Low-Intensity Ultrasound Safe, Effective in Mild Alzheimer's
A new noninvasive procedure is safe and effective for treating patients with mild Alzheimer's disease, new research suggests.
Drug Used To Fight Tumors in Animals May Be Effective in Treating COVID-19
Scientists using the Advanced Photon Source have discovered that a drug used to fight tumors in animals might be effective against many types of coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2.
Huge Find of 400,000-Year-Old Bone Tools Challenges Our Understanding of Early Humans
98 elephant-bone tools at a site dating back some 400,000 years
Teacher with COVID symptoms went maskless, making her class an experiment
Study shows how small slip ups can fuel an outbreak.
New Study Finds Likely Driver of COVID-19 Deaths – Dispels Previous Theories
A buildup of coronavirus in the lungs is likely behind the steep mortality rates seen in the pandemic, a new study finds.
Intense exercise could trigger ALS in those with genetic risk
More research needs to be done to confirm the link.
A breathing tube through the butt could be an alternative to mechanical ventilators
Inspired by animals that breathe through their butts, scientists show that mammals can also harness the incredible breathing ability of our butts
Can Birds Help Us Avoid Natural Disasters?
Researchers think birds can hear hurricanes and tsunamis―a sense they’re hoping to tap into to develop a bird-based early warning system.
Atomic-scale imaging reveals ants use zinc to sharpen their teeth
Tiny creatures have a built-in set of tools that would be the envy of any carpenter or surgeon
Israel’s COVID-19 boosters are preventing infections, new studies suggest
Protection increases in the weeks following a third dose, but it’s unclear how long the effect will last
Moderna's Vaccine Creates Twice as Many Antibodies as Pfizer's
Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine generates more than double the antibodies seen from Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new research letter published Monday in JAMA.
Solving a long-standing biological search problem
How the cell can mend broken DNA using another DNA copy as template has puzzled researchers for years.
Huge, gold-standard study shows unequivocally that surgical masks work to reduce coronavirus spread
Surgical masks are better than cloth ones.
Beer Was Drunk in China 9,000 Years Ago, But It Likely Wasn't For Recreation
Points to the drinking having been part of a ritual ceremony relating to the burial of the dead
New evidence supports idea that America's first civilization was made up of 'sophisticated' engineers
Early Indigenous people were highly skilled engineers capable of building massive earthen structures in a matter of months
New 'mu' coronavirus variant could escape vaccine-induced immunity, WHO says
The World Health Organization has added "mu" to it's list of "variants of interest."
India’s DNA COVID vaccine is a world first – more are coming
The ZyCoV-D vaccine heralds a wave of DNA vaccines for various diseases that are undergoing clinical trials around the world.
New source for earthquakes and tsunamis in the Greater Tokyo Region identified
Sandy deposits from the Boso Peninsula region (50 km east of Tokyo) attributed to an unusually large tsunami that occurred about 1,000 years ago
Extensive Chains of Volcanoes Provides Safety Valve for Earth’s Long-Term Climate
Extensive chains of volcanoes have been responsible for both emitting and then removing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), stabilizing temperatures at Earth’s surface.
AA Unique Mixture of Salts Could Have Sparked Life on Primordial Earth, Study Hints
Mixture of salts, mixed with heat flows from molten rock, could have contributed to formation of self-replicating biomolecules
New Concept Drug Successfully Hunts Down Late-Stage Prostate Cancer
A new class of drug successfully targets treatment-resistant prostate cancers and prolongs the life of patients.
Study reveals threat of catastrophic supervolcano eruptions ever-present
Prompts the need for a rethink of how these potentially catastrophic events are predicted
Coronavirus epidemics first hit more than 21,000 years ago
The most recent common ancestor of these viruses existed more than 21,000 years ago
Heavier Stars Might not Explode as Supernovae, Just Quietly Implode Into Black Holes
New study suggests it isn’t the case that all stars above about ten solar masses will end as a supernova, as generally thought
Study of 6.2 Million Patients Reveals No Serious Health Effects Linked to mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
Study of 6.2 million patients by Kaiser Permanente and CDC researchers will continue for 2 years.