291 articles from WEDNESDAY 11.11.2020
Yale scientists identify protein that protects against Lyme
- EurekAlert
- 20/11/11 06:00
Yale researchers have discovered a protein that helps protect hosts from infection with the tick-borne spirochete that causes Lyme Disease, a finding that may help diagnose and treat this infection, they report Nov. 11 in the journal PLOS Pathogens.
COVID-19 hospitalizations at record high in US, nearing 62,000, as the country adds 131,000 new cases
The mounting COVID-19 hospital caseload in the US is translating to overburdened medical systems, and states are worried about the...
Climate change: Protecting the rainforest through your shopping basket
Green groups welcome the UK's plan to outlaw the import of food and other goods from protected areas.
BlackRock CEO backs mandatory climate reporting, urges U.S. action
Larry Fink, chief executive of the world's largest asset manager BlackRock, said on Tuesday he backed the UK's recent move to make the reporting of corporate risk related to climate change mandatory, and urged the United States to follow suit. "We welcome the UK Chancellor's announcement yesterday (of) mandatory TCFD reporting," Fink told the Green Horizon Summit in London, referring to the...
Coronavirus live news: countries scramble to secure vaccine doses as US sees record hospitalisations
UK reports highest deaths since May; Brazil cases pass 5.7m; US sees record hospitalisationsGovernments scramble to secure vaccine dosesPfizer and BioNTech vaccine poses huge global logistics challengeSix key questions about Pfizer/BioNtech vaccineJair Bolsonaro claims ‘victory’ after Chinese vaccine trial suspendedDenmark’s mass mink cull illegal, PM admits 1.39am GMT Work to distribute the...
Life with fistula – and stigma
Prioritising surgery, social support for women who suffer from stigma and pain caused by fistula.
Coronavirus: Denmark shaken by cull of millions of mink
Why the "Cluster 5" coronavirus mutation in fur farms has led to a nationwide cull and a political outcry.
First murder hornet nest found to have 200 queens capable of spawning new nests
Washington state scientists found inside the basketball-sized nest about 500 live specimens in various stages of developmentWhen scientists in Washington state destroyed the first nest of so-called murder hornets found in the US, they discovered about 500 live specimens in various stages of development, officials said Tuesday.Among them were nearly 200 queens that had the potential to start their...
Newly discovered primate 'already facing extinction'
Historical museum specimens have helped to solve a long standing scientific monkey...
Newly discovered primate 'already facing extinction'
Historical museum specimens have helped to solve a long standing scientific monkey puzzle.
Weighing space dust with radar
- ScienceDaily
- 20/11/11 01:09
It is thought that over 1,000 kilograms of so-called interplanetary dust falls to Earth every day. This dust is essentially an untold number of small faint meteors, discarded remnants of asteroids and comets that pass by the Earth. Two ways to study faint meteors are radar and optical observations, each with advantages and limitations. Astronomers have combined specific observations with both...
New fossil seal species rewrites history
The discovery, published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, radically changes scientists' understanding of how seal species evolved around the world.
Puzzled otters learn from each other
Asian short-clawed otters learn from each other when solving puzzles to get food, a new study shows.
Stratolaunch teams up with Calspan and makes progress on hypersonic flight plan
Stratolaunch, the aerospace company founded by the late Seattle tech titan Paul Allen, is gearing up on several fronts for tests of its hypersonic launch platform — a year and a half after its mammoth airplane first flew. Allen created the company in Seattle back in 2011 to launch rockets from the world’s biggest aircraft, but after the Microsoft co-founder’s death in 2018, the company was...
B.C. ecologist uses facial recognition software to track grizzly bears
Facial recognition technology previously used on humans has huge implications for managing bear-human interactions, says UVic ecologist who has developed software to identify grizzly...
Destruction of murder hornets nest doesn't end threat
When scientists in Washington state destroyed the first nest of so-called murder hornets found in the U.S., they discovered about 500 live specimens in various stages of development, officials said Tuesday. Among them were nearly 200 queens that had the potential to start their own nests, said Sven-Erik Spichiger, an entomologist leading the fight to kill the hornets. Asian giant hornets, an...