Critical Insight Into COVID-19 Immune Response From New Study of Serum Samples
New info on antibody levels in sicker patients and elderly could inform vaccine goals. As vaccine trials progress and public health officials brace for a…
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Scientists From 20 Countries Warn of Risk to Lakes and Water Quality as Extreme Weather Increases
What We Don’t Know (About Lakes) Could Hurt Us As the power of extreme weather events increase with climate change, a team of scientists warn…
What Happens When Coronavirus Is Not Alone?
Team of complexity scientists present ‘meme’ model for multiple diseases. Interacting contagious diseases like influenza and pneumonia follow the same complex spreading patterns as social…
Small Investors Bilked Out of Billions? Tiny Price Gaps Exploited by Fast Information Systems
University of Vermont and MITRE studies show that near-light-speed differences in stock prices may be exploited by traders with faster information systems. Imagine standing in…
First Living Robots Created by Assembling Living Cells From Frogs Into Entirely New Life-Forms
Tiny ‘xenobots’ assembled from cells promise advances from drug delivery to toxic waste clean-up. A book is made of wood. But it is not a…
World’s Strongest Silver Breaks Decades-Old Theoretical Limit – Paves Way for New Class of Super-Strong Materials
Inventing the world’s strongest silver: Team creates metal that breaks decades-old theoretical limit, promising new class of super-strong and conducting materials. A team of scientists…
Twitter Study Shows City Parks Lift Mood As Much As Christmas
The greener the greenspace, the happier and less self-absorbed people are, Vermont team reports. Feeling unhappy and cranky? The treatment: take a walk under some…
Switching Behavior of Pulsar Challenges Emission Theories
Astrophysicists at the University of Vermont have identified a pulsar that is able to quiet its radio waves while at the same time making its…
Researchers Discover Two New Proteins Responsible for Blood Type
Researchers at the University of Vermont have discovered two new proteins, ABCB6 and ABCG2, responsible for a basic blood type. This solves the mystery of…