This document contains numerous short articles on various health and medical topics, including: - Reports on the current state of the coronavirus outbreak in different regions of the UK and Europe. - Studies finding that only a small percentage of hospital beds are currently occupied by COVID patients, and that COVID patients are now less likely to have highly infectious virus levels. - Reports on alcohol consumption and smoking during lockdowns, as well as delays in COVID testing turnaround times at some care homes. - Debates around the effectiveness of the 10pm curfew on pubs in reducing virus spread. - Research on aging and its effects on the genome, factors influencing COVID severity, and the role of urban pollution on chemical reactions.

1. Health A-ZHealth A-Z Conditions-ProceduresConditions-Procedures Drugs & SuplementsDrugs & Suplements Interactive ToolsInteractive Tools
How bad is the coronavirus outbreak in
North East England?
Fury grew today in the North East as it emerged
there are only narrow margins between parts of the
region set to be hit with...
Europe’s second spike of Covid-19 is still
only a TENTH of the size of the crisis in
spring
The second wave of coronavirus rolling across
Europe is still only a tenth of the size of the first,
data suggests. Some...
Just 1,800 out of 110,000 occupied
hospital beds are currently taken up by
Covid-19 patients
Covid-19 patients are currently occupying fewer
than 2 per cent of all hospital beds in England,
official data suggests. The...
Confusion ‘is a major symptom of Covid-
19 in frail older people’
Suddenly feeling confused and delirious is a
common symptom of Covid-19 among frail older
people, scientists have found. Officials...
Britons drank more alcohol than usual
during the lockdown but smoked less,
study reveals
Britons drank alcohol more than usual during
lockdown but there was a rise in the number of
people who gave up cigarettes,...
Care homes are waiting up to THREE
WEEKS weeks to get their coronavirus
test results
Care homes are waiting up to three weeks to get
their coronavirus test results, it was claimed today
as the UK’s swabbing...
UK’s 10pm curfew won’t work unless
drinkers are told to leave pubs at
staggered times
Britain’s hotly-contested 10pm curfew will not curb
the spread of coronavirus unless pubs enforce
staggered leaving...
Britain announces more Covid-19 deaths
for Wednesday
Britain today recorded 7,108 more coronavirus
cases and another 71 deaths — including a three-
month high of seven in Scotland. The...
Understanding the effect of aging on the
genome
The key is to first observe and measure. In a paper
published in Cell Reports, scientists led by Johan
Auwerx at EPFL started...
The ancient Neanderthal hand in severe
COVID-19
There are several factors that influence a person’s
susceptibility to having a severe reaction, such as
their age and...
Shedding light on how urban grime
affects chemical reactions in cities
Many city surfaces are coated with a layer of soot,
pollutants, metals, organic compounds and other
molecules known as “urban...
Innovative model improves Army human-
agent teaming
ADELPHI, Md. — Army researchers developed a
novel computational model for gathering cognitive
data that may be a game...
‘Street’ ERTs are more useful in
predicting companies’ future tax
outcomes, study finds
IMAGE: Erik Beardsley, assistant professor of
accountancy at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of
Business ...
A single-application treatment for ear
infections that doesn’t need refrigeration
Outer ear infections, which affect millions of people
each year, are typically caused by the bacteria
Pseudomonas aeruginosa...
NASA imagery reveals Kujira
transitioning into an extratropical
cyclone
IMAGE: On Sept. 30 at 0300 UTC (Sept. 29 at 11
p.m. EDT), the MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s
Aqua satellite provided...
Study links low immunity to poor
outcomes in patients with HIV who
contract COVID-19
Clinical trials are testing whether medications that
treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can also
treat COVID-19, leading...
Study looks at encoding the odor of
cigarette smoke
A recent publication in the Journal of Neuroscience
by a group of researchers at the University of
Kentucky looks at Encoding...
Drugs aren’t typically tested on women.
AI could correct that bias
Researchers at Columbia University have developed
AwareDX–Analysing Women At Risk for
Experiencing Drug toXicity–a...
HOME » 2020 » SEPTEMBER
Search
SEARCH
RECENT POSTS
Covid-19: Impact on Israel
Covid-19: How winter exercise could help us cope with
pandemic
Covid-19: How will the pandemic affect global health in
2021?
Is it wise to carry on shielding in the 12 weeks between your
first and second jabs?
Thousands at risk of blindness set to benefit from a new eye
drug
HEALTH NOTES: Surge in patients admitted to hospital for
alcohol-related liver disease
I caught Covid from a hospital, we must give all NHS
workers the jab
My chest pains are terrifying
How many have to die before Britain tackles its black and
Asian organ donor crisis?
A couch potato took part in experiment on boosting immunity
‘Covid loves a crowd… so stay at home this New Year’s Eve’
says NHS boss
Professor Hugh Montgomery says hospitals are facing a
"tsunami" of Covid cases.
Face masks: How to wear one correctly
‘We filmed our dad’s final months to help people’
JOANNA HALL’S 30-day exercise plan to kickstart your New
Year
New mutant coronavirus strain IS more contagious by nearly
50%
DR MICHAEL MOSLEY launches a new series to make
2021 your healthiest year yet
Allergists offer reassurance regarding potential allergic
reactions to COVID-19 vaccines
Putty-like composites of gallium metal with potential for real-
world application
Nanoparticle drug-delivery system developed to treat brain
disorders

2. Covid-19 survivor: ‘Doctors said my son
saved my life’
A mother-of-two who spent 45 days on a ventilator
after contracting coronavirus has said her son saved
her life by making...
Breast screening: One million women in
UK may have missed scans
Almost one million women in the UK have missed
vital breast screening due to coronavirus, a leading
charity has estimated. Breast...
Coronavirus: NHS well stocked for
ventilators this winter
The NHS now has 30,000 ventilators that can help
people breathe if they are very unwell with
coronavirus. That is about...
‘No reason’ for egg freezing 10-year
storage limit
The 10-year limit for storing eggs frozen for social
reasons could be scrapped to give people
concerned about declining fertility...
Drone carries kidneys a record 10 miles
across the Nevada desert
Kidneys were flown a record 10 miles across the
Nevada desert by drone earlier this month, setting a
record for unmanned...
Treat your body and tickle your
tastebuds… these mouthwatering recipes
could transform your life
Inflammation is the greatest health risk we all face,
and lies at the root of many common and serious
conditions — and...
Nearly 15% of US adults are uninsured
with most saying it is because coverage
is too expensive
Nearly 15% of US adults are uninsured: Two-thirds
of under-30s and more than 80% of older adults
can’t afford healthcare,...
Nerve cells let others ‘listen in’
If you want to share a secret with a friend in a busy
environment, you may try to find a quiet spot, close
the doors and...
Identical signs of brain damage in sleep
apnea and Alzheimer’s
While the cause of Alzheimer’s disease remains a
mystery, amyloid plaques that are toxic to brain cells
are known indicators...
Fine-tuning stem cell metabolism
prevents hair loss
Every day, tissues such as the skin and its hair
follicles are exposed to environmental damage like
ultraviolet radiation....
Gut microbiome may influence how
cancer patients respond to oral therapies,
study suggests
IMAGE: Brendan Daisley, a PhD candidate at
Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine
Dentistry who is...
In deadly COVID-19 lung inflammation,
BU researchers discover a culprit in
NFkB
Scientists at Boston University’s National Emerging
Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) and the
Center for Regenerative...
Wasp egg-laying organ inspires new tool
to reduce trauma in minimally invasive
surgery
A new tissue-transport device which was inspired by
the egg-laying organs of parasitic wasps could
greatly advance the field...
Counties with persistent poverty rates
experience higher rates of cancer deaths
Background: Persistent poverty means that a county
has had poverty rates of 20 percent or more in U.S.
Census data from 1980,...
Chronically understudied, fences hold
grave ecological threats
Fences are one of humanity’s most frequent
landscape alterations, with their combined length
exceeding even that of...
Hackensack Meridian CDI scientists find
one-two punch for preclinical cancer
models
IMAGE: The Hackensack Meridian Center for
Discovery and Innovation (CDI) view more Credit:
(courtesy of Hackensack...
UM171 saves another life
In a world first, a young man suffering from severe
aplastic anemia who could not be helped by
standard treatments has been...
Predator-prey interaction study reveals
more food does not always mean more
consumption
Scientists at the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science
Center have developed an unusually rich picture of
who is eating whom...
Coronavirus US: Elderly excluded from
50% drug, all vaccine trials
Americans over 65 were excluded from half of all US
clinical trials of drugs and all trials for vaccines –
including...
Coronavirus: Breast milk may protect
babies from infection
Breast milk could be protective against coronavirus
– even WITHOUT antibodies against the disease,
Chinese lab study...
COVID-19 patients are now three times
less likely to have highly infectious levels
of the virus
Can a hi-tech gym kit really boost a
workout and prevent injury?

3. COVID-19 patients are now three times LESS likely
to have highly infectious levels of the virus
compared to the early days...
Sweat-wicking, fast-drying, energy-boosting —
these are just some of the claims made for the ever-
growing range of ‘wellness...
Coronavirus US: Pandemic causes spike
in drug overdose deaths
Drug overdose deaths have spiked in the US due to
the continuing coronavirus pandemic, a new report
finds. A total of 42...
Coronavirus US: College-age cases have
DOUBLED in many areas
Over the last month, coronavirus cases among
American 18- to 22-year-olds surged by 55 percent
nationwide, with case rates...
Woman who lost NOSE to skin cancer
has amazing nasal reconstruction
A woman who lost her entire nose due to skin
cancer was able to have doctors reconstruct a new
one for her. In 2016, Sabrina...
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines works
safely in older people data suggests
Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine triggered a strong
antibody response in older adults, and only triggered
‘severe’...
Memory training for the immune system
At the same time, these cells will gain certain
functions, that enable them to destroy other cells,
that are e.g. infected...
Complex interplay among cells guides
them to where they need to go
The researchers built a mathematical model to
describe the interactions within a layer of cells on a
substrate, similar to...
Study suggests link between unexplained
miscarriages and how women perceive
men’s body odor
The results could lead to urgently needed answers
for many women who experience repeat miscarriage
with no clear underlying...
Genetic risk of developing obesity is
driven by variants that affect the brain
“Our results provide evidence that biological
processes outside the traditional organs investigated
in obesity research,...
Discovery enables adult skin to
regenerate like a newborn’s
In a study, published in the journal eLife on Sept. 29,
the researchers identified a factor that acts like a
molecular switch...
Wearable exosuit that lessens muscle
fatigue could redesign the future of work
The article describing the experiment and findings,
“Low-Profile Elastic Exosuit Reduces Back Muscle
Fatigue,”...
Many ventilation systems may increase
risk of COVID-19 exposure, study
suggests
A team from the University of Cambridge found that
widely-used ‘mixing ventilation’ systems, which are
designed...
Social media use linked with depression,
secondary trauma during COVID-19
“We found that social media use was rewarding up
to a point, as it provided informational, emotional
and peer support...
Generating renewable hydrogen fuel from
the sea
IMAGE: Here is a visual representation of how ion
movement is affected by a reverse osmosis (RO)
membrane versus a...
Study supports airborne spread of
COVID-19 indoors
New research from the University of Georgia
supports growing evidence for airborne transmission
of COVID-19 in enclosed spaces. Researchers...
Exosome treatment improves recovery
from heart attacks in a preclinical study
IMAGE: Jianyi “Jay ” Zhang view more Credit: UAB
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Science has long...
Two pesticides approved for use in US
harmful to bees
A previously banned insecticide, which was
approved for agricultural use last year in the United
States, is harmful for bees...
New fire containment research addresses
risk and safety
IMAGE: A look at the Cameron Peak Fire plume,
taken in Rocky Mountain National Park on Sept. 5,
2020. view more Credit:...
Drug found to correct gene defect that
causes immune-driven gut leakiness
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A team of researchers led by
biomedical scientist Declan F. McCole at the
University of California,...
New technologies link treatments to the
patients who need them the most
IMAGE: Dr. Jennifer Dahne holds smartphone-
enabled devices that help patients participate in
smoking cessation clinical...
210 scientists highlight state of plants
and fungi in Plants, People, Planet
special issue
IMAGE: Five broad themes that encompass the
State of the World’s Plants and Fungi report 2020
are featured in...
Giving babies Weetabix from four months
‘worth more research’
Jet suit paramedic tested in the Lake
District ‘could save lives’

