Study: Therapy Leads to Fewer Hospital Readmissions for Pneumonia Patients
Pneumonia—inflammation in the lungs—has long been a leading cause of hospitalization and death in the United States, even before the pandemic.
Friedrich-Karl Thielemann receives renowned astronomy award
Friedrich-Karl Thielemann, professor emeritus of theoretical physics at the University of Basel, receives the Karl Schwarzschild Medal 2020.
Watch: Using AI to protect air passengers in a pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unparalleled crisis for the airline industry: International and domestic air travel has slowed considerably...
Scientists create artificial human retinas
Scientists have succeeded in growing accurate replicas of human retinas that can be used to pinpoint the specific types of cells affected by genetic eye diseases.
Parkinson’s Disease is Not One, But Two Diseases
Researchers around the world have been puzzled by the different symptoms and varied disease pathways of Parkinson’s patients.
New book of poetry reflects on the Coronavirus crisis
A book of poetry capturing the mood and emotions of people caught up in the Coronavirus pandemic has been published thanks to a University of York professor.
From L.A. to Taiwan, USC students hunt down insects to better understand ecology
A few minutes into conversation with Julie Hopper, a lecturer in environmental studies and biological sciences at the USC Dornsife College of Letters...
Food insecurity expands beyond low-income Angelenos, striking 1 in 4 L.A. County households during...
More than 1 in 4 Los Angeles County households experienced at least one instance of food insecurity - a lack of access to affordable and nutritious food - from April through July...
Shift to online means universities and governments must act now to ensure no one...
Governments and universities need to take swift action to ensure no one is left behind in the shift to online teaching...
McMaster researchers receive SSHRC funding to study economic and labour impacts of COVID-19 pandemic
Three McMaster researchers have received nearly $75,000 combined from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).