223 articles from MONDAY 3.2.2020
Structural biology: Special delivery
Bulky globular proteins require specialized transport systems for insertion into membranes. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich researchers have determined the structure of such a system for the first time, and propose that it exploits the principle of the airlock.
Study: Aerosols have an outsized impact on extreme weather
A reduction in manmade aerosols in Europe has been tied to a reduction in extreme winter weather in the region.
Study: How to safely remove ovary in girls for best results in fertility preservation
Using an experimental piglet model, researchers defined the safest laparoscopic technique for removing the ovary in young girls that also results in the best quality ovarian tissue for fertility preservation.
SwRI-led team identifies low-energy solar particles from beyond Earth near the Sun
Using data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe (PSP), a team led by Southwest Research Institute identified low-energy particles lurking near the Sun that likely originated from solar wind interactions well beyond Earth orbit. PSP is venturing closer to the Sun than any previous probe, carrying hardware SwRI helped develop. Scientists are probing the enigmatic features of the Sun to answer many...
Symbiotic viruses help host insects override the plant's defenses
Aphids, small sap-sucking insects, are virus carriers responsible for significant economic losses in many crops worldwide. Many aphids form symbiotic and mutualistic relationships with viruses, an aspect of plant disease that has not been well explored.
The Lancet Infectious Diseases: First clinical trial of antibody to neutralize henipaviruses finds it is safe and well tolerated in healthy volunteers
The first ever treatment for preventing a group of viruses from causing potentially lethal infections has been tested in a phase I clinical trial, and was found to be safe and able to neutralize the viruses, according to results from 40 patients published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. The trial was conducted in healthy participants and further trials will be needed to demonstrate its...
The one ring -- to track your finger's location
UW researchers have created AuraRing, a ring and wristband combination that can detect the precise location of someone's index finger and continuously track hand movements.
The sleeping Sigma-Factor
previously unknown mechanism enables bacterial antibiotic resistance
Tumbleweeds or fibrils: Tau proteins need to choose
Simulations by Rice scientists suggests two paths tau proteins may take in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's and Pick's diseases.
Two million Americans lost health coverage/access in Trump's first year: BU study
A new Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) study finds that two million more Americans avoided health care because of inability to pay, and/or did not have health insurance, at the end of 2017 compared to the end of 2016.
UNH researchers find clues to how hazardous space radiation begins
Scientists at the University of New Hampshire have unlocked one of the mysteries of how particles from flares on the sun accumulate at early stages in the energization of hazardous radiation that is harmful to astronauts, satellites and electronic equipment. Using data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe, they observed one of the largest events that shows how plasma is released after a solar flare can...
UT scientists' fossil-finding board game is a success in classrooms
Drawing inspiration straight from the source material, two researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have designed their own game of chance and skill -- a board game that puts students in the role of time-travelling paleontologists -- to teach key concepts about how fossils form.
Value transformation framework model seeks to guide transition to value-based healthcare
With a new focus on quality of care and outcomes achieved, healthcare organizations are challenged to make the transition to value-based care. A model called the Value Transformation Framework (VTF) provides a structured, step-by-step approach to help guide the shift to value-based healthcare, reports a paper in the Journal for Healthcare Quality (JHQ), the peer-reviewed journal of the National...
Viscosity measurements offer new insights into the earth's mantle
An international research group with Dr. Longjian Xie from the Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry & Geophysics (BGI) of the University of Bayreuth has succeeded for the first time in measuring the viscosity that molten solids exhibit under the pressure and temperature conditions found in the lower earth mantle. The data obtained support the assumption that a...
Water, water everywhere -- and it's weirder than you think
Researchers at The University of Tokyo show that liquid water has 2 distinct molecular arrangements: tetrahedral and non-tetrahedral. By computer simulations and analysis of X-ray scattering data, the researchers were able to settle a very old controversy in science.
Weather radar records drastic drop in mayfly populations
Researchers at the University of Oklahoma, the University of Notre Dame and Virginia Tech applied radar technology -- the same used for meteorology -- to quantify the number of mayflies that emerged annually from two different bodies of water: the Upper Mississippi River and the Western Lake Erie Basin. Their goal was to characterize the size of these swarms using the same technique a...
The death toll for the Wuhan coronavirus has exceeded that of the SARS outbreak in mainland China
With the latest updates from inside China, it appears that the death toll from the new coronavirus has overtaken that of SARS on the...
China just completed work on the emergency hospital it set up to tackle the Wuhan coronavirus, and it took just 10 days to do it
When work started on the Huoshenshan hospital, 26 people had died from Wuhan coronavirus. When it finished on Sunday, the number had passed...
RBC surveillance camera shows someone else took cash, but bank says customer is to blame
An Ontario woman says she's out thousands of dollars after someone withdrew money from her account right under the nose of bank tellers. It was caught on camera but, after investigating, the bank said the consumer was to...
The medieval knight who went into space
Multimillionaire computer games veteran Richard Garriott is also a pioneer of space tourism.
Cycling through Europe's deadliest air
Serbia has been named as the country with the highest rate of pollution-related deaths in Europe.
Newcastle University films grey seals clapping underwater
Dr Ben Burville spent 17 years trying to become the first person to record them making the noise.
Florence Nightingale show to shine a light on her later years
Exhibition marks bicentenary of nursing pioneer’s birth with focus on life after Crimean warAn exhibition on Florence Nightingale which marks 200 years since her birth will shine a spotlight on her as an older woman.Nightingale is often pictured in her 30s, when she nursed wounded soldiers in the Crimean war. Continue...