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Simple Clinical Tool Can Help Diagnose Spinal Fractures in People with Osteoporosis

Only one in three patients are diagnosed with broken bones in the back due to osteoporosis.

Superior Covid Protection from Better Face Masks, Research Shows

New research from the universities of Surrey and Bristol and ESPCI Paris has shown that FFP2 (filtering facepiece) respirator masks are five times more efficient at filtering particles which carry the Covid-19 virus than cloth masks.

New Research Shows Virus Plays Ultimate Game of ‘Hide and Seek’ with Immune System

SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals could have different variants hidden in different parts of the body.

Diabetes Breakthrough: Gel-Like Sieve in Blood Vessels a New Target for Repairing Damaged Hearts

Drugs that repair damage to a gel-like layer in the tiny blood vessels of the heart could present a much-needed treatment for heart failure in people with diabetes, according to University of Bristol-led research funded by the British Heart Foundation and published today in Diabetologia.

Study Supports Distant Relationship Between Archaea and Bacteria in Tree of Life

Scientists have found further evidence to support the idea that the primary two domains of life, the Archaea and Bacteria, are separated by a long phylogenetic tree branch and therefore distantly related.

Scientists Discover Exotic Water Cycle and Metal Clouds on Hot Jupiter Exoplanet

Astronomers have made the first detailed measurements of an alien water cycle on a planet 855 light-years from Earth.

UAH Collaboration Creates Self-Learning AI Platform To Discover New Drugs

A cross-college collaboration at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has developed a self-learning artificial intelligence (AI) platform that uses big data analytics to discover how new pharmaceutical drugs and various molecules work inside living cells.

Could A Refined UAH Space Weather Model Help Scientists Find Life Elsewhere?

A refinement to a space weather model developed by a center director at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) could help scientists check out which planets outside our solar system are likely to have someone home.

UAH-Led Research Uncovers Key System In E. Coli That Could Lead To New Antibiotics

Research led by the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has for the first time identified the precise genetic operational structure of a key system in Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria, opening the door to possible new antibiotics to treat the infections it causes.

Pioneering UAH Astrophysics Research Quantifies Galactic Gas Tail Mixing Processes

In work that is promising for future galactic modeling, an astrophysics team led by Dr. Ming Sun at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has quantified processes involved in gas mixing in the tails of galaxies being stripped of their gas envelopes.

Scientists Engineer Bacteria to Cope in Challenging Environments

Researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Hamburg have engineered bacteria with internal nutrient reserves that can be accessed when needed to survive extreme environmental conditions.

Transport for London’s Junk Food Advertising Restrictions Linked to Reductions in High Fat, Salt and Sugar Product Purchases

Restricting the outdoor advertising of high fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) foods and drinks across the Transport for London (TfL) network is estimated to have significantly decreased the average amount of calories purchased by households every week from these products, according to new research in PLOS Medicine.

Scientists Discover How Plants Evolved to Colonise Land Over 500 Million Years Ago

Scientists analysing one of the largest genomic datasets of plants have discovered how the first plants on Earth evolved the mechanisms used to control water and ‘breathe’ on land hundreds of millions of years ago.

Why Parents in Their Prime Produce the Best Offspring

Inspired by the tsetse fly, scientists have developed a theory about how an individual’s age and experience affect investment in their offspring.

Advanced Computer Simulations Shed Intriguing New Light on Magma Deep Below Earth’s Surface

Unlike the classic Jules Verne science fiction novel Journey to the Center of the Earth or movie The Core, humans cannot venture into the Earth’s interior beyond a few kilometres of its surface.

Bereaved People Who Are Socially Isolated Have Higher Levels of Grief and Support Needs, Finds National Survey

People in the UK bereaved during the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic showed higher levels of grief and support needs if they were socially isolated or lonely.

P53 Protein Plays a Key Role in Tissue Repair, Study Finds

New research led by the University of Bristol has found the protein p53 plays a key role in epithelial migration and tissue repair.

Widely-Used Hormone Drug Associated with Increased Risk of Benign Brain Tumour at High Doses

High doses of a widely-used drug used in the hormonal treatment of conditions such as excessive hair growth, early puberty, prostate cancer are linked to an increased risk of meningioma —

When Europe Was Flooded by the Oceans

About 200 million years ago, much of Europe was transformed by a huge flood. What had been land, occupied by early dinosaurs and other reptiles, was covered by shallow seawater, from Poland in the east to Wales and south-west England in the west.