Antiviral Treatment for COVID-19 Could Come Much Sooner Thanks to Malaria Breakthrough
New research into malaria suggests targeting enzymes from the human host, rather than from the pathogen itself, could offer effective treatment for a range of…
Researchers Show Mathematically How to Best Reopen Your Business After COVID-19 Lockdown
In the USA, where the curve of infections has not yet flattened since the beginning of the pandemic, 158,000 people have died from Covid-19 already….
NASA Scientists Develop Instrument for Analyzing Mars’s Boundary Layer – “We Have Great Capabilities in Lidar, Space Lasers, and Detectors”
Insights and technology gleaned from creating a carbon-measuring instrument for Earth climate studies is being leveraged to build another that would remotely profile, for the…
Five Most Likely Causes of Post-traumatic Stress in Police Officers Identified in New Research
A combination of genetic and emotional differences may lead to post-traumatic stress (PTS) in police officers, a new study finds. Based on biological studies of…
Pupil Size of Eyes Can Predict Death and Hospital Readmission in Heart Failure Patients
Pupil size predicts death and hospital readmission in patients with heart failure, according to research published today in ESC Heart Failure, a journal of the…
Opioid Overdose Deaths May Be Grossly Underestimated: Many Found to Be Misclassified As Sudden Heart Attacks
Findings suggest that national estimates of opioid overdose burden may be grossly underestimated. A 7-year comprehensive study of deaths attributed to out of hospital cardiac…
Hydrothermal Fluid From Piccard Vents Leads to Discovery That Transforms Understanding of Hydrogen Depletion at the Seafloor
Scientists analyzing hydrothermal fluid from Piccard vents at Mid-Cayman Rise find non-biological processes deplete hydrogen that was thought to be readily available to subseafloor microbial…
Prenatal Depression Weakens Child’s Brain Connectivity – Associated With Increased Aggression and Hyperactivity
Weakened brain connections may mediate prenatal depression’s influence on child behavior. Altered brain connectivity may be one way prenatal depression influences child behavior, according to…
Explosive Nuclear Astrophysics: New Method Developed to Determine Origin of Stardust in Meteorites
International team develops a new method to determine the origin of stardust in meteorites. Analysis of meteorite content has been crucial in advancing our knowledge…
Researchers Examined What COVID-19 Does to Taste Bud Cells – Here’s What They Found
COVID-19 does not directly damage taste bud cells. First study to show taste bud cell immunity from contact with virus particle. A new study from…
Quantum Algorithm Developed to Characterize Noise Across Large-Scale Quantum Computers
Australian and North American physicists display rigorous, scalable diagnostic tool. Noise is the main obstacle to building large-scale quantum computers. To tame the noise (interference…
Super Simple: Mouthwash Could Reduce the Risk of COVID-19 Coronavirus Transmission
Results from cell culture experiments show that commercially available preparations have an effect on Sars-Cov-2 viruses. Sars-Cov-2 viruses can be inactivated using certain commercially available…
Inside the Ice Giants of Space: Scientists Reconstruct Physical Processes on a Small Scale
By reconstructing on a small scale the physical processes that take place within ice giant planets, such as Uranus and Neptune, a new method of…
Engineers Create Surface Coating With Visual “Decoys” That Can Create False Infrared Images
Light can sometimes play tricks on our eyes. If you look at a shiny surface, what you see will largely depend on the surrounding environment…
Food Security: Satellites Provide Crucial Data on Crops During COVID-19
Millions of people around the world face hunger every day, and unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to make the issue of food security even…
The IBCAO 4.0 Bathymetric Chart: New Depth Map of the Arctic Ocean
An international team of researchers has published the most detailed submarine map of the Artic Ocean. The study, which counts on the participation of the…
Astronomers Sink Their Teeth Into Special Supernova – Exploding Stars Produce the Calcium in Our Bones and Teeth
Calcium-rich supernovae, a unique type of exploding stars, produce up to half of the calcium in the Universe. Astronomers using several telescopes at NOIRLab, including…
How Far Does COVID-19 Spread Through Air? Researchers Monitor Virus Transmission in Hospital Rooms
University of Chicago study could guide social distancing, PPE guidelines. The CDC updated its guidance for avoiding COVID-19, saying that infection from touching surfaces is…