- Covid-19 outbreaks are growing fastest in Hull, Derby, and Bath according to official UK data. Hospital admissions for Covid-19 in England spiked by almost a third in a week. - SAGE is calling for a national lockdown in the UK to "save" Christmas and avoid over 85,000 deaths projected this winter if no action is taken. - A study found that Covid-19 positive individuals spread the infection to others living in their household 53% of the time, with children just as likely to transmit the virus.

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Nearly 100,000 people in England
catching Covid-19 every day, ‘worrying’
Government-led study finds
Nearly 100,000 Britons are getting infected with
coronavirus every day, according to results of
Government-led surveillance...
Average body temperature among healthy
adults declined over the past two
decades
Over time, however, and in more recent years, lower
body temperatures have been widely reported in
healthy adults. A 2017...
Male fin whales surprise scientists by
swapping songs
IMAGE: A glimpse of a fin whale taken off the coast
of San Diego, California. NMFS Permit 17312 view
more Credit:...
Some COVID-19 "long haulers"
experience lasting skin problems
BOSTON – Some patients with COVID-19 have
persistent skin-related symptoms long after their
initial infection has cleared,...
New analysis reveals ‘long-hauler’
COVID-19 patients with prolonged skin
symptoms
LUGANO, 29 October, 2020 – Some COVID-19
patients experience long-lasting skin symptoms that
vary according to type...
New evidence shows microbe strain can
orally treat systemic inflammation in
psoriasis
LUGANO, 29 October, 2020 – Disruptive
innovations in psoriasis are leading the way at
EADV’s 29th Congress, EADV...
Effective stroke drugs are saving the NHS
millions
Drugs prescribed to high-risk stroke patients are
costing the NHS hundreds of millions each year –
but they are so...
International team tracks record-setting
smoke cloud from Australian wildfires
IMAGE: USask researcher Prof. Adam Bourassa
view more Credit: Submitted/USask SASKATOON –
Researchers...
Seesaw of Indo-Pacific summer
monsoons triggered by the tropical
Atlantic Ocean
IMAGE: The increasing influences from the tropical
Atlantic sea surface temperature could trigger the
observed multidecadal...
Study measures effectiveness of different
face mask materials when coughing
A team of researchers have tested everything from
t-shirts and socks to jeans and vacuum bags to
determine what type of mask...
East London mural honours NHS
workforce
Giant new mural celebrates NHS. Video,
00:02:01Giant new mural celebrates NHS
Covid-19: ‘Too early to say’ what
Christmas rules will be says minister
Macron declares second national lockdown in
France The tough new curbs on travel, businesses
and gatherings are aimed at...
Covid-19: Nearly 100,000 catching virus
every day
France and Germany have turned to forms of
lockdown to control the virus.
Coronavirus US: Trump administration to
pay $375m for antibody drug
Trump administration will pay Eli Lilly $375 million
for 300,000 doses of its coronavirus antibody drug if
FDA approves the...
Coronavirus US: 94k children infected in
two weeks, 800k in total
Coronavirus infections among American children
make up 11 percent of all cases in the US, a new
report finds. As of October...
Coronavirus US: CDC says 20% adults
under 30 DON’T wear face masks
The youngest American adults are by far the worst
at taking precautions to help reduce the spread of
coronavirus, the Centers...
Eli Lilly’s antibody drug lowers viral loads
and improves symptoms in mildly ill
COVID-19 patients
Eli Lilly Co’s coronavirus antibody treatment can
almost completely reduce viral loads in COVID-19
patients to zero...
Coronavirus: Destructive ‘autoantibodies’
develop in some survivors
Immune cells that coronavirus survivors develop in
an attempt to fight the infection may turn on some of
them, attacking...

9. Risk of breast cancer linked to receiving
HRT during menopause is lower risk than
previously feared
Risk of breast cancer linked to receiving HRT during
menopause is a lower risk than previously feared,
study shows Oxford...
Death rates among people with severe
COVID-19 drop by a half in England
An analysis of over 21,000 hospital admissions,
published in Critical Care Medicine, found a
significant drop in death rates...
Genetic analysis system yields new
insights into bacterial pneumonia
“Bacterial pneumonia is a lot more common, and
more deadly, after a viral infection. Historically, a lot
of the deaths...
Paracetamol poisonings up
Paracetamol is the most widely used painkiller in the
world. “It is a very safe drug, but only for short-term
pain...
A patch that could help heal broken
hearts
To effectively treat MI, lost heart muscle tissue must
regenerate and new blood vessels must form to
restore oxygen and nutrients...
Study helps explain why motivation to
learn declines with age
This circuit is particularly important for learning to
make decisions that require evaluating the cost and
reward that come...
Researchers uncover health disparities in
childhood obesity and access to
treatments
The use of bariatric surgery to treat severe obesity
in adolescents, and the racial disparities in access to
that treatment,...
Forecasting elections with a model of
infectious diseases
IMAGE: Voters can interact both within and between
states, thus potentially influencing each other’s
political...
Reliable quality-control of graphene and
other 2D materials is routinely possible
IMAGE: New experiments confirm that the Bell-
Shaped-Component (BSC) is a reliable diagnostic of
the quality of graphene...
SoundWatch: New smartwatch app alerts
d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing users to
birdsong, sirens and other desired
sounds
IMAGE: University of Washington researchers have
developed a smartwatch app for d/Deaf and hard-of-
hearing people who...
New sulfur dioxide conversion method
may transform current industrial
techniques
IMAGE: Schematic illustration of the plasma
catalytic sulfur dioxide reduction with hydrogen or
methane to sulfur at...
Location and extent of coral reefs
mapped worldwide using advanced AI
IMAGE: Visual comparisons of a map by the United
Nations Environment Program World Conservation
Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC),...
Shot of alcohol can help an irregular
heartbeat
Research out in this week’s issue of JAMA confirms
the success of a treatment for persistent atrial
fibrillation (AFib)...
Study finds seabird ecosystem shift in
Falkland islands
IMAGE: A rookery of black-browed albatross nests
at a windy, exposed tussac grassland on West Point
Island in the Falkland...
Ministers should divert the money spent
on Test and Trace system to local health
teams
Doctors have called on the Government to divert the
millions of pounds spent on the private firms behind
the bungling NHS...
No10’s publicly-available coronavirus
statistics are ‘disparate’, top scientists
warn
Number 10‘s publicly-available coronavirus statistics
are ‘disparate’ and mask the true scale of
England’s...
Coronavirus vaccines must be compared
and ‘only most effective used’
As scientists race to develop a coronavirus vaccine
to bring the world back to normal, MailOnline has
taken a look at the...
PM under new pressure for second
lockdown: SAGE scientists predict
second wave ‘deadlier than first’
The government’s scientific advisers are urging the
Prime Minister to prepare for a second wave of
coronavirus that...
Coronavirus UK: Vaccine tsar warns first
approved jabs may not work
1. GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur: 60million
doses The Government revealed on July 29 it had
signed a deal with pharmaceutical...
Around 1.4% of Covid-19 patients will
suffer a stroke, scientists warn
At least one in every 100 Covid-19 patients admitted
to hospital will suffer a stroke, according to fresh
data. Academics...
Coronavirus UK: Independent scientists
blast SAGE lockdown approach
Coronavirus UK: ALL of Nottinghamshire
in Tier 3 lockdown from Friday

