Prof. Lewis Halsey and his team at the University of Roehampton, UK have conducted research to determine the upper critical temperature (UCT) for human survival. The researchers found that the resting metabolic rate, which measures the energy the body consumes just to keep functioning, can be higher when people are in hot and humid conditions.
Researchers led by Lund University in Sweden have assisted microbiologists in Ukraine in investigating bacterial resistance among the war-wounded patients treated in hospitals. The results, which were recently published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, reveal that many of the patients were affected by bacteria that exhibited an extremely high level of antibiotic resistance.
The ASTAR Infectious Diseases Labs (ASTAR ID Labs) and the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) researchers have published a study in the Journal of Medical Virology, that shows that the extended inflammation observed in COVID-19 patients who were hospitalized is reduced to healthy levels within two years of the first infection.
A study by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, found that DNA can fold into complex, three-dimensional structures that mimic the functions of proteins.
A team of researchers at the University of Washington has developed a smartphone app called FeverPhone that transforms smartphones into thermometers without requiring new hardware.
Growing evidence indicates that pollution levels previously thought to be safe can still increase the risk of health issues, including those related to the brain.
A new Penn State study found that heavy alcohol consumption in adolescents may result in permanent “dysregulation of neurons and brain cells”.
The University of Queensland researchers found that viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 can cause brain cells to fuse, leading to chronic neurological symptoms.
Researchers at Loughborough University studied the role of human hair textures in regulating body temperature and found that curly hair may have helped early humans stay cool while conserving water.
Although ingestible video capsule endoscopes have been around for some time, they had limitations – they could not be controlled by doctors and could only navigate the body passively. Fortunately, a new approach has been developed by a team at George Washington University.
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