Scientists have identified at least eight strains of coronavirus spread across the globe.
Scientists have identified at least eight strains of coronavirus as the bug wreaks havoc spreading across the globe. More than 2,000…
COVID-19: learning from experience
COVID-19: learning from experience The Lancet Published:March 28, 2020 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30686-3 Over the past 2 weeks, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)…
Plasma of recovered patients can help treat severe coronavirus cases
A new report raises hope that the blood of recovered patients can help treat severe coronavirus cases. Five critically ill…
Babies in the womb may see more than we thought
By the second trimester, long before a baby’s eyes can see images, they can detect light. But the light-sensitive cells…
Drug-resistant microbes kill about 35,000 people in the U.S. per year
Close to 3 million people in the United States develop difficult to treat infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria and fungi each year…
Dangerous Bacteria Communicate to Avoid Antibiotics
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have found a new survival mechanism for a commonly known type of bacteria. It…
First recording of a blue whale’s heart rate
Encased in a neon orange plastic shell, a collection of electronic sensors bobbed along the surface of the Monterey Bay,…
How antibiotics change human microbiome diversity long-term
A single course of antibiotics can change the composition of oral and gut microbiomes for at least a year, according…
Engineers translate brain signals directly into speech
In a scientific first, Columbia neuroengineers have created a system that translates thought into intelligible, recognizable speech. By monitoring someone’s…