10. A coronavirus lockdown row erupted today after
No10‘s scientific advisers called for another national
shutdown to...
Manchester’s Nightingale hospital today became the
first moth-balled facility in England to open up again
in an attempt...
‘Fast’ MRI detects breast cancers that 3-D
mammograms may miss
Surprised, Reisboard scheduled an appointment to
undergo an abbreviated MRI at Penn Medicine.
Twelve hours later, she received...
Estrogenic and anti-estrogenic effects of
PFASs could depend on the presence of
estrogen
PFASs have been widely used in a variety of
household products, including non-stick coatings,
polishes, fire-retardant foams...
Judges’ decisions in sport focus more on
vigor than skill
The research was conducted by experts in animal
behaviour from the University of Plymouth’s School
of Biological and...
Specific and rapid expansion of blood
vessels
Research team leader Professor Ferdinand le Noble
of the Department of Cell and Developmental
Biology at the KIT explains...
An artificial cell on a chip
In order to survive, grow and divide, cells rely on a
multitude of different enzymes that catalyze many
successive reactions....
Models for potential precursors of cells
endure simulated early-Earth conditions
IMAGE: Membraneless compartments, called
complex coacervates, which form micrometer-sized
droplets (center), are widely...
Younger knee replacement patients more
likely to require reoperation
IMAGE: James Keeney, MD, associate professor of
orthopaedic surgery at the University of Missouri
School of Medicine ...
How hard is it to vote in your state?
IMAGE: A graphic ranking of ease of vote across the
United States. view more Credit: Northern Illinois
University DeKalb,...
Machine learning helps hunt for COVID-
19 therapies
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State University
Foundation Professor Guowei Wei wasn’t preparing
machine learning...
Why are some COVID-19 infected people
asymptomatic?
IMAGE: The research was carried out in a
collaboration between researchers from Aarhus
University and Aarhus University...
New dataset provides county-level
exposure numbers for tropical cyclones,
human health
IMAGE: Study area and storms considered in this
study. The lines show the paths of the study storms,
which included...
Cracking the secrets of dinosaur
eggshells
IMAGE: Researchers studied eggshell
microstructures to help estimate whether an
unknown sample was laid by an ornithopod...
Let’s (not) stick together
IMAGE: Researchers used pendant drop
elastometry to compress and expand the biofilm that
the PASL cells formed. ...
Covid: Why is coronavirus such a threat?
Remember the last pandemic? In 2009 there were
huge fears about H1N1, aka swine flu.
Coronavirus doctor’s diary: ‘We blame
Eat Out To Help Out for our tragedy’
The residents of Springwood Avenue, Avenue Road
and Parkside Road survived the first wave of the
Covid pandemic relatively...
Skin cancer: How do I check my moles
for signs of melanoma?
Biden hits new battleground, Trump blitzes Midwest
Joe Biden blasts Donald Trump as a conman, while
the president promises...
Coronavirus: Europe’s daily deaths rise
by nearly 40% compared with last week
While infections surged in Italy too, to almost 22,000
in the past 24 hours, officials said testing had also
been ramped...
Coronavirus US: 6% hospitalized in May
were health care workers
Health care workers made up 6% of all US
hospitalized coronavirus patients through May – and
4% of them died, CDC report...
Hospitals in the Midwest and Southwest
are seeing record levels of COVID-19
patients
Hospitals across the US – including in the Great
Plains, the Midwest and the Southwest – are seeing
record highs...
About 20% of US adults under 30 do NOT
wear a face mask, CDC finds
The youngest American adults are by far the worst
at taking precautions to help reduce the spread of
coronavirus, the Centers...
New York City’s coronavirus outbreak
spread from more European sources than
first reported
New study shows food rich in omega-3
EPA & ALA can reduce risk of death after
heart attack

11. Previous testing had detected the first case of the
virus on March 3 before infections exploded
throughout the metropolitan...
IMAGE: Findings from a large study show regular
consumption of foods rich in omega-3s, including
walnuts and fish,...
Coastal Greenland reshaped as
Greenland ice sheet mass loss
accelerates
Ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet has
accelerated significantly over the past two decades,
transforming the shape of...
Mountain gorillas are good neighbours
Mountain gorilla groups are friendly to familiar
neighbours – provided they stay out of “core” parts
of...
Greater prostate cancer incidence;
mortality among Black men linked to
genetic alterations
Bottom Line: Prostate cancer tumors from African
American men had higher frequencies of certain
genetic alterations that...
Scientists discover new organic
compounds that could have helped form
the first cells
IMAGE: A new study by scholars based at the Earth-
Life Science Institute at Tokyo Institute of
Technology showed that...
How computer scientists and marketers
can create a better CX with AI
Researchers from Erasmus University, The Ohio
State University, York University, and London
Business School published a new...
Coral researchers find link between
bacterial genus and disease
susceptibility
IMAGE: Healthy and diseased Acropora cervicornis
(OSU College of Science) view more Credit: (OSU
College of...
Reforestation plans in Africa could go
awry
The state of mature ecosystems must be taken into
account before launching massive reforestation
plans in sub-Saharan Africa,...
New York City’s coronavirus outbreak
spread from more European sources than
first reported
Previous testing had detected the first case of the
virus on March 3 before infections exploded
throughout the metropolitan...
Single brain region links depression and
anxiety, heart disease, and treatment
sensitivity
Depression is a debilitating disorder affecting
hundreds of millions of people worldwide, but people
experience it differently....
Study finds PTSD interacts with klotho
gene, may cause premature aging in the
brain
Researchers from the National Center for PTSD at
VA Boston Healthcare System and Boston
University School of Medicine (BUSM)...
Now Edinburgh hospital cancels non-
urgent procedures to make room for
Covid patients
Hospitals in Leeds and Edinburgh have been forced
to cancel non-urgent operations in order to make
room for coronavirus patients,...
Tiny golden bullets could help tackle
asbestos-related cancers
In a study published today in journal Small, the
researchers demonstrate that once inside the
cancer cells, the nanotubes...
Langerhans cells are up to the job, they
just need a chance
A significant proportion of patients who receive
blood stem cells develop acute graft-versus-host
disease (aGVHD), which...
Coronavirus: Aspirin-taking patients ‘47%
less likely to die’
Taking aspirin could reduce the risk of hospitalized
Covid-19 patients falling severely ill or dying, a new
study suggests. Researchers...
Cancer’s dangerous renovations to our
chromosomes revealed
This remodeling is important because the
arrangement of the components in our
chromosomes actually affects the workings of...
New tactic to stop the growth of a deadly
brain cancer
For some time, scientists have observed a tumour’s
ability to recruit cells from the immune system. Until
now, they...
Britain’s Covid-19 deaths rise by 55% in a
week with 761 victims recorded in latest
seven-day spell
The number of Britons dying from Covid-19 reached
a four-month high last week after they rose by more
than 50 per cent in...
Eight in 10 Covid-19 hospital patients are
vitamin D deficient, study
Further proof that vitamin D could protect people
from coronavirus emerged today after a study found
deficiencies in the...
Neutrons chart atomic map of COVID-19’s
viral replication mechanism
IMAGE: The first neutron structure of the SARS-
CoV-2 main protease enzyme revealed unexpected
electrical charges in...
New strategy for treating common retinal
diseases shows promise
LA JOLLA, CA–Scientists at Scripps Research have
uncovered a potential new strategy for treating eye
diseases that...

