Smartphone-based COVID-19 test delivers results in 10 minutes | University of Arizona

UArizona researchers image a sample using a smartphone microscope. Credit: UArizona Biosensors Lab Jan. 29, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- Researchers at the University of Arizona are developing a COVID-19 ...

Pandemic slows across world | AFP

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Jan. 29, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- The COVID-19 pandemic slowed down in every region of the world over the past week, according to a specialised AFP database. Here is ...

Hand gestures while speaking influence how words are heard by others | Bob Yirka

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Jan. 28, 2021 (Phys.org) -- A team of researchers in The Netherlands has found that hand gestures used by people when speaking can influence how their words are bei ...

Rare Quadruple-Helix DNA Found In Living Human Cells With Glowing Probes | Hayley Dunning

Quadruple-helix DNA. Credit: Imperial College London Jan. 8, 2021 (Phys.org) -- New probes allow scientists to see four-stranded DNA interacting with molecules inside living human cells, unraveling i ...

World's Fastest Optical Neuromorphic Processor | Swinburne University of Technology

Dr Xingyuan (Mike) Xu with the integrated optical microcomb chip, which forms the core part of the optical neuromorphic processor. Credit: Swinburne University of Technology Jan. 7, 2021 (TechXplore) ...

How the Richest Man in the World Made Us Trust the COVID Vaccine — Mickey Z.

(credit unknown) Mickey Z. — World New Trust December 27, 2020 Preface: In August 2020, I wrote an article entitled, “Can a 'Warp Speed' COVID-19 Vaccine Be Safe?” It covers a lot of ground and if yo ...

Be a Good Neighbor: 5 Reminders About Community — Mickey Z.

Photo: Jon Tyson (Unsplash) Mickey Z. — Now With Purpose December 24, 2020 “We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community ...

Polarization increases with economic decline, becoming cripplingly contagious | Princeton University

CC0 Public Domain Dec. 11, 2020 (Phys.org) -- The rise of populist movements is changing political systems around the world. As support for these "anti-elite" movements intensifies, many are scrambli ...

Sustainability: 3 Global Trends in 2020 — Mickey Z.

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Mickey Z. — Now With Purpose December 11, 2020 When we look back on 2020, one collective remembrance will be about how everything came to a halt. Well… not everything. Some ...

Can You Spell W-I-S-E-A-S-S? — Mickey Z.

Screenshot from eBay Mickey Z. — World News Trust December 1, 2020 Outside of hanging out with my friends, I never really liked school. Since I was able to do well without much effort, the situation ...

Frequent, rapid testing could cripple COVID within weeks | Lisa Marshall, University of Colorado at Boulder

CC0 Public DomainNov. 20, 2020 (MedicalXpress) -- Testing half the population weekly with inexpensive, rapid-turnaround COVID-19 tests would drive the virus toward elimination within weeks -- even if ...