4. Introducing gluten to a baby’s diet before six months
may prevent children developing coeliac disease,
research suggests. The...
Media captionWatch the jet suit being tested in
mountain terrain A jet suit for paramedics which
would see patients...
Maternity units ‘too defensive’ and failing
to learn from mistakes
Some maternity units are too defensive when births
go wrong and causing a danger to patients, the chief
inspector of hospitals...
Flu jab waits and delays amid high
demand
Some GPs and pharmacies have run out of flu jabs
and are asking people to wait until more stock can
be delivered. Boots...
People who regularly use acid reflux
drugs are 24% more likely to develop type
2 diabetes
People who regularly use acid reflux drugs are 24%
more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, study finds
Proton pump inhibitors...
‘Helicopter’ parent? You may actually
have OCD
Racked by concerns for her newborn daughter’s
safety, Gini Wilde was assured by her friends that
her feelings were...
More than 90% of Americans say front-
line health workers should get a
coronavirus vaccine first
More than 90% of Americans say front-line health
workers should get a coronavirus vaccine first,
followed by ‘high-risk’...
NHS faces a ‘triple whammy’ this winter,
report warns
The NHS will be hit by a ‘triple whammy’ this winter,
according to a report that warns the ‘road to
recovery...
Scientists to develop live coronavirus
vaccine in UK trial
Scientists ‘to infect 24 people in the UK’ with
sluggish genetically-modified coronavirus to develop
a ‘live’...
On-the-spot coronavirus tests that give
results in 15 to 30 minutes set to be rolled
out
Millions of coronavirus tests that give on-the-spot
results in minutes are set to be rolled out across the
world, in what...
Local lockdowns could pop up across the
nation within 24 hours
Local lockdowns could be imposed within 24 hours
of a coronavirus outbreak thanks to real-time data
from the NHS app, it...
Coronavirus UK: 47 new fatalities in daily
preliminary death toll
Britain today recorded another 7,143 coronavirus
cases and 71 deaths as the outbreak continues to
grow with both infections...
Antibodies protect against wide range of
influenza B virus strains
The findings are published Sep. 24 in the journal
Immunity. “People forget that before COVID-19 hit
last winter, we...
Study provides additional support for use
of new class of diabetes drugs
The findings of their study were published in the
New England Journal of Medicine. “This class of
medications has turned...
New study highlights success of a mobile
clinical and outreach van in helping
people on the street with opioid addiction
“Through a non-traditional combination of clinical
care and harm reduction services, the program’s
clinical van...
Women could conceive after ovarian
tumors, study shows
“The ability to become pregnant seems to be
preserved with fertility-sparing surgery, a knowledge
that is absolutely...
COVID-19 shapes political approval
ratings
In the days and weeks with high numbers of new
COVID-19 cases there were also large boosts to
leader approval. These results...
One in three parents plan to skip flu
shots for their kids during COVID-19
pandemic, poll finds
It could be a double whammy flu season this year as
the nation already faces a viral deadly disease with
nearly twin symptoms....
Scientists studied nanoparticles
embedded in silver-ion-exchanged
glasses
IMAGE: Researchers have registered the formation
of silver nanoparticles in an ion-exchanged glass as
a result of infrared...
Discovery of cells that heal cardiac
damage after infarction
IMAGE: From left to right: Dr Adrián Ruiz-Villalba
and Dr Felipe Própser, Regenerative Medicine and
Cell Therapy...
Kawasaki disease is not a homogenous
disease nor are its triggers
IMAGE: UC San Diego is internationally recognized
for interdisciplinary research that positively impacts
the lives...
Geoscience: Cosmic diamonds formed
during gigantic planetary collisions
It is estimated that over 10 million asteroids are
circling the Earth in the asteroid belt. They are relics
from the early...

5. Successful Dartmouth TB vaccine moves
forward after phase 2 trial
HANOVER, NH – Results from the Phase 2 trial of
the DAR-901 tuberculosis (TB) vaccine were
announced today by investigators...
Blocking enzyme’s self-destruction
process may mitigate age-related
diseases
PHILADELPHIA– Stopping the cannibalistic
behavior of a well-studied enzyme could be the key
to new drugs to fight age-related...
Scientists got one step closer to solving
a major problem of hydrogen energy
A team of scientists from Far Eastern Federal
University (FEFU) together with their colleagues
from Austria, Turkey, Slovakia,...
Brain circuitry shaped by competition for
space as well as genetics
IMAGE: The rat barrel cortex. view more Credit:
James et al. (CC BY 4.0) Complex brain circuits in
rodents...
Prostate cancer patients could be spared
radiotherapy after surgery
Prostate cancer patients could be spared
radiotherapy after surgery as new research
suggests there is no benefit and it could...
Is this the answer for threatening allergic
reactions?
A ‘wafer’ that dissolves in the mouth in seconds
could stop life-threatening allergic reactions in their
tracks. The...
Why absence could make your heart go
longer
A doctor monitoring your health without even setting
eyes on you used to be the stuff of science fiction.
But thanks to modern...
Intermittent fasting diets like Jennifer
Aniston’s do NOT work, study finds
Celebrities like Jennifer Aniston swear by
intermittent fasting as the easy key to meeting their
weight loss goals and maintaining...
Grab the menthol chest balm and
rehydration tabs!
Fear of further lockdowns has sparked the return of
people panic-buying loo rolls and supermarket
rationing. But if you...
The doctors still crippled by Covid-19 six
months after they caught it
Some can barely walk they’re so exhausted and
their muscles so weak. Many have lost the ability to
recall everyday...
Parasite found in tap water was to blame
for 24-year-old’s shocking sight loss
Like a lot of people who don’t want to wear glasses,
Charlotte Clarkson, 24, thought corrective lenses,
which reshape...
The shocking reasons why thousands of
young men are resorting to Viagra
The phrase ‘drug-fuelled sex’ has a very different
meaning for 23-year-old student Greg Banks
compared with the...
COVID-19: Saliva tests could detect silent
carriers
Scientists at Hokkaido University and colleagues in
Japan have demonstrated a quick and effective
mass testing approach using...
COVID-19: Social distancing is more
effective than travel bans, study finds
Now researchers present an efficient model to study
and forecast the spreading dynamics and
containment across different...
Early introduction of gluten may prevent
celiac disease in children, study finds
These results from the Enquiring About Tolerance
(EAT) Study, published today in JAMA Pediatrics, by
researchers from King’s...
Study links rising stress, depression in
U.S. to pandemic-related losses, media
consumption
The report appears in Science Advances, published
by the American Association for the Advancement of
Science. “The...
How the brain balances emotion and
reason
Emotional balance goes haywire in mood disorders
like depression, leading to unchecked negative
emotions and an inability...
Strong activation of anti-bacterial T cells
linked to severe COVID-19
“To find potential treatments against COVID-19, it is
important to understand in detail how our immune
system reacts...
Pandemic sets off future wave of
worsening mental health issues
“The impact of COVID-19 on psychological
symptoms and disorders, addiction and health
behavior is substantial and ongoing...
Heating in vaping device as cause for
lung injury, study shows
The early results, published in the Journal of the
American Heart Association by researchers from the
University of California,...
China’s air pollutant reduction success
could make it tougher to control climate
change
China’s success in improving air quality by cutting
polluting emissions may have a negative knock-on
effect on climate...
Girls benefit from doing sports
Girls – but not boys – who participate actively in
school sports activities in middle childhood show
improved...

6. More than 90% of driver’s license
suspensions are not related to traffic
safety
Philadelphia, September 29, 2020 – A study
conducted by researchers at Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia (CHOP)...
Plant droplets serve as nutrient-rich food
for insects
IMAGE: Droplets, known as guttation, at the margins
of a highbush blueberry leaf. view more Credit:
Pablo...
Senescent cells may be good when it
comes to a bad injury
IMAGE: Dr. Raghavan Raju and research
associates Drs. Xiaogang Chu and Lun Cai view
more Credit: Kim Ratliff,...
Conversation quickly spreads droplets
inside buildings
With implications for the transmission of diseases
like COVID-19, researchers have found that ordinary
conversation creates...
Computer model shows how COVID-19
could lead to runaway inflammation
IMAGE: Distinguished professor and John K. Vries
Chair of computational and systems biology at the
University of Pittsburgh...
INRS researchers develop a new
membraneless fuel cell
IMAGE: INRS Professor Mohamed Mohamedi, a
specialist in electrochemistry and micro energy
systems. view more Credit:...
Covid: Manchester mayor calls for
‘urgent review’ of 10pm closures
Coronavirus: Andy Burnham says supermarkets
should do more on masks
Giving babies Weetabix from four months
‘worth exploring’
Introducing gluten to a baby’s diet before six months
may prevent children developing coeliac disease,
research suggests. The...
Covid ICU survivor: ‘I have come out the
other end’
Coronavirus: ‘I missed my first shift in 30 years
when I got Covid-19’
Coronavirus: NHS faces pandemic ‘triple
whammy’ this winter
The NHS is facing a “triple whammy” of rising Covid-
19 cases, a major backlog in treatment and reduced
capacity...
US teens are twice as likely to catch
coronavirus as younger kids, CDC finds
US teenagers aged 12 to 17 are TWICE as likely to
catch coronavirus as children between the ages of
five and 11, CDC report...
Local lockdowns AREN’T working as data
shows Covid-19 outbreaks are still
spiraling in hot-spots
Economically-crippling and socially-constraining
local lockdowns are failing to curb coronavirus
outbreaks, analysis shows. More...
Surge in coronavirus cases in the UK
‘could speed up progress of Oxford
vaccine trials’
1. GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur: 60million
doses The Government revealed on July 29 it had
signed a deal with pharmaceutical...
A £4,000 fine for ‘recklessly’ leaving self-
isolation and pub loud music banunder
new Covid rules
New laws and fines at a glance: Fines for people
who refuse to self-isolate, starting at £1,000 and
rising to £10,000...
Coronavirus UK: 10 new fatalities in daily
preliminary death toll
Britain today recorded 4,044 more cases of
coronavirus as official figures revealed the daily
average number of infections...
Scientists ‘amazed’ after trial of artificial
solution killed virus in 96% of infected
ferrets
Could a nasal spray offer hope against Covid-19?
Scientists ‘amazed’ after trial of artificial solution
stopped...
Random testing ‘is pointless’ and
regularly swabbing high-risk groups a
better strategy, experts say
People most at risk of catching coronavirus should
be tested regularly and random testing is a waste of
time, experts say. Researchers...
Pubs, bars and restaurants were to blame
for only 3% of all coronavirus outbreaks
last week
New laws and fines at a glance: Fines for people
who refuse to self-isolate, starting at £1,000 and
rising to £10,000...
New analytical model detects mutations
in breast cancer
The researchers used RNA sequencing, a sensitive,
precise tool which has very gradually started to be
applied clinically,...
How deep learning can advance study of
neural degeneration
“Researchers want to study the mechanisms that
drive neural degeneration, with the long-term goal of
finding ways to...
Cancer’s hidden vulnerabilities
So, to create effective treatments for a cancer,
scientists seek insight into what make its cells tick.
In a new paper appearing...
Genetic differences in body fat shape
men and women’s health risks
University of Virginia researchers Mete Civelek,
PhD, Warren Anderson, PhD, and their collaborators