12. Coronavirus UK: 367 deaths and 21,331
new cases in daily toll
Britain today recorded 367 more Covid-19 victims in
the highest daily death toll since the end of May as a
senior health...
Coronavirus: Infection as likely if you
stay in the UK, says ONS
People are now just as likely to catch coronavirus in
England as they are if they went abroad on holiday,
official data suggests. Before...
Hurricanes pack a bigger punch for
Florida’s west coast
IMAGE: Dr. Joanne Muller (left) and Ilexxis Morales
(right) using a hand coring technique, with a 3-meter
core and...
Cucurbit downy mildew pathogen has two
genetically distinct host-adapted clades
IMAGE: Field work in North Carolina view more
Credit: E. C. Wallace, K. N. D’Arcangelo, and L. M.
Quesada-Ocampo Cucurbit...
Coronavirus UK: Heatmaps show how
quickly second wave spread
Britain’s second wave of coronavirus lurched from
being a handful of small outbreaks to penetrating the
entire UK and...
Differences in malaria clearance between
males and females
The findings, originally posted on the preprint server
medRxiv*, suggest that biological sex-based
differences are an important...
Astronomers are bulging with data
For the first time, over 250 million stars in our
galaxy’s bulge have been surveyed in near-
ultraviolet, optical, and...
Drug resistance linked to antibiotic use
and patient transfers in hospitals
Antimicrobial resistance is a growing global health
threat, but preventing it takes smart choices at the
local level. The...
Proton regulator of essential cancer
microRNA
Understanding how miRNAs are regulated has been
the focus of intense recent study. Over the years,
scientists have discovered...
Innovative surgery restores movement in
patients with Parsonage-Turner syndrome
IMAGE: Orthopedic surgeons at Hospital for Special
Surgery performed successful microsurgery to repair
damaged nerves...
What do breast cancer cells feel inside
the tumor?
“We are now able to see these features because our
approach allows us to take measurements within
living, intact, 3D...
Cancer treatment without side effects?
Charles Limoli, professor of radiation oncology at
UCI, and Marie-Catherine Vozenin, associate
professor of radiation oncology...
More than half of American adults with
advanced MS report mistreatment by
caregivers
IMAGE: Dr. Elizabeth Morrison-Banks is a health
sciences clinical professor at UC Riverside. view
more Credit:...
Empathy may be in the eye of the
beholder
But do we always want people to show empathy?
Not so, said researchers from the University of
California, Davis. A recently...
Scientists use clues in the human
genome to discover new inflammatory
syndrome
Nearly 125 million people in the U.S. live with some
form of a chronic inflammatory disease. Many of
these diseases have...
Coronaviruses are masters of mimicry,
new study finds
NEW YORK, NY (Oct. 27, 2020)–Coronaviruses are
adept at imitating human immune proteins that have
been implicated in...
Scientists map structure of potent
antibody against coronavirus
The antibody — a tiny, Y-shaped protein that is one
of the body’s premier weapons against pathogens
including...
Covid nurse: ‘I thought I wasn’t going to
make it’
She is acutely aware from personal experience and
many reports, that people from ethnic minorities are
at greater risk of...
Syria: Inside a refugee camp where Covid
is spreading
Doctors expect ‘Covid catastrophe’ in Syria. Video,
00:03:25Doctors expect ‘Covid catastrophe’ in...
India’s first ‘saviour sibling’ cures brother
of fatal illness
At the time, many questioned whether the baby boy
was really wanted or merely “created as a medical
commodity”...
Covid has thrived on racial
discrimination, says Baroness Doreen
Lawrence
Coronavirus cases to be tracked by ethnicity
Eli Lilly ends antibody drug trial early
after it failed to help patients recover
Eli Lilly ends paused trial of antibody drug and
remdesivir after the NIH found the combo failed to
help recovery of hospitalized...

13. Coronavirus patients with heart damage
are up to 11 times more likely to die than
those without it
Hospitalized coronavirus patients with heart damage
are up to ELEVEN times more likely to die than
those without it, study...
Fewer than 4% of people in Wuhan with
no covid history have antibodies
Fewer than four percent of people in Wuhan, the city
where the coronavirus pandemic began last year,
have antibodies to the...
Hospitalized patients taking aspirin daily
were 47% less likely to die of COVID-19
Taking aspirin could reduce the risk of hospitalized
Covid-19 patients falling severely ill or dying, a new
study suggests. Researchers...
Business minister defends test and trace
boss Baroness Dido Harding
The former chief executive of TalkTalk, who was at
the helm of the company when it was hit by an £80
million cyber attack...
Covid-19 vaccine could still work,
scientists claim
A coronavirus vaccine could trigger an immune
response that lasts for much longer than the natural
protection derived from...
Ultrasounds show impact of COVID-19 on
the heart
“Early detection of structural abnormalities may
dictate more appropriate treatments, including
anticoagulation and...
New COVID-19 related genes — helpful
and harmful — found in massive screen
The pro-viral and anti-viral role of these genes will
help guide scientists in development of new
therapies to combat COVID-19,...
Over 80 percent of COVID-19 patients
have vitamin D deficiency, study finds
Vitamin D is a hormone the kidneys produce that
controls blood calcium concentration and impacts
the immune system. Vitamin...
Scientists discover how a common
mutation leads to ‘night owl’ sleep
disorder
People with this condition are unable to fall asleep
until late at night (often after 2 a.m.) and have
difficulty getting...
Biomarkers could be used in a quick,
inexpensive COVID-19 blood screening
tool
“As the second wave progresses and COVID-19
cases rise, there is an overwhelming demand for
testing,” says Dr....
Black Hispanic individuals hardest hit by
COVID-19
Results from previous COVID-19 research have
shown that Latinx populations, as a whole, have
worse outcomes compared to other...
Random effects key to containing
epidemics
“The key idea is that, at low infection numbers,
fluctuations can alter the course of the epidemics
significantly,...
Aerosol microdroplets inefficient carriers
of COVID-19 virus
Modeling of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in confined
spaces suggests aerosol transmission is not a very
efficient route. The results...
What do breast cancer cells feel inside
the tumour?
Using a new technique, a team of McGill University
researchers has found tiny and previously
undetectable ‘hot spots’...
Surprising players in acute liver failure
point to potential treatment
Acute liver failure is a devastating, rapidly
progressing disease that results in death in 80% of
cases, unless an emergency...
Cancer cells mediate immune
suppression in the brain
Scientists have long believed that the brain protects
itself from an aggressive immune response to keep
down inflammation....
Biodiversity monitoring programmes
need a culture of collaboration
IMAGE: The participation of expert volunteers in
Citizen Science projects (here at the Butterfly
Monitoring Germany,...
A question of affinity
Most of us are familiar with silicon solar cells, which
can be found on the rooftops of modern houses.
These cells are made...
Genetic analysis of B. infantis strains
reveal functional superiority of activated
EVC001 in infants
IMAGE: Evolve BioSystems Logo view more Credit:
Evolve BioSystems DAVIS, Calif., Oct. 27, 2020 –
While...
Surprisingly mature galaxies in the early
Universe
IMAGE: Artist’s illustration of a dusty, rotating distant
galaxy, in the early universe. In this image, the red...
Tailoring 2D materials to improve
electronic and optical devices
IMAGE: Researchers led by Shengxi Huang,
assistant professor of electrical engineering and
biomedical engineering at...
When signs of dementia could actually be
depression: Brain decline hiding mental
illness
Paul Garnett felt ‘incredibly embarrassed’ explaining
to his GP at the age of 71 that his depression was
out...

