- Nicotine in e-cigarettes may not be harmless, as some claim: nicotine salts induced cardiac arrhythmias more potently than freebase nicotine, and the cardiac arrhythmias increased with the higher concentrations of nicotine https://www.uoflnews.com/post/uofltoday/uofl-study-shows-nicotine-in-e-cigarettes-may-not-be-harmless-as-some-claim/ 459 comments science
- The data analysis showed that between 30 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit, a 1-degree Fahrenheit increase in daily low temperature was associated with a 1% decrease in the rate of increase in COVID-19 cases, and a 1-degree decrease in temperature was associated with an increase in that rate by 3.7%. http://www.uoflnews.com/releases/data-show-lower-daily-temperatures-lead-to-higher-transmission-of-covid-19/ 9 comments science
- Researchers from the University of Louisville believe they have found a breakthrough in covid-19 vaccine. https://www.uoflnews.com/section/science-and-tech/uofl-breakthrough-technology-shows-promise-fighting-novel-coronavirus/ 35 comments worldnews
- New science details discovery of bacterial pathogen in brains of Alzheimer’s patients and possible evidence of disease causation - an unlikely culprit, Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg), the bacterium commonly associated with chronic gum disease, appears to drive Alzheimer’s disease pathology in mice. https://www.uoflnews.com/releases/new-science-bacterial-pathogen/ 7 comments science
- New science details discovery of bacterial pathogen in brains of Alzheimer’s patients and possible evidence of disease causation - an unlikely culprit, Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg), the bacterium commonly associated with chronic gum disease, appears to drive Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology. https://www.uoflnews.com/releases/new-science-bacterial-pathogen/ 3 comments science