Global COVID-19 infection rates may be higher than previously reported
PLOSStudy suggests two-thirds of the global population may have antibodies from vaccination or infection.
Study suggests two-thirds of the global population may have antibodies from vaccination or infection.
A hallmark of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, is the reluctance to make eye contact with others in natural conditions.
In an experimental study, participants’ first impressions of photos of strangers’ faces were strongly influenced by disclosure of the stranger’s political partisanship.
University of Oregon neuroscientists discovered a pathway linking microbes in the gut to those in the brain, which could lead to new treatments for neurodevelopmental conditions.
An experiment carried out across ten workplace cafeterias found no significant change in the overall number of calories purchased when food and drink labels showed the amount of physical activity required to burn off their calories.
A new study conducted in England shows that the risk of death due to COVID-19 remains very low for children and young people, and most deaths occur in those with underlying health conditions. Marta Bertran of the UK Health Security Agency, London, and colleagues present these findings on November 8th in the open access journal PLOS Medicine.
When starved of glucose, yeast kills its own clones and other surrounding microorganisms to survive in a newly discovered phenomenon named latecomer killing.
A new study has shown that Psychological First Aid, training originally created for people to support others, can help healthcare workers in care homes improve their own mental wellbeing.
Using human brain organoids, an international team of researchers has shown how the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 infects cortical neurons and specifically destroys their synapses — the connections between brain cells that allow them to communicate with each other.
A new study led by Ochsner infectious diseases clinical pharmacist Kevin Lin, PharmD, was recently published in PLoS One, suggesting that oral cephalosporins are as safe and effective as the standard of care fluoroquinolones (FQs) for the treatment of acute kidney infections.
Data on more than 12,000 Britons also shows links with subsequent poor mental health, worse sleep, joblessness.
The exceptional excavation of a Stone Age burial site was carried out in Majoonsuo, situated in the municipality of Outokumpu in Eastern Finland.
Scientists have so far found at least two genetic pathways leading to the same physical outcome: all-black feathers. This change was no random accident. It was a result of nature specifically selecting for this trait. The new study is published in the journal PLOS Genetics.
Studies of Reddit content demonstrate that female politicians are more likely to be referred to by their first names and language describing appearance and family relationships.
In a study using specialized imaging techniques, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report distinctive changes in the “white matter” and other brain tissue physiology of those with post-treatment Lyme disease, a condition affecting 10% to 20% of the nearly half a million Americans who contract Lyme disease annually.
Belief that the COVID-19 pandemic was a hoax – that its severity was exaggerated or that the virus was deliberately released for sinister reasons – functions as a “gateway” to believing in conspiracy theories generally, new research has found.
In a new analysis, people who more strongly believed in COVID-19 conspiracy theories were more likely to subsequently develop an increased tendency to believe in conspiracy theories in general.
Dysregulation of macrophages during SARS-CoV-2 infection and the over-exuberant production of pro-inflammatory cytokines by these macrophages has been hypothesized to contribute to severity of COVID-19 disease.
The early-stage research tested the delivery and safety of the new implantable catheter design in two sheep to determine its potential for use in diagnosing and treating diseases in the brain.
A new study involving users of online dating sites has revealed a link between the perceived originality of text in dating profiles and better impressions of attractiveness.
Women much more enthusiastically embraced the live chat function during pandemic Zoom classes than men, according to a new UNLV study. Researchers hope the data could be a key to broadening underrepresented groups’ access to STEM disciplines as colleges incorporate technology into hybrid and even in-person courses.
Ostrich-like dinosaurs called ornithomimosaurs grew to enormous sizes in ancient eastern North America, according to a study published October 19, 2022 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Chinzorig Tsogtbaatar of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and colleagues.
In a series of experiments using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure brain activity across networks in the brain, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers looked at how stress might increase appetite in obese and lean adults.
Adults over 50 who sleep for five hours or less per night have a greater risk of developing more than one chronic disease when compared to their peers who sleep seven hours, according to a study, published October 18th in the open access journal PLOS Medicine.
Getting less than five hours of sleep in mid-to-late life could be linked to an increased risk of developing at least two chronic diseases, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
A major new project will help benchmark biodiversity change in the Arctic Ocean and guide conservation efforts by identifying unique species and assessing their extinction risk.