14. Pollution ‘has made Covid-19 deadlier’:
100,000 deaths worldwide ‘could have
been avoided’
Air pollution may have contributed to 170,000
coronavirus deaths worldwide, a study has
claimed. An international team...
Fewer than HALF of Americans are now
avoiding restaurants and gatherings
compared to 80% in April
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to drag on, fewer
Americans are taking measures to reduce the
spread of coronavirus. During...
Are tailor-made supplements really worth
the money?
Decide you want to take a vitamin supplement or
two, and you face a barrage of choice — in price,
formulations and health...
Robot hip replacement gets you home
from the hospital and walking the same
day
Just a few months ago, James Franklin was
struggling to do everyday tasks because of constant
pain in both of his hips. The...
Months after falling ill with the virus,
puppeteer Matthew Corbett has had to
move home for care
Sooty puppeteer Matthew Corbett first experienced
symptoms of Covid-19 when he popped down to the
cellar to fetch a bottle...
FIFTY Northern Tory MPs demand a
‘roadmap out of lockdown’: Boris
Johnson faces a ‘red wall’ revolt
WHAT ARE THE TIER THREE RULES? AND
WHEN DO THEY COME INTO FORCE? Warrington
will be subject to Tier Three lockdown rules...
Just 4% of England has antibodies now,
government study finds
Far fewer Britons have coronavirus antibodies now
than at the peak of the first wave, according to a
Government-led study. It...
War songs and lullabies behind origins of
music
In an article published recently in the journal
Behavioral and Brain Sciences, a team of
anthropologists and psychologists...
Tracking evolution of SARS-CoV-2 virus
mutations
A group of graduate students in a spring-semester
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology class at Illinois
tracked the mutation...
Estimating risk of airborne COVID-19 with
mask usage, social distancing
In Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing, researchers
from Johns Hopkins University and the University of
Mississippi used...
CRISPR screen identifies genes, drug
targets to protect against SARS-CoV-2
infection
In order to better understand the complex
relationships between host and virus genetic
dependencies, the team used a broad...
T-cells from recovered COVID-19 patients
show promise to protect vulnerable
patients from infection
“We found that many people who recover from
COVID-19 have T-cells that recognize and target
viral proteins of SARS-CoV-2,...
Time-keeping brain protein influences
memory
The brain contains ‘clock’ neurons that mold
circadian behaviors and link them to cues from the
environment,...
Artificially sweetened drinks may not be
heart healthier than sugary drinks
Research has shown that diets including beverages
sweetened with sugar can have a negative impact
on cardio-metabolic health....
Localized vaccination surveillance could
help prevent measles outbreaks
The research also shows that when people who are
not vaccinated are geographically clustered, the
probability and size of...
On-surface synthesis of graphene
nanoribbons could advance quantum
devices
IMAGE: Scientists synthesized graphene
nanoribbons, shown in yellow, on a titanium dioxide
substrate, in blue. The...
Wildlife flock to backyards for food from
people
To see wildlife in the Triangle, sometimes you need
go no further than your own backyard. A new study
helps explain why some...
The BrainHealth project could create a
resilient economy
DALLAS (October 26, 2020) – After the COVID-19
pandemic crippled the global economy, scientists at
the Center for BrainHealth®,...
Risk score predicts prognosis of
outpatients with COVID-19
BOSTON – A new artificial intelligence-based score
considers multiple factors to predict the prognosis of
individual...
‘White matter lesion’ mapping tool
identifies early signs of dementia
IMAGE: Caption: MRI image of human brain shows
multiple bright spots (white matter hyperintensities)
in center Courtesy...
Vampire bats social distance when they
get sick
IMAGE: A new paper in Behavioral Ecology finds
that wild vampire bats that are sick spend less time
Postpartum depression may persist three
years after giving birth
A National Institutes of Health study of 5,000 women
has found that approximately 1 in 4 experienced

15. near others from... high levels of depressive...
Swiss fatalism protects against negative
feelings in the pandemic
Trust or disappointment in government crisis
management is an important factor for the general
mood, shows a study by the...
Covid: Nottingham to move into tier 3
Though it did have the highest figures in the UK
earlier this month, Nottingham’s seven-day rate of
infection has dropped...
Boots to offer 12-minute turnaround on
Covid nasal swab test
The technology has been developed by LumiraDx,
which has also struck a deal to provide supplies to
the NHS in Scotland.
Don’t hold home firework displays, urge
doctors
Fireworks thrown at West Bromwich crowd hits
police officer
Covid: Antibodies ‘fall rapidly after
infection’
There have been very few confirmed cases of
people getting Covid twice. However, the
researchers warn this may be due to...
Popping jaw, cracking shoulder, whistling
nose …Your very noisy body (and what it
all means)
You may want a quiet life, but your body has
different ideas, gurgling, clicking and buzzing all day
long. Sometimes, these...
Under the microscope: Novelist Shirley
Conran, 88, answers our health quiz
Under the microscope: Novelist Shirley Conran, 88,
answers our health quiz By Yvonne Swan For The
Daily Mail Published:...
US is still in an ‘elongated first wave’ of
the pandemic, Dr Fauci says
The U.S. is still in its first wave of the coronavirus
pandemic, top infectious disease physician Dr
Anthony Fauci believes. ‘I...
Are the crippling side-effects of new
cancer ‘wonder drugs’ worth the risk?
Surviving cancer against the odds can give patients
a new lease of life. But what if the very drugs that
save them then leave...
My blood pressure worries me, can you
help? DR MARTIN SCURR answers your
health questions
Q: My blood pressure worries me. The top number
is very high, between 138 and 216, while the bottom
number is in the 70s...
Eureka! The once-a-night pill that can
banish snoring by easing the symptoms
of sleep apnoea
A Pill taken at bedtime could stop snoring for good.
The new tablet eases the symptoms of obstructive
sleep apnoea (OSA)...
12-minute Covid test expected to be
available at Boots within weeks
Boots is launching a coronavirus testing service with
results in just 12 minutes. The high-speed test has
proved 97 per cent...
Coronavirus: UK recording more daily
deaths per million than US
Britain is now recording more Covid-19 deaths each
day for the size of its population than the US for the
first time since...
How exercise stalls cancer growth
through the immune system
“The biology behind the positive effects of exercise
can provide new insights into how the body
maintains health as...
Hard physical work may significantly
increase the risk of dementia
The general view has been that physical activity
normally reduces the risk of dementia, just as
another study from the University...
State gun laws may help curb violence
across state lines: study
Results of the study appear in the journal
Epidemiology, and are based on an analysis of
county-level data on firearm homicides...
Can scientists take the STING out of
common respiratory viruses?
Published in the Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences, the research reveals an
Achilles heel of rhinoviruses,...
Microplastics in groundwater (and our
drinking water) present unknown risk
While microplastics in groundwater likely affect
human health, only a handful of studies have
examined the abundance and...
Most dentists have experienced
aggression from patients
The study, published in the October issue of the
Journal of the American Dental Association, is the
first to document aggression...
New map of the immune landscape in
pancreatic cancer could guide
immunotherapy
A new study led by the University of Michigan Rogel
Cancer Center combined single-cell RNA
sequencing with two other investigative...
New insights into a potential target for
autoimmune disease
‘What wound did ever heal but by
degrees?’ delayed wound healing due to
gene mutations

16. Consequently, controlling the numbers and activity
of Tregs is crucial in maintaining health. New
findings from a multi-institutional...
“Wound healing is one of the most complex
biological processes,” write Professor Kazumitsu
Sugiura and Dr Kenta...
Impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal species
on heterodera glycines
IMAGE: Soybean plants with and without AMF
species view more Credit: M. L. Pawlowski and G.
L. Hartman Introduced...
Floating gardens: More than just a pretty
place
IMAGE: Floating garden in summer. view more
Credit: Credit Abigail Heath. Boulder, Colo., USA:
Floating...
Common liverwort study has implications
for crop manipulation
A new study on genetic pathways in the common
liverwort could have future implications for crop
manipulation. The findings...
Haunted house researchers investigate
the mystery of playing with fear
Chainsaw-wielding maniacs and brain-munching
zombies are common tropes in horror films and
haunted houses, which, in normal...
Phytoplasma effector proteins devastate
host plants through molecular mimicry
Phytoplasma are a type of bacteria that live within
the cells and cause devastating diseases with
damaging effects. For example,...
Why do certain chemotherapies increase
the likelihood of blood cancer?
In recent years, improvements in cancer therapy
have led to a significant increase in cancer
survivorship. Experts estimate...
Healthcare as a climate solution
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — Although the link may not
be obvious, healthcare and climate change — two
issues that...
Heart inflammation in athletes who
survive COVID-19 is NOT a major
concern, say US doctors
Doctors say heart inflammation in American athletes
who survived COVID-19 is not a major concern.
Recent reports have found...
Rule of six and 10pm curfew is likely to
have had ‘ZERO effect’ on reducing
contacts, study claims
The ‘rule of six’ and 10pm curfew have likely had
‘zero effect’ in reducing the spread of Covid-19,...
NHS used HALF as many ICU beds during
Covid-19 crisis in the spring as France
The NHS used half as many intensive care beds as
France, Belgium and other badly-hit European
nations during the Covid-19...
Britain is now recording more Covid-19
deaths per million people each day than
the US
Britain is now recording more Covid-19 deaths each
day for the size of its population than the US for the
first time since...
How Britain’s Covid-19 outbreak has
slowed down: Analysis of figures
Britain’s coronavirus outbreak has slowed
significantly since the start of the month, suggesting
the latest suite of...
Self-isolation row as No10 confirms it IS
looking at halving it to SEVEN days
Self-isolation row as No10 confirms it IS looking at
halving it to SEVEN days for those who come into
contact with Covid...
US reports record 481,000 new
coronavirus cases in a single week as
hospitalizations spike by 14.5%
The US has set a record for new coronavirus cases
reported in a single week with more than 481,300
infections, as the virus...
Coronavirus UK: Nottingham among
areas to ‘enter Tier 3 this week’
WHAT ARE THE NEW TIER THREE RULES IN
WARRINGTON? NEW RULES People must not
socialise with anybody they do not live with,...
Nearly one in three young adults in the
US does not know common stroke
symptoms
Stroke is the No. 5 cause of death and a leading
cause of disability in the United States. Each year,
10% to 15% of the nearly...
Weight-reduction surgery for severely
obese adults may prevent second heart
attack, death
“It is well known that obesity is associated with an
increased risk for Type 2 diabetes and heart
disease,” said...
Divide and conquer :A new formula to
minimize ‘mathemaphobia’
In a new study by the University of South Australia
in collaboration with the Australian Council for
Educational Research,...
Hydrogen sulfide helps maintain your
drive to breathe
This result may seem surprising at first given that
exposure to high levels of hydrogen sulfide can be
toxic to mammalian...
Bridges with limb-inspired architecture
can withstand earthquakes, cut repair
costs
IMAGE: Specimen of the hybrid sliding-rocking
bridge column tested in the Center for Infrastructure
Renewal’s...

