With new COVID-19 cases continuing to occur, scientists are paying more attention to a variety of short and long-term health effects of the virus. As of now, there are around 30 mutations of the latest variant of COVID-19, and more research is needed to understand the effects of each form. Long COVID-19 has been a […]
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As the primary malaria vector of sub-Saharan Africa, the Anopheles gambiae mosquito is the deadliest animal in the world. In 2022, there were an estimated 249 million malaria cases worldwide. Global malaria cases have increased annually since 2015, with countries in Africa facing the majority of case increases. Recent progress has stalled, and many are
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Out of groceries, too tired to cook, or too cold to venture outside and grab dinner? Don’t worry, DoorDash has you covered. Or UberEats. Or GrubHub. The rise of delivery apps has fundamentally changed society’s relationship with food. Now, with some button presses, or even a verbal command to an Amazon Alexa, food can arrive
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Studies show that anywhere from 30% to 50% of the tumor mass in glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, is actually made of our own immune cells. Glioblastoma is an elusive and dangerous tumor type. Only a quarter of patients live longer than a year, and less than 10% survive longer than five years. It grows
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A hundred years ago, the idea of having standard operating procedures for transplanting someone’s blood, let alone someone else’s organs, seemed like something society would have achieved by the time there were flying cars. However, modern science and lab studies are moving fast and furiously, and one of the most surprising evidence of their progression
How far has modern science progressed? The world’s first whole-eye transplant Read More »
“Hemorrhage is the number one potentially preventable death.” Curtis Conklin, Command Surgeon for the U.S. Armed Forces Command (FORSCOM), echoes in a statement to NU Sci what has already been emphasized for decades: the issue of blood supply, from the floors of hospitals to the fields of duty. Luckily, a recent advance in hematology called
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Picture this: you are about to enter your freshman year of college. Before you are enrolled, you must strip down to nothing so a faculty member can snap a nude photo of you to check your “posture.” Would you still want to enroll? College posture tests were commonplace in the early 20th century, beginning in
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Is catching up on sleep a myth? Colloquially, catching up on sleep has been talked about as a poor long-term solution to sleep deprivation. However, a recent study from the State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease at the National Centre for Cardiovascular Disease in Beijing found that catching up on sleep on the weekends is
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Four years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic stole millions of childhoods. Scientists raised concerns about the pandemic’s effects on development, education, and socialization, but the outcomes remain vastly evasive. Now, a new study has revealed that the adolescent brain experienced unusually fast maturation during lockdown — particularly in females. “Female brains aged significantly faster than male