Recently discovered ‘single-pixel vision’ in fish could help researchers understand how humans are able to spot tiny details in their…
When COVID-19 meets flu season
As if the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t scary enough, the flu season is not far away. How severe will the flu…
Study charts developmental map of inner ear sound sensor in mice
A team of researchers has generated a developmental map of a key sound-sensing structure in the mouse inner ear. Scientists…
Researchers develop experimental rapid COVID-19 test using nanoparticle technique
Scientists have developed an experimental diagnostic test for COVID-19 that can visually detect the presence of the virus in 10…
Using riboflavin, UV light reduces SARS-CoV-2 pathogens in plasma, whole blood
Researchers used existing technologies to show that exposing the coronavirus to riboflavin and ultraviolet light reduces blood-borne pathogens in human…
Growing evidence that minority ethnic groups in England may be at higher risk of COVID-19
Evidence available to date suggests that minority ethnic groups in England, particularly black and south Asian people, may be at…
Fearful Great Danes provide new insights to genetic causes of fear
Researchers have identified a new genomic region and anxiety-related candidate genes associated with fearfulness in dogs. Findings support their hypothesis…
How toxic protein spreads in Alzheimer’s disease
Toxic versions of the protein tau are believed to cause death of neurons of the brain in Alzheimer’s disease. A…
Anesthesia’s effect on consciousness solved, settling century-old scientific debate
How does general anesthesia cause loss of consciousness? Despite its 175-year-history of use by the U.S. medical system, science has…
Solution to century-old math problem could predict transmission of infectious diseases
An academic has achieved a milestone in statistical/mathematical physics by solving a 100-year-old physics problem — the discrete diffusion equation…