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Forgotten but not gone: Covid keeps killing, five years on
[ad_1] A laboratory technician prepares COVID-19 patient samples for semi-automatic testing at Northwell Health Labs, Wednesday, March 11,…
January 8, 2025
Social relationships help vampire bats facilitate their unusual blood diets
[ad_1] You can probably picture a vampire: Pale, sharply fanged undead sucker of blood, deterred only by sunlight,…
November 7, 2024
How skuas, frigatebirds, and gulls are helping spread avian influenza
[ad_1] It’s not easy finding food at sea. Seabirds often stay aloft, scanning the churning waters for elusive…
September 17, 2024
Yes, bats carry disease. They also make us healthier
[ad_1] Without vultures to efficiently clean up carcasses, rotting animals ended up tainting water supplies and allowing feral…
September 16, 2024
Study sheds new light on cross-species virus spillovers that can cause pandemics
[ad_1] Guano consumption by wildlife in Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda. Credit: Communications Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06139-z A study…
April 24, 2024
‘Noisy’ autistic brains seem better at certain tasks
[ad_1] Autism is a neurodevelopmental difference associated with specific experiences and characteristics. For decades, autism research has focused on behavioural,…
April 4, 2024
New AI model diagnoses diseases by drawing visual maps
[ad_1] New Delhi: Scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that accurately identifies tumours and diseases…
March 5, 2024
Sleeping like a bear might help humans live a healthier life, study suggests
[ad_1] Scientists and veterinarians are observing and studying bears and their long deep sleep during winters that actually…
December 27, 2023
No brain, no problem: Tiny jellyfish can learn from experience
[ad_1] Caribbean box jellyfish are barely a centimetre long and have no brain. | Photo Credit: AFP Caribbean…
September 24, 2023
Breakthrough Prizes 2024 winners include innovative cancer treatment
[ad_1] When Michel Sadelain began his decades-long quest to genetically modify immune cells to fight cancer, his peers…
September 19, 2023