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Artificial brains need sleep to maintain their stability
No one can say whether androids will dream of electric sheep, but they will almost certainly need periods of rest that offer benefits similar...
Women who have experienced childhood trauma become mothers earlier
Women who have experienced childhood trauma become mothers earlier than those with a more stable childhood environment, according to a new study conducted by...
SARS-CoV-2 – Mosquito-borne virus : the immune response can be both good and bad
Every year, more than 68,000 people end up with a clinical case of Japanese encephalitis. One in four of these patients will die.
The...
Thousands of tons of microfibres are being released into European marine environments every year
A new study has revealed that almost 13,000 tonnes of microfibres, equivalent to two rubbish trucks every day, are being released into European marine...
The world hit another new record high for heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
The world hit another new record high for heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, despite reduced emissions because of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists announced...
China researchers developed adaptive thermal camouflage devices
Many species have naturally evolved remarkable strategies to visually adapt to their environments for protection and predation.
Researchers have studied adaptive camouflaging in the...
Teens who donate blood are at significant risk for long-term iron deficiency
Teens who donate blood are at significant risk for long-term iron deficiency, a new study warns.
The concern comes as 16- to 18-year-olds have emerged...
The TEG test can identify undetected blood clots in COVID-19 ICU patients
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine are recommending that all COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU undergo a thromboelastography (TEG) to test for the...
COVID-19: CD8 T cells are very important in protecting the brain after infection of...
Researchers at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a part of the National Institutes of Health, have identified a specific, front-line...
The cancer drug acalabrutinib reduced respiratory distress in COVID-19 patients
Early data from a clinical study suggest that blocking the Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) protein provided clinical benefit to a small group of patients...
Scientists developed a new therapeutic approach to restore light sensitivity in retinal degeneration
Humans rely dominantly on their eyesight.
Losing vision means inability to read, recognize faces or find objects. Macular degeneration is one of the major...
COVID-19 : Researchers produced the first open-source all-atom models of a full-length SARS-CoV-2 spike...
The virus SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the known cause of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The "spike" or S protein facilitates viral entry into...
Office workers sleep more hours each night when exposed to more sunlight during the...
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has found that office workers sleep more hours each night when exposed to...
Neuroscientists have identified causal link between sleep deprivation and premature death
The first signs of insufficient sleep are universally familiar.
There’s tiredness and fatigue, difficulty concentrating, perhaps irritability or even tired giggles.
Far fewer people...
COVID-19 : Researchers have identified 27 protein biomarkers that can predict severe coronavirus symptoms
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have identified 27 protein biomarkers that could be used to predict whether a...
