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Wearable Pulse Oximeter for Sleep Apnea Monitoring

New Study: Methotrexate as Alternative to Prednisone

Improved Lung Transplant Outcomes with New Allocation Guidelines

Astroglial Cells Lead Brain Activity Regulation

Helping Your Primary School Child Navigate Romantic Relationships

The Importance of Homeostasis in Living Organisms

Waist-to-Height Ratio Predicts Heart Failure Incidence

How Mindfulness Eases Anxiety & Boosts Focus

Single Gene's Key Role in Liver Energy Storage

Pharmaceutical CEO Reveals Vast Cannabis Stockpile

Study Links Rising Temperatures to Severe Sleep Apnea

Heart Failure Patients Lack Regular Cardiologist Visits

Personalized Treatments for Cancer, Heart Disease & More

Struggling to Focus? Regain Productivity with These Tips

Impact of Parental Ancestry on Child Genetic Changes

Study: Monoamine Neurotransmitters in Hippocampal Activation

AI Algorithm Excels in Heart Failure Detection Kenya Study

UCLA & UCSD Researchers Create Injectable Sealant

US Approves First Blood Test for Alzheimer's

Texas Measles Outbreak Slowing: Fewer Than 10 New Cases

Pharmaceutical Cannabidiol Formulation Shows Cardiac Safety

Stress Link to Alzheimer's in Postmenopausal Women

Revolutionizing Health Care: Overcoming Design Limits

"Second-Highest Measles Cases in U.S. Since 2000"

Elusive HIV: Researchers Struggle to Find Vaccine

3,500 Sleep-Related Infant Deaths Annually in US

Study Finds OTC Hearing Aids Less Effective

Air Pollution Linked to Increased Bone Loss in Postmenopausal Women

Toxic Heavy Metals Found in U.S. Rice

Chronic Pain: Conditions and Complications

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Larger Hilbert Space Key for Quantum Error Correction

Technological Advances in Precision Physiological Monitoring

"Parthenon: Iconic Temple of Athena on Acropolis Hill"

Residents of Jemna Transform Lives with Palm Grove Takeover

Deadly Storms Devastate Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia

Indian Space Agency's Earth Observation Satellite Launch Fails

21 Dead as Severe Storms Hit Missouri & Kentucky

Archaeologists Discover Ancient Cemeteries in Tangier

Quantum Transformations: Molecule's Light Absorption Dance

Moon's Dark Nearside vs. Rugged Farside: NASA's Lunar Interior Insight

Study Reveals Ultraweak Photon Emission in Living Systems

New Findings in Archaeopteryx Fossil, Voyager 1 Thrusters Revived, Evolutionary Assumptions Challenged

Abandoned Tugboat Found in Lake Michigan

Black Shark Fins Spotted on Central Israel Beach

University of Seville Study: Fiscal-Monetary Policy Impact on Eurozone Growth

British Poets Explore Childhood and Masculinity with Lawnmower Poetry

"Engineers Mimic Marine Shells for Enhanced Energy Absorption"

Belgian Researchers Find Low-Emission Zones Improve Air Quality

"Harmony of Corals and Microbes: Vital Ecosystem Indicators"

Melting Glaciers in Boulder Expose Sulfate Minerals

New Method Identifies Genetic Changes in Oxygen-Producing Microbes

Boosting Radiative Cooling Efficiency for Climate Control

From Hull to Grain: The Rice Milling Process Explained

New Research Reveals Widespread Animal Behavior Patterns

Ozone Hole's Reversible Impact on Southern Ocean Carbon

Ancient Sediment Cores Reveal Global Cooling Event

Evolution of Efficient Light-Emitting Materials

Uncovering Fundamental Mechanism of G Protein-Coupled Receptors

Researchers Uncover Antibiotic Resistance Mechanism

Unveiling EP1: Key GPCR Subtype in PGE2 Signaling

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Cryptocurrency Users Face Security Threats

Paris kidnap bid highlights crypto data security risks

Tin-Halide Perovskites: Promising Semiconductors for TFTs

A new strategy to fabricate highly performing thin-film tin perovskite transistors

Fortnite Unavailable on Apple App Store: Epic Games Battle

'Fortnite' unavailable on Apple devices worldwide

Musk's xAI blames 'unauthorized' tweak for 'white genocide' posts

Elon Musk's AI Startup Blames Unauthorized Modification

Establishing electromagnetic wave measurement standards to ensure the performance of Korea's Starlink

Korea Research Institute Sets Standards for 6G Satellite System

Expansion of Low Earth Orbit Satellite Networks Reshaping Communications

Algorithms aim to make real-time data processing possible anywhere on Earth

Elon Musk's AI Chatbot Grok Sparks Controversy

Elon Musk's AI company says Grok chatbot focus on South Africa's racial politics was 'unauthorized'

US Government Relinquishes Internet Control After 30 Years

How a decades-old tech battle remains as relevant today as ever

Metrology matters: The hidden science driving the green and digital transition

The Science of Measurement: Metrology in Daily Life

Surge in Interest for Encrypted Messaging Apps

Governments continue losing efforts to gain backdoor access to secure communications

NASA X-59's latest testing milestone: Simulating flight from the ground

Nasa's X-59 Supersonic Aircraft Tests Success

Alibaba's Tongyi Lab Introduces Cost-Effective LLM Training

Alibaba's ZeroSearch method uses simulated search results to slash LLM training costs

Saudi Arabia has big AI ambitions. They could come at the cost of human rights

Trump Reveals New Deals with Saudi Arabia

Australia's Search for Waste Disposal Alternatives

Waste-to-energy in Australia: How it works, where new incinerators could go, and how they stack up

Revolutionizing Lighting: White LEDs' Impact Since 1996

Study maps three decades of white LED progress and key innovation drivers

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Saturday, 9 January 2021

Brisbane locks down as new strains put Australia on high alert

Australia's third-largest city of Brisbane was in its first day of a snap lockdown on Saturday, with officials elsewhere on "high alert" over the emergence of more contagious strains of COVID-19.

