Day September 6, 2020

IMAGE: Increased MAIT and iNKT cell activation is associated with improved outcome in severe COVID-19 patients. view more  Credit: © 2020 Jouan et al. Originally published in Journal of Experimental Medicine. Researchers in France have discovered that patients suffering from…

Researchers have discovered how a protein in plant roots controls the uptake of minerals and water, a finding which could improve the tolerance of agricultural crops to climate change and reduce the need for chemical fertilisers. The research, published in…

In March, in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic in Europe, a tweet from the French Health Minister, Olivier Verán, advised patients with COVID-19 not to take ibuprofen, an anti-inflammatory drug with analgesic and antipyretic properties. He even warned…

IMAGE: On Sept. 4 at 2:05 a.m. EDT (0605 UTC), the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite gathered infrared data on Omar that confirmed wind shear was adversely affecting… view more  Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Depression Omar is one stubborn…

Early identification and treatment is vital to avoid long-term mental health consequences from COVID-19 among children and young people, say researchers. Writing in the Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy Journal, the psychologists from the University of Bath highlight how health anxieties…

Although immune responses are generated by a complex, hierarchical arrangement of immune system organs, tissues, and components, the unit of the cell has a particularly large effect on disease progression and host survival. These cell-level defense mechanisms, known as cell-autonomous…

A team of scientists, led by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, report that a class of drugs used for a broad array of conditions, from allergies and colds to hypertension and urinary incontinence, may be…

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Philippine Sea on Sept. 4 and provided a visible image of Haishen that had strengthened into a super typhoon. The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard Suomi NPP provided a visible…

IMAGE: Evolution of atomic lattice oscillation waves upon heating the tin sulfide crystal, as measured with neutron scattering. view more  Credit: Tyson Lanigan-Atkins, Delaire group, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — Materials scientists at Duke University have uncovered an atomic mechanism that…

IMAGE: from the Pharmaceutical Institute, University of Bonn, next to the homology model of APC with the heme-binding sites (green). view more  Credit: (c) Barbara Frommann/Uni Bonn The hemoglobin in the red blood cells ensures that our body cells receive sufficient…