Credit: CC0 Public Domain President Joe Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra this week became prime examples of the nation’s newest COVID-19 wave, and although it’s unclear…
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3,800-year-old textile dyed using insects found in desert cave
Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), Bar-Ilan University, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, have discovered the earliest known example in Israel of red-dyed textiles made using insects. The…
Research shows spike gene mutations do not correlate with increased SARS-CoV-2 variant severity
A visual representation of the novel in silico methodology used in the study: prediction of protein structure, molecular docking simulations, and statistical analysis of computational metrics. Credit: UNC Charlotte New…
Single women in Australian aged care need more funding as new data show widows living longer
Temporal plots of average lengths of stay at an aged care across various covariates: uncensored data over 2008–2018. a Year. b Sex. c Age. d State. e Preferred language. f…
Fewer bees and other pollinating insects lead to shrinking crops
Many plants, from crops to carnations, cannot bear fruit or reproduce without bees, beetles, butterflies and other insects to pollinate them. But the population of insect pollinators is dropping in…
Warning signs of heat illness and how high school athletes can safely prepare for the start of team practices
High school sports teams start practices soon in what has been an extremely hot summer in much of the country. Now, before they hit the field, is the time for…
How high school athletes can safely prepare for the start of practice, and the warning signs of heat illness
High school sports teams start practices soon in what has been an extremely hot summer in much of the country. Now, before they hit the field, is the time for…
Time-lapse imaging for embryo selection in IVF does not improve the odds of live birth, large study finds
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A randomized controlled trial looked at in-vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes in the UK and Hong Kong. The results, published in The Lancet, provide much-needed evidence that…
Rising antimicrobial resistance in certain Salmonella serovars isolated from retail chicken meat
Scanning electron micrograph of Salmonella Typhimurium invading a human epithelial cell. S. Typhimurium has been decreasing in prevalence due to vaccinations by the poultry industry. Credit: National Institute of Allergy…
