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Credit: Illustration: Denis Baranov, Chalmers University of Technology Physicists at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, together with colleagues in Russia and Poland, have managed to achieve ultrastrong coupling between light and…

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Antifungal preventive medications reduce mortality risk by half in the first year following lung transplantation, according to Mayo Clinic research involving 667 patients who received lung transplants from 2005 to…

Energy harvesting technology with automatic resonance tuning mechanism. Possible application for an stand-alone power source for IoT or small electronics.Credit: Korea Institue of Science and Technology(KIST) Korean researchers…

A recent study found that a prior induced abortion did not negatively impact a woman's psychological well-being or her thoughts about her competence as a parent when she later became a mother. In the Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica…

Credit: Karyosoft/Rajesh Perianayagam WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue Foundry-affiliated company with a growing reputation as a search engine for genome sequence data in life sciences has joined a nationally ranked health care startup…

Credit: Peleg Lab During typical summers in the southeastern U.S., streams of visitors travel to Great Smoky Mountains National Park to witness one of nature's most spectacular displays of light: thousands of male fireflies,…

Credit: Dr. Elad Maor As the antimalarial drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have drawn attention as potential therapies for COVID-19 and are being widely used off-label, it's now more important than ever to have a thorough…

An analysis of genetic data collected from more than 850,000 individuals of European ancestry has found a link between obesity-related genes and rheumatoid arthritis. In the Arthritis & Rheumatology analysis, investigators found an…

Study suggests asymptomatic cases may account for about 20% of infections While some people who contract SARS-CoV-2 infections never experience any symptoms, there remains disagreement about what proportion of total infections these cases…

Credit: Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Bottom Line: Given the toll that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on people's health and lives worldwide, it is crucial to be able to…

Credit: Rajpreet Chahal The COVID-19 crisis has taken a psychological toll on people of all ages, but one group especially affected is teenagers. School closures and enforced social distancing have cut off many teens from major means of…

Largest study on COVID-19 related racial and ethnic disparities could help strengthen response strategies Individuals from Black and Hispanic backgrounds in the United States are twice as likely to test positive for COVID-19 than their…

BOSTON - Light therapy is safe and has measurable effects in the brain, according to a pioneering study by researchers from the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Senior investigators Rajiv Gupta,…

SAGE Publishing and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University are pleased to announce Jennifer Richeson as winner of the 2020 SAGE-CASBS Award. Established in 2013, the SAGE-CASBS Award…

MELBOURNE, Australia, September 22, 2020 - Is the world prepared a wave of neurological consequences that may be on its way as a result of COVID-19? This question is at the forefront of research underway at the Florey Institute of…

Finding could lead to more aggressive strategies to lower cholesterol in early adulthood Having elevated cholesterol during the teens or early twenties increases a person's risk of having a heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular…

International team of researchers finds the region has become greener as warmer air and soil temperatures lead to increased plant growthCredit: Logan Berner, Northern Arizona University As Arctic summers warm, Earth's northern…

Experts detail new paradigms of vocational rehabilitation that are fostering measurable progress in employment outcomes for individuals with spinal cord injuryCredit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ. September 22, 2020. A team of…

Center to study those with serious mental illness specifically during the COVID-19 pandemic A University of Illinois Chicago team has been awarded over $4 million to establish a research center focusing on the health and function of people…

Credit: ICFO While in a three-dimensional world, all particles must be either fermions or bosons, it is known that in fewer dimensions, the existence of particles with intermediate quantum statistics, known as anyons, is possible. Such…