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UrduThe Cochrane Review, “Personal protective equipment for preventing highly infectious diseases due to exposure to contaminated body fluids in healthcare staff,” has been updated as a rapid review in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The full review is now published…
Goals, opportunities, guides for advancing soft tissue and soft materials research
UMass Amherst scientists and team offer perspectives on cavitation science
Skin that computes
Haptics researchers find that the biomechanics of the skin can perform useful tactile computations
Temple treats 1st patient in US in trial of gimsilumab for patients with COVID-19 and ARDS
Temple University Hospital has treated the first patient in the United States in the BREATHE clinical trial evaluating the impact of intravenous treatment with gimsilumab on mortality for patients with COVID-19 and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Gerard J. Criner,…
Low-cost imaging system poised to provide automatic mosquito tracking
Better monitoring could bring faster and more targeted control of mosquito-borne diseases
NASA observes rainfall from tornado-spawning storms in the southern US
For two days in mid-April, severe storms raced through the southern U.S. and NASA created an animation using satellite data to show the movement and strength of those storms. From Sunday, April 12 into Monday, April 13, 2020, a series…
With an NSF RAPID grant, NJIT engineers build a new model to track COVID-19
A team of environmental engineers at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is developing a new way to track the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus, by combining advanced statistical methods with models that incorporate environmental conditions, such as wind…
MDI Biological Laboratory-led program reveals high arsenic in well water
Levels in many Maine and New Hampshire wells exceed maximum
Acoustic growth factor patterning
New Rochelle, NY, April 15, 2020–For optimally engineered tissues, it is important that biological cues are delivered with appropriate timing and to specific locations. To aid in this endeavor, researchers have combined acoustic droplet ejection (ADE) technology with 3D printing…
The Cath Lab during COVID
Paper Published by Le Bonheur Children’s Physician in the Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Obesity is a critical risk factor for type 2 diabetes, regardless of genetics
Obesity increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by at least 6 times, regardless of genetic predisposition to the disease, concludes research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]). The study…
BU engineers make breakthrough that could open doors to continuous health-monitoring devices
Research team identifies the first known bacteria-derived sensor for detecting progesterone
Mental health and brain research must be a higher priority in global COVID-19 response
24 experts publish a research roadmap to help keep us mentally healthy through the pandemic A new poll shows the public are already substantially concerned about their mental health in response to COVID-19 Experts call for real time monitoring of…
New COVID-19 test quickly and accurately detects viral RNA
Millions of people have been tested for the novel coronavirus, most using a kit that relies on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). This sensitive method amplifies SARS-CoV-2 RNA from patient swabs so that tiny amounts of the virus can be…
Milk pioneers: East African herders consumed milk 5,000 years ago
When you pour a bowl of cereal, you probably aren’t considering how humans came to enjoy milk in the first place. But animal milk was essential to east African herders at least 5,000 years ago, according to a new study…
Drug prevents cognitive impairment in mice after radiation treatment for brain tumors
FINDINGS A study by researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has identified a possible new drug that could help prevent cognitive decline in people who undergo radiation therapy for brain tumors. The researchers found when the drug was…
Six Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellows are coming to the University of Bern
The University of Bern is welcoming six Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellows this year. The “Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships”, awarded annually by the European Commission, give experienced researchers the opportunity to enrich their scientific careers with a stay abroad. Every year, the…
T2K insight into the origin of the universe
Lancaster physicists working on the T2K major international experiment in Japan are closing in on the mystery of why there is so much matter in the Universe, and so little antimatter. The Big Bang should have created equal amounts of…
How common is racial/ethnic discrimination in US surgical residency programs?