7. have determined that...
Looking at evolution’s genealogy from
home
Jürgen Schmitz, a biologist and zoologist at the
Institute of Experimental Pathology at Münster
University’s Faculty...
Evolutionary and heritable axes shape
our brain
The same seems to apply to the brain. Every
network is located at a certain place, which
determines its function and neighbors...
Genetic testing cost effective for newly
diagnosed GIST
To determine whose cancer may be most
responsive, the National Comprehensive Cancer
Network suggests that patients undergo...
About 14% of cerebral palsy cases may
be tied to brain wiring genes
“Our results provide the strongest evidence to date
that a significant portion of cerebral palsy cases can
be linked...
Painting a clearer picture of COVID-19
IMAGE: Dr. Singh is a professor in the MU College
of Veterinary Medicine. view more Credit: MU
College of...
Thousands of excess deaths from
cardiovascular disease during the COVID-
19 pandemic
IMAGE: There are three graphs that help explain
this story. They show the location of excess daily
deaths: at home,...
Understanding ghost particle interactions
IMAGE: Cross sections of neutrino-nucleus
interactions versus energy. Improved agreement
between experiment and model...
USC-led study traces the evolution of gill
covers
IMAGE: A little skate (Leucoraja erinacea) embryo
showing Pou3f3 gene activity in the central nervous
system as well...
Antacid monotherapy more effective in
relieving epigastric pain than in
combination with lidocain
DES PLAINES, IL — Antacid monotherapy is more
effective in relieving epigastric pain than in
combination with lidocaine....
Lung cancer screening a step closer to
reality following combined study
IMAGE: Associate Professor Sue Crengle,
University of Otago view more Credit: University of
Otago Newly...
ASU study finds association between
screen time use, diet and other health
factors
The era of the television brought with it the TV
dinner — a fast, convenient meal that, while
nutritionally questionable,...
New interactive tool will help farmers
contain the spread of clubroot
IMAGE: Researcher and paper author Edel Pérez-
López view more Credit: Edel Pérez-López First
described...
Monitoring brainwaves overnight could
help predict dementia, study suggests
A sleep test for dementia? Monitoring brainwaves
overnight could help predict memory loss before it
starts, study suggests Researchers...
Older Americans were excluded from
HALF of US drug trials and ALL vaccine
trials
Americans over 65 were excluded from half of all US
clinical trials of drugs and all trials for vaccines –
including...
Coronavirus UK: SAGE say lockdown on
elderly could save economy
Britain could avoid another full-blown lockdown by
cocooning the elderly, scientists advising the
Government say. The strategy...
Too many children are being tested for
coronavirus, top paediatrician claims
Too many children are being tested for
coronavirus because of an ‘understandable’ but
‘misplaced’...
Diabetes: Metformin treatment linked to
slowed cognitive decline
A new research study, conducted over six years in
the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study in 1037
Australians (aged 70 to 90 years...
Berry good news: newly discovered
compound from blueberries could treat
inflammatory disorders
A team of researchers at Tokyo University of
Science, led by Prof Chiharu Nishiyama, has been
working this direction for...
Researchers explore how the human
brain is so resilient
The U.S. Army may be able to use this information
to enhance future operations. “We are working
toward fused human-technology...
Busy pictures hinder reading ability in
children
The results of the study are available in the
September issue of the journal npj Science of
Learning. “Learning to...
Scientists explored optimal shapes of
thermal energy storages
Artificial intelligence can help protect
orchids and other species

8. IMAGE: The picture illustrates one of the sources of
renewable energy — wind energy view more
Credit:...
Orchids are more than just decorative – they are
also economically important in horticulture, in the
pharmaceutical...
New extreme ultraviolet facility opens for
use
IMAGE: A schematic to show how the two beam
sources are generated. view more Credit: © 2020
Springer Nature Researchers...
AI technology can predict vanadium flow
battery performance and cost
IMAGE: Cost, performance prediction and
optimization of a vanadium flow battery using
machine learning view...
Early introduction of gluten may prevent
coeliac disease in children
Introducing high doses of gluten from four months of
age into infants’ diets could prevent them from
developing coeliac...
Earthquake lightning: Mysterious
luminescence phenomena
Were you aware that earthquakes are sometimes
associated with luminescence, called earthquake
lightning? This phenomenon...
COVID-19 may deplete testosterone,
helping to explain male patients’ poorer
prognosis
For the first time, data from a study with patients
hospitalized due to COVID-19 suggest that the
disease might deteriorate...
A new study may revise a theory of
flowing viscous liquids that was accepted
for 60 years
The international collaborative team of Tokyo
University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) in
Japan, Indian Institute...
Covid: Dementia patient’s wife describes
‘torture’ of lack of visits
A woman has described her pain at not being able
to see her husband regularly at his care home
during the pandemic, calling...
NHS Covid-19: App issue fixed for people
who test positive
Coronavirus: England and Wales’ contact-tracing
app gets launch date
Why India should worry about post-
Covid-19 care
Why India’s Covid problem could be bigger than we
think
Covid-19: Up to £10,000 fine for failure to
self-isolate in England
Refusing to self-isolate when told to is now illegal in
England from Monday, with fines of up to £10,000.
Anyone who tests...
1 in 3 parents plan to skip flu shots for
their kids during COVID-19 pandemic
IMAGE: Just a third of parents believe that having
their child get the flu vaccine is more important this
year than...
Inequalities in premature deaths have
increased between the rich and poor in
Canada
Socioeconomic inequalities in premature deaths in
Canada have increased over the last 25 years,
according to new research...
Heart disease in young people may be
linked to diabetes exposure in the womb
Heart disease in young adults and teenagers may
be related to exposure to diabetes in the womb,
according to new research...
Could your menopause symptoms be
hard on your heart?
CLEVELAND, Ohio (September 28, 2020)–
Menopause is accompanied by numerous
symptoms that can interfere with a woman’s...
How hormone therapy slows progression
of atherosclerosis
CLEVELAND, Ohio (September 28, 2020)–As one
of the most common treatments for effectively
managing menopause symptoms,...
Building walls that will make summer
heat waves more bearable
IMAGE: (a) PCM wall cross section (b) temperature
measurement position view more Credit: Korea
Institue of...
The testimony of trees: How volcanic
eruptions shaped 2000 years of world
history
IMAGE: Driftwood in Siberia view more Credit:
University of Cambridge Researchers have shown
that over the...
Volunteers receiving government aid
while unemployed face scrutiny, bias
from public
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — With the worldwide spike in
unemployment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,
many people may turn...
Historical racial and ethnic health
inequities account for disproportionate
COVID-19 impact
In “COVID-19 Racial/Ethnic Inequities in Acute Care
and Critical Illness Survivorship,” Ann-Marcia
Tukpah, MD,...
Study delivers new knowledge about
what causes thunderstorms and cloud
bursts
Thunderstorms are weather disturbances
characterized by concentrations of thunder, lightning
and fierce winds. When they...
New funerary and ritual behaviors of the
Neolithic Iberian populations discovered
Potential drug target for dangerous E. coli
infections identified

9. IMAGE: Skull found in the Cueva de la Dehesilla
view more Credit: Universidad de Sevilla Experts
from the...
IMAGE: The spider-like icosahedral shape is an
abstract depiction of the Shiga toxin bacteriophage
with a red genome,...
New way of analyzing soil organic matter
will help predict climate change
IMAGE: Data analyzed for the study came from soil
profiles, such as this one, gathered by the National
Ecological Observatory...
Pair of massive baby stars swaddled in
salty water vapor
IMAGE: Different colors show the different
distributions of dust particles (yellow), methyl
cyanide (CH3CN, red), salt...
Low level alcohol use during pregnancy
can impact child’s brain development
New research from the University of Sydney finds
that even low levels of alcohol consumption during
pregnancy can have an...
Patients’ breathing test comes up short
on accuracy, study finds
A routine test used to monitor patients’ breathing
may be unreliable and putting them at risk, a study
suggests. Incorrect...
Friendly interactions with Chinese people
reduced COVID-19 prejudice
People with a history of positive social interactions
with Chinese people were less likely to support
discriminatory anti-Chinese...
Hancock: ‘Upgrade’ may be needed to
access NHS Covid app
Hancock: ‘Best thing to do to get app is upgrade’
Video, 00:03:24Hancock: ‘Best thing to do to get
app...
A multishot lensless camera in
development could aid disease diagnosis
How it works The researchers create a mask of
microscopic gold wires and place it near the object
that will be imaged. The...
First evidence that air pollution particles
and metals are reaching the placenta
The study, funded by Barts Charity and published in
the journal Science of The Total Environment,
demonstrate that inhaled...
PLUS takes 3D ultrasound images of
solids
IMAGE: High-resolution 3D imaging result of
branched stress corrosion cracking. view more
Credit: Yoshikazu...
Astronomers model, determine how disk
galaxies evolve so smoothly
IMAGE: This illustration shows how two sample star
orbits are scattered from nearly circular orbits by the
gravity...
Education: an influencing factor for
intergenerational mobility in Canada
Quebec and Montreal, September 25, 2020 – The
relationship between the income levels of parents
and their children...
Scholars untangle marketing’s complex
role in understanding political activities
As 2020 began, many pundits predicted a politically
charged year, but few predicted that it would include
a global pandemic...
3D printed nasal swabs work as well as
commercial swabs for COVID-19
diagnostic testing
IMAGE: First author Summer Decker, PhD, directs
the USF Health Radiology-Tampa General Hospital
Division of 3D Clinical...
A clearer view of what makes glass rigid
IMAGE: A team of scientists led by the University of
Tokyo uses computer simulations to study the
rigidity of amorphous...
An area of the brain where tumor cells
shelter from chemotherapy in childhood
leukaemia
The stroma of the choroid plexus is one of the
locations within the central nervous system (CNS)
that serves as a shelter...
Major wind-driven ocean currents are
shifting toward the poles
The severe droughts in the USA and Australia are
the first sign that the tropics, and their warm
temperatures, are apparently...
Switching up: Marine bacteria shift
between lifestyles to get the best
resources
Tsukuba, Japan – To stay, or not to stay? When it
comes to nutrient resource patches, researchers
from Japan and Switzerland...
RAP tag: A new protein purification
approach
Tskuba, Japan – Whether it’s our diets, building
strength, or as part of medical advancements, it is
no secret...
An app monitors cancer patients’ health
status and rewards participation
Close2U, an electronic device application, has been
developed by researchers at the Complutense
University (UCM) and the...
Spin clean-up method brings practical
quantum computers closer to reality
IMAGE: If the measurement outcome in the
quantum circuit is the |0? state, the spin
contaminated wave function |?Cont?...
A genetic variant that protects against
Alzheimer’s disease promotes immune
cell functions
How to better understand what makes a
virus win during transmission?

