A significant indirect effect of the COVID-19 pandemic was a sudden and sharp decrease in the number of cardiology diagnostic procedures performed worldwide, and especially in lower-income countries.
A snapshot of the results of Israel's national vaccination campaign indicates that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has dramatically reduced the number of cases of COVID-19, the number of hospitalizations and the number of critically ill patients.
The American Geophysical Union reported that Southern California is likely to begin experiencing an increase in post-wildfire landslides, according to a new study.
A research team from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel reviews the different types of antibody tests for COVID-19, and their importance, in a January 2021 preprint of Cell Reports Medicine.
When it comes to census taking, people are not the only ones who count.
Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) has invested $1 million in Satellos Bioscience Inc. to help in the development of a regenerative medicine for therapeutic treatment of Duchenne, which the organization helps to fight.
Bioclinica has announced a product to help the redaction of sensitive patient information from videos, photos and PDFs.
Astrophysicist Catherine Cesarsky was selected as the winner of the 2020 Tate Award for International Leadership in physics, according to an announcement by The American Institute of Physics (AIP).
The National Academy of Sciences made public the proceedings of a symposium that explored whether U.S. innovation needs an update much like the creation of a blueprint for scientific research through Vannevar Bush’s report Science: The Endless Frontier, 75 years ago.
One thing is certain about cotton farming in today's world, it is nothing like prior generations experienced.
Forests are often taken for granted which is a mistake given the number of benefits they provide.
Researchers have developed a gel that can change its color with changes in light much like an octopus can in the sea, which could have military and other applications for producing camouflage.
Tulane University Department of Psychiatry has been awarded a grant by the National Institute of Mental Health to continue its work on early intervention following an episode of psychosis in a young patient, which can change the outcome.
Dr. Roger Billings, scientist, inventor and entrepreneur, recently appeared on the children's lecture series Science Live to discuss speaker technology.
A new recycling method may reduce enormous amounts of waste from the annual 100 million tons of multilayer plastic produced worldwide.
Carbon monoxide poisoning and driving through floodwaters cause injury and death after storms.
ASM leadership elected a new president, board and council members, which will start serving their term on July 1, 2021.
A team of mathematical researchers has created a model for estimating which preventive measures work best to minimize the spread of COVID-19 at different types of events.
A science group wrote a letter to Congress members on the fiscal year 2021 appropriations and research relief, urging the chambers to complete appropriations bills as soon as possible, so there are no more disruptions to science and research.
A new iPhone app developed by researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) in Long Island, New York, enables scientists and others to access a hand-held mobile genetics laboratory in the field.