Day January 24, 2021

IMAGE: The rediscovered volcano mouse, thought to be extinct. view more  Credit: (c) Danny Balete, Field Museum In June 1991, Mount Pinatubo, a volcanic peak on the Philippine Island of Luzon, literally blew its top. It was the second-most powerful volcanic…

Dramatic changes were seen in the delivery of radiotherapy treatments for cancer during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic in England. Much shorter radiotherapy courses were delivered, treatments were delayed where it was safe to do so and some…

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection, with an estimated 79 million Americans currently infected with the virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If a high-risk HPV infection does not go away, it…

IMAGE: Blood smear under microscopy showing adult acute myeloid leukemia. view more  Credit: WCM Patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the most common form of acute leukemia in adults, that has gone into remission following initial chemotherapy remain in remission longer…

Many college students fully recover from infectious mononucleosis (which is almost always caused by Epstein-Barr virus) within 1-6 weeks, but some go on to develop chronic fatigue syndrome, also called myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS). A longitudinal study from DePaul University and…

IMAGE: Brookhaven Lab atmospheric scientist Chongai Kuang (center) with Art Sedlacek (left) and Stephen Springston (right) aboard ARM’s Gulfstream-159 (G-1) aircraft during a 2010 atmospheric sampling mission that was not part… view more  Credit: Image courtesy of the U.S. Department of…

IMAGE: A university lecture but could the standard of teaching be improved if a different approach was taken by educators? view more  Credit: Swansea University Millions of students around the world could benefit if their educators adopted a more flexible and…

IMAGE: At the heart of the imaging technique is a complex array of 72 circular apertures view more  Credit: Dr Murat Sivis Laser beams can be used to change the properties of materials in an extremely precise way. This principle is…

IMAGE: Christina Wicker, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Vinita Takiar, MD, Ph.D., led this research, published in Cancer Letters, which she says will hopefully extend the lives of… view more  Credit: Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati Head and neck…

Washington, DC – January 22, 2021 – New research shows that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) reduced both antibody and inflammatory responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection in mice. The study appears this week in the Journal of Virology, a publication of the…