Sinovac, AstraZeneca seek vaccine approval in Brazil

The manufacturers of two COVID-19 vaccines developed by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac and Oxford-AstraZeneca filed the first applications Friday for regulatory approval in hard-hit Brazil, officials said.

US logs record virus caseload as millions in Asia enter new lockdowns

The United States logged a record new daily virus caseload as Joe Biden slammed the Trump administration's vaccine roll-out as a "travesty" and millions in Asia woke up to new lockdowns.

2020 another grim year for Brazilian Amazon

Deforestation destroyed the equivalent of more than two football pitches each minute in the Brazilian Amazon in 2020, another devastating year for a resource seen as vital to curbing climate change, according to government data released Friday.

Mexico City prolongs virus curbs as cases soar

Mexico City on Friday scrapped plans to reopen non-essential activities as it grapples with a spike in the number of coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths.

Killer fungus spread rampantly at US hospital COVID ward: study

Dozens of people being treated for COVID-19 at a Florida hospital last summer became additionally infected with a mysterious, often deadly fungus called Candida auris, a US government study said Friday.

Chaos on the roads as Spain sees heaviest snowfall in decades

Heavy snow continued to fall across much of Spain on Friday, causing chaos on the roads, particularly in the centre of the country, with the capital Madrid seeing its heaviest snowfall in 50 years.

One Planet Summit kickstarts year of crucial environment talks

Global leaders will try to reignite international environmental diplomacy on Monday, with a biodiversity summit that launches a critical year for efforts to stem the devastating effects of global warming and species loss.

New COVID-19 variant found in eight US states: official data

A new, more infectious strain of the coronavirus has now spread to at least eight US states, official data showed Friday, as the country logged a record new daily virus caseload.

Mexican farmers find rare female statue in citrus grove

Farmers digging in a citrus grove near Mexico's Gulf coast have found a striking, six-foot-tall statue of a female figure who may represent an elite woman rather than a goddess, or some mixture of the two, experts said Friday.

Latina mothers, often essential workers, report COVID-19 took toll

More than half of Latina mothers surveyed in Yolo and Sacramento counties reported making economic cutbacks in response to the pandemic shutdown last spring—saying they bought less food and missed rent payments. Even for mothers who reported receiving the federal stimulus payment during this time, these hardships were not reduced, University of California, Davis, researchers found in a recent study.

Including unhealthy foods may diminish positive effects of an otherwise healthy diet

Eating a healthy diet, such as the Mediterranean diet, has a positive impact on health, but little is known about the effects of including unhealthy foods in an otherwise healthy diet. Now researchers at Rush University Medical Center have reported diminished benefits of a Mediterranean diet among those with high frequency of eating unhealthy foods. The results of their study were published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association on Jan. 7.

NIST publishes a beginner's guide to DNA origami

In a technique known as DNA origami, researchers fold long strands of DNA over and over again to construct a variety of tiny 3-D structures, including miniature biosensors and drug-delivery containers. Pioneered at the California Institute of Technology in 2006, DNA origami has attracted hundreds of new researchers over the past decade, eager to build receptacles and sensors that could detect and treat disease in the human body, assess the environmental impact of pollutants, and assist in a host of other biological applications.

Researchers take key step toward cleaner, more sustainable production of hydrogen

Efficiently mass-producing hydrogen from water is closer to becoming a reality thanks to Oregon State University College of Engineering researchers and collaborators at Cornell University and the Argonne National Laboratory.

Most patients hospitalised with COVID-19 have at least 1 symptom 6 months after falling ill: Wuhan study

More than three quarters of COVID-19 patients have at least one ongoing symptom six months after initially becoming unwell, according to research published in The Lancet.

Large study finds higher burden of acute brain dysfunction for COVID-19 ICU patients

COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care in the early months of the pandemic were subject to a significantly higher burden of delirium and coma than is typically found in patients with acute respiratory failure. Choice of sedative medications and curbs on family visitation played a role in increasing acute brain dysfunction for these patients.

Researchers collaborate to aid coral reef restoration

Florida's threatened coral reefs have a more than $4 billion annual economic impact on the state's economy, and University of Central Florida researchers are zeroing in on one factor that could be limiting their survival—coral skeleton strength.

New tech helping cancer patients manage symptoms

Hundreds of cancer patients have benefitted from using computer algorithms to manage their symptoms and improve their wellbeing in a unique UK trial.

Unravelling the mystery that makes viruses infectious

Researchers have for the first time identified the way viruses like the poliovirus and the common cold virus 'package up' their genetic code, allowing them to infect cells.

Gene therapy strategy found effective in mouse model of hereditary disease TSC

Patients with tuberous sclerosis complex, a genetic disorder characterized by the growth of noncancerous tumors in multiple organs of the body, have limited treatment options. A team led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has now shown that gene therapy can effectively treat mice that express one of the mutated genes that cause the disease. The research is published in Science Advances.

COVID forced psychiatric care online. Many patients want it to stay there, study finds

A year ago, trying to find patients who would agree to see their University of Michigan mental health provider through a video screen felt like pulling teeth.

Child marriage is legal and persists across Canada

Canada is at the forefront of global efforts to end child marriage abroad. Yet this practice remains legal and persists across the country. In Canada, more than 3,600 marriage certificates were issued to children, usually girls, under the age of 18 between 2000 and 2018, according to a new study from researchers at McGill University. In recent years, an increasing number of child marriages have been common-law unions.