Record numbers of scientific conferences are being cancelled across the globe due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Copper Boosts Pig Growth, and Now We Know Why
Pigs have better feed conversion rates with copper in their diets, but until now, scientists didn’t fully understand why.
HKU Study Shows That Control of Anthropogenic Atmospheric Emissions Can Improve Water Quality in China’s Coastal Seas
A new research led by MPhil student Miss Yu Yan Yau and supervised by Dr Benoit Thibodeau from the Department of Earth Sciences and the Swire Institute of Marine Science, the University of Hong Kong (HKU), highlighted the importance of reducing fossil fuel combustion not only to curb the trend of global warming, but also to improve the quality of China’s coastal waters.
COVID-19 Linked to Cardiac Injury, Worse Outcomes for Patients With Underlying Heart Conditions
COVID-19 can have fatal consequences for people with underlying cardiovascular disease and cause cardiac injury even in patients without underlying heart conditions, according to a review published today in JAMA Cardiology by experts at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).
Lessons From The Spanish Flu: Cities That Enacted Early Isolation, Other Restrictions Had Significantly Lower Rates Of Disease And Mortality
Large events are cancelled, restaurants and non-essential businesses are closed, and in many states, residents have been asked to shelter in place, all to limit the spread and impact of the COVID-19 virus.
Disasters Can Affect Cervical Cancer Screening for Years
Cervical cancer screening rates in Japan were significantly affected in the years following the devastating Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, Tohoku University scientists report in the journal PLOS ONE.
