Turkish archaeologists discover Stone Age piercings
Turkish archaeologists have found the oldest-yet evidence of body piercing in human remains dating back 11,000 years. The findings, …
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Green light may reduce chronic pain - study
A new study has unraveled the neural circuits that explain how green light can relieve some cases of chronic pain. The neurons ultimately activate the brain’s own opioid system. The effect of light on pain reduction has …
Russian cosmonaut to fly to ISS on Crew Dragon in mid-February 2023
Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyayev will travel to the ISS on the US spacecraft Crew Dragon in mid-February 2023 under the cross-flight program, Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos said in a news release on Tuesday. "Under the …
Europe’s energy crunch squeezes world’s largest particle collider
The world's largest accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, could be shut down amid a crippling energy crisis in Europe, The Wall Street Journal has reported. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is …
Low mortality from "omicron" strain explained
According to the New York Times, researchers in Japan and the United States conducted a series of experiments on hamsters and rats with strains of coronavirus and found the reason why the newest omicron strain has an extremely low …
Coronavirus can persist in body for months - study
The coronavirus that causes Covid-19 can spread within days from the airways to the heart, brain and almost every organ system in the body, where it may persist for months, a study found. In what they describe as the most comprehensive …
Some sleep disorders may lead to worse COVID-19 outcom
Adult COVID-19 patients with sleep-disordered breathing and related low oxygen levels had a higher risk of hospitalization and death, finds a study in JAMA Network Open. A team led by Cleveland Clinic researchers conducted a …
Moderna working on combination COVID-19 vaccine booster and flu shot
Moderna Inc said it is developing a single vaccine that combines a booster dose against COVID-19 with its experimental flu shot. The company hopes to eventually add vaccines it is working on for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and …
European regulator says more data needed on Sputnik vaccine
The European Union's drugs regulator said it was awaiting more data on Russia's Sputnik V and a rival COVID-19 vaccine by China's Sinovac Biotech before it can progress on its rolling reviews of the two shots. "For …
Here's what would happen to life on Earth if the moon disappeared
A full moon is on average 14,000 times brighter than the next brightest night-sky object, Venus
East Asian people survived coronavirus epidemic thousands years ago, scientists say
People suffered from epidemics caused by the coronavirus tens of thousands of years ago, an international team of scientists came to conclusion, the Queensland University of Technology (QUT, Australia) writes in the journal Current Biology. …
The science around the lab leak theory of COVID-19
More scientists have grown comfortable discussing publicly: There's no clear evidence either way.
British and Norwegian scientists find "proof" of artificial origin of COVID-19
An explosive new study claims that Chinese scientists created COVID-19 in a Wuhan lab, then tried to cover their tracks by reverse-engineering versions of the virus to make it look like it evolved naturally from bats, …
Social distance not effective as measure against Covid-19
Cyprus scientists from the Nicosia University Medical School conducted a large-scale study to identify the main factors influencing the spread of the new coronavirus, the Cyprus Mail informs. With the help of a computer model that takes …
Coronavirus damages lung cells within few hours
A team of Boston University researchers—hailing from BU's National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) at BU's Medical Campus, and BU's Center for Network Systems …
China ready to share part of lunar samples with scientists from other countries
China plans to share data and samples that the Chang’e 5 probe obtained during its recent mission to the moon, based on international cooperation conventions, deputy head of the country’s space agency Wu Yanhua said on …
Life expectance in Russia lowest in Europe
According to the latests findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study, the results of which were published in The Lancet medicine journal, the lowest healthy life expectancy in Europe was recorded in Russia. The study relies on the …
Influenza increases mortality from Covid-19 by 600%
People infected with both flu and coronavirus have a sixfold increased risk of death compared with the general population, new research has found, The Week informs. And patients battling both viruses at the same time are twice as likely …
US scientists developed rapid test for Covid-19
CU Boulder researchers have developed a rapid, portable, saliva-based COVID-19 test able to return results in 45 minutes. Such a test might eventually be deployable in community settings like schools and factories, Medical Express informs. …
Coronavirus vaccine plant to be built in Kazakhstan
In the Zhambyl region of Kazakhstan, the construction of a vaccine production plant began. Among other drugs, vaccines against coronavirus will be produced at the plant. "Prime Minister Askar Mamin launched the construction of a …
