Search results for COVID-19

Social Sciences Mar 10, 2026

Live in the city or the country? How your location—and your thoughts on death—shape your travel choices

When the first case of COVID-19 in the U.S. emerged in January 2020, many Americans began to confront the reality of death. Six years later, researchers at the University of Florida and Hanyang University in South Korea are ...

Bio & Medicine Mar 9, 2026

Robotic microfluidic platform brings AI to lipid nanoparticle design

AI has designed candidate drugs for antibiotic-resistant infections and genetic diseases. But efforts to incorporate AI into the design of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), the revolutionary delivery vehicles behind mRNA therapies ...

Evolution Mar 9, 2026

Recent pandemic viruses jumped to humans without prior adaptation, study finds

A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal viruses become capable of sparking human epidemics and pandemics. Using a phylogenetic, genome-wide analysis ...

Economics & Business Mar 9, 2026

Study finds unexpected link between public health, tax policies

A new study finds that the more a state's budget relied on sales tax revenue, the more likely it was to shorten stay-at-home orders during the early stages of the COVID pandemic. The findings suggest that state public-health ...

Economics & Business Mar 4, 2026

Study shows COVID-19 financial stress slowed digital finance adoption in Africa

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the use of financial technology worldwide, including in many African countries, but it also brought financial hardships, leading to negative impacts on digital financial inclusion. In a new ...

Social Sciences Mar 3, 2026

Study reveals how end-of-world beliefs shape Americans' response to global threats

In an era of climate anxiety, geopolitical tensions and rapidly advancing artificial intelligence, apocalyptic thinking is no longer confined to the fringes of society, according to new research published in the Journal of ...

Cell & Microbiology Mar 1, 2026

High-performance cell atlas workflow driven by manifold fitting

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed CellScope, a high-performance single-cell analysis framework that uses manifold fitting to analyze single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data. This ...

Bio & Medicine Mar 1, 2026

Nanoparticle system shows promise for delivering mRNA to prevent type 1 diabetes

Research on preventing type 1 diabetes often focuses on limiting the autoimmune response that destroys the body's ability to produce its own insulin. A new technology developed by scientists at the University of Chicago takes ...

Economics & Business Feb 28, 2026

Companies see up to 700% return on political investments

The COVID-19 pandemic introduced uncertainty, fear, and an unparalleled economic shock, resulting in the most extensive government stimulus package—totaling $2.9 trillion—in U.S. history. According to a new study, those stimulus ...

Economics & Business Feb 28, 2026

Q&A: Online degrees viewed more positively post-pandemic, research finds

COVID-19 made remote work and remote learning a new norm for employees and students. But even as many have returned to offices and schools, one of the pandemic's quieter legacies is influencing both the workplace and the ...

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