(American Society for Microbiology) Researchers from Yonsei University in South Korea have found that certain commensal bacteria that reside in the human intestine produce compounds that inhibit SARS-CoV-2.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Study evaluates potential causes of increased transmission in SARS-CoV-2 variants
(American Society for Microbiology) Although two SARS-CoV-2 variants are associated with higher transmission, patients with these variants show no evidence of higher viral loads in their upper respiratory tracts compared to the control group, a Johns H…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: During COVID-19 pandemic, increased screen time correlates with mental distress
(American Society for Microbiology) Increased screen time among young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic correlated with a rise in pandemic-related distress, according to research led by investigators at the Saint James School of Medicine on the Carib…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New technique allows for identification of potential drugs to fight resistant bacteria
(American Society for Microbiology) Researchers from the Miami University in Ohio have optimized a new technique that will allow scientists to evaluate how potential inhibitors work on antibiotic-resistant bacteria. This technique, called native state …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Novel interactions between proteins that help in recovering from brain injury
(National Research Council of Science & Technology) A Korean research team reported a novel mechanism to describe the brain injury recovery process. The researchers reported that when the animal model experiment was conducted, the time taken to recover…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Earlier flood forecasting could help avoid disaster in Japan
(Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo) Researchers from The University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science have revealed that a newly developed forecasting system can accurately predict flood locations 32 hours in advance. Extr…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Greenhouse gas data deep dive reaches new level of ‘reasonable and true’
(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) For the most accurate accounting of a product’s environmental impact, scientists look at the product’s entire life cycle, from cradle to grave. It’s a grand calculati…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Cognitive care using medicinal plant peptides
(National Centre for Biological Sciences) One way of tackling the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is to prevent the underlying adverse changes in the brain. A team of researchers from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) has recen…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Dragonflies: Species losses and gains in Germany
(German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig) Over the past 35 years, there have been large shifts in the distributions of many dragonfly species in Germany. Those of standing water habitats have declined, probably due…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Cells optimised to produce substance that holds potential to improve ‘healthy ageing’
(Technical University of Denmark) A new scientific study published in Nature Catalysis shows that baker’s yeast can be designed and optimised to produce polyamines and polyamine analogues for tackling grand challenges in both the health and agricultura…