妙佑医疗国际(Mayo Clinic) 研究人员发现,借助人工智能(AI)算法来分析临产妇女的变化模式,可以帮助确定产妇能否顺利进行阴道分娩,以及阴道分娩能否确保母婴平安。这些研究结果已发表在《PLOS ONE》期刊上。
Pesquisadores da Mayo Clinic descobriram que o uso de algoritmos de inteligência artificial (IA) para analisar padrões de mudanças em gestantes em trabalho de parto pode ajudar a identificar se o parto vaginal terá bons resultados para mães e bebês. Os resultados foram publicados na revista PLOS ONE.
The study was done for the World Health Organization (WHO) and Canadian Institutes of Health Research testing accessibility to recommendations for tuberculosis, a preventable and curable disease which is still the world’s top infectious killer. Researchers found the new approach is much more accessible, people are more satisfied and the new presentation improved the understanding of the information.
Los investigadores de Mayo Clinic descubrieron que utilizar algoritmos de inteligencia artificial para analizar patrones de cambio en las mujeres durante el trabajo de parto puede ayudar a identificar si el parto vaginal será exitoso y si se obtendrá resultados positivos tanto en la mamá como en el bebé. Los resultados de esta investigación se publicaron en PLOS ONE.
مدينة روتشستر، ولاية مينيسوتا- اكتشف باحثو مايو كلينك أن استخدام خوارزميات الذكاء الاصطناعي (AI) لتحليل أنماط التغيرات لدى النساء في مرحلة المخاض يمكن أن يساعد في تحديد ما إذا كانت الولادة المهبلية الناجحة ستحدث مع نتائج جيدة للأم والطفل. النتائج منشورة في مجلة بلوس ون.
While most of the world’s oceans are warming due to climate change, a new CU Boulder study explains how the waters around the Galápagos Islands are staying cool and getting colder.
Since its passage in 1973, the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) has been the strongest law to prevent species extinctions in the United States, and has served as a model of conservation policy to other nations.
In a research paper published in PLOS ONE, The Wistar Institute's Dario C. Altieri, M.D., alongside national and international collaborators, distinguish a specific gene signature indicative of mitochondrial reprogramming in tumors that correlates with poor patient outcome.
Data from fossils and modern carcasses indicates simple path to preserving dinosaur skin.
New research provides clues to falling fast asleep – or lying wide awake. Studying fruit flies, researchers found that brain neurons adapt to different situations. The findings are published in PLoS Biology and could lead to new approaches to treating insomnia and improving sleep quality in people.
Researchers assess the dire consequences of climate change under a business-as-usual scenario.
Previously, babies born below the 10th percentile for birthweights were expected to be at risk.
Gray whales that migrate along the West Coast of North America continued to decline in number over the last 2 years, according to a new NOAA Fisheries assessment. The population is now down 38 percent from its peak in 2015 and 2016, as researchers probe the underlying reasons.
Greater interaction with real dogs leads to greater activity in the prefrontal cortex.
Acetaminophen use during pregnancy is associated with sleep and behavior problems consistent with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a study by Penn State College of Medicine researchers.
A research team led by faculty at the Florida State University College of Medicine found the COVID-19 pandemic appeared to cause personality changes, especially in younger adults.
Saliva samples could soon be key to predicting the severity of someone's case of Covid-19, allowing hospitals to triage patients effectively, according to new research from the University of Surrey.
Dogs could differentiate breath and sweat samples from people before and after a stress-inducing task.
Researchers have used the mathematical equations of chaos theory to analyse the data from long-term monitoring of an electronically tagged narwhal.
A recently discovered virus in a Russian bat that is similar to SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19, is likely capable of infecting humans and, if it were to spillover, is resistant to current vaccines.
Ancient Palmyra has gripped public imagination since its picturesque ruins were “rediscovered” in the seventeenth century by western travellers.
UK adults reporting more problems managing debt had higher risk of depression, anxiety.
Cornell University archaeologist Sturt Manning hopes to settle one of modern archaeology’s longstanding disputes: the date of a volcanic eruption on the Greek island of Santorini, traditionally known as Thera.