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Contact tracers in Massachusetts might order milk or help with rent. Here’s why.

It’s a familiar moment. The kids want their cereal and the coffee’s brewing, but you’re out of milk. No problem, you think — the corner store is just a couple of minutes away. But if you have COVID-19 or have been exposed to the coronavirus, you’re supposed to stay put.

13 Aug 2020

Turning anger into action: Minority students analyze COVID data on racial disparities

As the coronavirus swept into Detroit this spring, Wayne State University junior Skye Taylor noticed something striking. On social media, many of her fellow Black classmates who live or grew up in the city were "posting about death, like, 'Oh, I lost this family member to COVID-19,'" said Taylor.

13 Aug 2020

Study: Lower socioeconomic status is associated with reduced size of anterior hippocampus

A new study by a team of researchers from the University of Toronto (U of T) has identified the region of the brain's hippocampus that links low income with decreased memory and language ability in children.

13 Aug 2020

Scientists unlock behavior of an enzyme involved in cancer spread

A new insight into cell signals that control cancer growth and migration could help in the search for effective anti-cancer drugs. A McGill-led study reveals key biochemical processes that advance our understanding of colorectal cancer, the third most common cancer among Canadians.

12 Aug 2020

Adaptive features of single neurons supply memory for language processing

To understand language, we have to remember the words that were uttered and combine them into an interpretation.

12 Aug 2020

Study explores children's perceptions of social robots in elderly care

The study of children's interactions with robots was carried out at the Norwegian research fair held in every major city. It is an annual national event where children gain insight into science and what researchers do.

12 Aug 2020

Open access journal posts COVID-19 preprint studies to reduce misinformation

Today, open access journal Rapid Reviews: COVID-19 (RR:C19), published by the MIT Press, posted peer reviews of eight COVID-19 preprint studies in an effort to reduce misinformation and to elevate noteworthy and useful research for scientists, public health officials, journalists, and the public.

12 Aug 2020

Real-life discussions may help counter anti-vaccination influences from social media

The flu vaccine is considered one of the great achievements in public health, and each year it prevents millions of people from getting sick and thousands of deaths.

10 Aug 2020

In rural Missouri, Latinos learn to contain and cope with the coronavirus

Francisco Bonilla is a pastor in Carthage, Missouri, tending to the spiritual needs of the town’s growing Latino community. He's also a media personality, broadcasting his voice far beyond the walls of Casa de Sanidad. Bonilla runs a low-power, Spanish-language radio station from the church.

7 Aug 2020

How misinformation undermines Australia's COVID-19 response

The current global climate of misinformation and myths about the origin, cure of, and measures required to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic has mired public acceptance of and compliance with governmental interventions and personal precautions.

7 Aug 2020

Oncologists interview physicians to identify specific communication related to COVID-19

When COVID-19 struck, health care pivoted hard. Any unnecessary procedures or appointments were postponed. For people with cancer, that pivot was particularly shattering.

7 Aug 2020

Identifying new strategies to improve livelihoods through sustainable agricultural development

The Barotse Floodplain in Zambia is one of Africa's largest wetlands, representing varied ecotypes and high biodiversity conservation value.

7 Aug 2020

UArizona researcher aims to deliver statins effectively into the brain of stroke patients

Every year in the United States, about 800,000 people experience a stroke. Many are left with neurological complications such as paralysis on one side of the body, speech and language problems, vision issues, behavioral changes, and memory loss.

6 Aug 2020

Researchers develop a deep learning-based algorithm for predicting sites of DNA methylation

A team of researchers from New Jersey Institute of Technology and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have developed an algorithm through machine learning that helps predict sites of DNA methylation - a process that can change the activity of DNA without changing its overall structure - and could identify disease-causing mechanisms that would otherwise be missed by conventional screening methods.

6 Aug 2020

Non-invasive technique could enhance language learning ability in people

New research by neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh and University of California San Francisco (UCSF) revealed that a simple, earbud-like device developed at UCSF that imperceptibly stimulates a key nerve leading to the brain could significantly improve the wearer's ability to learn the sounds of a new language.

6 Aug 2020

When green means stop: How safety messages got so muddled

When Marquita Burnett heard Philadelphia was moving to the "green" phase of reopening, she was confused. She was pretty sure the city had already earned a green designation from Pennsylvania's governor (it had). The next thing she knew, the city was scaling back some of the businesses it had planned to reopen (namely, indoor dining and gyms). But it was still calling this phase "restricted green."

4 Aug 2020

Darolutamide shows indication of considerable added benefit in prostate cancer

Up to now, adult men with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC) at high risk of developing metastatic disease usually continued their conventional androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) while the cancer was observed for the occurrence of metastases (so-called watchful waiting).

3 Aug 2020

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Contact tracers in Massachusetts might order milk or help with rent. Here’s why.

Turning anger into action: Minority students analyze COVID data on racial disparities

Study: Lower socioeconomic status is associated with reduced size of anterior hippocampus

Scientists unlock behavior of an enzyme involved in cancer spread

Adaptive features of single neurons supply memory for language processing

Study explores children's perceptions of social robots in elderly care

Open access journal posts COVID-19 preprint studies to reduce misinformation

Real-life discussions may help counter anti-vaccination influences from social media

In rural Missouri, Latinos learn to contain and cope with the coronavirus

How misinformation undermines Australia's COVID-19 response

Oncologists interview physicians to identify specific communication related to COVID-19

Identifying new strategies to improve livelihoods through sustainable agricultural development

UArizona researcher aims to deliver statins effectively into the brain of stroke patients

Researchers develop a deep learning-based algorithm for predicting sites of DNA methylation

Non-invasive technique could enhance language learning ability in people

When green means stop: How safety messages got so muddled

Darolutamide shows indication of considerable added benefit in prostate cancer

Human cerebellum has almost 80% of the cerebral cortex’s surface area

UCR psychologist to measure how motor development changes infants' daily experiences

Using personalized precision medicine to treat cognitive decline

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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