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Drug Dissolved Net-Like Structures In Airways Of Severely Ill Covid-19 Patients

When researchers at Lund University in Sweden performed advanced analyses of sputum from the airways of severely ill Covid-19 patients, they found high levels of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs).

Astonishing Altitude Changes In Marathon Flights Of Migratory Birds

Extreme differences in flight altitude between day and night may have been an undetected pattern amongst migratory birds – until now

Induced Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest Did Not Improve Survival

Since 2005, the guidelines for the care of unconscious cardiac arrest patients have been to cool the body temperature down to 33 degrees Celsius.

Free And Nutritious School Lunches Help Create Richer And Healthier Adults

Universal school lunch programs make students healthier, and increase their lifetime income by 3%, according to a unique study from Lund University in Sweden published in The Review of Economic Studies.

Computer Method To Help Predict Outcomes For Heart Patients

An international group of clinicians and scientists from MIT and Lund University, among others, have analysed how individual genetic changes affect the heart muscle

Genomics-Informed Decisions Can Help Save Species From Extinction

Researchers in Lund, Copenhagen and Norwich have shown that harmful mutations present in the DNA play an important – yet neglected – role in the conservation and translocation programs of threatened species.

Earth’s Meteorite Impacts Over Past 500 Million Years Tracked

For the first time, a unique study conducted at Lund University in Sweden has tracked the meteorite flux to Earth over the past 500 million years

Climate Change, Habitat Loss Threaten East African Bird Populations

UCLA-led study assesses complex effects of environmental stressors

Do the More Flexible Individuals Rely More on Causal Cognition? Observation Versus Intervention in Causal Inference in Great-Tailed Grackles

Behavioral flexibility, the ability to change behavior when circumstances change based on learning from previous experience, is thought to play an important role in a species ability to successfully adapt to new environments and expand its geographic range.

When Stem Cells Can’t Roll on A Bumpy Road, Muscles Break Down

Study in mice shows scarring of collagen ‘highway’ prevents stem cells from healing damaged tissue in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Study Could Help Solve Mystery of The Disappearing Twins

UCLA-led team of astronomers finds no young binary stars near Milky Way’s black hole

Chimpanzee Vowel-Like Sounds and Voice Quality Suggest Formant Space Expansion Through the Hominoid Lineage

The origins of human speech are obscure; it is still unclear what aspects are unique to our species or shared with our evolutionary cousins, in part due to a lack of a common framework for comparison.

What Does It Take to Thrive in Cities, If You’re A Bird?

Identifying traits that help wildlife adapt to urban living can help cities bolster biodiversity through better urban planning

Limited Scope for Group Coordination in Stylistic Variations of Kolam Art

In large, complex societies, assorting with others with similar social norms or behaviors can facilitate successful coordination and cooperation.

Tibetan Plateau Soil Temperatures Are Found to Affect Climate Regionally, Globally

UCLA study reveals that thermal variations can impact monsoons and flooding

Estimating the Reproducibility of Social Learning Research Published Between 1955 and 2018

Reproducibility is integral to science, but difficult to achieve. Previous research has quantified low rates of data availability and results reproducibility across the biological and behavioural sciences.

Biological Bouncers: How Immune Cells Yank Antigens from Surfaces to Learn and Evolve

Most cells evolve slowly, accumulating incremental changes that better suit their environments.

Reproductive Consequences of Material Use in Avian Nest Construction

Birds’ nests represent a rich behavioural ‘fingerprint’, comprising several important decisions—not the least of which is the selection of appropriate material.

Earth-Like Planets May Be an Inevitability

A UCLA-led study provides insights into how water might be formed by planets across the galaxy

APOE4 Is Associated with Elevated Blood Lipids and Lower Levels of Innate Immune Biomarkers in a Tropical Amerindian Subsistence Population

In post-industrial settings, apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4) is associated with increased cardiovascular and neurological disease risk.