Health
- A new CIRES-led study finds germicidal ultraviolet light disinfection can be used to fight COVID-19 in high-risk environments. However, the technique produces harmful secondary chemicals in indoor air, with a significant but not overwhelming impact. There are multiple strategies that can be used to minimize the air quality impact, which are now under investigation.
- New findings from mechanical engineers at 91视频 could, one day, help doctors screen patients for illnesses like depression or Parkinson's Disease.
- Laurel Hind has聽received a $1.8 million award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences聽to study white blood cells called neutrophils.聽Her team鈥檚 long-term goal: to identify new targets for therapeutic development.
- When Grace Leslie steps onstage, she wears a high-tech cap that transforms the pulses in her body and brain into haunting, hypnotic sounds. She hopes that same kind of musical connection can help people heal.
- Neuroscientists at 91视频 have discovered that a specific type of brain cell could be a key player in making you feel the negative impacts of stress.
- A new international study conducted at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic shows when people simply take a moment to reflect on the consequences of their behavior, they鈥檙e more likely to make choices that benefit public health.
- In the dream clinic of the future, patients struggling with mental illness might鈥攊n addition to sharing their feelings with a therapist鈥攈ave their brains scanned to pinpoint regions that may be misfiring.
- COVID still a 鈥榙angerous global health threat.鈥 New international study spells out how we can end itGreater attention to indoor air ventilation and filtration, rebuilding public trust and clearly communicating the dominant role of airborne transmission for SARS-CoV-2, addressing pandemic inequities and a 鈥渧accine-plus鈥 approach are among the recommendations made by 386 experts from more than 100 countries.
- A first-of-its kind 91视频 study shows that even middle-of-the-pack marathoners can shave three to five minutes off their time via drafting. It could also help world champion Eliud Kipchoge achieve the Holy Grail of running: finishing a sub-2-hour marathon at an officially sanctioned race.
- Arteriviruses, which are already common in African monkeys and known to cause fatal outbreaks, appear to have learned how to access human cells, replicate and evade human immune systems鈥攁 warning sign these could become next in a long line of viruses to jump from nonhuman primates to people, new laboratory research shows.