10. A new study conducted by researchers at the
University of Eastern Finland found that the PLCG2-
P522R genetic variant, which...
The framework, published in Frontiers in
Microbiology, was applied on transmission data of
the influenza virus, and offers...
An enhanced ruthenium-based catalyst
for primary amine synthesis
IMAGE: Direct amination of alcohols over Ru-
MgO/TiO2 activated by electron donation from MgO.
view more Credit:...
Marine heatwaves are human made
IMAGE: This data image shows the monthly average
sea surface temperature for May 2015. Between
2013 and 2016, a large...
Polio campaigners battle misinformation
and distrust
Polio campaigners battle misinformation and
distrust. Video, 00:02:49Polio campaigners battle
misinformation and distrust
NHS Covid-19 app: How to install and use
it
People living in England and Wales are being urged
to download the government’s contact-tracing app
following its official...
The threat of ‘vaccine nationalism’
The threat of ‘vaccine nationalism’ Video,
00:03:30The threat of ‘vaccine nationalism’
Coronavirus: UK pledges support to
global vaccine-sharing scheme
UK supports global vaccine-sharing scheme. Video,
00:00:45UK supports global vaccine-sharing
scheme
Fast fix for a brain aneurysm
Surgeons can now perform intricate operations to
repair damaged blood vessels in the brain while
patients are wide awake. The...
Meet Bob
Lung cancer was once considered pretty much a
death sentence. Just two decades ago, it was near-
impossible to treat. Doctors...
BARNEY CALMAN investigates the
appalling tragedy of the elderly kept apart
from their loved ones
The woman on the phone is in pieces. ‘I’ve been in
lockdown in my care home since March, and they
won’t release me,’...
Was James Cracknell’s 100-mile run over
five days with no food the daftest stunt
ever?
He has trekked 370 miles of Arabian desert, rowed
naked across 2,000 miles of the Atlantic Ocean,
survived a traumatic brain...
Pets can get Covid… but do you really
need a virus mask for your dog?
When the Great Plague hit London in 1665, many
believed it was the end of days. But for some it was
an opportunity. Doctors...
Curfews, open borders and second
waves: DR ELLIE CANNON answers your
questions on coronavirus
The 10pm curfew seems ridiculous – it’s not as if the
virus has a watch and only transmits at certain
times, is it? A...
Will a vaccine really be the silver bullet
we’re all praying for? Asks DR ELLIE
CANNON
The Government has played its hand, for the time
being at least. After weeks of confusing and
contradictory edicts, growing...
Last-resort life support option helped
majority of critically ill COVID-19 patients
survive
The 1,035 patients in the study faced a staggeringly
high risk of death, as ventilators and other care
failed to support...
Carriers of two genetic mutations at
greater risk for illness and death from
COVID-19
The study was led by Prof. David Gurwitz, Prof.
Noam Shomron, and MSc candidate Guy Shapira of
TAU’s Sackler Faculty...
Pets linked to maintaining better mental
health and reducing loneliness during
lockdown, new research shows
Most people who took part in the research perceived
their pets to be a source of considerable support
during the lockdown...
The surprising organization of avian
brains
IMAGE: Similar to the cortex of mammals, the nerve
cells in certain areas of the brain of birds are
organized in vertical...
"Stretching rack" for cells
IMAGE: Electron micrograph of the “empty ” scaffold
(without hydrogel) that an international research...
Secure nano-carrier delivers medications
directly to cells
IMAGE: Prof. Oliver Lieleg and Ceren Kimna are
conducting research on nanoparticles that release
drugs precisely into...
Lockdown impact: Worsening symptoms
for people with bone, joint and muscle
pain
People with bone, joint and muscle pain saw their
symptoms worsen during lockdown – according to
new research from...
Women could conceive after ovarian
tumors
New method allows precise gene control
by light

11. IMAGE: Kenny Rodriguez-Wallberg, researcher in
the Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska
Institutet. ...
IMAGE: When illuminated the PAL molecule binds to
the aptamer (blue loop at the top left). The label
made of regulatory...
New study highlights success of a mobile
outreach van helping people on the street
w
BOSTON – A novel mobile health program created
in early 2018 by the Kraft Center for Community
Health at Massachusetts...
New storage battery more efficient and
heat-resistant
IMAGE: Test setup at CEEC Jena to develop novel
active materials for redox flow batteries. view more
Credit:...
During pandemic, racism puts additional
stress on Asian Americans
This pandemic-driven rise in anti-Asian racism is so
pronounced, that in a commentary recently
published in the American...
U.S. hospital admissions for non-COVID-
19 have only partially rebounded from
initial decline
“Our study shows that patients from Hispanic
neighborhoods did not have the same rebound in
non-COVID-19 admissions...
Theater improvisation techniques show
promising results for science classroom
engagement
A researcher at the University of Maryland,
Baltimore County (UMBC) has developed a unique
method to improve class participation...
Reusing tableware can reduce waste from
online food deliveries
IMAGE: This is a typical Chinese meal that was
ordered online and includes plastic tableware. view
more Credit:...
LSU physicists develop a method to
improve gravitational wave detector
sensitivity
IMAGE: Louisiana State University Ph.D. physics
alumnus Jonathan Cripe has conducted a new
experiment with scientists...
NASA finds wind shear displacing
Lowell’s strongest storms
IMAGE: On Sept. 25 at 5:45 a.m. EDT (0945 UTC),
the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA’s
Aqua satellite...
Cocaine addiction: Impact of genetic
mutations elucidated
Cocaine addiction is a chronic disorder with a high
rate of relapse for which no effective treatment is
currently available....
Anxious, moody older adults are
vulnerable to worse cognitive function
Self-discipline, high achievement and diligence
linked to better cognitive resilience People can
function well in spite...
Fast, accurate and non-destructive: the
new method to analyze food quality
IMAGE: NIRS analysis of spinach plants directly in
the field. view more Credit: Universidad de Córdoba
Consumers...
Dealing with the global tsunami of mental
health problems during and post COVID-
19
In a special session addressing global mental health
before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
held at the ESCMID Conference...
Flu jab 2020: Who’s eligible for a free
vaccine?
Health officials are trying to make sure everyone
who needs a flu vaccine this autumn gets one. Thirty
million people will...
Coronavirus: UK pledges £500m to global
vaccine-sharing scheme
The UK is to give £500m to a new global vaccine-
sharing scheme designed to ensure treatments for
Covid-19 are distributed...
Covid-19: What do scientists think of the
PM’s plan?
After dangling the possibility of a mini-lockdown to
break coronavirus’s chain of transmission, Boris
Johnson has opted...
Coronavirus: Children behind rising
demand for tests in England
Demand for coronavirus tests has almost trebled
among young children in England this month – but
only 1% were found...
Fewer than 10% of Americans have
coronavirus antibodies
Fewer than 10% of Americans have coronavirus
antibodies from the first wave, national study finds –
leaving 295 million...
Could getting enough vitamin D reduce
COVID-19 death risks by 52%?
People who get enough vitamin D are at a 52
percent lower risk of dying of COVID-19 than people
who are deficient for the...
Customizable synthetic antibiotic
outmaneuvers resistant bacteria
Researchers at UC San Francisco are tackling
antibiotic resistance using a different approach:
redesigning existing antibiotic...
World first study links obesity with
reduced brain plasticity
In a new paper published in Brain Sciences,
researchers from UniSA and Deakin University show
that brain plasticity is impaired...

12. Unusual climate conditions influenced
WWI mortality and subsequent influenza
pandemic
Well-documented torrential rains and unusually cold
temperatures affected the outcomes of many major
battles on the Western...
Mystery of giant proton pump solved
Complex I is the first enzyme in the respiratory
chain, a series of protein complexes in the inner
mitochondrial membrane....
Genome of Alexander Fleming’s original
penicillin-producing mold sequenced
Alexander Fleming famously discovered the first
antibiotic, penicillin, in 1928 while working at St
Mary’s Hospital...
Shorter time from symptom onset to
hospitalization is associated with worse
outcome in patients with COVID-19
New research presented at this week’s ESCMID
Conference on Coronavirus Disease (ECCVID, held
online) shows that a shorter...
Contact tracing study results recommend
consistent wearing of masks,
handwashing, and social distancing in
public to protect against SARS-CoV-2
infection
A contact tracing study presented at this year’s
ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Disease
(ECCVID) confirms the effectiveness...
Chemists from RUDN University
developed biodegradable antibacterial
film for storing food
IMAGE: A team of chemists from RUDN University
created an antibacterial coating for food products.
The mixture consists...
US hospital admissions for non-COVID-19
have only partially rebounded from initial
decline
IMAGE: This figure is Exhibit 1 from the study. view
more Credit: J. Skinner et al. While declines in
U.S....
Study demonstrates SARS-CoV-2
emergence was associated with a large
drop in the circulation of other
respiratory viruses during the first wave
Analysis of samples taken to test for respiratory
viruses over the past five years suggests that the
emergence of SARS-CoV-2...
Dartmouth study offers new details on
pediatric mental health boarding
A Dartmouth-led study, published in the journal
Pediatrics, offers new details about pediatric mental
health boarding in...
New Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug
shows benefit in Duke trial
DURHAM, N.C. — A new drug offers hope for young
boys with the progressive neuromuscular disease
Duchenne muscular dystrophy...
Criticism of COVID-19 models by
democratic political leaders may erode
public trust in science
Criticisms of COVID-19 models by Democratic elites
in May 2020 appeared to undermine public support
for the models’...
DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Are YOU a victim
of hidden diabetes? (Believe it or not, I
was too!)
The small, scaly area on my chest didn’t overly
worry me but as it was growing, albeit slowly, I
thought I should have...
JANE CLARKE, one of the UK’s top
dietitians reveals how you can EAT to
beat disease
What’s the biggest health threat we all face? Most
people might think it’s cancer. Or heart disease, or
dementia. In...
Only one in FIVE Britons with tell-tale
symptoms of Covid-19 are self-isolating,
study reveals
Just one in five Britons with tell-tale symptoms of
coronavirus are choosing to self-isolate, research
revealed today. King’s...
Coronavirus UK: How quickly is the
outbreak REALLY growing?
Between 9,000 and 16,000 Britons are getting
infected with coronavirus every day, according to
researchers monitoring the...
First coronavirus vaccine will not be a
‘silver bullet’, scientists warn government
The first coronavirus vaccine will not be a ‘silver
bullet’ and is unlikely to stop people catching the
disease,...
Care home residents and staff ‘will be
first to get a Covid-19 vaccine’
1. GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur: 60million
doses The Government revealed on July 29 it had
signed a deal with pharmaceutical...
London is put on lockdown watch-list
after a spike in Covid-19 infections and
hospital admissions
Britain’s coronavirus R rate could now be as high as
1.5, government scientific advisers warned today
after...
Is Britain’s coronavirus outbreak taking
off again? Infections are up 48% in a
week
Covid-19 infections clearly started to rise after
‘Super Saturday’, according to an analysis of official
Twinkling, star-shaped brain cells may
hold the key to why, how we sleep
Led by researchers at Washington State University’s
Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, the study builds
new momentum...