17. How cells use mechanical tension
sensors to interact with their environment
IMAGE: Cryo-electron microscopy reconstructions of
the cell adhesion proteins vinculin (left, orange) and
a-catenin...
Scientists develop genetic ‘monitors’ that
detect when genes are active
New genetic sensors, developed by scientists at
University of Warwick and Keele University, could
function as a lab test...
A blast of gas for better solar cells
A simple process for depositing silicon oxide onto
silicon wafers could be a great step forward for
making silicon-based...
How to figure out what you don’t know
IMAGE: These colored maps each have different
shapes. Each shape represents a different
hypothetical way to answer...
Neuron-based gene expression study
reveals insights on fear and its regulation
Highlights The expression of a gene called CREB in
certain neurons may function as a switch to regulate
feelings of fear...
Odds are good for unique 2D compound
HOUSTON – (Oct. 26, 2020) – Engineers at Rice
University and Texas AM University have found a 2D
material that...
Researcher found female candidates are
more likely to discuss the economy than
males
IMAGE: This graph shows the different topics
discussed by each group on Twitter. view more
Credit: Deserai...
Prue Leith: NHS can serve ‘delicious’
food on a budget
The review was launched after a deadly outbreak of
listeriosis in hospitals last year was linked to pre-
packaged sandwiches...
Covid: Spain imposes national night-time
curfew to curb infections
Entire Chinese city tests after one virus case
Kashgar city officials say around 4.7m people will be
tested over a few days.
Mother and baby units: ‘It’s our job to
keep them safe’
Maternity units ‘too defensive’ and failing to learn
from mistakes
Boots to offer 12-minute Covid nasal
swab test
Coronavirus: How to get a Covid test
Achieving high concentrations of
sunitinib in tumors is linked to improved
survival
A strategy for giving intermittent, high doses of the
anti-cancer drug sunitinib is well-tolerated by
patients with advanced...
Ontario should vaccinate newborns for
hepatitis B, study suggests
Not all pregnant women are universally screened for
hepatitis B virus (HBV) in Ontario, even though this
screening is recommended,...
1 in 12 parents say their teen has
attended a demonstration about racism
or police reform
IMAGE: Parents’ top concern involving teens
participating in demonstrations is their teen’s safety.
...
Liver cancer diagnoses and deaths
impacted by geography and household
income
An analysis of information from a large U.S. cancer
database indicates that patients with liver cancer
from rural regions...
Kid influencers are promoting junk food
brands on YouTube — garnering more
than a billion views
Kids with wildly popular YouTube channels are
frequently promoting unhealthy food and drinks in
their videos, warn researchers...
How to prevent the spread of tumor cells
via the lymph vessels
What role do the lymphatic vessels play in the
metastasis of cancer cells? Scientists from the
German Cancer Research Center...
Concrete structure’s lifespan extended by
a carbon textile
IMAGE: Failure test of a concrete slab strengthened
with TRM panel view more Credit: Korea Institute of
Civil...
People with type 2 diabetes need not
avoid eating potatoes based on glycemic
index
People with type 2 Diabetes (T2D) are frequently
told to avoid eating potatoes, and other high
Glycemic Index (GI) foods,...
Researchers uncover crucial gene for
growth of Ewing sarcoma
IMAGE: Photo of Sara Sanchez Molina view more
Credit: Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu
Researchers...
Timekeeping theory combines quantum
clocks and Einstein’s relativity
IMAGE: Quantum mechanics allows for a clock to
move as if it were simultaneously traveling at two
different speeds....
Healthcare’s earthquake: Lessons from
COVID-19
Boston, Mass. – The COVID-19 pandemic has
fundamentally disrupted U.S. healthcare
organizations. Hospitals have faced...

18. Oncotarget: A novel format for
recombinant antibody-interleukin-2 fusion
proteins
IMAGE: (A) Immunophenotypic analysis of
lymphocyte in tumor and in tumor draining lymph
node (dLN) of treated mice....
Study reveals details behind transplant
disparities experienced by black patients
Highlights In an analysis of information on patients
with kidney failure, Black patients are less likely than
white...
The effects of social determinants of
health on kidney transplant candidates
Highlights Social determinants of health are
associated with patient-reported outcomes in adults
who are eligible to undergo...
Globalized economy making water,
energy and land insecurity worse: Study
The first large-scale study of the risks that countries
face from dependence on water, energy and land
resources has found...
Next generation BRAF inhibitor cancer
drug shows promise in early patient trial
A new drug designed to work on cancers with an
altered BRAF gene has shown promise in an early
patient trial presented at...
Coronavirus: US cases reach record high
amid new wave of infections
Hospital admission numbers are rising, too. As of
Friday, 41,485 people were being treated in hospital,
according to Covid...
Coronavirus: Inside Europe’s most
infected area
Inside Europe’s most infected area. Video,
00:02:20Inside Europe’s most infected area
Down’s syndrome: ‘In all honesty we
were offered 15 terminations’
Nicola runs a charity called The Ups and Downs,
which supports more than 70 families, and has set
up a website called Positive...
Coronavirus: 14-day quarantine for Covid
contacts could be reduced
Writing in the Telegraph, Conservative MP Sir
Bernard Jenkin said a “vacuum of leadership in Test
and Trace”...
How a Twitter hashtag provides support
for people with breast cancer
A UCLA-led review of nine years of social media
posts with the hashtag #BCSM suggests that Twitter
can be a useful resource...
Poor women in Bangladesh reluctant to
use healthcare
Women living in poorer households of Dhaka,
Bangladesh are unwilling to give birth at maternal
healthcare facilities. A...
Study: 34% of older adults in the US are
prescribed potentially inappropriate
drugs
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The prescription of potentially
inappropriate medications to older adults is linked to
increased hospitalizations,...
Charging electric cars up to 90% in 6
minutes
With Telsa in the lead, the electric vehicle market is
growing around the world. Unlike conventional cars
that use internal...
Indian and Pakistani women diagnosed
with more aggressive breast cancer at
younger age
Indian and Pakistani women are diagnosed with
breast cancer, including more aggressive forms of
the disease, at a younger...
Targeted inhibitor of mutated KRAS gene
shows promise in lung, bowel, & other
solid tumors
IMAGE: Pasi A. Jänne, MD, PhD view more Credit:
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute A novel agent that
targets...
Inhibitor of KRAS gene mutation shows
promise in lung, bowel and other solid
tumors
IMAGE: Patient CT scans before and after treatment
with adagrasib. Yellow arrow marks location of main
tumor. ...
Oncotarget: Survival after resection of
brain metastases: A matched cohort
analysis
IMAGE: This figure depicts overall survival and local
in-brain recurrence-free survival in the study’s
subgroups. ...
Keeping the spark lit into the golden
years
Research confirms what a lot of folks have guessed:
as we age, motivation wanes and getting off the
couch and out the door...
The hidden threat of the home office
It may seem a bit contradictory at first glance, but
increased flexibility in our workday may have given
us less flexibility...
Study reveals bat-winged dinosaurs had
short-lived gliding abilities
IMAGE: Figure 1. Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence
(LSF) image of the fossil of Yi qi, a bat-winged
dinosaur from the Late...
Knowing the model you can trust – the
key to better decision
As much of Europe is engulfed by a second wave of
Covid-19, and track and trace struggles to meet
War on plastic is distracting from more
urgent threats to environment, experts
warn

