Newswise — Viruses have limited genetic material—and few proteins—so all the pieces must work extra hard. Zika is a great example; the virus only produces 10 proteins. Now,…
Read more Study reveals Zika’s shape-shifting machinery—and a possible vulnerabilityNewswise — Desert birds lay larger eggs when they have more helpers to feed their chicks, new research shows. White-browed sparrow weavers live in family groups in which…
Read more Birds in the desert lay bigger eggs with increased helpers.Newswise — A first ever study of wartime deepfake videos reveals their impact on news media and outlines implications for social media companies, media organisations and governments. …
Read more Pioneering wartime deepfake study unveils influence on news media.Newswise — A new study reveals biological mechanisms by which a specific strain of bacteria in the Wolbachia genus might enhance the fertility of the insects it infects—with potentially important…
Read more How mosquito-controlling bacteria might also enhance insect fertilityNewswise — It’s said that a dog is a man’s best friend, but the wild dingo is much maligned in Australia. This may not always have been the…
Read more Dingoes granted ‘almost-human’ status in pre-colonial Australia.Newswise — Toronto, ON — New research from the University of Toronto has revealed the mental health toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on older adults with peptic ulcer…
Read more Mental health challenges for Canadian ulcer patients in COVID-19 pandemicNewswise — Machine learning models to identify the simplest way to screen for lung cancer have been developed by researchers from UCL and the University of Cambridge, bringing…
Read more Artificial intelligence helps to simplify lung cancer risk predictionNewswise — A machine learning model equipped with only data on people’s age, smoking duration and the number of cigarettes smoked per day can predict lung cancer risk…
Read more Computer model predicts who needs lung cancer screeningNewswise — WASHINGTON (Sept 15, 2023)–A social media campaign launched in 2022 helped encourage some Nigerians to roll up their sleeves for a COVID vaccine, according to a…
Read more Social Media May Be Used to Combat COVID Vaccine Hesitancy in NigeriaNewswise — Researchers have linked US household income data to greenhouse gas emissions generated in creating that income, and found that 40% of total emissions are associated with…
Read more The scale of emissions inequality in U.S. societyNewswise — FRANKFURT. Each year, over 670,000 people in Europe fall ill because of antibiotic-resistant pathogens, and 33,000 die from the infections. Especially feared are pathogens with resistances…
Read more Rapid Adaptation of Acinetobacter baumannii to Novel EnvironmentsNewswise — A new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill examined nitrogen fixation among diazotrophs—microorganisms that can convert nitrogen into usable form…
Read more Long-Term Study Discovers Nitrogen Fixation Hotspots in Atlantic SeaweedNewswise — ITHACA, N.Y. – Researchers are more likely to pen scientific papers with co-authors of the same gender, a pattern that cannot be simply explained by the…
Read more Researchers prefer same-gender co-authors, study confirmsNewswise — A high percentage of people from Latin America are infected with the parasite that causes Chagas disease. This is the conclusion of an analysis of nearly 3,000 people…
Read more Chagas Disease remains underdiagnosed in SpainNewswise — Climbing trees, making mud pies, or simply playing outside, parents and educators know that being in nature is an important part of every childhood. But when…
Read more Getting adults on board with messy nature playNewswise — Markings on a cave wall in France are the oldest known engravings made by Neanderthals, according to a study published June 21, 2023 in the open-access…
Read more Neanderthal cave engravings are oldest known – over 57,000 years oldNewswise — An LMU study reveals: Whether patients are able to correctly assess risks depends partly on how physicians convey statistical information to them. Medical results are not…
Read more Cancer: Balancing certainty and probabilityNewswise — Workplace ostracism refers to an employee’s perception of being excluded, ignored, or rejected in the workplace. A study published in PLOS ONE by Jun Qiu at School of…
Read more Romantic relationships between coworkers may deteriorate workplace cultureNewswise — AMHERST, Mass. – Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently published a study in the journal PLOS Water that focuses on the Sudbury-Assabet and Concord watershed in…
Read more Researchers study links land use changes to water quality & quantityPress-only preview: https://plos.io/42H3PPj Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0001743 Article Title: Universal varicella vaccination in Denmark: Modeling public health impact, age-shift, and cost-effectiveness Image Caption: A) Total and B) breakthrough varicella incidence over time, by…
Read more Vaccination against chickenpox is estimated to significantly reduce varicella cases and deaths in both children and adults and would be cost-effective