13. data...
Primate brain size does not predict their
intelligence
Humans and non-human primates are among the
most intelligent living beings. Their brain size may
underly their intelligence...
Ultrapotent antibody mix blocks COVID-
19 virus attachment
Low doses of these antibodies, individually or as a
cocktail, were also shown to protect hamsters from
infection when exposed...
3D-printed nasal swabs work as well as
commercial swabs for COVID-19
diagnostic testing, study finds
Now, a multisite clinical trial led by the University of
South Florida Health (USF Health) Morsani College
of Medicine and...
How do Americans view the virus?
Anthropology professor examines
attitudes, perceptions of COVID-19
Hardy spoke to a man who had polio as a child and
had to live in a home with an iron lung away from his
family. He said he...
Age restrictions for handguns make little
difference in homicides, study finds
“The central issue is that there’s a very high degree
of informal access to firearms, such as through
family...
Research challenges conventional
wisdom about key autism trait
Publishing findings in the leading journal BRAIN, the
scientists from the universities of Exeter and Bath
present fresh evidence...
A better alternative to phthalates?
In collaboration with the Medical University of South
Carolina, researchers at the National Institute of
Standards and Technology...
NASA observations aid efforts to track
California’s wildfire smoke from space
IMAGE: On Aug. 31, MODIS detected several
hotspots in the August Complex Fire in California, as
well as several other...
Study reveals design flaws of chatbot-
based symptom-checker apps
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Millions of people turn
to their mobile devices when seeking medical
advice. They’re able...
Stem cells can repair Parkinson’s-
damaged circuits in mouse brains
IMAGE: Su-Chun Zhang talking to a researcher in
his laboratory at the Waisman Center of the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. ...
FSU researchers help develop
sustainable polymers
IMAGE: Rufina Alamo, Simon Ostrach Professor of
Engineering and Distinguished Research Professor
of Chemical and Biomedical...
Coldest Northern Hemisphere
temperature, first recorded by UW,
officially confirmed
MADISON, Wis. — Nearly 30 years after recording a
temperature of minus 93.2 degrees Fahrenheit
(minus 69.6 Celsius)...
Ascorbic acid-mediated reactions in
organic synthesis
One of the important objectives of green chemistry
is the use of eco-friendly solvents and catalysts to
perform chemical...
160 genes linked to brain shrinkage in
study of 45,000 adults
SAN ANTONIO – A new study implicates 160 genes
in brain shrinkage seen on MRIs of 45,000 healthy
adults. The shrinkage...
Faced with shortages, researchers
combine heat and humidity to disinfect
N95 masks
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept around the world
early this year, shortages of protective equipment
such as N95 masks left...
Coronavirus: ‘Government must publish
contact-tracing app data’
Coronavirus: England’s contact tracing app trial gets
under way
Lizzo says body positivity has become
too ‘commercialised’ and ‘cool’
Grammy-winning US singer Lizzo believes the body
positivity movement has become “commercialised”
by the mainstream...
Covid vaccine: Trial of new coronavirus
vaccine starts in UK
A trial of a new vaccine that appears to train the
immune system to fight coronavirus has begun in
the UK. Early tests showed...
Covid: Coronavirus cases in England up
60% in a week
The rate at which the Covid-19 virus is spreading
appears to be speeding up. The R number,
indicating how fast the coronavirus...
Children are half as likely to be infected
with coronavirus as adults, study finds
US child deaths from coronavirus remain low at 100
as study reveals kids are HALF as likely to be
infected as adults New...
Half of Britons with tell-tale Covid-19
symptoms may NOT have the disease,
study suggests
Are London’s Covid-19 hotspots linked
by the UNDERGROUND?
London’s Covid-19 hotspots could be linked by the
city’s bustling underground network, according to a
striking...

14. Half of Britons with tell-tale coronavirus symptoms
such as a fever and persistent cough may not
actually have the disease,...
Comparing face coverings in controlling
expired particles
IMAGE: Laboratory tests of surgical and N95 masks
by researchers at UC Davis show that they do cut
down the amount...
COVID-19 spurs anxious, upsetting
dreams
WASHINGTON — The anxiety, stress and worry
brought on by COVID-19 is not limited to daytime
hours. The pandemic is...
NASA finds post-tropical storm Beta’s
clouds blanketing the Southeastern US
IMAGE: On Sept. 24 at 1:30 p.m. EDT NASA’s Terra
satellite provided a visible image of Post-Tropical
Cyclone...
Nerve cells let others "listen in"
IMAGE: Single fragment of a neuron in green and
the astrocyte processes mentioned in the
communication in yellow. ...
Study shows Massachusetts response to
COVID-19 in nursing homes helped stem
infection rate
A paper just published in the Journal of the
American Geriatrics Society found that adherence to
infection control processes,...
Novel educational program puts a human
face on biomedical research
IMAGE: TL1 scholar XInh Xinh Nguyen (left), who
studies scleroderma, shadowed Dr. DeAnna Baker
Frost (right) as she...
A better alternative to Phthalates?
IMAGE: Former NIST postdoctoral Dr. Abby Wenzel
demonstrates the extraction process for the
measurements of DINCH metabolites...
Higher narcissism may be linked with
more political participation
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A politically engaged
electorate is key to any thriving democracy, but not
everyone participates...
New tool mimics human skin to allow
detailed study of mosquito biting
The tool, which uses an artificial blood meal and a
surface that mimics human skin, will provide detailed
understanding of...
‘Trojan horse’ approach to kill cancer
cells without using drugs
The researchers created their ‘Trojan horse’
nanoparticle by coating it with a specific amino acid
— L-phenylalanine...
Fructose made in the brain could be a
mechanism driving Alzheimer’s disease,
researchers propose
The study was published in the Frontiers in Aging
Neuroscience and outlined the hypothesis that
Alzheimer’s disease...
Remote neuropsychology tests for
children shown effective, study finds
Patients with a variety of neurological disorders
require periodic neuropsychological evaluations to
track their cognition,...
Variation in genes associated with viral
entry of SARS-CoV-2 unlikely to influence
COVID-19 morbidity and mortality, study
finds
African Americans and Latinos in the United States
and ethnic minorities in the United Kingdom are
disproportionately affected...
Placenta is initiated first, as cells of a
fertilized egg divide and specialize
In a study published in the journal Nature,
researchers looked at the biological pathways active
in human embryos during...
Tracking shape changes in amazon fish
after major river is dammed
IMAGE: UMass Amherst biologists compared
museum collections of cichlid fishes from before a
dam was closed in 1984...
Historical racial & ethnic health inequities
account for disproportionate COVID-19
impact
IMAGE: Health care disparities in historically
disadvantaged communities like the Navajo Nation
are worsened by the...
Novel neuroimaging study on
dissociative symptoms reveals wounds
of childhood trauma
IMAGE: Researchers have found connections in the
brain to dissociative symptoms view more Credit:
McLean Hospital Being...
Tree rings show scale of Arctic pollution
is worse than previously thought
IMAGE: Widescale pollution has caused devastating
forest decline east of Norilsk, Russia. view more
Credit:...
New vulnerability found in lung
squamous cancer may facilitate drug
targeting
IMAGE: UNC Lineberger’s Chad Pecot, MD, and
colleagues, report findings in Cancer Research that
show the potential...
High-performance single-atom catalysts
for high-temperature fuel cells
IMAGE: Conceptual diagram of single atom catalyst
developed by KIST researchers view more Credit:
Korea Institue...

15. Ultrapotent compound may help treat C.
diff, reduce recurrence
IMAGE: Herman O. Sintim, the Drug Discovery
Professor of Chemistry in Purdue University’s
Department of Chemistry,...
The male Y chromosome does more than
we thought
New light is being shed on a little-known role of Y
chromosome genes, specific to males, that could
explain why men suffer...
Yew Trees hospital: Ten staff suspended
at mental health unit
‘My autistic daughter was held in a cell for two years’
Man dies from eating more than a bag of
liquorice a day
A construction worker in the US state of
Massachusetts was killed by his liquorice habit,
doctors say. The man, who has not...
NHS Covid-19 app: One million
downloads of contact tracer for England
and Wales
NHS Covid-19 app: How England and Wales’
contact-tracing service works
Coronavirus: Test turnaround times
getting longer in England
People are waiting longer for test results from
England’s community Covid testing centres, figures
show. Only 28% of...
Americans who don’t speak English
nearly FIVE TIMES more likely to test
positive for coronavirus
Americans who don’t speak English are nearly FIVE
TIMES more likely to test positive for coronavirus –
but less...
Vaccinations for children from low-
income families have plunged by more
than 20%
Childhood vaccinations have plummeted in the US
amid the coronavirus pandemic, a new report finds.
Between March and May...
Fewer than ONE PERCENT of US
students and teachers have caught
coronavirus
Fewer than ONE PERCENT of US students and
teachers have caught coronavirus since classes
started, study finds Only 0.22%...
Plastic face shields DON’T work
Plastic face shields allow nearly 100 per cent of tiny
airborne droplets released by coronavirus-infected
patients to escape...
Britain hasn’t learnt from March and is
about to make another ‘mistake’, SAGE
members warn
Britain hasn’t learnt its lesson from the first wave of
coronavirus and is on the brink of making another
‘mistake’,...
Herd immunity wouldn’t work without
overwhelming the NHS, study finds
Relying on the herd immunity strategy in Britain
wouldn’t work because the risk of overwhelming the
NHS would be too...
England, Scotland and Wales declare 33
new Covid-19 deaths
Britain today recorded 6,634 more cases of
coronavirus and 40 deaths as figures show
infections have doubled in a week. Yvonne...
Job security, finances strongly related to
increased anxiety during pandemic
Unprecedented unemployment rates don’t just have
an impact on the unemployed, though. For people
still employed during...
Researchers examine COVID-19 impact
on manufacturing
In a study published July 27 in IEEE Engineering
Management Review, two faculty members from the
Naveen Jindal School of...
Uncovering a ‘suPAR’ culprit behind
kidney injury in COVID-19
“We don’t known exactly why patients with severe
COVID-19 have a high rate of kidney injury,” says
Salim...
Talc and petroleum jelly among the best
lubricants for people wearing PPE, study
finds
However, extended PPE use, particularly on the
delicate skin of the face, can cause friction and
shear injuries like skin...
Mapping the human heart, cell by cell
Now a team of scientists has created the first atlas
of human heart cells, a collection of maps showing
nearly half a million...
Some severe COVID-19 cases linked to
genetic mutations or antibodies that
attack the body
At least 3.5 percent of study patients with severe
COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel
coronavirus, have mutations...
Accuracy of commercial antibody kits for
SARS-CoV-2 varies widely
Throat and nose swab tests for SARS-CoV-2
establish if someone is infected with the virus that
causes coronavirus disease...
Loneliness levels high during COVID-19
lockdown
Loneliness is a significant public health issue and is
associated with worse physical and mental health as
Scientists Discover Genetic and
Immunologic Underpinnings of Some
Cases of Severe COVID-19

