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COVID-19 linked to cardiac injury, worse outcomes for patients with underlying heart conditions
COVID-19 can have fatal consequences for people with underlying cardiovascular disease and cause cardiac injury even in patients without underlying heart conditions, according to...
SPACE
ALMA Resolves Gas Impacted by Young Jets from Supermassive Black Hole
Astronomers obtained the first resolved image of disturbed gaseous clouds in a galaxy 11 billion light-years away by using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array...
PHYSICS
Double-walled nanotubes have electro-optical advantages
One nanotube could be great for electronics applications, but there’s new evidence that two could be tops.
Rice University engineers already knew that size matters...
TECHNOLOGY
Energy-harvesting design aims to turn Wi-Fi signals into usable power
Any device that sends out a Wi-Fi signal also emits terahertz waves —electromagnetic waves with a frequency somewhere between microwaves and infrared light. These...
GENETIC
Animals keep viruses in the sea in balance
A variety of sea animals can take up virus particles while filtering seawater for oxygen and food. Sponges are particularly efficient. That was written...
MEDICINE
Engineers model mutations causing drug resistance
Whether it is a drug-resistant strain of bacteria, or cancer cells that no longer react to the drugs intended to kill them, diverse mutations...
HEALTH
Too much salt weakens the immune system
A high-salt diet is not only bad for one's blood pressure, but also for the immune system. Mice fed a high-salt diet were found...
ENVIRONMENT
German scientists identify microbe that could help degrade polyurethane-based plastics
There may be a small answer to one of the biggest problems on the planet. German researchers report in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology that they...
OTHER SCIENCES
Scientists investigate why females live longer than males
An international team of scientists studying lifespans of wild mammals have found that, just like humans, females tend to live significantly longer than their...
