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Seeing chemical reactions with music
EurekAlert! - 10 Aug 2020 06:00
(Institute for Basic Science) Audible sound enables chemical coloring and the coexistence of different chemical reactions in a solution.
Scientists develop first quantum algorithm to characterize noise across large systems
Phys.org - 10 Aug 2020 17:00
Quantum systems are notoriously prone to errors and noise. In order to overcome this and build a functional quantum computer, physicists should ideally understand the noise across an entire system. That has been out of r...
Coronavirus transmission risk increases along wildlife supply chains
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2020 20:10
Coronaviruses were detected in a high proportion of bats and rodents in Viet Nam from 2013 to 2014, with an increasing proportion of positive samples found along the wildlife supply chain from traders to large markets to...
GI symptoms linked to behavioral problems in children, especially those with autism
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2020 22:01
A new study found that common gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms such as diarrhea, constipation and bloating are linked to troubling sleep problems, self-harm and physical complaints in preschool children. According to the s...
Agtech to the rescue in a pandemic: Adapting plant labs for human testing
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2020 22:01
Sophisticated agtech labs and equipment used for crop and animal breeding, seed testing, and monitoring of plant and animal diseases could easily be adapted for diagnostic testing and tracing in a human pandemic or epide...
Schooling is critical for cognitive health throughout life
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2020 20:54
New research suggests that education provides little to no protection against the onset of cognitive declines later in life. It can, however, boost the cognitive skills people develop earlier in life, pushing back the po...
Prenatal depression can alter child's brain connectivity, affect behavior
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2020 20:10
Altered brain connectivity may be one way prenatal depression influences child behavior, according to new research.
Non-fasting blood test can help screen youth for prediabetes and diabetes
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2020 20:10
A simple blood test that does not require overnight fasting has been found to be an accurate screening tool for identifying youth at risk for type 2 diabetes and heart disease risk later in life.
What the rest of the world can learn from South Korea's COVID-19 response
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2020 20:10
As the world continues to closely monitor the newest coronavirus outbreak, the government of South Korea has been able to keep the disease under control without paralyzing the national health and economic systems.
Quality of care at rural hospitals may not differ as much as reported
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2020 17:55
A research team found that differences in diagnosis coding practices has resulted in artificially inflated mortality rate comparisons to other hospitals.
Globally, only half of women get treatment for preventable killer of newborns
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2020 17:32
Only half of pregnant women worldwide who need a 50-year-old treatment that prevents an often-fatal disease in fetuses and newborns receive it, researchers have found.
Imaging method highlights new role for cellular 'skeleton' protein
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2020 17:32
While your skeleton helps your body to move, fine skeleton-like filaments within your cells likewise help cellular structures to move. Now, researchers have developed a new imaging method that lets them monitor a small s...
Nanocatalysts that remotely control chemical reactions inside living cells
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2020 16:33
The enzymes responsible for catalytic reactions in our body's biological reactions are difficult to use for diagnosis or treatment as they react only to certain molecules or have low stability. Many researchers anticipat...
Light swirls provide insights into the quantum world
Phys.org - 10 Aug 2020 17:00
A new method uses swirls of light to enable researchers to observe previously invisible quantum states of electrons. The method was developed by physicists from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and an inte...
Gulf war illness, chronic fatigue syndrome distinct illnesses, Georgetown study suggests
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2020 16:33
A brain imaging study of veterans with Gulf War illness (GWI) and patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) (sometimes called myalgic encephalomyelitis), has shown that the two illnesses produce distinctly different, ...
New approach to treating osteoarthritis advances
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2020 16:32
Injections of a natural 'energy' molecule prompted regrowth of almost half of the cartilage lost with aging in knees, a new study in rodents shows.
New treatment targets found for blinding retinal disease
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2020 16:32
When the eye isn't getting enough oxygen in the face of common conditions like premature birth or diabetes, it sets in motion a state of frenzied energy production that can ultimately result in blindness, and now scienti...
Study finds ATV-related head and neck injuries among youth continue to remain high
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2020 16:32
A new study analyzed data regarding ATV-related head and neck injuries treated in U.S. emergency departments from 1990 through 2014 involving patients younger than 18 years of age.
Mouthwashes could reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission, study shows
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2020 16:32
Results from cell culture experiments show that commercially available preparations have an effect on Sars-Cov-2 viruses.
Miscarriage risk increases each week alcohol is used in early pregnancy
Science Daily - 10 Aug 2020 16:24
Each week a woman consumes alcohol during the first five to 10 weeks of pregnancy is associated with an incremental 8% increase in risk of miscarriage, according to a new study.
Decoys could trick COVID-19, keep humans safe from infection
Live Science - 10 Aug 2020 13:00
A "decoy receptor" could potentially be used as a treatment or prophylactic.
Space invaders as MOFs act as liquids
EurekAlert! - 10 Aug 2020 06:00
(King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)) Modified metal organic frameworks that can behave as porous liquids offer new possibilities for gas separation technologies.