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Women Endangered by Male Bias in Clinical Trials

October 21, 2020February 9, 2021 Science Connectedadverse reactions, clinical research, drug trials, gender bias, medicine, overmedicated, womens health

Medications are still formulated with a male bias, but new awareness of how different bodies process drugs could lead to safer dosages for women.

Biology Health

Brain Games Relieve Motion Sickness

October 14, 2020January 3, 2021 Science Connectedbrain, motion sickness, travel

New research suggests that doing brain training exercises to improve visuospatial skills could help reduce motion sickness.

A team of researchers led by professor Brian Fields hypothesizes that a supernova about 65 light-years away may have contributed to the ozone depletion and subsequent mass extinction of the late Devonian Period, 359 million years ago. Pictured is a simulation of a nearby supernova colliding with and compressing the solar wind. Earth's orbit, the blue dashed circle, and the Sun, red dot, are shown for scale. (Graphic courtesy Jesse Miller)

Astronomy Biodiversity Biology

Did exploding stars cause this mass extinction?

September 28, 2020April 7, 2021 Science ConnectedDevonian extinction, Ozone depletion, supernova

Researchers at the University of Illinois think supernova explosions triggered the end-Devonian mass extinction 359 million years ago.

Proteins in blood cells research team. Pictures left to right: Luciano di Croce, Livia Condemi, Isabel Espejo Díaz, Cecilia Ballaré and Arantxa Guitiérrez Velázquez (Photo by Marta Vila)

Biology Health

Protein Affects 10 Billion Blood Cells a Day

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020 Science Connectedblood, blood stem cells, epigenetics, genetics, protein, stem cells

Special proteins in your blood have been identified by researchers for their role in activating stem cells to develop into healthy blood cells.

Animals Biodiversity Biology

Can Coronavirus Infect Non-Human Animals?

September 1, 2020April 4, 2021 Science Connectedanimals, coronavirus, COVID-19, endangered species, primates

A new study suggests that many endangered and threatened species, particularly primates, could be susceptible to the novel coronavirus.

Biology Health

How HPV Tricks Your Immune System

August 18, 2020August 18, 2020 Science Connectedbiology, health, HPV, immunity, medicine, virus

Models suggest HPV tricks the immune system by producing a decoy viral protein to distract from its infectious viral proteins.

Biology Psychology

What Loneliness Looks Like in the Brain

July 22, 2020April 7, 2021 Science Connectedbrain, closeness, loneliness, mental health, neurobiology, social science

Loneliness is recognizable in brain maps that capture levels of closeness with others and feelings of similarity to or difference from others.

Biology Health

Anxious After Social Isolation in Lockdown?

July 6, 2020July 10, 2020 Science Connectedanti-social, brain mapping, loneliness, neuroscience, social isolation, zebrafish

Are you a loner or a lonely fish? Social isolation in zebrafish led to anxiety when reintroduced to society, mirroring how many humans feel after lockdown.

Biology Climate Change Environment Technology

Improved Solar Power with New Organic Sensitizers

June 22, 2020June 20, 2020 Science Connectedgreen tech, renewable energy, solar energy, solar panel, solar power

Cheaper, better solar power? Harnessing the power of the sun might finally become easier and less expensive thanks to new research into organic sensitizers.

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Loneliness and Why We Will Beat COVID-19

June 3, 2020June 1, 2020 Science Connectedcoronavirus, COVID-19, isolation, lonliness, shelter in place

Feelings of loneliness are widespread as humanity continues to self-isolate to stop the spread of coronavirus. Watch this video about why we will prevail.