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Jamaicas Dr Oliver McRae, a Post-Doctoral Associate at Boston University. Jamaicas Dr Oliver McRae, a Post-Doctoral Associate at Boston University (BU) and Associate Professor James C Bird have published a study that adds to the knowledge of how disease is spread and may have a bearing on the transmission of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Already published in the highly regarded "Physical Review Fluids Journal" of the American Physical Society (APS), which specialises in the publication of "innova...

Image Credit: Victoria Shapiro/Shutterstock.com Polished glass has always been the cornerstone of modern optics and imaging systems. Shaped precisely, it helps us focus light and produce sharp images. However, changing its focus requires physically tilting, sliding, or shifting the lens, often mechanically, which adds bulk to microscopes and telescopes. It is also hard to miniaturize the classical lenses and mirrors currently used. Metalens technology could solve this problem by exploiting lig...

Written by AZoCleantechMar 3 2021 Researchers used NASA’s ice-measuring laser satellite to determine that atmospheric river storms are the main driver of elevated snowfall levels in West Antarctica during the austral winter in 2019. Thwaites Glacier in 2019. Image Credit: Kiya Riverman. The results of the study, which was published recently in the Geophysical Research Letters journal, achieved by researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego a...

Coronaviruses exploit our cells so they can make copies of themselves inside us. After they enter our cells, they use our cell machinery to make unique tools of their own that help them generate these copies.

Adequate spacing between births can reduce stunting in children Adequate spacing between births can help to alleviate the likelihood of stunting in children, according to a new study from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI). In an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, TCI postdoctoral associate Sunaina Dhingra and Director Prabhu Pingali find that differences in height between firstborn and later-bor...

Canadian researchers are the first to study how different patterns in the way older adults walk could more accurately diagnose different types of dementia and identify Alzheimer's disease.

 E-Mail Canadian researchers are the first to study how different patterns in the way older adults walk could more accurately diagnose different types of dementia and identify Alzheimers disease. A new study by a Canadian research team, led by London researchers from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University, evaluated the walking patterns and brain function of 500 participants currently enrolled in clinical trials. Their findings are published today in Alzheimers & Dementia: ...

Scientists develop a computational approach to understand how infants perceive language Languages differ in the sounds they use. The Japanese language, for example, does not distinguish between "r" and "l" sounds as in "rock" versus "lock." Remarkably, infants become attuned to the sounds of their native language before they learn to speak. One-year-old babies, for example, less readily distinguish between "rock" and "lock" when living in an environment where Japanese, rather than English, is s...

Expert Insight: The value of SARS-CoV-2 serology testing and the role of neutralization Watch this on-demand accredited webinar to learn about the role serology plays in the clinician toolbox for managing COVID-19 18 Jan 2021 Dr. Sarah Jenks, Consultant Biochemist at NHS Lothian SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, has resulted in a global pandemic. Serology assays can be used for discerning seroprevalence, screening volunteers for vaccine trials and convalescent plasma donations, as we...