reveals high heterogeneity in bacterial membrane vesicles
One aspect of bacterial activity is the production of so-called extracellular membrane vesicles (MVs): biological ‘packages’ wrapped in a lipid-bilayer membrane, carrying for example genetic material. Apart from having specific biological functions, MVs are increasingly used in nanobiotechnological applications, including…
New practices improved stroke care
A new method of evaluating and prioritising treatment for patients with suspected acute stroke, which has been used by the Stockholm health authority since 2017, has led to faster health interventions and better patient care, shows a new study from…
One of the mechanisms of Staphylococcus antibiotic resistance deciphered
A joint Russian-French-German paper was published in Nature Communications
Celiac disease linked to increased risk of premature death
People with celiac disease have increased risk of dying prematurely, despite increased awareness of the disease in recent years and better access to gluten-free food. This is according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Columbia University…
Better plant edits by enhancing DNA repair
A new genome editing system enhances the efficiency of an error-free DNA repair pathway, which could help improve agronomic traits in multiple crops. Genome editing involves cutting DNA at very specific locations and utilizing cells’ natural repair pathways to modify…
Neutron research: Magnetic monopoles detected in Kagome spin ice systems
Magnetic monopoles were detected for the first time worldwide at the Berlin Neutron Source BER II in 2008. At that time they in a one-dimensional spin system of a dysprosium compound. About 10 years ago, monopole quasi-particles could also be…
TU Graz supplies hospitals with 3D-printed medical shields
The protection of medical staff is a major priority in the current corona crisis. However, face masks and protective clothing are difficult to obtain in suitable quality on the world market these days. Thanks to an initiative of Christian Ramsauer,…
River-groundwater hot spot for arsenic
Computer modelling deciphers complex interface
What cells does the novel coronavirus attack?
Scientists from the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Thorax Clinic at Heidelberg University Hospital, whose collaboration is taking place under the auspices of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), have examined samples from…
Helsinki Graduate School of Economics establishes an ‘economic situation room’
The aim is to support fast decision-making amid the coronavirus crisis
Adelphi researcher discovers early, complex brain surgery in ancient Greece
One of the earliest documented, from ProtoByzantine period
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., makes $500,000 donation to ATS
Donation supports COVID-19 related activities
Wild tomato resistance to bacterial canker has implications for commercial tomato industry
Bacterial canker of tomato is a disease that leads to wilt, cankers, and eventually death. The disease was first discovered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1909, but annual outbreaks now affect tomato production areas worldwide. For some farmers, bacterial canker…
After affirmative action bans, underrepresented student enrollment lags demographic trends
Washington, D.C., April 7, 2020 — In states that have banned affirmative action, the share of underrepresented minorities among students admitted to and enrolling in public universities has steadily lost ground relative to changing demographic trends among those states’ high…
Locally informed simulation model predicts hospital capacity needs during COVID-19
New COVID-19 content from Annals of Internal Medicine
Climate change triggers Great Barrier Reef bleaching
Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its third coral bleaching event in just five years. The 2020 bleaching is severe, and more widespread than earlier events. “We surveyed 1,036 reefs from the air during the last two weeks in…
New genetic tools expand capacity to investigate microbes
A team of international scientists has developed a suite of more than 200 new genetic techniques for using marine microbes to investigate a host of questions in biology. Published in Nature Methods , the new tools are an essential step…
Students who listened to Beethoven during lecture — and in dreamland — did better on test
But scores on the material nine months later dropped to ‘floor level,’ Baylor University study finds
Coquí fossil from Puerto Rico takes title of oldest Caribbean frog
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The bright chirp of the coquí frog, the national symbol of Puerto Rico, has likely resounded through Caribbean forests for at least 29 million years. A new study published in Biology Letters describes a fragmented arm bone…
54.8% of COVID-19 cases imported to Brazil by March 5 came from Italy
