290 articles from WEDNESDAY 23.9.2020
Women orthopaedic surgeons report high rates of sexual harassment
More than two-thirds of women orthopaedic surgeons report experiencing sexual harassment during their residency training, according to a survey study in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® (CORR®), a publication of The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons®. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
World first study links obesity with reduced brain plasticity
A world-first study has found that severely overweight people are less likely to be able to re-wire their brains and find new neural pathways, a discovery that has significant implications for people recovering from a stroke or brain injury.
WPI math professor verifies centuries-old conjecture about formation of the solar system
Using a limited set of mathematical equations, Worcester Polytechnic Institute mathematical sciences professor Mayer Humi said he has confirmed a 224-year-old math conjecture about the origins of our solar system, providing insights about the process that leads to the formation of solar systems across the universe.
Young physicist 'squares the numbers' on time travel
Paradox-free time travel is theoretically possible, according to the mathematical modelling of a prodigious University of Queensland undergraduate student.
Your neighborhood may raise your risk of chronic kidney disease
A neighborhood's overall socioeconomic status, including income and education-level, may influence its residents' risk of chronic kidney disease, according to a study recently published in SSM Population Health by researchers from Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health.
Covid: US death toll passes 200,000
The US is the worst hit country in the world and cases are still continuing to rise, data shows.
Nearly 500 pilot whales stranded in Australia; 380 dead
More pilot whales were found stranded in Australia on Wednesday, raising the estimated total to nearly 500, including 380 that have died, in the largest mass stranding ever recorded in the country. Authorities had already been working to rescue survivors among an estimated 270 whales found Monday on a beach and two sand bars near the remote coastal town of Strahan on the southern island state of...
'Unknown' space debris almost flew within 1 mile of the International Space Station. As junk builds up in orbit, the danger of collisions is growing.
An astronaut and two cosmonauts had to hunker down in a Russian spaceship attached to the ISS while NASA moved the orbiting laboratory out of the...
Coronavirus: Whitty and Vallance faced 'herd immunity' backlash, emails show
Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance were alarmed by questions over the controversial concept, emails show.
101 B.C. First Nations demand removal of open-net salmon farms near Campbell River, B.C.
First Nations and non-Indigenous partners say 18 salmon farms in the Discovery Islands are partly to blame for the demise of Fraser River wild...
School Bus-Size Asteroid to Safely Zoom Past Earth
Portal origin URL: School Bus-Size Asteroid to Safely Zoom Past EarthPortal origin nid: 464735Published: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - 19:56Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Roughly 15 to 30 feet wide, the object will make its closest approach on Sept. 24.Portal image: Artist's concept of...
Six African heritage sites under threat from climate change
A recent study warns that without intervention many of the continent's ancient sites could be lost.
ISS forced to move to avoid space debris
Nasa says astronauts sheltered in the Soyuz spacecraft so they could evacuate if necessary during the ‘avoidance manoeuvre’Astronauts aboard the International Space Station were carrying out an “avoidance manoeuvre” on Tuesday to ensure the station would not be hit by a piece of debris, the US space agency Nasa announced.The debris should pass within “several kilometres” of the...
Supreme Court hears arguments for and against ending the carbon tax
Lawyers representing the federal and some provincial governments made their cases before Canada's highest court today for keeping or killing the carbon tax — the cornerstone of the Trudeau government's climate...
Flu vaccine critical to avoid stretching US healthcare amid Covid, scientists warn
Flu season could be like no other this year and a national campaign to promote the flu vaccine is urgent, say scientistsA national public health campaign promoting the flu vaccine is urgently needed to avoid stretched healthcare services being overwhelmed this winter as the US faces cold season while still struggling to gain control of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists have warned.Influenza or...