Do Monoclonal Antibodies Help COVID Patients?
Experts explain what this treatment involves, who needs it and how to get it -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Apple is considering making the iPhone 15 Pro more expensive
Apple is reportedly looking to keep iPhone shipments steady year-over-year, and is looking to increase its revenue by raising the price of the iPhone 15 Pro models.Render of the iPhone 15 Pro by AppleInsiderBefore the COVID pandemic and then during c.....»»
What it really takes to turn all those empty office buildings into homes
According to engineers, office spaces can be converted to residential buildings—but it won’t be cheap. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, more companies have offered remote work options for their employees, or have even switched to wor.....»»
This Rare Case of Green Hairy Tongue Is Pure Nightmare Fuel
Patients with hairy tongue syndrome—which can also turn tongues black, brown, yellow, or blue—often report gagging, mouth dryness, or bad breath......»»
Build2Gether Contest Brings Innovation To Accessibility
As we’ve seen over and over during tough times, makers really can change the world for the better. We use our skills and tools to do incredible things like produce medical supplies during covid. Now, Hackster is running a contest tapping into.....»»
Q&A: COVID-19 likely came from animals—why aren"t we working to prevent a new scourge?
COVID-19 has killed 7 million people worldwide so far. The novel coronavirus that causes it is widely believed to have jumped from animals to humans at a market selling live animals in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. Now the results of a new study sugges.....»»
Why data travel is healthcare’s next big cybersecurity challenge
Do you know where your patients’ data lives once it’s in the cloud? Unfortunately, for many healthcare organizations, the answer is no – or, at least, it’s not a definitive yes. Knowing how (or where) data is used, shared or stored is essenti.....»»
Behind the scenes: How we host Ars Technica, part 1
Join us on a multipart journey into our place in the cloud! Enlarge / Take a peek inside the Ars vault with us! (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) A bit over three years ago, just before COVID hit, we ran a long piec.....»»
Autonomously switchable polymer materials developed for wearable medical devices
Wearable medical devices, such as the soft exoskeletons that provide support for stroke patients or controlled drug delivery patches, have to be made of materials that can adapt intelligently and autonomously to the wearer's movements and to changing.....»»
Breakthrough in material design will help football players, car occupants and hospital patients
The discovery that football players were unknowingly acquiring permanent brain damage as they racked up head hits throughout their professional careers created a rush to design better head protection. One of these inventions is nanofoam, the material.....»»
Digital-intensive industries not always more resilient, study finds
It is widely assumed that digitalization improves the capacity of companies and sectors to cope with crises. But is it the case that digital intensive sectors proved more resilient during the COVID-19 crisis? Researchers from the Research Institute f.....»»
Ohio bans doctor after botched surgeries on TikTok threaten patients’ lives
Her TikTok persona was more important than patients' lives, medical board ruled. Enlarge (credit: Juan Silva | DigitalVision) Yesterday, an Ohio plastic surgeon, Katharine Grawe—who accumulated nearly 15 million likes.....»»
A third of US deer have had COVID—and they infected humans at least 3 times
New study builds on data suggesting white-tailed deer could be a virus reservoir. Enlarge (credit: Raymond Gehman / Getty Images) People in the US transmitted the pandemic coronavirus to white-tailed deer at least 109 ti.....»»
Researchers invent trap for capturing and comparing individual bacterial cells
All hospitals battle an invisible threat: Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It is a type of bacteria that affects thousands of patients each year in intensive care units, where it can cause sepsis, pneumonia and other types of infections......»»
Study: Economic impact of the pandemic and effects on mental health among urban Indian consumers
A study in the International Journal of Business Forecasting and Marketing Intelligence, reveals the financial challenges faced by urban Indian consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The work then offers strategies that individuals might use to help.....»»
Research tracks young Australians" precarious work and study lives after Year 12
New research released today by The Smith Family shows how leaving school can be a difficult and complex time for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. It also shows how COVID has made this more difficult and complex......»»
WildDISCO: Visualizing whole bodies in unprecedented detail
Researchers developed a new method called wildDISCO that uses standard antibodies to map the entire body of an animal using fluorescent markers. This revolutionary technique provides detailed 3D maps of structures, shedding new light on complex biolo.....»»
China is pumping out carbon emissions as if COVID never happened. That"s bad news for the climate crisis
Carbon emissions from China are growing faster now than before COVID-19 struck, data show, dashing hopes the pandemic may have put the world's most polluting nation on a new emissions trajectory......»»
Sweet success: Jordan"s beekeepers busy as honey demand soars
Jordan's key tourism industry may have been hammered by COVID, but the pandemic gave a boost to another sector, keeping its beekeepers busy as demand for honey has soared......»»
Educational TV in Nigeria boosted preschool readiness during pandemic, study finds
A University of Maryland study upended by the COVID-19 lockdown in Nigeria made an unexpected discovery: Preschool children who regularly watched educational television programming at home while schools were closed showed significant strides in early.....»»
Beamline innovation could enhance the potential of cancer treatment with proton therapy
Physicists have devised a way to achieve higher doses and shorter treatment times for cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy with protons, circumventing the problems of internal organ motions. They achieve this using a modification in the beamline,.....»»