Day May 21, 2020

The motion of the ocean is often thought of in horizontal terms, for instance in the powerful currents that sweep around the planet, or the waves that ride in and out along a coastline. But there is also plenty of…

May 21, 2020 – How should orthopaedic surgeons respond to the COVID-19 pandemic? A review in The Journal of Bone Joint Surgery analyzes evidence and strategies for managing the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus – including critical lessons from past pandemics. The…

IMAGE: A proscribed burn at Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. view more  Credit: Curt Richardson, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — High-intensity fires can destroy peat bogs and cause them to emit huge amounts of their stored carbon into the atmosphere as…

IMAGE: Longfin smelt can be difficult to differentiate from endangered Delta smelt. Here, a longfin smelt is swabbed for genetic identification through a CRISPR tool called SHERLOCK. view more  Credit: Alisha Goodbla/UC Davis The gene-editing technology CRISPR has been used for…

In a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), senior author, Steven J. Mentzer, MD, thoracic surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and a team of international researchers examined seven lungs obtained during autopsy from patients who…

Newton, Mass. (May 21, 2020) – In the most comprehensive review to date of how breast cancer develops, scientists have created a detailed map that describes the many ways in which environmental chemicals can trigger the disease. Using ionizing radiation…

IMAGE: A potential COVID-19 treatment targets the runaway immune response seen in some severely ill patients. Researchers hope a common prescription drug will block immune cells from releasing excessive quantities of… view more  Credit: scientificanimations.com / Wikimedia Commons For some COVID-19…

Is the reporting of media outlets biased in favor of firms that advertise with them? A new study looked at the relationship between advertising by car manufacturers in U.S. newspapers and news coverage of car safety recalls in the early…

IMAGE: The nonlinear microresonator converts a single wavelength pump coming in from the left into a rainbow of frequency combs. The combs exit to the waveguide with the help of chaotic… view more  Credit: Xu Yi Charlottesville, Va. – Xu Yi,…

The findings of a survey of adolescent cancer patients and their families at four tertiary care U.S. pediatric hospitals showed that parents had a poor understanding of their teens’ preferences for the best time to bring up end-of-life decisions, dying…