Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Mount Sinai researchers have developed a novel, automated measure of analyzing sleep studies to determine the severity and risk of mortality in patients with obstructive sleep…
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How evasive and transmissible is the newest omicron offshoot, BA.2.86, that causes COVID-19? 4 questions answered
The latest variant, or sublineage, of SARS-CoV-2 to emerge on the scene, BA.2.86, has public health experts on alert as COVID-19 hospitalizations begin to rise and the new variant makes…
Sickle cell disease continues to face underfunding and lack of research, say researchers
Healthy blood cell (left) and sickled blood cell (right). Credit: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Since its discovery in 1910, sickle cell disease has been considered a death sentence for…
New methodology reveals health, climate impacts of reducing buildings’ energy use
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Increasing energy efficiency in buildings can save money—and it can also decrease the carbon emissions and air pollution that lead to climate change and health harms.…
Study suggests artefacts found on pilgrim road were used in magical rituals |
In a new study published in the Journal of Material Cultures in the Muslim World, archaeologists suggest that artefacts found on the road to Mecca were used in magical rituals…
Physicists create powerful magnets to de-freeze quantum computing
Physicist Ahmed El-Gendy, Ph.D., demonstrates the magnetism of a new material created for quantum computing. Credit: The University of Texas at El Paso Quantum computing has the potential to revolutionize…
Small islands demand urgent climate action
Small island states have asked the world’s maritime tribunal to clarify state obligations on climate change, which could be influential for other courts. The heads of small island states most…
‘Search and destroy’ treatment found to improve quality of life for patients with advanced prostate cancer
Prostate cancer cell. Credit: Anne Weston, Francis Crick Institute. A new radioactive medicine that seeks out tumor cells to deliver a targeted dose of radiation greatly improves quality of life…
A strategy to fabricate highly performing tin perovskite-based transistors
Tin halide perovskite enabling low-temperature poly-silicon level transistor performance and the logic circuits integration. Credit: Zhu et al. Metal halide perovskites are semiconducting materials with advantageous optoelectronic properties, low defects…
The world’s highest-dwelling mammal isn’t the only rodent at extreme elevation
On a series of expeditions along the spine of the Andes Mountains, a team of high-climbing researchers has found mammalian life scampering through some of Earth’s harshest environments. From 2020…
