Engineers have demonstrated a method for ensuring that an increasingly popular method of genetic identification called ”DNA fingerprinting” remains secure…
Sex bias in pain research
Most pain research remains overwhelmingly based on the study of male rodents, continuing to test hypotheses derived from earlier experiments…
Why COVID-19 may be less common in children than adults
Researchers have found that children have lower levels of ACE2 gene expression than adults, which may explain children’s lower risk…
High doses of vitamin D supplementation has no current benefit in preventing or treating COVID-19
Scientists have published a vitamin D consensus paper warning against high doses of vitamin D supplementation as current research shows…
New mobile health tool measures hemoglobin without drawing blood
Researchers have developed a way to use smartphone images of a person’s eyelids to assess blood hemoglobin levels. The ability…
When is reading your partner’s emotions beneficial, and when harmful?
Are you good at reading your partner’s emotions? Your perceptiveness may very well strengthen your relationship. Yet when anger or…
Scientists find evidence of link between diesel exhaust, risk of Parkinson’s
A new study in zebrafish identified the process by which air pollution can damage brain cells, potentially contributing to Parkinson’s…
The self-synthesizing ribosome
As the cell’s protein factory, the ribosome is the only natural machine that manufactures its own parts. That is why…
Surging numbers of first-generation learners being left behind in global education
‘First-generation learners’ — a substantial number of pupils around the world who represent the first generation in their families to…
Unconscious: ‘Sniff test’ predicts recovery of consciousness
If an unconscious person responds to smell through a slight change in their nasal airflow pattern — they are likely…