19. demand, modelling support... A team of leading environmental experts,
spearheaded by the University of Nottingham, have
warned that the current war on...
Time crystals lead researchers to future
computational work
Time crystals sound like something out of science
fiction, but they may be the next major leap in
quantum network research....
Not all cats are grey in the dark!
IMAGE: Two mode-locked femtosecond laser beams
of slightly different pulse repetition frequencies are
superimposed...
SARS-CoV-2 antibodies detectable up to
seven months post COVID-19 onset,
shows new Portuguese study
A new study led by Marc Veldhoen, principal
investigator at Instituto de Medicina Molecular João
Lobo Antunes (iMM; Portugal)...
Breast cancer survivors launch bra fitting
service
Breast cancer survivors launch bra fitting service.
Video, 00:02:04Breast cancer survivors launch bra
fitting service
Twin left fighting for his life with cystic
fibrosis has finally got £28,000 drug that
will save him
A sigh, or a yawn. A great, big, chest-expanding,
lungs-full- to-burst gulp of air. The simple pleasure
of taking a deep,...
DR ELLIE CANNON: How Matt Hancock
holds us in utter contempt
As doctors, we make a promise to protect our
patients from harm. But over the past few months, I
have become deeply concerned...
Has Covid killed off the flu?
It was feared by many to be the perfect winter storm,
a nightmare situation that would push our health
service over the edge:...
Thousands of Britons with mouth cancer
will be spared chemotherapy thanks to
immune-boosting drug
Thousands of Britons with deadly mouth cancer will
be spared gruelling chemotherapy thanks to
immune-boosting drug Treatment...
How a 65p pill can end the terrifying
delusions that haunt thousands with
Parkinson’s
Ghostly figures that drift in and out of the shadows.
Disembodied voices and the doorbell constantly
ringing when no one’s...
Can you really lose weight by eating
MORE?
It sounds too good to be true: a plan that lets you
eat more while still losing weight. No surprise that
‘reverse...
New ‘sponge on a string’ test can pick up
early signs of oesophageal cancer
Patients at risk of oesophageal cancer are being
offered a new ‘sponge on a string’ test to help pick
up the...
HEALTH NOTES: Video games can give
teenagers a blast of joy
HEALTH NOTES: Video games can give teenagers
a blast of joy By Mail on Sunday Reporter
Published: 18:11 EDT, 24 October...
Ancient origins of speed control during
movement
Scientists have known for quite some time how
motor neurons in the spinal cord that activate
muscles are organized to generate...
Malaria-preventive drugs dramatically
reduce infections in school children
The study was the first meta-analysis of its kind and
included 15,000 schoolchildren across seven African
countries. It was...
Researchers reveal why heat stress
damages sperm
In humans, the optimal temperature for sperm
production is just below body temperature, in a
range of about 90-95 degrees...
New therapeutic approach against
leukemia
Since blood cells have a limited lifespan, are lost
during bleeding or are used up during infections,
they must be replaced...
Scientists from NUST MISIS manage to
improve metallic glasses
IMAGE: Metallic glass sample view more Credit:
NUST MISIS Researchers at National University of
Science...
Marine biology — Sponges as
biomonitors of micropollution
Sponges are filter feeders that live on particulate
matter – but they can also ingest microscopic
fragments of plastics...
Easy home cancer test means patients
can avoid hospital for colonoscopies
Findings from the largest international research
study found that using FIT is almost 100% accurate
at ruling out bowel cancer...
Bioplastics no safer than other plastics
Conventional plastic is made from oil. The
production of plastic is not sustainable, and it can
contain substances we know...
Study finds field of forensic anthropology
lacks diversity
New data on increasing cloth mask
effectiveness

20. (Boston)–The field of forensic anthropology is a
relatively homogenous discipline in terms of diversity
(people of...
Recent FDA chief Dr. Scott Gottlieb argued that he’d
“rather try to get everyone in masks” and “try...
Model predicts acute kidney injury
requiring dialysis in patients with COVID-
19
Highlights In a recent study, a new algorithm
achieved good performance for predicting which
hospitalized patients...
New model predicts which patients with
kidney disease may develop heartbeat
irregularities
Highlights * A new model that incorporates a type of
artificial intelligence can accurately predict which
individuals...
How to beat the winter blues: Shoppers
swear by this £9.99 SAD desk lamp for
boosting their mood
How to beat the winter blues: Amazon shoppers
swear by this £10 SAD desk lamp for boosting their
mood while working from...
Poor US counties with crowded housing
are 38-times more likely to become
COVID-19 ‘hotspots’
Coronavirus has spread far more rapidly in poorer
areas of the US, which had 25 percent more cases
relative to their populations...
FDA to let AstraZeneca’s coronavirus
vaccine trials resume in the US
US regulators said on Wednesday that AstraZeneca
can resume the US arm of its trial of Oxford
University’s coronavirus...
DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: All I want for
Christmas is a vaccine
With just two months until Christmas, it is time to
start thinking about presents. This year, what I would
love to give my...
‘Universal’ mask-wearing could prevent
130,000 US COVID-19 deaths
If 95 percent of Americans wore masks consistently,
nearly 130,00 lives could be saved between now
and March 2021, a new...
Hydroxychloroquine does not prevent
COVID-19 in health care workers, trial
shows
The pre-exposure prophylaxis trial results, which
were published in Clinical Infectious Diseases,
determined that taking...
Bone density is associated with regular
use, study finds
IMAGE: Kathryn Clancy, right, and Katherine Lee
are interested in studying how daily activities
influence bone density. ...
ASTRO highlights Winship study showing
increased failure-free survival in prostate
cancer
A study from Winship Cancer Institute of Emory
University (Winship) has the potential to change how
patients whose prostate...
New study details atmosphere on ‘hot
Neptune’ 260 light years away that
‘shouldn’t exist’
LAWRENCE — A team led by an astronomer from
the University of Kansas has crunched data from
NASA’s TESS and Spitzer...
Fish exposed to even small amounts of
estrogen produce fewer males
IMAGE: UC is using least killifish as a model
organism to study the effects of hormones in
drinking water. They are...
Texas A&M expert: New clues revealed
about Clovis people
IMAGE: Clovis spear points from the Gault site in
Texas. view more Credit: Center for the Study of the
First...
SPOTlight supercharges cell studies
IMAGE: Researchers at Rice University and Baylor
College of Medicine have developed a platform,
SPOTlight, that speeds...
Protective shield: Membrane-attached
protein protects bacteria & chloroplasts
from stress
IMAGE: Multiple IM30 proteins form large,
oligomeric ring structures. IM30 rings bind to
stressed membrane surfaces,...
Oncotarget: Evaluation of cellular
alteration & inflammatory profile of cells
IMAGE: Percentage of apoptosis in PMC, A549
and/or MCF7 after 24 hours exposed to talc. PMC =
pleural mesothelial cells;...
Coronavirus vaccine: What are human
challenge trials?
Volunteers are set to be deliberately infected with
Covid-19 after the UK Government said it will set up
human challenge...
Christie hospital: Inside Europe’s largest
cancer unit
Adapting in a pandemic: Inside Europe’s largest
cancer unit. Video, 00:03:35Adapting in a pandemic:
Inside Europe’s...
Covid blood plasma donation: What is
blood plasma?
The NHS wants people who have recovered from
coronavirus to donate their blood plasma. It’s part of
a trial looking...
Covid: The NHS workers ‘still recovering’
as second wave looms
And Jo Billings, a psychologist from the Covid
Trauma Response Working Group at University
College London, says “the...