What The Study Did: Surveys from nearly 7,000 resident surgeons were used to evaluate how common racial/ethnic discrimination is in U.S. general surgery programs and how it’s associated with burnout, thoughts of quitting and suicide. Authors: Yue-Yung Hu, M.D., M.P.H.,…
Examining associations between ages of parents, grandparents and autism risk in children
What The Study Did: Older age for parents has been associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in children, however little is known about the association between the age of grandparents at the time of the birth of the parent and…
Mouse study shows ‘chaperone protein’ protects against autoimmune diseases
Like a parent of teenagers at a party, Mother Nature depends on chaperones to keep one of her charges, the immune system, in line so that it doesn’t mistakenly attack normal cells, tissues and organs in our bodies. A recent…
China’s viticulture in transition
Wine culture going back thousands of years lays the foundation for emerging modern wine industry in the Middle Kingdom
The importance of probiotic names — and why some of them have changed
Scientists announce new names for some of the most popular probiotic bacteria
Strongest evidence yet that neutrinos explain how the universe exists
New data throws more support behind the theory that neutrinos are the reason the universe is dominated by matter. The current laws of physics do not explain why matter persists over antimatter – why the universe is made of ‘stuff’.…
Nature: Don’t hope mature forests to soak up carbon dioxide emissions
Globally, forests act as a large carbon sink, absorbing a substantial portion of the anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Whether mature forests will remain carbon sinks into the future is of critical importance for aspirations to limit climate warming to no more…
Two is better than one
Scientists fit two co-catalysts on one nanosheet for better water purification
Study reveals how ‘hypermutated’ malignant brain tumors escape chemotherapy and immunotherapy
Cancers whose cells are riddled with large numbers of DNA mutations often respond favorably to drugs called checkpoint blockers that unleash the immune system against the tumor. But a new study shows that malignant brain tumors known as gliomas generally…
Staff at Berkeley Lab’s X-Ray facility mobilize to support COVID-19-related research
Advanced Light Source experiments focus on proteins related to virus that has infected about 2 million people worldwide
Studying pterosaurs and other fossil flyers to better engineer manmade flight
Pterosaurs were the largest animals ever to fly. They soared the skies for 160 million years–much longer than any species of modern bird. Despite their aeronautic excellence, these ancient flyers have largely been overlooked in the pursuit of bioinspired flight…
Where did the antimatter go? Neutrinos shed promising new light
We live in a world of matter – because matter overtook antimatter, though they were both created in equal amounts by the Big Bang when our universe began. As featured on the cover of Nature on 16 April 2020, neutrinos…
Improving the treatment of periodontitis
Amoeba linked to severe gum disease
A new tool to predict volcanic eruptions
Earth’s atmosphere is made up of 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen, a mixture that is unique in the Solar System (1). The oxygen was produced by some of the first living organisms. But where did the nitrogen come from? Did…
Many women vets report adverse pregnancy outcomes, postpartum mental health problems after leaving military service
PTSD and moral injury increase risk for these outcomes
Researchers create tools to help volunteers do the most good after a disaster
In the wake of a disaster, many people want to help. Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Alabama have developed tools to help emergency response and relief managers coordinate volunteer efforts in order to do the…
NASA finds Tropical Storm Jeruto develop in Southern Indian Ocean
The latest tropical cyclone to develop in the Southern Indian Ocean is no threat to land areas. NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a visible image of Tropical Storm Jeruto on April 15, 2020. Visible imagery from NASA satellites…
Engineers to work on cybersecurity for systems linking solar power to grid
A $3.6 million award from the US Department of Energy is part of $128 million dedicated to new projects that advance solar technologies.
Synapse biomedical receives FDA emergency approval to use in COVID-19
Technology spun out from University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University
Study: Frequent cannabis users are way too high … in their estimates of cannabinoids
In study at Hash Bash, frequent users reported low knowledge of, and substantially overestimated, cannabinoid content
How does sugar drive consumption? Scientists discover gut-brain sugar sensor in mice
Pioneering study points to promising avenues for minimizing sugar cravings and potentially reducing incidence of obesity and diabetes
Crohn’s disease: Preserving inflammation-free phases
Early detection of Crohn’s disease flare-ups leads to improved therapy options
HKU study unlocks the secret of corals’ tolerance to climate change: Their diet
Researchers at School of Biological Sciences and Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong have developed a new method for determining what corals eat, and demonstrated that reliance on certain nutritional sources underpins their bleaching susceptibility in…
Speakers highlight scientific landscape post-COVID-19 at 2020 OSA Biophotonics
Plenary Sessions to be presented live and made available later for on-demand viewing
Public health systems hold promise for aging populations, journal finds
In ” Aging and Public Health ,” a new special issue of the journal Innovation in Aging from The Gerontological Society of America, researchers look at public health interventions that work to foster healthy aging. The issue’s eight papers focus…
Speeding-up quantum computing using giant atomic ions
Trapped Rydberg ions can be the next step towards scaling up quantum computers to sizes where they can be practically usable, a new study in Nature shows. Different physical systems can be used to make a quantum computer. Trapped ions…
Impact of donor lymphocyte infusion and intensified conditioning for relapsed/refractory leukemia
Patients with acute leukemia who become refractory to initial or re-induction chemotherapy (refractory/relapsed acute leukemia (RRAL)) have poor prognosis, with limited therapeutic options with hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) being the only opportunity to cure. Current strategies to decrease post-transplant relapse…
T2K results restrict possible values of neutrino CP phase
Published in Nature, the results are a major step forward in the study of difference between matter and antimatter
Questionable stability of dissipative topological models for classical and quantum systems
Rebekka Koch and Jan Carl Budich make important contributions to understanding dissipative topological systems by studying the spectral instabilities that occur in the mathematical description and their effect on experimental setups in a new EPJ D paper
Penn State engineer receives DARPA grant to strengthen cybersecurity
A parser, the element in a computer system that converts data inputs into an understandable format, is the first line of defense for cybersecurity. A multi-institute group of researchers that includes Gang Tan, assistant professor of computer science and engineering…
Questionnaire survey identifies potential separation-related problems in cats
Cats with owner-identified separation issues tended to come from households with no female adults (or more than one female adult); households with owners aged 18 to 35 years; single-pet households; and households with no cat toys
Antiviral drug baloxavir reduces transmission of flu virus among ferrets
Baloxavir treatment reduced transmission of the flu virus from infected ferrets to healthy ferrets, suggesting that the antiviral drug could contribute to the early control of influenza outbreaks by limiting community-based viral spread, according to a study published April 15…