Early bird or night owl? Study links shift worker sleep to ‘chronotype’
Getting enough sleep can be a real challenge for shift workers affecting their overall health….
Month: June 2021
How the major Swedish forest fire of 2014 affected the ecosystem
Researchers have spent four years gathering data from the areas affected by the major forest…
Trust among corvids
Corvids use social information to protect themselves against deception by conspecifics from neighboring territories. Read…
Mini bone marrow model predicts response to blood disorder treatment
A new miniature 3D model of human bone marrow has just been described. The model…
Taking a bite out of tooth evolution: Frogs have lost teeth more than 20 times
Researchers analyzed CT scans of nearly every living amphibian genus to reveal that frogs have…
Is the U. S. understating climate emissions from meat and dairy production?
Methane emissions from North American livestock may be routinely undercounted, a new analysis finds. The…
How do plants hedge their bets?
In some environments there is no way for a seed to know for sure when…
Californian smoke drifted as far as Europe in 2020 and caused heavy clouding of sun
The smoke from the extreme forest fires on the US West Coast in September 2020…
JAMA editor-in-chief stepping down after backlash from podcast that questioned racism in medicine
Following a huge backlash that flared after the Journal of the American Medical Association aired…
Childhood cancer discovery may stop tumor spread before it starts
A new discovery in Ewing sarcoma, an aggressive and often fatal childhood cancer, has uncovered…
Head injury and concussion in toddlers: Early detection of symptoms is vital
Concussions can have serious consequences for toddlers. A research team has developed a tool to…
‘Electronic nose’ accurately sniffs out hard-to-detect cancers
An odor-based test that sniffs out vapors emanating from blood samples was able to distinguish…
Western Australia’s natural ‘museums of biodiversity’ at risk
Up to three quarters of the biodiversity living on Western Australia’s iconic ironstone mountains in…
Protecting the intellectual abilities of people at risk for psychosis
Psychotic disorders comes with a progressive decline in IQ. If current drug treatments are successful…
ALS development could be triggered by loss of network connections in the spinal cord
The network connection between nerve cells in the spinal cord seems to play a critical…
Key causes of ocean circulation change
Researchers have identified the key factors that influence a vital pattern of ocean currents. Read…
Vaccine equity at heart of new $50 billion plan to end pandemic, drive recovery
Governments are being urged to finance a new $50 billion roadmap to end the COVID-19…
Scientists say active early learning shapes the adult brain
Through the Abecedarian Project, an early education, randomized controlled trial that has followed children since…
Light-shrinking material lets ordinary microscope see in super resolution
Engineers have developed a technology that turns a conventional light microscope into what’s called a…
Looking at future of Antarctic through an Indigenous Maori lens
It is time for the management and conservation of the Antarctic to begin focusing on…
‘A perilous point’: Global agencies call for $50 billion investment to combat Covid-19
In a plea to halt the Covid-19 pandemic, four global agencies are calling for investments…
Covid-19: Government faces legal challenge over alleged suppression of school data
The UK government could face legal proceedings unless it releases data on the spread of…
Being born very preterm or very low birthweight is associated with continued lower IQ performance into adulthood
The average IQ of adults who were born very preterm (VP) or at a very…
Infection with human papillomavirus linked to higher risk of preterm birth
Women carrying human papillomavirus (HPV) run an elevated risk of preterm birth, a new study…
Scientists identify protein that activates plant response to nitrogen deficiency
Researchers have identified a plant enzyme that is key to activating a nitrate uptake mechanism…
The secret to stickiness of mussels underwater
Mussels survive by sticking to rocks in the fierce waves or tides underwater. Materials mimicking…
Adaptability of 158 butterfly species to urbanization
Expanding urban habitats are likely to endanger a large number of butterfly species in the…
Memory, learning and decision-making studied in worms
As anyone who has ever procrastinated knows, remembering that you need to do something and…
Small ‘snowflakes’ in the sea play a big role
In the deep waters that underlie the productive zones of the ocean, there is a…
Greenhouse gas emissions from reservoirs higher than previously expected
A new study shows per-area greenhouse gas emissions from the world’s water reservoirs are around…
Seeds of economic health disparities found in subsistence society
The Tsimane subsistence communities living on the edge of the Bolivian Amazon have less inequality…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversations: A look ahead to ASCO 2021
Editor’s note: A livestream of this conversation will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET….
Opinion: Closing an Indiana county’s syringe services program would be a public health disaster
A 6-year-old program that has reduced overdose deaths while simultaneously preventing new cases of HIV…
Covid-19: Cummings, Johnson, Hancock, and a maelstrom of avoidable harm
Boris Johnson’s announcement of a public inquiry into his government’s handling of covid-19, followed hard…
Financial interests: Government supports local solution despite doctors’ calls for central register
The government believes that employers, rather than the General Medical Council (GMC), should hold registers…
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Biden in no rush to allow drug imports from Canada; deal on Covid-19 IP waiver remains elusive
Hello, everyone, and nice to see you again after taking an extended weekend break. Nothing…
STAT+: A bootcamp for digital health executives seeks to demystify the inner-workings of the drug industry
Naomi Fried has watched the same plot unfold over and over again: A digital health…
David Oliver: A public covid-19 inquiry tomorrow shouldn’t stop action today
Within weeks of the first UK death from covid-19 in 2020, calls began for an…
Helen Salisbury: Mind the training gap
Learning to be a good doctor is a complicated business, one that doesn’t end until…
Covid-19: Is it safe to lift all restrictions in England from 21 June?
England is set to remove all legal limits on social contact from 21 June and…
England urged to introduce minimum alcohol pricing
Further evidence of the success of minimum unit pricing of alcohol in reducing consumption has…
Matt Morgan: “Less grit, more quit” has its benefits
Sundays are much better nowadays. They used to start with gentle encouragement for my daughter…
Film making and nuclear medicine: Manish Pandit
“I grew up in India and my father was a homeopath in his spare time….
Inappropriate use of lateral flow tests by patients with symptoms
Concerns have been raised about the use of lateral flow tests in the government’s mass…
Covid-19 pilot events: the pursuit of outcomes
As covid-19 incidence rates decrease and vaccination coverage increases, the UK is looking to re-commence…
Researchers claim they have sequenced the entirety of the human genome — including the missing parts
An international team of scientists says it has sequenced the entirety of the human genome,…
Opinion: Even fully vaccinated, people with organ transplants aren’t fully protected until more Americans get their shots
“When can we go back to Starbucks?” My brother, Anmol, asks me that question every…
New pediatricians are seeing few ‘bread and butter’ cases, but an influx of mental health crises
In his first month as a pediatric intern at the University of California San Francisco,…
Aiming to diversify science journalism, STAT creates fellowship named for reporter Sharon Begley
STAT on Tuesday opened applications for a new early-career science journalism fellowship named in memory…
First Person: Learning a recipe for freedom in Nigeria
When Nigerian Blessing Ojukwu became pregnant after she was raped, her family disowned her. She was forced…