Category: Science and Tech
A new device can detect the coronavirus in the air in minutes
Science News If you’ve ever thought it would be great to walk into a room and know whether the virus that causes COVID-19 is hanging around, scientists have a device for you. Researchers have created a machine a little bigger than a toaster that can detect airborne SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in minutes. It takes only five minutes […]
Jul 25, 2023
Scent dogs can detect COVID-19 more rapidly and accurately than current tests
Eureka Alert Scent dogs may represent a cheaper, faster and more effective way to detect COVID-19, and could be a key tool in future pandemics, a new review of recent research suggests. The review, published in De Gruyter’s Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, found that scent dogs are as effective, or even more effective, than conventional COVID-19 tests such as […]
Jul 18, 2023
AI Fast-Tracks Disease Risk Predictions
Neuroscience News Summary: Researchers developed AI software that rapidly analyzes bone density scans to predict a person’s future risk of health conditions, such as heart attacks, stroke, falls, fractures, and dementia. The software looks for signs of abdominal aortic calcification (AAC), a predictor of these conditions. While human experts typically take 5-15 minutes to analyze each […]
Jul 18, 2023
Washington University Scientists Develop An Air Monitor That Can Detect Covid-19 Virus
Forbes A team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis has developed a real-time air monitor that can detect any of the SARS-CoV-2 virus variants that are present in a room in about 5 minutes. The proof-of-concept device was created by researchers from the McKelvey School of Engineering and the School of Medicine at Washington University. […]
Jul 11, 2023
Researchers discover unique blood plasma protein patterns in patients with long COVID
Medical Express Using advanced research techniques, including a form of artificial intelligence, a team of researchers has discovered unique patterns of blood plasma proteins in patients with suspected long COVID that could improve patient outcomes. This research, which used multiple state-of the-art technologies, was enabled by existing expertise and infrastructure through CHRI. It was published […]
Jul 5, 2023
Trove of new coronaviruses uncovered in bats — but threat is unclear
Nature Horseshoe bats carry viruses closely related to SARS-CoV-2, but they probably can’t spread in people yet. Coronavirus hunters looking for the next pandemic threats have focused on China and southeast Asia, where wild bats carry SARS-CoV-2’s closest known relatives. But a survey of UK bat species suggests that researchers might want to cast a […]
Jul 5, 2023
Evotec’s latest DOD contract provides $74M to tackle mpox
Fierce Biotech Evotec has secured yet another contract from the Department of Defense (DOD). This time, the U.S. government is committing $74 million for the development of monoclonal antibodies against mpox, chickenpox and smallpox. The German biotech-CRO hybrid company’s Seattle-based unit, called Just – Evotec Biologics, is in receipt of the contract for the “rapid […]
Jul 5, 2023
How the Brain Protects Itself From Blood-Borne Threats
Quanta Enough pints of beer can have you falling off your bar stool or loudly reciting lyrics to early 2000s jams to total strangers, because alcohol can get past one of the strongest defenses in the body. If you’ve ever been drunk, high or drowsy from allergy medication, you’ve experienced what happens when some molecules […]
Jun 20, 2023
Malaria Parasite Found in Medici Organ
Archeology.org Evidence of the parasite that causes a virulent type of malaria (Plasmodium falciparum) has been detected in a 500-year-old organ stored in a terracotta jar bearing the Medici family crest by researchers led by Albert Zink of Italy’s Institute for Mummy Studies, according to a Live Science report. Zink and his colleagues were working to match […]
Jun 14, 2023
NIH Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, monoclonal antibodies played an important role in treating some people with severe disease. A combination of antibodies was also approved as a prevention strategy for people with certain immune system problems. As the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to mutate, the spike protein it uses to enter human cells has changed […]
Jun 14, 2023