21. Coronavirus cases are rising in 79% of
US states and territories, CDC director
warns
Coronavirus cases are on the rise in nearly 80
percent of US states and territories, a top US official
warned on Friday. ‘New...
Hopes rise that Covid cases are being
driven down because young people have
started following rules
Coronavirus cases are being driven down because
young people have been shocked into following
lockdown rules, according to...
Covid risk factors for ethnic minorities
‘can’t be changed overnight’
Dr Raghib Ali, a clinical epidemiologist Cambridge
University, said ethnic minorities will likely continue
to be...
Coronavirus infection rates in England’s
worst-hit student areas have HALVED in a
fortnight
Coronavirus infection rates in England’s worst-hit
student areas dropped by half in the first two weeks
of October...
Liverpool’s hospitals are now treating
more coronavirus patients now than in
April
Liverpool’s hospitals are treating more coronavirus
patients now than they were at the peak of the
crisis, it was...
Airport testing could catch six in 10
Covid-19 carriers as research debunks
PHE’s claims of 7%
Airport testing could identify up to six in ten
coronavirus cases, experts claim. Public Health
England has said testing...
Coronavirus UK: SAGE warns against
letting young ‘go back to normal’
Herd immunity occurs when a disease runs out of
room and can no longer spread because enough of
the population have been...
Deadly cytokine storm strikes Covid-19
patients after they start to feel better, top
doctor reveals
Calm before the cytokine storm: Deadly immune
overreaction killing many coronavirus patients
cruelly strikes AFTER people...
Coastal permafrost more susceptible to
climate change than previously thought
IMAGE: Micaela Pedrazas (left) and Cansu Demir,
both graduate students at The University of Texas at
Austin Jackson...
Residents of U.S. counties with more
connections to China or Italy were more
likely to follow early pandemic
restrictions
Residents of U.S. counties with more social
connections (measured as Facebook friends) to
China or Italy – the first...
Mathematical modeling suggests optimal
timing for antiviral therapies against
COVID-19
A new mathematical modeling study by Ashish
Goyal and colleagues, informed by data collected
from 25 patients hospitalized...
RUDN University chemist created a
catalyst from orange peel for organic
compounds production
IMAGE: N-heterocycles are organic substances
used in the chemical industry and medicine. To
produce them, expensive...
New imaging method reveals HIV’s
sugary shield in unprecedented detail
IMAGE: An artistic rendering–based on cryo-EM
maps and computer simulations–shows how glycans
create a...
PTSD and alcohol abuse go hand-in-
hand, but males and females exhibit
symptoms differently
LA JOLLA, CA–Through intricate experiments
designed to account for sex-specific differences,
scientists at Scripps...
Media alert: new articles in the CRISPR
Journal
IMAGE: The Journal is dedicated to validating and
publishing outstanding research and commentary on
all aspects of...
Cause of Alzheimer’s disease traced to
mutation in common enzyme
IMAGE: The mutant MARK4 creates a form of tau
which accumulates easily in brain cells, causing
neurons to die. ...
No 10 admits Test and Trace must
improve as beleaguered system posts
ANOTHER worst-ever performance
Number 10 today admitted Britain’s beleaguered
Test and Trace system ‘must improve’ after data
revealed...
Three-quarters of A&Es unable to
maintain social distancing due to
overcrowding
Three quarters of AEs are unable to comply with
social distancing because they are ‘dangerously’
overcrowded,...
Just 13% of people in England feel they
‘fully understand’ Covid-19 lockdown
rules
Just 13 per cent of people in England claim they
‘fully understand’ the current Covid-19 lockdown
rules, a study...
Children mental health problems have
rocketed by 50% during coronavirus
pandemic, new report shows
The proportion of children with mental health issues
is 50 per cent higher than before the pandemic, an
NHS study revealed...

22. Coronavirus UK: Oxford vaccine works
perfectly by safely triggering an immune
response
The Covid-19 vaccine developed at Oxford
University works perfectly and builds strong
immunity to the virus, a study shows. Great...
Artificial ‘mini-lungs’ grown in a lab let
scientists watch how the coronavirus
infects human cells
Tiny artificial lungs grown in a lab from adult stem
cells have allowed scientists to watch how
coronavirus infects the lungs...
COVID-19: Asymptomatic children with
coronavirus may have LESS of the virus
than those with symptoms
Asymptomatic children who test positive for the
coronavirus seem to have LESS of the virus than
those with symptoms, study...
England’s Covid-19 lockdown led to
12million adults doing almost no
exercise, poll claims
England’s coronavirus lockdown led to almost
12million adults doing almost no exercise, according
to research. The...
34% of older adults in the US are
prescribed potentially inappropriate
drugs
The research, which sought to determine the impact
of potentially inappropriate medications on health
care utilization and...
A new technique predicts how
earthquakes would affect a city’s
hospitals
But the risks to life and limb are compounded when
earthquakes are the agent of destruction, because
they not only kill and...
Happiness and the evolution of brain size
The research team of Wieland Huttner at the Max
Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and
Genetics, who is one of the...
COVID-19 a double blow for chronic
disease patients
Among the adverse impacts of the pandemic for
people with NCDs, the study found they are more
vulnerable to catching and...
Metal deposits from Chinese coal plants
end up in the Pacific Ocean, USC
research shows
Emissions from coal-fired power plants in China are
fertilizing the North Pacific Ocean with a metal
nutrient important for...
Chemists develop framework to enable
efficient synthesis of ‘information-dense’
molecules
LA JOLLA, CA–A team led by scientists at Scripps
Research has developed a theoretical approach that
could ease the...
Stars and planets grow up together as
siblings
IMAGE: The dense L1709 region of the Ophiuchus
Molecular Cloud, mapped by the Herschel Space
Telescope, which surrounds...
Researchers create human airway stem
cells from patients’ cells
BOSTON – For the first time, researchers have
successfully created airway basal stem cells in vitro
from induced pluripotent...
Fipronil, a common insecticide, disrupts
aquatic communities in the U.S.
IMAGE: Ecologist Janet Miller collects rock trays in
the Cache La Poudre River in Colorado. view more
Credit:...
Exploring the source of stars and planets
in a laboratory
IMAGE: Physicist Himawan Winarto with figures
from paper behind him. view more Credit: Collage
by Elle Starkman/PPPL...
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. to publish Journal
of Correctional Health Care
IMAGE: Journal focusing on this complex and
evolving field. An invaluable resource for clinicians,
allied health practitioners,...
Elkhorn coral actively fighting off
diseases on reef, study finds
IMAGE: Disease transmission. view more Credit:
Photo: Margaret Miller, SECORE International
MIAMI–As...
Huawei seeks to get its own version of
NHS Covid-19 app
But models released since mid-2019 – including its
P40, Mate 30 and Honor 30 series – lack access to
the Google...
Covid: Sewage sites to test for more
traces of virus
Coronavirus: Sewage testing for Covid-19 begins in
England
Covid-19 app users can’t get isolation
payment
Disappearing Covid-19 app alerts cause alarm
Coronavirus infections continue to rise
across UK
It comes as stricter rules come into force for millions
more people across the UK.
Convalescent plasma therapy DOESN’T
cut the risk of dying from Covid-19
Convalescent plasma has been used to treat
infections for at least a century, dating back to the
1918 Spanish flu pandemic. It...
Oxford University stands to make
hundreds of millions of pounds from
Covid-19 vaccine
Oxford University stands to make hundreds of
millions of pounds if its coronavirus vaccine proves
successful. The prestigious...

