Women Endangered by Male Bias in Clinical Trials
Medications are still formulated with a male bias, but new awareness of how different bodies process drugs could lead to safer dosages for women.
Category: Biology
Brain Games Relieve Motion Sickness
New research suggests that doing brain training exercises to improve visuospatial skills could help reduce motion sickness.
Did exploding stars cause this mass extinction?
Researchers at the University of Illinois think supernova explosions triggered the end-Devonian mass extinction 359 million years ago.
Protein Affects 10 Billion Blood Cells a Day
Special proteins in your blood have been identified by researchers for their role in activating stem cells to develop into healthy blood cells.
Can Coronavirus Infect Non-Human Animals?
A new study suggests that many endangered and threatened species, particularly primates, could be susceptible to the novel coronavirus.
How HPV Tricks Your Immune System
Models suggest HPV tricks the immune system by producing a decoy viral protein to distract from its infectious viral proteins.
What Loneliness Looks Like in the Brain
Loneliness is recognizable in brain maps that capture levels of closeness with others and feelings of similarity to or difference from others.
Improved Solar Power with New Organic Sensitizers
Cheaper, better solar power? Harnessing the power of the sun might finally become easier and less expensive thanks to new research into organic sensitizers.
Loneliness and Why We Will Beat COVID-19
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.
Humidity and Respiratory Virus Transmission
Past virus studies suggest that indoor humidity levels may influence how easily respiratory viral infections spread in winter.