Day December 21, 2020

IMAGE: (left) The LASCO C2 camera on the ESA/NASA SOHO observatory shows comet C/2020 X3 (SOHO) in the bottom left-hand corner. (right) A composite image of the total solar eclipse on… view more  Credit: ESA/NASA/SOHO/Andreas Möller (Arbeitskreis Meteore e.V.)/processed by Jay…

IMAGE: A massively parallel amplitude-only Fourier neural network view more  Credit: Volker Sorger/GWU SUMMARY Researchers at the George Washington University, together with researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the deep-tech venture startup Optelligence LLC, have developed an optical…

IMAGE: A closeup view of a bottlenose dolphin shows signs of skin lesions associated with a deadly skin disease known as ulcerative dermatitis. In collaboration with Australian researchers, The Marine Mammal… view more  Credit: Credit Tim Morgan © Mississippi State University…

Many chemotherapeutic agents used to treat cancers are associated with side-effects of varying severity, because they are toxic to normal cells as well as malignant tumors. This has motivated the search for effective alternatives to the synthetic pharmaceuticals with which…

IMAGE: Great egrets sit atop a floatovoltaic array in Florida in 2020. view more  Credit: Rebecca R. Hernandez, UC Davis While the pressures of climate change bring a sense of urgency to renewable energy development, a new study serves as a…

IMAGE: A map of the world shows the changes in global gross primary productivity (GPP), an indicator of carbon uptake, from 1982-2016. Each dot indicates a region with a statistically significant… view more  Credit: Credits: NASA/Nima Madani More plants and longer…

Older adults about to undergo elective surgery should undertake a sustained programme of targeted exercise beforehand to counteract the muscle-wasting effects of bedrest, new research suggests. A study published by researchers in the University of Birmingham’s School of Sport, Exercise…

IMAGE: Graphical abstract view more  Credit: European Heart Journal Hospital in-patients from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are less likely to receive prompt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after their hearts stop beating and less likely to survive than patients from higher socioeconomic backgrounds. These…

Lower rates of hospital attendance for urgent heart problems during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic may have contributed to avoidable deaths in England, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic,…

IMAGE: This image shows histological confirmation of recording sites. Fluoro-Gold deposited at the end of separate recordings from MNTB and MSO (dotted areas) are clearly separated and localized to target nuclei, confirming… view more  Credit: Chao Zhang, Nichole L. Beebe, Brett R.…