Animal noses inspire new mask, air filter designs
Masks that protect against SARS-CoV-2 virus can feel like a nuisance, especially while exercising.
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Masks that protect against SARS-CoV-2 virus can feel like a nuisance, especially while exercising.
Mar 9, 2022
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An international research team from universities including Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, the University of Padua and the University of Udine in Italy, and the University of Vienna, Austria, has developed a new ...
Mar 1, 2022
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During the pandemic, news reports surfaced of a surge of young adults showing up at doctors' offices with unexplainable movement disorders that looked, perhaps to a non-specialist, a little bit like Tourette syndrome.
Feb 23, 2022
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Combining targeted, focused ultrasound and immunotherapy drugs could work as a new treatment for pancreatic cancers, a new study has shown.
Feb 7, 2022
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While tendons of the body differ dramatically in their function, mechanics, and the range of motion, they all connect to bone via an enthesis—a specialized interface that integrates tendon into bone. Effective force transfer ...
When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in 2020, the R rate became well-known shorthand for the reproduction of the disease. Yet a new study suggests it's time for 'A Farewell to R' in favor of a different approach based on the ...
Sep 28, 2021
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A new mathematical model for predicting infectious disease outbreaks incorporates fear—both of disease and of vaccines—to better understand how pandemics can occur in multiple waves of infections, like those we are seeing ...
Aug 4, 2021
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In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo used smart watches and a dedicated app to monitor 169 subjects before and during Israel's second COVID-19 lockdown ...
Jun 8, 2021
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There is growing evidence that house design can decrease the force of malaria infection.
May 26, 2021
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A new smell test developed by Queen Mary University of London researchers has been found to be easy to use in patients with Parkinson's disease, and could also be helpful in diagnosing COVID-19 in the broader population.
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