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COVID-19 fatality rates may be lower than initially reported, higher than influenza

The data on COVID-19 changes from day-to-day, and researchers say that initial estimates of the number of novel coronavirus infections that led to death from COVID-19 may have been overestimated, because of the small sample size they obtained data for early in the outbreak.

Study finds tectonic plates are older than believed

Geophysicists at Yale University have found that the earth's tectonic plates are more than 4 billion years old, YaleNews reported.

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Scientists discover massive galaxy in young universe

A massive rotating disk galaxy that was well-formed when the universe was 10% of its current age was discovered by the National Science Foundation.

Scientists create new technology to rapidly generate synthetic proteins

MIT chemists have developed a protocol to reduce the time it takes to generate synthetic proteins.

EMORY UNIVERSITY: Emory doctors study link between thickness of blood, clotting and inflammation in COVID-19 patients

After noticing unusual blood clotting in many patients diagnosed with COVID-19, doctors at Emory University believe there may be a connection to the thickness of their blood, known as hyperviscosity, with inflammation and clotting.

UC BERKELEY: Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hardened arteries

Disrupted nightly sleep and clogged arteries tend to sneak up on us as we age. And while both disorders may seem unrelated, a new UC Berkeley study helps explain why they are, in fact, pathologically intertwined.

Machine learning helps researchers categorize the ocean's ecology

Scientists at MIT used machine learning to find distinct points enabled them to split the world’s oceans into different “provinces” based on ecological makeup.

Researchers use genetics to reveal people mixed before cities rose

Genetic research shows the mix of ideas and material culture, with people intermingling, came before cities began to rise, which is the opposite of previous assumptions.

Bacteria discovered uses magnetic properties to navigate

Two of Berkeley's fellows are investigating a certain type of aquatic bacteria that seems to use iron to travel on a magnetic field.

Boston University investigates distribution of light in galaxies

Astronomers have started to look towards light from other galaxies, believing that the light quality being emitted may hold answers about the galaxies themselves.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: U-M researchers identify new approach to turning on the heat in energy-burning fat cells

Researchers have discovered a new set of signals that cells send and receive to prompt one type of fat cell to convert fat into heat.

Study delves into sleep deprivation, role of gut

A study looked at prolonged sleep deprivation and the gut's role in fruit flies, according to the Havard Gazette.

MIT creates devices for artificial brain synapses

Engineers have put thousands of artificial brain synapses on a chip that is smaller than a piece of confetti, MIT News reported.

Swiss physicist says intuitionist mathematics can clear up questions of physics and time

Quanta Magazine has published on the question of how time works, highlighting Swiss physicist Nikolas Gisin’s papers which have been said to clear up the “fog around physics,” according to an April 7 report.

MIT: Engineers design a device that operates like a brain synapse

Ion-based technology may enable energy-efficient simulations of the brain’s learning process, for neural network AI systems.

UCLA: Adhesive film turns smartwatch into biochemical health monitoring system

UCLA engineers have designed a thin adhesive film that could upgrade a consumer smartwatch into a powerful health monitoring system.

One small step for neural interfaces: Stanford researchers show artificial synapse can communicate with living cell

Stanford University researchers have demonstrated the ability of their engineered, artificial synapsis to communicate with living cells, a potential step in creating computers that can interface directly with the human brain.

MIT neuroscientist use lab-engineered blood-brain barrier to make breakthrough in understanding Alzheimer's

Neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) may have made a breakthrough in understanding Alzheimer’s, involving a molecular pathway for which there are already medicines approved by the Food and Drug Administration that can suppress it.

Denver-based team develops photopolymer with properties akin to spinal cartilage

A University of Colorado Denver team of researchers have discovered a new way to form liquid crystal elastomers into material that has the potential to match the properties of tissues such as cartilage.