In contrast with China and other countries where the disease spread slowly, in Brazil more than 300 people started the epidemic; most were passengers flying in from Italy
Study suggests suicide attempt survivors have lower sensitivity to bodily signals
New findings identify physical differences between people who have attempted suicide and those who have not, paving the way for future studies on biological factors that may predict suicide risk
How wallflowers evolved a complementary pair of plant defenses
New findings show that a pair of complementary chemical defenses evolved independently in wallflowers, shaped by co-evolution with local insects
First-ever photo proof of powerful jet emerging from colliding galaxies
CLEMSON, South Carolina — A team of Clemson University College of Science researchers, in collaboration with international colleagues, has reported the first definitive detection of a relativistic jet emerging from two colliding galaxies — in essence, the first photographic proof…
Cranfield University student creates COVID-19 map for Nigeria
A student from Cranfield University in the UK has created a dashboard giving information on the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Nnenna Nkata, 27, is from Abia State in Nigeria and is studying for an MSc in Geographical Information Management.…
Young children find a parent’s hug more calming than a stranger’s
For infants as young as four months, a hug from a parent makes all the difference. A study appearing April 7 in the journal iScience examined heart rate responses in infants less than one year old during a hug and…
CUNY New York City COVID-19 survey week 4
New Yorkers seem resigned to a long siege as COVID-19 infection, job loss, food access challenges, depression, anxiety, and hopelessness prevail
Depressive disorders are ‘under recognized and under treated’ in people with HIV/AIDS
Harvard Review of Psychiatry presents evidence-based recommendations to improve management of HIV/AIDS-related depression
The cost of changing lives and the face of medicine
Never in modern history has the need for medical research been clearer, with COVID-19 roaring just outside our windows. Fighting such nightmares is why the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) was founded. Begun in 2004 as a US$3 billion…
Dispersion of the quantum many-body states ‘Bethe Strings’ experimentally resolved
Complex magnon bound states were predicted in 1931 by the theoretical physicist Hans Bethe in a one-dimensional quantum magnetic model. In 2018, physicist Dr Zhe Wang and his colleagues at the University of Cologne’s Institute of Physics II confirmed this…
The link between virus spillover, wildlife extinction and the environment
The same processes that threaten wildlife increase our risk of spillover
Protecting the high seas
Researchers use big data to identify biodiversity hotspots that could become the first generation of high seas marine protected areas
Artificial intelligence enables COVID-19 lung imaging analysis at UC San Diego Health
With support from Amazon Web Services, health care providers are using AI in a clinical research study aimed at speeding the detection of pneumonia, a condition associated with severe COVID-19
Researchers suggest a special diet against asthma
Study by the University of Bonn proves success of a so-called ketogenic diet
Calculating early warning scores before they reach hospital can help the sickest patients
The research team, based at the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West in collaboration with the West of England Academic Health Science Network (AHSN), studied the impact of NEWS scores collected for more than 13,000 urgent GP referrals to hospital.…
Disagreements help team perception, study finds
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (April 7, 2020) – Team disagreements might be the key to helping Soldiers identify objects in battle, researchers say. While studies on combat identification typically focus on how technology can help identify enemy forces, researchers sought…
News announcement from the MIT Press
MIT Press publishes fiftieth title in Essential Knowledge series
Litter problem at England’s protected coasts
Beaches in or near England’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have the same levels of litter as those in unprotected areas, new research shows. The study, by the University of Exeter, Natural England and the Marine Conservation Society, found “no difference”…
Successful MERS vaccine in mice may hold promise for COVID-19 vaccine
Researchers at the University of Iowa and the University of Georgia have developed a vaccine that fully protects mice against a lethal dose of MERS, a close cousin of the SARS-CoV2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The vaccine uses a harmless…
How scientists discovered our sense of place
Have you ever wondered how your brain knows where you are, why your memories are tied to places, or why Alzheimer’s disease causes people to lose their sense of place? These questions and many more are answered in this book.…