Category: Halth
A new AI tool can predict mosquitoes’ ages with 98% accuracy to speed malaria research
A schematic representation of a deep learning models that uses mosquito spectra as input to predict mosquito age classes. A CNN—no dimensionality reduction is applied: ... Read More
Study: Dietary Nitrate Supplementation Increases Muscle Force during Exercise
Supplementation of dietary nitrate — commonly found in beetroot juice — increases nitric oxide bioavailability and can enhance exercise performance. In new research, scientists from ... Read More
Research reveals protein plaques associated with Alzheimer’s are stickier than thought
A researcher in the lab of Rice's Angel Martí holds a vial of fluorescent dye molecules in solution. Using time-resolved spectroscopy, which tracks the fluorescence ... Read More
Choline: Sources, benefits and deficiency
Choline is a water-soluble compound that is essential for human health. It is neither a vitamin nor a mineral. The body uses choline for a ... Read More
Host-cell factors involved in COVID-19 infections may augur improved treatments
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (green) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (yellow), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID ... Read More
Myocarditis and COVID vaccines, explained
In the two years since the COVID vaccines became available to the public, they have become a popular target for misinformation. Anti-vaccine activists have made ... Read More
Antidepressants may make emotions less intense
Feeling flat or emotionally unavailable can be a common side-effect of serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a widely used class of anti-depressants. About 40 to 60 ... Read More