Disease Transmission Will Be Complicated by Climate Change and Extreme Weather
According to a study published today (February 15, 2022) in eLife, temperature changes such as heatwaves can have significantly varied effects on infection rates and…
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Privacy Shield 2.0 is ‘High Priority’ but ‘Not Easy’, Warns EU’s Vestager
The EU’s executive vice president for digital strategy, Margrethe Vestager, said yesterday that reaching a new data transfer agreement with the US is a “high…
Light-sensitive Nanoscale Nanomaterials for Cancer Treatment
The use of laser light to treat cancer and other disorders is not now considered standard, but emerging approaches based on nanoparticles show promise in…
Micromagnets Control Touch Sensitive Brain Cells
The capacity to activate and/or manipulate brain cells could provide us with powerful new techniques to investigate and cure neurological problems, and we’re starting to…
Solid Hydrogen – a Solid State of the Element Hydrogen
The solid-state of the element hydrogen is created by lowering the temperature below the melting point of hydrogen, which is 14.01 K (−259.14 °C; −434.45…
A Gene linked to Feeling Touch may Moonlight as an Olfactory Gene
Researchers discovered that a gene associated with touch may also function as an olfactory gene. This is the conclusion reached after researching a tiny, translucent…
For Very Young Children With Type 1 Diabetes and their Families, an Artificial Pancreas has Shown to be “Life-Changing”
Insulin-dependent diabetes, or juvenile diabetes, was originally a term used to describe type 1 diabetes. It most commonly affects children, teenagers, and young adults, but…
How a Protein that Detects Touch can help with Constipation?
Medically, constipation is described as having less than three stools per week, whereas severe constipation has fewer than one stool per week. Lower abdominal discomfort,…
COVID-19 Positivity is More Common Among Black American Women with Vitamin D Deficiency
Is vitamin D effective in protecting Black women from COVID-19? Yes, according to studies conducted by Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center. Low vitamin D levels…
While Reading, a Robot Appears to Express Emotion
Surprisingly, recent technological advances have enabled robots to express emotions. Despite the fact that emotional expression is prized in the sphere of service, understanding emotions…
Black Women’s Death Rates Would be Reduced if Mammography was Started at the Age of 40
According to analyses conducted by a modeling team as part of the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET), funded by the National Cancer Institute,…
NASA Says Business As Usual, but Roscosmos Director Threatens End of ISS
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, NASA has stated that the International Space Station (ISS) would continue to operate normally, collaborating with other international partners as…
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