Science & Technology
A bellwether for COVID-19
An analysis of data from university COVID-19 screening programs reveals omicron arrived earlier and took over more quickly than experts predicted. Data from university screening programs helped researchers alert hospitals about an imminent surge of omi…
Study identifies receptor that could alleviate need for chemo, radiation pre-T cell therapy
A research team has shown that a synthetic IL-9 receptor allows cancer-fighting T cells to do their work without the need for chemotherapy or radiation.
Social isolation is directly associated with later dementia
Interdisciplinary study shows changes to brain structures associated with memory and cognitive function are directly linked to social isolation. The data shows that socially isolated people are 26% more likely to develop later dementia. The study has i…
High optimism linked with longer life and living past 90 in women across racial, ethnic groups
Higher levels of optimism were associated with longer lifespan and living beyond age 90 in women across racial and ethnic groups.
Radio waves for the detection of hardware tampering
Up to now, protecting hardware against manipulation has been a laborious business: expensive, and only possible on a small scale. And yet, two simple antennas might do the trick.
Faster computing results without fear of errors
A new technique can dramatically accelerate programs known as shell scripts, through a process called parallelization, while ensuring the programs return accurate results.
Bizarre meat-eating dinosaur joins ‘Rogues’ Gallery’ of giant predators from classic fossil site in Egypt’s Sahara Desert
The fossil of a still-unnamed species provides the first known record of the abelisaurid group of theropods from a middle Cretaceous-aged (approximately 98 million years old) rock unit known as the Bahariya Formation, which is exposed in the Bahariya O…