Newest Science News Blog 20200518

An Ancient Meteorite Is The First Chemical Evidence of Volcanic Convection on Mars
The idea of a volcanically active Mars just got a little more real
New solar panels suck water from air to cool themselves down
Like humans, solar panels don't work well when overheated. Now, researchers have found a way to make them "sweat"-allowing them to cool themselves and increase their power output.
Antihistamines may help patients with malignant melanoma
Can a very common allergy medicine improve survival among patients suffering from the serious skin cancer, malignant melanoma?
SwRI scientist modeled Mars climate to understand habitability
Study suggests terrestrial life unlikely to contaminate planet
Exploring why some COVID-19 patients lose their sense of smell
Two proteins required for SARS-CoV-2 entry are produced by cells of the nasal cavity that contribute to odor detection
World-first saliva test detects hidden throat cancer
A simple saliva test developed by QUT biomedical scientists has detected early throat cancer in a person who had no symptom and no clinical signs of cancer.
Coronavirus infection in children -- it may not start with a cough
Gastrointestinal symptoms, coupled with a fever or history of exposure to COVID-19, could indicate coronavirus infection in children
Not all twins are identical and that's been an evolutionary puzzle, until now
When a mother gives birth to twins, the offspring are not always identical or even the same gender. Known as fraternal twins, they represent a longstanding evolutionary puzzle.
Ice Age giant sloths died in a pit of their own poop
The animals may have been sickened after feces contaminated their watering hole
Geometry guided construction of earliest known temple, built 6,000 years before Stonehenge
Hunter-gatherers built colossal Göbekli Tepe 11,500 years ago in today's Turkey as a single structure of ritual significance, say Tel Aviv University researchers
Growing mountains or shifting ground: What is going on in Earth's inner core?
Best evidence yet that the Earth's inner core is rotating
Arthritis clinical trial shows support for dextrose injection to alleviate knee pain
Efficacy of intra-articular hypertonic dextrose (prolotherapy) for knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled trial
World’s biggest volcano is barely visible
Two small, guano-covered islands that peek above the waves in the central North Pacific Ocean are merely the tips of our planet's largest single volcano, new research reveals.
The north magnetic pole is leaving Canada for Siberia. These 'blobs' may be the reason why.
These 'blobs' may be the reason why. - Moving away because of a fierce tug-of-war battle being waged by two giant blobs hiding deep underground
Donut Sugar Could Help Stored Blood Last
Dehydrated blood that could be kept at room temperature for years may be possible thanks to a sugar used to preserve donuts-and made by tardigrades and brine shrimp so they can dry out and spring back with water.
Excess coffee consumption a culprit for poor health
Study shows that excess coffee consumption can cause poor health
Remdesivir Works Against Many Viruses. Why Aren’t There More Drugs Like It?
Antivirals that work against a large number of diverse viruses would help us prepare for new diseases, but creating them is a big biological challenge
Sitting in a freezer for years, potential SARS vaccine now ready for trial on usefulness against coronavirus
Thousands of doses of a potential vaccine for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome have been sitting in a freezer in Houston, Texas, shelved since 2016 after most of the world lost interest in the disease.
Surplus antioxidants are pathogenic for hearts and skeletal muscle
This discovery may have clinical importance in management of heart failure
Praying Mantises: More Deadly Than We Knew
New research shows these ferocious insects don't just hunt like robots.
Treatment with interferon-α2b speeds up recovery of COVID-19 patients in exploratory study
Treatment with IFN-?2b was shown for the first time to improve virus clearance and decrease levels of inflammatory markers in a cohort of COVID-19 patients
The Amazon Could Easily Be The Next Source of Coronaviruses, Scientist Warns
Human encroachment on animals' habitats is soaring there because of rampant deforestation
Antarctic Penguins Poop Out So Much Laughing Gas, It Has a Funny Effect on Researchers
Researchers went a little "cuckoo" studying them
COVID-19 Diary Week 4: The 'New Normal' Is Not Temporary
Normalcy is not happening
Global cooling event 4,200 years ago spurred rice's evolution, spread across Asia
Scientists use genomics, archeology, and climate data to reconstruct history of rice
SARS-CoV-2-Fighting T Cells Found in Recovered Patients
While the finding doesn't prove people become immune to the virus after infection, it is good news for vaccine development.
Coronavirus: A third of hospital patients develop dangerous blood clots
Up to 30% of patients who are seriously ill with coronavirus are developing dangerous blood clots, according to medical experts.
New ECU research finds 'Dr. Google' is almost always wrong
Online symptom checkers are only accurate about a third of the time, according to new Edith Cowan University research published in the Medical Journal of Australia today
Vitamin D: A Low-Hanging Fruit in COVID-19?
The mainstream media was flooded this week with reports speculating on what role, if any, vitamin D may play in reducing the severity of COVID-19 infection.

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