16. well as increased... IMAGE: Colorized scanning electron micrograph of
a dying cell (blue) heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2
(yellow), the...
What new research reveals about rude
workplace emails
Researchers found rude emails at work can lead to
significant distress for employees. The researchers
say that “active”...
First PhytoFrontiers? paper discusses
arabidopsis response to caterpillars
IMAGE: PhytoFrontiers Cover view more Credit:
APS The PhytoFrontiers™ editorial board, led by
editor-in-chief...
Color-coded biosensor illuminates in real
time how viruses attack hosts
IMAGE: A single cell that shows different types of
translation in different colors, using a color-coded
biosensor. ...
How do Americans view the virus?
Anthropology professor examines
attitudes of COVID
In her ongoing research about Americans’
responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, Northern
Arizona University anthropology...
3D camera earns its stripes at Rice
IMAGE: Patterns adorns a static model used to test
Rice University’s Hyperspectral Stripe Projector,
which combines...
Simpler models may be better for
determining some climate risk
IMAGE: House in Rhode Island in the midst of a
flood in 2007. view more Credit: NOAA Typically,
computer...
Atom-Billiards with X-Rays: a new
Approach to look inside of Molecules
IMAGE: Those atoms, which have undergone
interaction with two photons simultaneously hit the
detector in a line (horizontal,...
US trial of Oxford University’s Covid-19
vaccine STILL on hold waiting on FDA
decision
Scientists are calling for answers as to why the US
arm of Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine trial is still on hold
— two...
10,000 unexpected deaths have occurred
in private homes since mid-June despite
Covid-19 slump
At least 10,000 people have unexpectedly died in
their own home since mid-June, official statistics
show. Seven-hundred ‘excess...
Test and Trace gets worse AGAIN: Just
1.8% taking home tests get Covid-19
results back in 24 hours
Test and Trace is still getting worse, as official
figures today revealed the number of people getting
their swab result...
Challenge trial volunteer reveals he’ll be
cooped up for two weeks to test trial
Covid-19 jabs
One of the volunteers for a controversial vaccine
trial where they will be deliberately infected with
coronavirus revealed...
Thousands of doctors and nurses are
having to take time off work because they
can’t get tested
More than 1.3million days of work were lost in the
NHS in England due to coronavirus-related sickness
over three months,...
Boots suspends booking for flu jabs amid
‘unprecedented demand’
Boots suspends booking for flu jabs amid
‘unprecedented demand’ after Britons were told to
get vaccinated to...
Coronavirus London: Lockdown fears as
hospital admissions triple
London is thought to be on the brink of a localised
lockdown — but official figures show the outbreak
may finally be slowing...
Number 10 was briefed by Sweden’s
controversial anti-lockdown
epidemiologist Anders Tegnell
Boris Johnson was briefed by the architect behind
Sweden‘s anti-lockdown strategy before he
announced a raft of new...
Researchers find diminished response by
‘killer’ T cells in elderly COVID-19 patients
“Elderly people have more severe diseases
compared to young people, and we found that the
cytotoxic part of immune...
When does a second COVID-19 surge
end? Look at the data
The first published paper on second-surge COVID-
19 infections from US states suggests that
policymakers should look for demonstrable...
Neurological consequences of COVID-19:
The ‘Silent Wave’
“Although scientists are still learning how the SARS-
CoV-2 virus is able to invade the brain and central
nervous system,...
COVID-19 opens a partisan gap on voting
by mail
Based on nationally representative surveys
conducted in the spring of 2020 and through the
summer, researchers report a significantly...
COVID-19 ‘prediction model’ uses data
that can help determine if patients’
conditions are likely to worsen
Brian Garibaldi, M.D., associate professor of
medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, led a team that...

17. Silk offers homemade solution for COVID-
19 prevention
Next to a single-use N95 respirator or surgical mask,
UC found the best alternative could be made by a
hungry little caterpillar....
New mechanism of action against SARS-
CoV-2 by antiviral drug remdesivir
The research team previously demonstrated how
remdesivir inhibits the COVID-19 virus’s polymerase
or replication machinery...
Parental touch reduces pain responses in
babies’ brains
Being held by a parent with skin-to-skin contact
reduces how strongly a newborn baby’s brain
responds to a painful...
COVID-19: Berlin scientists lay basis for a
passive vaccination
Researchers at the German Center for
Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and Charité –
Universitätsmedizin Berlin have...
Air pollution leads to increase in
electricity usage, study suggests
High levels of air pollution are forcing people inside
to consume more electricity, subsequently causing
even greater environmental...
Gravity causes homogeneity of the
universe
The temporal evolution of the universe, from the Big
Bang to the present, is described by Einstein’s field
equations...
Well-known molecule not found in cancer
cells after all
A new research result from Aarhus University shows
that a so-called circular RNA molecule, which has
been designated as carcinogenic,...
Putting virtual rehab for stroke patients to
the test
IMAGE: The specially designed games included a
boxing game where the player spars with a virtual
partner, ‘Bullseyes...
Bridging the gap between the magnetic
and electronic properties of topological
insulators
IMAGE: (a) and (b) show the electronic band
structures of Bi2Te3 and a magnetic topological
insulator sample; the Dirac...
Placenta is initiated first, as cells of a
fertilised egg divide and specialise
The first stages of placental development take place
days before the embryo starts to form in human
pregnancies. The finding...
Flu jabs limited due to high demand
Pharmacists and GP surgeries are having to limit flu
jabs to the most at-risk groups due to increased
demand. The Boots chain...
Covid-19: Daily reported UK cases rise by
a quarter
The number of daily reported Covid-19 cases has
risen by a quarter, according to the latest UK
government figures. There...
Covid-19: UK volunteers could be given
virus to test vaccine
The UK could be the first country in the world to
carry out Covid “challenge trials” – where healthy
volunteers...
NHS Covid-19 app: England and Wales
get smartphone contact tracing for over-
16s
NHS Covid-19 app: How England and Wales’
contact-tracing service works
Britain will ‘host world’s first Covid-19
vaccine challenge trial’, reports
1. GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur: 60million
doses The Government revealed on July 29 it had
signed a deal with pharmaceutical...
Diagnoses of several common health
conditions HALVED during pandemic,
study shows
Diagnoses of cancer and other life-threatening
health conditions dropped off dramatically during the
coronavirus lockdown,...
Beer belly raises the risk of early death
from illnesses such as type 2 diabetes
and heart disease
Every 4in on your belly ‘raises risk of early death’:
Swollen waistline is a dire threat to health… even...
Boris Johnson urged to take action on
‘long Covid’ which causes symptoms
lasting for months
Boris Johnson is being urged to take action on ‘long
Covid’ and formally recognise debilitating side
effects...
CDC director says more than 90% of US
susceptible to COVID-19 but vaccine
predicted by spring 2021
The majority of Americans are vulnerable to
contracting the novel coronavirus, the director of the
Centers for Disease Control...
Smoking marijuana during pregnancy
increases risk of psychotic-like behaviors
in children
Smoking marijuana during pregnancy increases the
risk of psychotic-like behaviors, attention disorders
and sleep problems...
New ‘traffic-light’ lockdown system that
will send automatic alerts to phones is
set to be used
New ‘traffic-light’ lockdown system that will send
automatic alerts to phones is set to be used to
Four months later than planned, the
mobile phone tracing tool will be
launched across the country
Which iPhones CAN’T use the NHS Covid app?
iPhone iPhone 3G iPhone 3GS iPhone 4 iPhone 4S

18. trigger local... iPhone 5 iPhone 5c iPhone...
Death counts fail to capture full mortality
effects of COVID-19, study finds
A study published in the Journal of Public Health
finds that for each person in the U.S. who died after
contracting COVID-19,...
Sport and memory go hand in hand
Very often, right after a sporting exercise —
especially endurance such as running or cycling —
one feels physical...
Meditation for mind-control
He and collaborators conducted a large-scale
human study enrolling subjects in a weekly 8-week
course in simple, widely-practiced...
Unraveling the genome in 3D-space
Breaks in our DNA, which can occur spontaneously
or result from irradiation or chemical insults, can
lead to severe problems...
Enrolling in health education courses
may help change student’s beliefs about
stress
A research team including Binghamton University
Health and Wellness Studies Lecturer Jennifer
Wegmann sought to evaluate...
Likely molecular mechanisms of SARS-
CoV-2 pathogenesis are revealed by
network biology
Such networks have been studied in organisms as
diverse as plants, humans and roundworms, and
they show a similarity to social...
Flood risks: More accurate data due to
COVID-19
A number of countries went into politically decreed
late hibernation at the onset of the Covid-19
pandemic. Many of those...
Weighted blankets can decrease
insomnia severity
Results of the randomized, controlled study show
that participants using the weighted blanket for four
weeks reported significantly...
Berry good news — new compound from
blueberries could treat inflammatory
disorders
IMAGE: A polyphenolic compound derived from
blueberry shows remarkable immunosuppressive
effects and can be useful...
New model — Antarctic ice loss expected
to affect future climate change
IMAGE: Antarctica seen from the R/V Laurence M.
Gould. A team of climate scientists at UMass
Amherst and Woods Hole...
Choanozoan and picozoan marine
protists are probably virus eaters
IMAGE: Sampling seawater in the Gulf of Maine.
view more Credit: Ramunas Stepanauskas and
coauthors Viruses...
Sky islands and tropical alpine
sunflowers at risk of disappearing
IMAGE: Páramo with Espeletia plants view more
Credit: Andrés Cortés, Santiago Madriñán and
coauthors As...
Sweet success: Heavy consumption of
sugary beverages declined in the US from
2003 to 2016
IMAGE: The proportion of heavy SSB drinkers (?
500 kcal/day) declined significantly among both
children and adults...
Provide shady spots to protect butterflies
from climate change, say scientists
IMAGE: Latin name: Gonepteryx rhamni. view more
Credit: Andrew Bladon Researchers have
discovered significant...
Climate pledges ‘like tackling COVID-19
without social distancing’
Current global pledges to tackle climate change are
the equivalent of declaring a pandemic without a
plan for social distancing,...
A new strategy of cell entry for some
types of parvoviruses
IMAGE: Peter Tijssen is a professor emeritus at
INRS who specializes in molecular virology. view
more Credit:...
Covid-19 restrictions could mean elderly
in care homes have no visitors for a
YEAR, Age UK warns
FEBRUARY – SAGE scientists warned Government
‘very early on’ about the risk to care homes
Britain’s...
Sweden’s second wave? Cases rise in
Stockholm prompting concerns over
supposed ‘herd immunity’
Sweden is debating enforcing new coronavirus
restrictions on Stockholm amid a small spike in
infections. The country’s...
British Medical Association calls for
government to make masks compulsory
INSIDE offices
Face masks should be made compulsory inside
offices to halt a devastating second wave
of coronavirus, leading medics warned...
Government’s warning of 50,000 cases a
day in October is based on few hundred
positive cases
The Government’s claim Britain could face 50,000
coronavirus infections a day was based on studies
involving just hundreds...
Sir Patrick Vallance and Professor Chris
Whitty faced backlash over ‘herd
immunity’, emails show
Do tougher rules REALLY work?
Glasgow’s coronavirus outbreak has
slowed dramatically

