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- Losing Covid-19 antibody immunity after six months after Pfizer vaccine https://thedaily.case.edu/new-study-nursing-home-residents-health-care-workers-lose-more-than-80-of-their-covid-19-immunity-six-months-after-pfizer-vaccine/ 139 comments
- Phase transitions: the math behind the music https://thedaily.case.edu/phase-transitions-the-math-behind-the-music/ 8 comments
- Discovering a New Form of Communication in the Brain https://thedaily.case.edu/discovering-a-new-form-of-communication-in-the-brain/ 37 comments
- Inflammation sometimes escapes detection. This new test could find it https://thedaily.case.edu/a-new-way-to-detect-inflammation/ 2 comments health
- Peer-brokered sales, in which people buy drugs for others within their social circles and take a cut—either as a share of the drugs or money by inflating the price—play a widespread and vital role in the distribution of illegal substances, according to the new study https://thedaily.case.edu/new-study-peer-brokered-sales-central-to-illegal-drug-trade/ 216 comments science
- A study found that women living in high-altitude areas of Nepal have greater reproductive success because their blood can deliver oxygen to cells more efficiently without increasing viscosity https://thedaily.case.edu/evolution-in-action-how-ethnic-tibetan-women-thrive-in-thin-oxygen-at-high-altitudes/ 9 comments science
- Semaglutide, a popular drug for diabetes and weight loss, might reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in people with type 2 diabetes. This effect is consistent across different groups, including those varying by obesity status, gender, and age https://thedaily.case.edu/popular-diabetes-and-weight-loss-drug-may-reduce-risk-of-alzheimers-disease/ 10 comments science
- Study dives into the mathematical complexities of everyday tasks, from Doodle polls to efficient scheduling, offering new insights into why scheduling often feels so impossible https://thedaily.case.edu/unveiling-the-math-behind-your-calendar/ 3 comments science
- Rotation curves of galaxies stay flat indefinitely https://thedaily.case.edu/a-million-light-years-and-still-going/ 102 comments science
- Study finds a class of medications, Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, or GLP-1 RAs, used to treat type 2 diabetes may also reduce the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) https://thedaily.case.edu/new-case-western-reserve-university-study-finds-diabetes-drug-may-reduce-risk-for-colorectal-cancer/ 8 comments science
- Risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s disease within a year increases by 50-80% in older adults (+65 years) who caught COVID-19, according to a study on more than 6 million patients 65 and older https://thedaily.case.edu/new-study-risk-factor-for-developing-alzheimers-disease-increases-by-50-80-in-older-adults-who-caught-covid-19/ 175 comments science
- New study: Risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s disease increases by 50-80% in older adults who caught COVID-19 https://thedaily.case.edu/new-study-risk-factor-for-developing-alzheimers-disease-increases-by-50-80-in-older-adults-who-caught-covid-19/ 12 comments science
- New research suggests that the children younger than age 5 who are infected with the COVID-19 Omicron variant have less risk of severe health outcomes than those infected with the Delta variant. But the Omicron variant is 6-8 times more infectious than the Delta variant. https://thedaily.case.edu/omicron-less-severe-than-delta-for-children-ages-4-and-younger-study-suggests/ 3 comments science
- Study: Research links gut fungi to intestinal inflammation in Crohn’s disease patients. Findings show that the imbalance of fungi and bacteria can create a predisposition to inflammatory bowel disease. https://thedaily.case.edu/research-links-gut-fungi-to-intestinal-inflammation-in-crohns-disease-patients/ 346 comments science
- Researchers have made a significant breakthrough in understanding why Alzheimer’s disease progresses so rapidly in some people that they die within three years, identifying a link between misshapen, fast replicating tau proteins, and accelerated cognitive decline. https://thedaily.case.edu/findings-open-the-way-to-more-precise-diagnoses-and-treatments-of-alzheimers-disease/ 33 comments science
- Study finds more active-duty police officers died of COVID-19 in 2020 than all other causes combined https://thedaily.case.edu/study-finds-more-active-duty-police-officers-died-of-covid-19-in-2020-than-all-other-causes-combined/ 83 comments moderatepolitics
- New coating to make solar photovoltaic panels last up to 6 times longer https://thedaily.case.edu/a-new-kind-of-optical-coating/ 4 comments technology
- Unique prediction of 'modified gravity' challenges dark matter. Scientists published research contending that modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) -- a rival idea to the popular dark matter hypothesis -- more accurately predicts a galactic phenomenon that appears to defy the classic rules of gravity. https://thedaily.case.edu/unique-prediction-of-modified-gravity-challenges-dark-matter/ 44 comments science
- Case Western Reserve researchers observe waves ‘leap’ across cut in brain tissue; ‘ephaptic coupling’ said to be producing self-propagating waves unknown until now https://thedaily.case.edu/discovering-a-new-form-of-communication-in-the-brain/ 12 comments science
- Researchers achieve cat-like 'hearing' with device 100,000 times smaller than human eardrum http://thedaily.case.edu/cat-like-hearing-device-trillions-times-smaller-human-eardrum/ 3 comments science
- In rotating galaxies, distribution of normal matter precisely determines gravitational acceleration - dark matter might not be necessary to explain rotation curves http://thedaily.case.edu/rotating-galaxies-distribution-normal-matter-precisely-determines-gravitational-acceleration/ 4 comments science
- In rotating galaxies, distribution of normal matter precisely determines gravitational acceleration http://thedaily.case.edu/rotating-galaxies-distribution-normal-matter-precisely-determines-gravitational-acceleration 8 comments science
- Study shows that practice may not be as important of a factor in mastering skills as previously believed http://thedaily.case.edu/news/?p=31048 5 comments science
- Findings force scientists to rethink rules of neuroimaging - Basic assumption underlying approach of cognitive subtraction wrong http://thedaily.case.edu/news/?p=19233 11 comments cogsci
- Bill Belichick donates to CWRU (D-III school in Cleveland) in honor of late father http://thedaily.case.edu/news/bill-belichick-donation-to-case-western-reserve-university-honors-late-father/ 16 comments nfl
- Gene discovered that permanently stops cancer cell proliferation. http://thedaily.case.edu/news/?p=9082 23 comments science
- Researchers build artificial lung that runs on air, not pure oxygen http://thedaily.case.edu/news/?p=1345 38 comments science