Scientists, experts stumped at what's killing songbirds: 'It's frustrating'
A group of songbirds recently turned up dead in Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Plants & Animals
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News tagged with influenza
AI model examines virus spread from animals to humans
A new model that applies artificial intelligence to carbohydrates improves the understanding of the infection process and could help predict which viruses are likely to spread from animals to humans. This is reported in a ...
Evolution
Jun 15, 2021
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Virus transmission: New animation gives insight to viral spread
How can an influenza virus transfer from animals to humans even though the molecules on which they land at the cell surface are different? To find out, researchers of the University of Twente developed a sensor chip that ...
Bio & Medicine
May 27, 2021
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Study shows how meningitis-causing bacteria may sense fever to avoid immune killing
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a mechanism through which meningitis-causing bacteria can evade the immune system. In laboratory tests, they found that Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 29, 2021
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Exposure to high heat neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 in less than one second
Arum Han, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, and his collaborators have designed an experimental system that shows exposure of SARS-CoV-2 to a very high temperature, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 27, 2021
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Chemists gain new insights into the behavior of water in an influenza virus channel
In a new study of water dynamics, a team of MIT chemists led by Professor Mei Hong, in collaboration with Associate Professor Adam Willard, has discovered that water in an ion channel is anisotropic, or partially aligned. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 19, 2021
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Tracing and controlling high pathogenicity avian influenza
Since October 30, 2020, there have been over 30 recorded outbreaks of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in domestic poultry and wild fowl in Japan. This outbreak was caused by the influenza A virus H5N8, a known High ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 11, 2021
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Backyard chickens risk pathogen spread
Keeping backyard chickens was already on the rise, and the hobby has become even more popular during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a University of Georgia researcher cautions that the practice has risks not just for chickens, ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 2, 2021
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Egypt reports bird flu outbreaks in rural area
Local authorities in rural Egypt have declared a state of emergency after detecting two outbreaks of bird flu.
Veterinary medicine
Dec 21, 2020
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New synthetic molecule can kill the flu virus
EPFL scientists have developed a synthetic molecule capable of killing the virus that causes influenza. They hope their discovery will lead to an effective drug treatment.
Biochemistry
Dec 15, 2020
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