23. Coronavirus: Scientist says ‘pox parties’
may build immunity
Some parents might be tempted to send their
children to controversial ‘pox parties’ if a coronavirus
vaccine...
Almost half of all councils in England saw
their Covid-19 infection rate DROP last
week
Almost half of local authorities in England saw a
drop in coronavirus infections last week, according
to an analysis of official...
Coronavirus UK: Seven NHS trusts treat
more patients than in April
Seven NHS trusts in England are already treating
more coronavirus patients than they were at the
peak of the first wave,...
England and Wales coronavirus deaths
rose in September for first time since
April
The number of people dying of coronavirus in
England and Wales rose for the first time in five
months in September but it...
Britain couldn’t eradicate Covid-19 even if
it banned ALL international travel
Britain could never eradicate Covid-19 — even if it
banned all international travel, top experts believe.
Professor Paul...
Warrington WILL move into Tier 3 ‘next
week’ as Nottinghamshire could face
even tighter curbs
Warrington will move into Tier 3 next week after
council leaders agreed to a £6million support
package from the Government. The...
Obesity and disease tied to dramatic
dietary changes
The “mismatch hypothesis” argues that each of our
bodies has evolved and adapted to digest the foods
that our...
‘Spooky’ similarity in how brains and
computers see
A new paper in Current Biology details how neurons
in area V4, the first stage specific to the brain’s
object vision...
Details about broadly neutralizing
antibodies provide insights for universal
flu vaccine
The study, published October 22 in Immunity,
explores the behavior of polyreactive antibodies —
antibodies that are...
Tracer molecule may improve imaging
tests for brain injury
As described in the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow
Metabolism, the novel tracer, called [18F]3F4AP, is
designed to bind...
Gut hormone blocks brain cell formation
and is linked to Parkinson’s dementia
Blood-borne factors such as hormones regulate the
process of brain cell formation — known as
neurogenesis — and...
Aspirin use reduces risk of death in
hospitalized COVID-19 patients
“This is a critical finding that needs to be confirmed
through a randomized clinical trial,” said study
leader...
Regenerated forests offset 12% of carbon
emissions in Brazilian Amazon in 33
years
IMAGE: A study quantified the size and age of the
forests that grow naturally in degraded and
abandoned areas, creating...
Response to adjuvant bevacizumab
among patients with resected melanoma
may vary by age
Bottom Line: Younger patients with resected
melanoma had some benefit from adjuvant
treatment with the anti-VEGF therapeutic...
Endangered vaquita remain genetically
healthy even in low numbers, new
analysis shows
IMAGE: The first vaquita caught as part of a
conservation effort in 2017. view more Credit:
Vaquita CPR The...
Regeneration of eye cells: Warning lights
discovered
Moving around in the half-light is difficult but not
impossible. To help us in this undertaking we have
the rods, a type...
Research team discovers molecular
processes in kidney cells that attract and
feed COVID-19
Although the lungs are a common target for COVID-
19’s cytokine storm, so are the kidneys, making the
1 in 4 U.S. adults...
Extruded grains may be better for pigs
URBANA, Ill. – Extrusion is the norm in the pet and
aqua feed industries, yet it remains unusual for
swine feed in...
Molecular processes in kidney cells may
‘prime’ diabetics for COVID-19 infection
IMAGE: This gene network was generated by
HumanBase for the kidney cell type most vulnerable
to SARS-CoV-2 infection....
QCLs exhibit extreme pulses
IMAGE: Quantum cascade photonic device. view
more Credit: Spitz et al., doi
10.1117/1.AP.2.6.066001 Extreme...
New approach to fighting cancer could
reduce costs and side effects
Multiple sclerosis as the flip side of
immune fitness

24. UniSA’s Future Industries Institute PhD student
Mona Elsemary has developed a microfluidic
approach to purify chimeric...
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that
damages the brain and the spinal cord and often
severely limits a person’s...
Researchers solve ‘protein paradox’ and
suggest way to exploit cancer weakness
The most essential step in this process is DNA
replication, where the DNA in a mother cell is copied
into its two daughter...
How’d we get so picky about friendship
late in life? Ask the chimps
When humans age, they tend to favor small circles
of meaningful, already established friendships rather
than seek new ones....
Tackling alarming decline in nature
requires ‘safety net’ of multiple,
ambitious goals
WASHINGTON (Oct. 22, 2020)–A “safety net” made
up of multiple ambitious and interlinked goals is
needed...
Future VR could employ new ultrahigh-
res display
IMAGE: Illustration of the meta-OLED display and
the underlying metaphotonic layer, which improves
the overall brightness...
Ancient Maya built sophisticated water
filters
IMAGE: A temple rises above the rainforest at the
ancient Maya city of Tikal. view more Credit: David
Lentz Ancient...
Shared religious experiences bring
couples together
Couples that pray together stay together. It’s a
common religious saying, but a new study from the
University of Georgia...
Collaboration sparks new model for
ceramic conductivity
As insulators, metal oxides – also known as
ceramics – may not seem like obvious candidates
for electrical conductivity....
Scientist develops new way to test for
COVID-19 antibodies
IMAGE: Members of the SEPS lab at Seattle
Children’s Research Institute, Kaleb Tsegay (left)
and Edward Gniffke...
Coating implants with ‘artificial bone’ to
prevent inflammation
IMAGE: Schematic diagram of the laser-induced
single-step coating induced hydroxyapatite
synthesis, HAp-substrate mixed...
COVID-19 lockdown reduced mental
health, sleep, exercise
A first-of-its-kind global survey shows the initial
phase of the COVID-19 lockdown dramatically
altered our personal habits,...
Lockdown made life worse for two in five
children, NHS report says
NHS Digital’s report is based on a survey of 3,570
children and young people up to the age of 22 who
were interviewed...
Covid: US gives full approval for antiviral
remdesivir drug
“Veklury is the first treatment for COVID-19 to
receive FDA approval,” the FDA said in a statement.
Covid: Sewage sites to test for traces of
virus
Coronavirus: Sewage testing for Covid-19 begins in
England
Covid: Why is coronavirus so deadly?
Remember the last pandemic? In 2009 there were
huge fears about H1N1, aka swine flu.
Moderna has competed enrollment of
30,000 diverse volunteers for its
coronavirus vaccine trial,
Moderna Inc announced on Thursday that it has
completed enrollment of 30,000 volunteers for the
final stage of its coronavirus...
Coronavirus US: People waiting nearly
three days for test results
Americans are still waiting nearly three days for
coronavirus test results – too slow for contact tracing
to detect...
FDA approves Gilead’s remdesivir as a
treatment for coronavirus patients
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
granted full approval to the antiviral drug remdesivir
as a coronavirus treatment...
Will US COVID-19 mortality catch up to
surging cases?
Daily coronavirus fatality rates in the US remain a
fraction of what they were in the deadly spring peak,
even as cases climb...
Antiretroviral therapy can’t completely
stop accelerated cell aging seen in HIV
This is the first longitudinal study conducted to
investigate the contribution of HIV-infection, versus
treatment, on the...
Simplified method to modify disease
signaling with light
Cellular optogenetics uses light to precisely control
cell signaling in space and over time, making it an
invaluable technique...
Toward a new staging system for prostate
cancer, and why it matters
Although it is one of the most common cancers
worldwide, prostate cancer remains one of the few
major cancers for which the...
Increasing sleep time after trauma could
ease ill effects
Published today in Scientific Reports, the study
helps build a case for the use of sleep therapeutics
following trauma exposure,...