Новости за 25.08.2020

(University of California - San Francisco) As schools across the country continue to wrestle with configurations of online and in-classroom learning, a new study from UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals shows that public data and a simple equation may be all that is required to estimate the number of infected students who might be in a classroom. The result may help school districts make tough decisions on whether it is safe for students to return to the classroom, and in what numbers.

(Penn State) Rainfall and temperature drive agricultural activity, which, in turn, influences patterns of measles outbreaks in the West African nation of Niger, according to an international team of researchers. The findings may be useful for improving vaccine coverage for seasonally mobile populations within Niger and other countries.

(University of Alabama at Birmingham) Preclinical studies of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate at the University of Alabama at Birmingham show positive results that appear to distinguish this vaccine candidate from other vaccine candidates currently in advanced stages of clinical development, the Maryland-based Altimmune Inc. announced today. In animal models at UAB, a single intranasal dose resulted in a potent T-cell response at the mucus layer of the lungs, including killer CD8+ T-cells, which can recognize and kill virally infected cells.

(Virginia Tech) Exactly how the virus gets past the protective barriers in our lungs is unknown, but scientists have recently discovered that SARS-CoV-2 binds to a type of carbohydrate-based polymer called glycosaminoglycan (GAG). The widely used anticoagulant heparin belongs to this class of natural polymers, and hospitalized patients with COVID-19 who were administered heparin to treat blood clotting disorders also experienced a lower risk of dying from COVID-19.

(The Optical Society) At the inaugural OSA Quantum 2.0 Conference, researchers will report out on a fully connected 32-qubit trapped-ion quantum computer register operating at cryogenic temperatures. The new system represents an important step toward developing practical quantum computers.

(European Society for Medical Oncology) The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), the leading organisation for medical oncology, has announced the winners of the ESMO awards 2020.

(Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth) Dartmouth engineers have been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to develop and test a device that could be used by surgeons to detect prostate cancer still left in the body during surgery.

(Oxford University Press USA) A new paper in The Economic Journal, published by Oxford University Press, develops a theory of how people's social network structure impacts productivity and earnings.

(Children's Hospital Los Angeles) Dr. Laura Perin and Dr. Stefano Da Sacco of Children's Hospital Los Angeles receive grants to continue their studies in chronic kidney disease and Alport syndrome. Their experiments will make use of the breakthrough model they created last year, which accurately mimic kidney filtration in the laboratory.

(Aarhus University) A research group at Aarhus University has developed a completely new way to compress data. The new technique provides possibility to analyze data directly on compressed files. A new grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark will further develop the method and form the framework for an end-to-end solution to help scale-down the exponentially increasing volumes of data from IoT devices.

(University of Virginia Health System) The Commonwealth of Virginia will receive 60,000 nasopharyngeal swabs weekly to support high-priority COVID-19 testing across the state, thanks to a collaboration led by University of Virginia faculty to design this key testing supply.

(Aston University) A partnership between Aston University scientists and industry partners has led to the rapid launch of a range of alcohol-free sanitizer products to combat COVID-19.

(Forsyth Institute) The Forsyth Institute is working with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative as an advisor and critical resource in the effort to develop and eventually deploy millions of accurate, rapid COVID-19 point-of-care tests used daily in schools, colleges, universities, and for testing underserved populations.

(University of Colorado Denver) University of Colorado Denver associate professor Heather Johnson, PhD, received a $1,599,774 grant from the National Science Foundation last week to fund her efforts to increase STEM education programs.

(National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)) A new material from NIST can aid in the evaluation and development of RT-qPCR assays for SARS-CoV-2. We are offering a unit, free of charge, for evaluation in exchange for your feedback, which will help us improve and further develop the material.

(Research Institute for Humanity and Nature ) What we can learn for online public relations:- Keep the information concise so that one can go thorough it within about 1 minute.- A diagram (a schematic image) may help to understand complex issue.- People should be able to go through the information in their own pace.

(Mar Communications) Researchers in Kona, Hawaii have made a breakthrough in the quest to develop a cost-effective "fish-free" feed for farm-raised Kampachi, or almaco jack, a carnivorous marine fish prized for its rich, buttery flavor. The research has important implications for ocean sustainability and to help meet the growing demand for seafood around the world.

(Science For Life Laboratory) The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) funds 200 MSEK to four research centers that will focus on finding solutions to some of the UN Agenda 2030 goals. SciLifeLab Fellows Paul Hudson (KTH) and Alexey Amunts (Stockholm University) have been selected, together with project-leader Åsa Strand and Alizee Malnoe (Umeå University), to set up one of the centers.

A new study has found that adults who had parents who struggled with substance dependence, intimate partner violence and mental illness are more than 10 times more likely to have been victims of childhood sexual abuse than those whose parents did not have these problems, once age and race are taken into account.

New research from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) shows that by the years 2045-2049 future temperatures will have more of an effect on when cool-season crops, such as broccoli and lettuce, can be grown than on where, while for warm-season crops (cantaloupe, tomatoes, carrots) the impact will be greater for where they can be grown versus when.

Breastfeeding secures delivery of sugar and fat for milk production by changing the insulin sensitivity of organs that supply or demand these nutrients, a new study led by UT Southwestern scientists suggests. The findings, published in this month's print issue of Diabetes, could explain how different tissues cooperate to start and maintain lactation and offer strategies to help improve breastfeeding success for mothers who have insufficient milk production.

Machine learning models can rapidly and accurately estimate key chemical parameters related to molecular reactivity.

Information can successfully be transmitted through noisy channels using quantum mechanics, according to new research from The University of Queensland and Griffith University.We all know it's impossible to take a picture through thick smoke or fog--physicists would say, 'it's impossible to send information through a completely noisy channel'.

The novel STAR assay developed by NUS researchers can be used to rapidly determine telomere dysregulation in cancers and age-related diseases in clinical settings. This helps clinicians to make faster diagnosis and plan targeted treatments for patients.

Low socioeconomic families - and particularly women - experienced increased financial hardship, food insecurity, domestic violence and mental health challenges during COVID-19 lockdown measures in Bangladesh, a new research study shows. In the first study of its kind, Australian and Bangladeshi researchers documented the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdown measures on the wellbeing of women and their families in rural Bangladesh.