Dec. 8, 2020 — The binding of a SARS-CoV-2 virus surface protein spike -- a projection from the spherical virus particle -- to the human cell surface protein ACE2 is the first step to infection that may lead to ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — Injury or disease that afflicts a relatively small number of brain cells causes a chain reaction that stops activity across a vast network of neural circuits, according to new research. The study may ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — There is growing evidence that pregnant women who go beyond term, especially first time mothers and their infants, will benefit from induction of labor at 41 weeks, instead of expectant management ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — A study documenting four extinctions of large mammals on the Indian Subcontinent sheds light on why elephants, tigers, and rhinos still roam ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — Researchers at Cornell University are using smartphones to capture location and real-time survey data to examine how social environments encountered in everyday life may affect ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — Scientists have developed a possible new antibiotic for a pathogen that is notoriously resistant to medications and frequently lethal for people with cystic fibrosis and other lung ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — A greater obesity duration is associated with worse values for all cardiometabolic disease factors, according to a new ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — Researchers used brain organoids to identify two drug candidates that counteract the genetic deficiencies that cause Rett syndrome, a rare form of autism spectrum ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — Researchers say they've identified a way to disrupt a process that promotes the growth of pancreatic cancers -- one of the most difficult and deadly cancers to ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — After decades of narrowing gaps in health between infants born to the most and least advantaged American mothers, infant health inequality is increasing, portending a rise in health and social ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — Biologists have discovered how some corals managed to survive a globally unprecedented heatwave, in a first-ever study that provides new hope for the long-term survival of coral reefs in the face of ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — Researchers have found elevated levels of a biomarker related to blood vessel damage in children with SARS-CoV-2 infection, even if the children had minimal or no symptoms of COVID-19. They also ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — Engineers investigated how people's moods might affect their trust of autonomous products, such as smart speakers. They uncovered a complicated ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — Careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are one of the fastest-growing areas of work in the United States, yet racial and gender disparities remain in STEM occupations. A ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — A considerable number of existing and proposed post-2020 biodiversity targets are at risk of being severely compromised due to climate change, even if other barriers such as habitat exploitation are ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — A new study shows how 'tipping points' in the brain, responsible for diseases including epilepsy, can be better predicted by accounting for branches in networks of ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — Physicians in Geneva have shown that some of the troublesome symptoms of COVID-19 could last more than 6 weeks, even in patients without underlying risk ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — A ground-breaking method to label and track manufactured nano-plastics could signal a paradigm shift in how we understand and care for environments, finds a new ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — The quest to discover pioneering new ways in which to manipulate how light travels through electromagnetic materials has taken a new, unusual ...
Dec. 8, 2020 — Sore eyes are the most significant vision-based indicator of COVID-19, according to new ...
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