19. Sir Patrick Vallance and Professor Chris
Whitty asked for help to ‘calm down’ angry
academics after facing backlash...
Tougher lockdown rules could work, suggests official
data showing Glasgow‘s spike in coronavirus cases
was controlled...
Coronavirus UK: 27 fatalities in
preliminary daily death toll
Britain today recorded 6,178 cases of coronavirus
as government data shows the outbreak has risen
by around 37 per cent in...
Young working women bearing the brunt
of the UK’s second wave of coronavirus,
according to SAGE
Young women between 20 and 40 are bearing the
brunt of the UK’s second wave of Covid-19, NHS
hospital data reveals SAGE...
SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy not
associated with complications in
neonates, study finds
On 25 March, Karolinska University Hospital in
Sweden launched a screening programme (PCR
test) for the new coronavirus for...
UK lockdown and air pollution: Nitrogen
dioxide halved but sulfur dioxide doubled
Researchers from the University’s School of
Environmental Sciences analysed data from the
Department for Environment,...
Gut microbiome plays important role in
sleep regulation
David Gozal, MD, the Marie M. and Harry L. Smith
Endowed Chair of Child Health at the MU School of
Medicine, said the study...
Prenatal cannabis exposure associated
with adverse outcomes during middle
childhood
The team’s analysis are the first steps in studying
the effects of cannabis on children as attitudes
surrounding its...
Proof-of-concept for a new ultra-low-cost
hearing aid for age-related hearing loss
Hearing aids are a major tool for individuals with
hearing loss — especially age-related hearing loss,
which currently...
How microbes in a mother’s intestines
affect fetal neurodevelopment
While the maternal gut microbiota has been
associated with abnormalities in the brain function
and behavior of offspring...
Statins reduce COVID-19 severity, likely
by removing cholesterol that virus uses
to infect
UC San Diego Health researchers recently reported
that statins — widely used cholesterol-lowering
medications —...
Face-covering use up, more people are
taking COVID-19 threats seriously, study
finds
The results are in a new report published this month
by the Risk and Social Policy Group, a team of more
than 15 scholars...
Your neighborhood may raise your risk of
chronic kidney disease
A neighborhood’s overall socioeconomic status,
including income and education level, may influence
its residents’...
UofA lab uncovers new mechanism of
action against SARS-CoV-2 by antiviral
drug remdesivir
Researchers at the University of Alberta have
discovered a novel, second mechanism of action by
the antiviral drug remdesivir...
Alcohol, nicotine mix during pregnancy
increases health risk in newborns
IMAGE: Metin Akay, founding chair and John S.
Dunn Endowed Chair Professor of biomedical
engineering at University...
Novel dual CAR T cell immunotherapy
holds promise for targeting the HIV
reservoir
PHILADELPHIA — A recent study published in the
journal Nature Medicine, led by researchers James
Riley, PhD, a professor...
Three genes predict success of
naltrexone in alcohol dependence
treatment
IMAGE: Personalized alcohol treatment view more
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina
Considering...
New brain cell-like nanodevices work
together to identify mutations in viruses
IMAGE: An electron micrograph of the artificial
neuron. The niobium dioxide layer (yellow) endows
the device with neuron-like...
SLAC invention could make particle
accelerators 10 times smaller
IMAGE: SLAC scientists have invented a copper
accelerator structure that could make future X-ray
lasers and accelerators...
Broad beans versus soybeans as
feedstuff for dual-purpose chickens
Current practices of the poultry industry have raised
ethical and ecological concerns: ethical concerns
include the culling...
Coronavirus: Whitty and Vallance faced
‘herd immunity’ backlash, emails show
As the UK introduces fresh restrictions on social
contact to curb the spread of coronavirus,
controversy continues to rage...
Covid-19: Health workers ‘sick’ with fear
at thought of second wave
“The levels of anxiety amongst our staff that we may
go back to what we saw in April is beyond anything I
have ever...

20. Covid: US death toll passes 200,000
Media caption“It’s so disturbing… 200,000 deaths is
too many”: Three funeral directors...
Covid: Raab defends ‘targeted’ new
coronavirus measures
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has defended the
“balanced, targeted and proportionate” new
coronavirus measures...
Online training helps preemies
Every 11. baby is born too early in Germany, over 15
million globally each year. Although survival rates
have increased,...
When is HIIT the best exercise fit?
“The physiological benefits of HIIT or SIT [sprint
interval training] are well established,” says Matthew
Stork,...
Giant spider provides promise of pain
relief for irritable bowel syndrome
Researchers screened 28 spiders, with the venom
of the Venezuelan Pinkfoot Goliath tarantula —
which has a leg-span...
Early birds vs night owls: For diabetics,
an early bedtime is best
It found that night owls (people who went to late and
got up late, or ‘evening chronotypes’) have an
excessively...
Patients with COVID-19 may have higher
risk of kidney injury
According to Jochen Reiser, MD, PhD, the Ralph C
Brown MD professor and chairperson of Rush’s
Department of Internal...
Kidney damage from COVID-19 linked to
higher risk of in-hospital death
The study was conducted in Tongji hospital in
Wuhan, China, which was assigned responsibility for
the treatment of severe...
A cheaper, faster COVID-19 test
“We started working on the issue of developing a
readily available testing method as soon as we saw
the developments...
Glycans in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
play active role in infection
Before the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein can interact
with ACE2 on a human cell, it changes shape to
expose its receptor binding...
Study identifies weight-loss threshold for
heart health in patients with obesity,
diabetes
CLEVELAND: A Cleveland Clinic study shows that 5
to 10 percent of surgically induced weight loss is
associated with improved...
NASA sees post-tropical storm Teddy
generating heavy rain over Eastern
Canada
IMAGE: NASA’s IMERG rainfall product estimated
on Sept. 23 at 3:30 a.m. EDT (0730 UTC) that
Teddy was generating...
HIV drugs could prevent diabetes, study
suggests
IMAGE: Jayakrishna Ambati, MD, and colleagues
found that patients taking drugs called NRTIs to treat
HIV and hepatitis...
Magnetic ‘T-Budbots’ made from tea
plants kill and clean biofilms (video)
IMAGE: Magnetically propelled microbots can clean
biofilms and kill bacteria. view more Credit:
American Chemical...
Guiding light: Skoltech technology puts a
light-painting drone at your fingertips
Skoltech researchers have designed and developed
an interface that allows a user to direct a small
drone to light-paint patterns...
Tiny worlds reveal fundamental drivers of
abundance, diversity
The natural world is astonishingly complex. After
centuries of study, scientists still have much to learn
about how all the...
NASA finds Dolphin swimming against
wind shear
IMAGE: On Sept. 23, NASA’s Terra satellite
provided a visible image of Tropical Storm Dolphin
approaching east...
Halt post-disturbance logging in forests
IMAGE: Burned eucalypt forest in Australia.
Avoiding overall post-disturbance logging after such
major disturbances...
Get in shape to fight off cancer: Learn
how to reset your own body clock
Taking regular exercise is one of the most important
ways of staying healthy and avoiding illness — and
the good news is...
Schools need to stay open because
‘economic and social consequences’ of
shutting them are too high
Schools must stay open to protect children’s mental
health and avoid the ‘immense’ economic and
social...
Scientists question 10pm closing time
because ‘the virus doesn’t understand
the clock’
Top scientists today cast doubt over Boris Johnson‘s
10pm curfew on pubs, bars and restaurants to
control coronavirus,...
Boris Johnson admits coronavirus
outbreak could be doubling every 20 days
Coronavirus cases in the UK could be taking as long
as 20 days to double in number, Boris Johnson
admitted today as he rowed...

21. Covid-19 carriers with no symptoms are
‘just as likely to transmit the virus’
Covid-19 carriers with no symptoms are just as likely
to transmit the coronavirus as those who feel ill,
according to scientists. Two...
Web resources bring new insight into
COVID-19
The study appears in the journal Scientific Data.
“Our motivation for developing this resource is to
contribute to...
Children’s immune response more
effective against COVID-19
A widespread and dangerous immune response to
the virus has been linked to acute respiratory
distress syndrome, the need...
Who is the weakest link? A better
understanding of global supply chains
But how important are large, multinational
companies in maintaining both local and
international logistic networks and should...
Playing video games as a child can
improve working memory years later,
researchers find
This is one of the conclusions from the article
published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. The
study involved 27 people...
ADHD study reveals unique genetic
differences in African American patients
Prior studies have suggested that structural variants
of the genome play an important role in ADHD.
However, these studies...
Evaporation critical to coronavirus
transmission as weather changes
In a paper in Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing,
researchers studied the effects of relative humidity,
environmental temperature,...
Most infants are well even when moms
are infected by COVID-19, researchers
find
The study, led by researchers at UC San Francisco,
suggests that babies born to mothers infected with
the virus generally...
How night vision is maintained during
retinal degenerative disease
The study in mice suggests that second-order
neurons in the retina, which relay visual signals to
the retinal ganglion cells...
Suicidality among adult survivors of
childhood cancer
A recent study found that survivors of childhood
cancer have a similar risk of having suicidal
thoughts compared with other...
Caregiving factors may affect
hospitalization risk among disabled older
adults
Few studies have investigated the potential impact
of caregivers and caregiver factors on older adults’
likelihood...
Analysis reveals heart-related side effects
of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine
IMAGE: As the antimalarial drugs
hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have drawn
attention as potential therapies for...
Study finds lung transplant patients not
given antifungal preventive drugs have
higher risk of death
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Antifungal preventive
medications reduce mortality risk by half in the first
year following lung...
KIST develops ambient vibration energy
harvester with automatic resonance
tuning mechanism
Korean researchers have developed an energy
harvester that can generate electric power from
ambient vibrations with diverse...
Inside the secret lives of synchronous
fireflies
IMAGE: A stacked photograph of Photinus carolinus
fireflies flashing in the wild. view more Credit:
Peleg...
Controlling ultrastrong light-matter
coupling at room temperature
Physicists at Chalmers University of Technology in
Sweden, together with colleagues in Russia and
Poland, have managed to...
Boys’ club barriers create issues for
Australian boards
Pale, male and stale – it’s certainly stereotypical, but
it’s a saying that still holds water when it comes...
Covid: Have local lockdowns worked?
After a summer of gradual relaxation, the UK faces
the prospect of further nationwide restrictions. But
about a fifth of...
Covid: Deaths near lowest level since
March
Coronavirus contributed to 1% of all deaths in
England and Wales in the second week of this
month. That’s among the...
Covid: Ban on meeting in houses
extended across Scotland
Media captionNicola Sturgeon announces extension
of ban on meeting in houses A ban on visiting other
people’s...
Covid: Boris Johnson calls for ‘resolve’
to fight coronavirus over winter
Media captionBoris Johnson said that collective
health depends on “individual behaviour” Prime
Minister Boris...
At least 1,600 could have spread COVID-
19 on planes, CDC data show
At least 1,600 people who developed coronavirus
boarded planes and could have infected 11,000
more passengers – but...

