Mindfully Curated
In early 2020, Georgia Tech researchers designed a saliva-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test and encouraged community members to test weekly to track the health of the campus. Their strategy confirmed 62 percent of the campus’ positive cases in…
According to a new study, thawing of permafrost due to climate change could expose the Arctic population to much greater concentrations of the invisible, lung cancer-causing gas Radon.
Researchers devise a new approach to a highly studied exotic elastic material, uncover an intuitive geometrical description of the pronounced — or nonlinear — soft deformations, and show how to activate any of these deformations on-demand with minima…
An FDA-approved drug that has been in clinical use for more than 70 years may protect against lung injury and the risk of blood clots in severe COVID-19 and other disorders that cause immune-mediated damage to the lungs, according to a preclinical study.
One year after winter storms crippled Texas’ electricity grid, contributing to more than 200 deaths, an analysis recommends contracting improvements to reduce decentralized energy markets’ vulnerability to rare events.
Being stressed about doing well on a test might not be limited to humans, according to a new study.
What factors drive the health, growth and productivity of giant kelp? There are several, but according to researchers, what you see depends on the scale at which you’re observing.
A young adult in the U.S. could add more than a decade to their life expectancy by changing their diet from a typical Western diet to an optimized diet that includes more legumes, whole grains and nuts, and less red and processed meat, according to a n…