Month September 2020

IMAGE: Brendan Daisley, a PhD candidate at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine Dentistry who is conducting research at Lawson Health Research Institute view more  Credit: Lawson Health Research Institute LONDON, ONTARIO – A new study from Lawson Health Research Institute…

Scientists at Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) and the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) joined forces to develop the most relevant research model possible for understanding how the coronavirus virus impacts the lungs, by engineering living, “breathing”…

IMAGE: Here is a visual representation of how ion movement is affected by a reverse osmosis (RO) membrane versus a cation-exchange membrane. Chloride ions from the seawater are not able to… view more  Credit: Logan Research Group The power of the…

New research from the University of Georgia supports growing evidence for airborne transmission of COVID-19 in enclosed spaces. Researchers were able to link a community outbreak of COVID-19 in China to a source patient who likely spread the virus to…

IMAGE: Jianyi “Jay ” Zhang view more  Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Science has long known that recovery from experimental heart attacks is improved by injection of a mixture of heart muscle cells, endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells, yet results…

A previously banned insecticide, which was approved for agricultural use last year in the United States, is harmful for bees and other beneficial insects that are crucial for agriculture, and a second pesticide in widespread use also harms these insects.…

IMAGE: A look at the Cameron Peak Fire plume, taken in Rocky Mountain National Park on Sept. 5, 2020. view more  Credit: Karina Puikkonen As 2020 has shown, wildfire frequency, size and severity is threatening communities and natural resources across the…

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A team of researchers led by biomedical scientist Declan F. McCole at the University of California, Riverside, has found that the drug tofacitinib, also called Xeljanz and approved by the FDA to treat rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative…

IMAGE: Dr. Jennifer Dahne holds smartphone-enabled devices that help patients participate in smoking cessation clinical trials remotely from across the state. view more  Credit: Medical University of South Carolina Many of South Carolina’s nicotine addiction researchers are in Charleston. But many…

IMAGE: Five broad themes that encompass the State of the World’s Plants and Fungi report 2020 are featured in this stylised illustration. (a) Resources for exploring plant and fungal properties; (b)… view more  Credit: Plants, People, Planet 210 scientists from around…

IMAGE: Shigeki Watanabe, left, and Erik Jorgensen with the flash-and-freeze imaging system, a forerunner to zap-and-freeze. Both systems were developed in the Jorgensen lab and are descendants of the 1979 “freeze… view more  Credit: Cveta Tomova WOODS HOLE, Mass. — The…

Following two decades of research on a group of rare diseases called hypereosinophilic syndrome at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the drug Nucala (mepolizumab) for use in the treatment of patients with…

IMAGE: Dr. Singh is a professor in the MU College of Veterinary Medicine. view more  Credit: MU College of Veterinary Medicine COLUMBIA, Mo. — When Saathvik Kannan’s father, a faculty member at the University of Missouri, saw his friend, Kamlendra Singh,…

IMAGE: There are three graphs that help explain this story. They show the location of excess daily deaths: at home, in care homes and in hospital from February 2020 through to… view more  Credit: University of Leeds A major new study…

IMAGE: Cross sections of neutrino-nucleus interactions versus energy. Improved agreement between experiment and model calculations clearly shown for case of nucleon pair rather than single nucleon. Inset shows neutrino interacting with… view more  Credit: (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.) Scientists often…

IMAGE: A little skate (Leucoraja erinacea) embryo showing Pou3f3 gene activity in the central nervous system as well as the five pairs of nascent gill covers. view more  Credit: Christine Hirschberger, University of Cambridge) The emergence of jaws in primitive fish allowed…

DES PLAINES, IL — Antacid monotherapy is more effective in relieving epigastric pain than in combination with lidocaine. That is the conclusion of a study to be published in the September 2020 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM), a journal…

IMAGE: Associate Professor Sue Crengle, University of Otago view more  Credit: University of Otago Newly released study results present a strong case for lung cancer screening in New Zealand – particularly for M?ori whose mortality rates are between three and four…

The era of the television brought with it the TV dinner — a fast, convenient meal that, while nutritionally questionable, meant the whole family could gather together on the sofa to enjoy “The Ed Sullivan Show” and eat their Swanson…

IMAGE: Researcher and paper author Edel Pérez-López view more  Credit: Edel Pérez-López First described in the 13th century in Russia, clubroot has been affecting worldwide brassica production, including canola, broccoli, and black mustard, since. Clubroot is so tenacious because the casual…