22. Scientists develop model to determine
which US states are in a second wave of
coronavirus
Scientists have developed a mathematical model to
determine whether or not US states are in a ‘second
surge period’...
FDA will make it harder for COVID-19
vaccines to get approved
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is
expected to issue new, tougher requirements for its
approval of a coronavirus...
Fewer than 40% of Americans plan to get
a coronavirus vaccine as soon as one is
available
Fewer than 40% of Americans plan to get a
coronavirus vaccine as soon as one is available,
new survey finds as Trump pushes...
CDC advises Americans to not trick-or-
treating or to costume parties in new
coronavirus guidance
Halloween is canceled: CDC advises Americans to
not go trick-or-treating or to costume parties but to
stay home and carve...
Exercising regularly and not smoking can
have a dramatic effect on your lifespan
study shows
Healthy habits could add EIGHT YEARS to your life:
Exercising regularly and not smoking can have a
dramatic effect on your...
Why children ARE more protected from
severe COVID-19 than adults
Children may be protected from coronavirus by the
portion of the immune system that we have from
birth, a new study finds. Researchers...
UV-C light is effective for killing COVID-19
on N95s, study demonstrates
Researchers say the outside and inside of the
facemasks were decontaminated in a prototype
phototherapy unit that dispenses...
COVID-19 mortality rates higher among
men than women
“The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a striking
gender bias with increased mortality rates in men
compared with women...
Test, isolate, communicate: Keys to
controlling a COVID-19 outbreak in a
long-term care facility
A new study led by Carl Shrader, a physician and
researcher in the Department of Family Medicine in
the West Virginia University...
Small increase in risk of autism seen for
pre- and post-term births
The causes of ASD are complex and remain
unresolved, but they likely involve both genetic and
environmental factors. Some...
Who’s Tweeting about scientific
research? And why?
Scientists candidly tweet about their unpublished
research not only to one another but also to a
broader audience of engaged...
Nationwide study shows disparities in
COVID-19 infection for Black and
Hispanic people
Previous research suggests that people from racial
and ethnic minority backgrounds are at greater risk
of severe or deadly...
Is rheumatoid arthritis two different
diseases?
Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common type of
autoimmune arthritis, caused when the immune
system attacks healthy cells...
Complications from diabetes linked to
worse memory, IQ in children
DKA happens when diabetes goes undiagnosed or
is poorly managed. With DKA, blood sugar gets very
high as acidic substances...
COVID opens a partisan gap on voting by
mail
Before the pandemic, there wasn’t any difference in
the rates at which Democratic and Republican
voters actually cast...
Study shows light therapy is safe and
may benefit patients with TBI
BOSTON – Light therapy is safe and has
measurable effects in the brain, according to a
pioneering study by researchers...
Global change ecologist leads NASA
satellite study of rapid greening across
Arctic tundra
IMAGE: The study is the first to measure vegetation
changes across the Arctic tundra, from Alaska and
Canada to Siberia,...
Mount Sinai researchers develop COVID-
19 mortality prediction model
IMAGE: Evaluation results for test datasets 1 (A)
and 2 (B) are shown here in terms of the ROC
curves obtained, as...
Having high cholesterol levels early in life
leads to heart problems by middle age
Having elevated cholesterol during the teens or
early twenties increases a person’s risk of having a
heart attack,...
Stanford researchers combine CAT scans
and advanced computing to fight
wildfires
IMAGE: A piece of burning wood shown in X-ray
(left) and CAT scan (right). view more Credit:
Emeric Stephane...
News coverage in Chicago
disproportionately devalues Black and
Stanford psychologists investigate
COVID-19’s mental toll on teenagers

23. Hispanic lives
The recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor
and Ahmaud Arbery added new momentum to the
Black Lives Matter social movement...
The COVID-19 crisis has taken a psychological toll
on people of all ages, but one group especially
affected is teenagers....
CDC says its guidance that coronavirus
spreads through the air was posted ‘IN
ERROR’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) says it mistakenly published guidance
suggesting that the novel coronavirus...
Bill Gates predicts the US will have a
COVID-19 vaccine by early 2021
Bill Gates predicts the US will have a COVID-19
vaccine by early 2021 – but ‘how quickly we end the
pandemic’...
Pootack Orthopedic Seat Cushion review
Amazon
Hundreds of Amazon reviewers swear by this £19
orthopaedic cushion for creating a comfortable
home office By Emily Knott...
Fauci says ‘divisive state’ of US interferes
with COVID-19 response
Top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci
warned that the ‘divisive state’ of the US is getting in
the way...
CDC committee delays vote on who
should get coronavirus vaccines first in
nationwide rollout
CDC committee delays vote on who should get
coronavirus vaccines first in nationwide rollout until
they know which shots...
Projection versus reality: Experts say
Britain could fall well short of Prof
Vallance’s warning
Scientists have questioned whether the UK really
could see 50,000 new Covid-19 infections a day by
next month as projected...
Professor Lockdown stands by
doomsday forecast that sent Britain into
lockdown
One of Britain’s top Covid-19 experts has stood by
his prediction that half a million people could have
died without...
UK passes 400,000 total coronavirus
infections with rise of 4,926 in a day
Britain today recorded another 4,926 cases of
coronavirus, with the biggest rise since May 7 taking
the country’s total...
Strong markets for cultured meat across
meat-reducing Germany and France
The research, published in the journal Foods by an
international research team from the University of
Bath (UK), Université...
New study reveals why flu can be
devastating for pregnant women
The pre-clinical study has overturned current
scientific thinking on the reasons why flu infections
affect pregnant women...
Mental illness treatment varies widely
among American adolescents within and
across zip codes
Using a national database of insurance claims,
Princeton University researchers investigated the
type of treatment adolescents...
It is time to embrace cannabis for
medicinal use, say experts
Researchers found that hundreds of thousands of
UK patients were self-medicating with illegal
cannabis-based products for...
New drug candidate found for hand, foot
and mouth disease
The compound of interest is a small molecule that
binds to RNA, the virus’s genetic material, and
changes its 3-D shape...
Parkinson’s disease is not one, but two
diseases
This is the conclusion of a study which has just been
published in the leading neurology journal Brain. The
researchers behind...
Targeting the treatment of autoimmune
diseases
The body’s immunological memory enables the
immune system to respond more rapidly and
effectively to pathogens that...
Personal interactions are important
drivers of STEM identity in girls
In a new paper published in the Journal of Research
in Science Teaching, Hughes and her colleagues
took a much closer look...
Engineers pre-train AI computers to make
them even more powerful
In 2016, a supercomputer beat the world champion
in Go, a complicated board game. How? By using
reinforcement learning, a...
Study examines women’s attitudes
toward long-acting injectable therapy to
prevent HIV
Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a highly
effective method of reducing risk for HIV, yet use of
PrEP is uniformly...
NIH study details self-reported
experiences with post-exertional malaise
in ME/CFS
IMAGE: Using their own words and experiences,
people with ME/CFS described how debilitating
When bots do the negotiating, humans
more likely to engage in deceptive
techniques
Recently computer scientists at USC Institute of
Technologies (ICT) set out to assess under what

24. PEM can be in a study in... conditions humans would...
NASA imagery reveals strongest areas of
Tropical Storm Beta
IMAGE: On Sept. 21 at 3:29 p.m. EDT (1929 UTC)
NASA’s Aqua satellite analyzed Tropical Storm Beta
using the Atmospheric...
Mining molecular data with cryo-EM
unveils hidden biological secrets
IMAGE: Abhishek Singharoy is a researcher at the
Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery
and ASU’s...
NASA sees Hurricane Teddy threaten
Eastern Canada
IMAGE: On Sept. 22 at 1:55 a.m. EDT (0555 UTC),
the MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite
gathered temperature...
Smart cells: Chemists develop tool with
potential to treat illness at the cellular
level
New research by an international team of chemists
describes a new type of artificial cell that can
communicate with other...
Coronavirus restrictions are extended
across NI
Covid-19 restrictions are to be extended to all of
Northern Ireland from 18:00 BST on Tuesday, the
Stormont Executive has...
Covid: UK coronavirus alert level moving
to 4
The UK’s coronavirus alert level is being upgraded
from 3 to 4, meaning transmission is “high or rising
exponentially”,...
Flu jab ‘more important than ever’ this
winter
People are being advised to get a flu jab to help
protect against the “double danger” of flu and
coronavirus....
Covid: Pubs and restaurants in England
to have 10pm closing times
All pubs, bars, restaurants and other hospitality
venues in England must have a 22:00 closing time
from Thursday, to help...
TASTE test may predict how severely ill
coronavirus patients will become, study
finds
Could a TASTE test predict who will get severely ill
from coronavirus? Patients who can’t detect bitter
flavors are...
‘Do I need a hernia operation if I’m not in
pain?’: DR MARTIN SCURR answers your
health questions
My doctor has advised me to have my hernia
treated, even though it doesn’t cause me pain. I
would like to have the procedure...
Lack of sunshine does NOT make people
feel more depressed, new study claims
‘No such thing as the winter blues’: Lack of sunshine
does NOT make people feel more depressed, new
study claims A...
Can vitamin pills protect you from
cancer?
Winter is just around the corner, and with the fresh
threat of a second wave of Covid-19, you are
probably thinking of giving...
Are you willing to try DIY dentistry? We
review the at-home remedies to get your
teeth stuck into
A trip to the dentist tops the poll of things in life that
make us most nervous, according to the Oral Health
Foundation,...
The infection that could be more deadly
for students than coronavirus
Waking up with a pounding head and feeling sick,
student Ben de Souza put his symptoms down to a
hangover and decided...
Are migraines and the menopause linked
to cardiac issues?
When I did my cardiology training in the 1980s, I
learnt that women with chest pain were ‘weird’, with
strange symptoms. This...
Human trials of the Oxford coronavirus
vaccine are STILL on hold in the US over
safety fears
Human trials of Oxford’s vaccine are still on hold in
the US over safety concerns, two weeks after they
were first...
Corona-induced CO2 emission
reductions are not yet detectable in the
atmosphere
The corona pandemic has changed both our
working and our private lives. People increasingly
work from home, have video conferences...
Soft robots, origami combine for potential
way to deliver medical treatments
The researchers from The Ohio State University and
the Georgia Institute of Technology detailed their
discovery, which makes...
Richmond emergency room experienced
a surge in opioid overdoses during
pandemic
Nonfatal opioid overdose visits to the VCU Medical
Center emergency department in Richmond
increased from 102 between March...
‘Front of package’ nutrition labels
improved nutrition quality
“We wanted to know whether food companies were
responding to increased public interest in healthier
food,” says...
Researchers discover new molecules for
tracking Parkinson’s disease
BCG vaccination in infancy does not
protect against COVID-19, Swedish data