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Multigroup, Adaptively Randomized Trials Are Advantageous for Comparing COVID-19 Interventions
Roughly half of Earth's ice-free land remains without significant human influence, according to a study from a team of international researchers led by the National Geographic Society and the University of California, Davis.
The colourful pictures of the whole mouse brain at different ages are the first of their kind and a pivotal step forward in understanding behaviour, scientists say.
Findings - published in the journal Science - could shed light on learning disability and dementia and help to reveal how memories are affected by age.
The images are of synapses - vital connections that carry electrical and chemical messages between brain cells. Synapses store memories and synapse damage is linked to more than 130 brain diseases.
Dashcams are an important in-car accessory that record car journeys, the footage from them is important for evidence if an incident has occurred.
However how the dashcam footage is submitted, managed and processed can be a problem for forensics investigating the case
The recording mode, GPS data, speed, license plate and temporal data of seven different devices has been assessed by researchers from WMG, University of Warwick
A new set of precision distance measurements made with an international collection of radio telescopes have greatly increased the likelihood that theorists need to revise the "standard model" that describes the fundamental nature of the Universe.
June 11, 2020 - How do we decide which patients with COVID-19 should get priority for lifesaving ventilators and ICU beds? Writing in the July issue of Medical Care, a prominent bioethicist argues that COVID-19 triage strategies should focus on saving lives, rather than prioritizing life-years saved.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Experts have documented that political polarization is intensifying in the United States. However, a Penn State sociologist now suggests that this separation isn't just more intense, but it is also growing broader, coagulating into an ideological slick of opinions.
In the study of data from a national opinion survey, Daniel DellaPosta, assistant professor of sociology and social data analytics, said that opinions on many seemingly unconnected political issues -- and even non-political issues -- have become increasingly correlated ideologically.
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- The U.S. Army has implemented a one-of-a-kind outdoor system to test swarming drones--with a capacity of more than 1,500 times the volume of a typical testing facility.
Future Soldiers will operate with many of these unmanned aircraft systems across the battlespace, using an interconnected swarm to provide capabilities for situational awareness, defense and logistics.
For a nematode worm, a big lawn of the bacteria that it eats is a great place for it to disperse its eggs so that each hatchling can emerge into a nutritive environment. That's why when a worm speedily roams about a food patch it methodically lays its eggs as it goes. A new study by neuroscientists at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory investigates this example of action coordination - where egg-laying is coupled to the animal's roaming - to demonstrate how a nervous system coordinates distinct behavioral outputs.
The covid-19 pandemic remains an important topic throughout the world. A number of contributions on the IASS website address the pandemic and its consequences from the perspective of sustainability. We would be happy to put you in contact with the respective authors.
How ecological Value Chains Can Help Societies Tackle the Coronavirus Crisis
(Armin Haas)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Many Christian and political conservatives in the U.S. support legislation to deny sexual and gender minorities the rights most Americans enjoy: unfettered access to jobs, housing, services and public facilities; the opportunity to marry as they choose; and the right to adopt a child.
Pump threads rings onto polymer chains to build polyrotaxanes
Polyrotaxanes show promise in soft materials, such as scratch-resistant coatings and actuators
Pump allows researchers to control precisely how many rings thread onto the chain, which was previously impossible
Nobel laureate: 'This is one of the best papers I've been associated with during the past 50 years'
Toronto - We think that we will choose our personal and professional advisors based on reasoned criteria about their expertise, competence and experience.
In practice, we go more with our gut than our head, choosing the person who shows enthusiasm for us and our goals. A team of researchers has used the popular singing competition show The Voice to prove it.
Philadelphia, June 11, 2020 - Diabetic retinopathy is a common complication of diabetes and a leading cause of blindness among the working-age population.
ITHACA, N.Y. - Electronic food vouchers provided young Rohingya children in Bangladeshi refugee camps with better health and nutrition than direct food assistance, according to new research led by Cornell University, in conjunction with the International Food Policy Research Institute.