Cocaine addiction is a chronic disorder with a high rate of relapse for which no effective treatment is currently available. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS, Inserm and the Paris Public Hospital Network (AP-HP) recently demonstrated that two gene…

IMAGE: Laboratory tests of surgical and N95 masks by researchers at UC Davis show that they do cut down the amount of aerosolized particles emitted during breathing, talking and coughing. Here,… view more  Credit: Christopher Cappa, UC Davis Laboratory tests of…

WASHINGTON — The anxiety, stress and worry brought on by COVID-19 is not limited to daytime hours. The pandemic is affecting our dreams as well, infusing more anxiety and negative emotions into dreams and spurring dreams about the virus itself,…

IMAGE: On Sept. 24 at 1:30 p.m. EDT NASA’s Terra satellite provided a visible image of Post-Tropical Cyclone Beta moving through the Tennessee Valley. view more  Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). NASA’s Terra…

IMAGE: Single fragment of a neuron in green and the astrocyte processes mentioned in the communication in yellow. view more  Credit: (c) Michel Herde How many “listeners” a nerve cell has in the brain is strictly regulated. This is shown by…

A paper just published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that adherence to infection control processes, especially proper wearing of personal protective equipment (PPE) and cohorting strategies, such as grouping residents based on their risk of infection…

IMAGE: TL1 scholar XInh Xinh Nguyen (left), who studies scleroderma, shadowed Dr. DeAnna Baker Frost (right) as she treated patients with scleroderma. Both are mentored by Dr. Carol Feghali-Bostwick, who is… view more  Credit: Sarah Pack, Medical University of South Carolina…

IMAGE: Former NIST postdoctoral Dr. Abby Wenzel demonstrates the extraction process for the measurements of DINCH metabolites in urine. view more  Credit: A. Holt/NIST Detergents, shampoos, soaps and other everyday items sometimes contain a group of chemicals called phthalates, which are…

A routine test used to monitor patients’ breathing may be unreliable and putting them at risk, a study suggests. Incorrect results can mean clinical staff fail to spot how unwell a patient with respiratory problems is becoming, researchers say. This…

People with a history of positive social interactions with Chinese people were less likely to support discriminatory anti-Chinese policies as Covid-19 reached the UK – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. Researchers studied how UK residents…

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A politically engaged electorate is key to any thriving democracy, but not everyone participates in elections and other political activities. New research found that people who are narcissistic may also be more politically active. In a…

Self-discipline, high achievement and diligence linked to better cognitive resilience People can function well in spite of neuropathology in brain Evidence shows path to optimize function in old age CHICAGO — Our aging brains collect tangles and sticky plaques that…

IMAGE: NIRS analysis of spinach plants directly in the field. view more  Credit: Universidad de Córdoba Consumers always look for good quality products, above all in fresh food like vegetables. But how do we measure the quality of fresh spinach before…

In a special session addressing global mental health before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic held at the ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Disease (ECCVID) Professor Vikram Patel H(arvard Medical School, USA) will present a new review of the impact of…

New research presented at this week’s ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Disease (ECCVID, held online) shows that a shorter time from symptom onset to hospitalisation is associated with more serious disease and death in patients with COVID-19. The study is by…

A contact tracing study presented at this year’s ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Disease (ECCVID) confirms the effectiveness of wearing of masks in public, handwashing, and social distancing to protect against SARS-CoV-2 infection. The study is by Assistant Professor Direk Limmathurotsakul,…

IMAGE: A team of chemists from RUDN University created an antibacterial coating for food products. The mixture consists of two components that are safe for human health and form a thin,… view more  Credit: RUDN University A team of chemists from…

IMAGE: This figure is Exhibit 1 from the study. view more  Credit: J. Skinner et al. While declines in U.S. hospital admissions during the onset of COVID-19 has been well-documented, little is known about how admissions during the rebound varied by…

Analysis of samples taken to test for respiratory viruses over the past five years suggests that the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 was associated with a large drop in circulation of other common respiratory viruses during the first wave. The study, presented…

A Dartmouth-led study, published in the journal Pediatrics, offers new details about pediatric mental health boarding in emergency departments across the country, a problem that has steadily increased in the last 10 years and been made worse by a shortage…