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• Where COVID-19 hit hardest, sudden deaths outside the hospital increased, study finds
• A new archaeology for the Anthropocene era
• Climate change will alter the position of the Earth's tropical rain belt
• Inexpensive battery charges rapidly for electric vehicles, reduces range anxiety
• A 'super-puff' planet like no other
• Personalized brain stimulation alleviates severe depression symptoms
• New management approach can help avoid species vulnerability or extinction
• Low-carbon policies can be 'balanced' to benefit small firms and average households
• Synthesis of potent antibiotic follows unusual chemical pathway
• New computational tool reliably differentiates between cancer and normal cells from single-cell RNA-sequencing data
• Students returning home may have caused 9,400 secondary COVID-19 infections across UK
• Many parents say teens with anxiety, depression may benefit from peer confidants at school
• Eliminating microplastics in wastewater directly at the source
• Rapid blood test identifies COVID-19 patients at high risk of severe disease
• COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil has overwhelmed its health systems, analysis shows

Where COVID-19 hit hardest, sudden deaths outside the hospital increased, study finds Posted: 18 Jan 2021 08:31 AM PST A study across New York City found that out-of-hospital sudden deaths follow the geographic distribution of SARS-CoV-2, suggesting an association between the two, investigators report.

A new archaeology for the Anthropocene era Posted: 18 Jan 2021 08:31 AM PST Scantily clad tomb raiders and cloistered scholars piecing together old pots -- these are the kinds of stereotypes of archaeology that dominate public perception. Yet archaeology in the new millennium is a world away from these images. In a major new report, researchers probe a thoroughly modern and scientific discipline to understand how it is helping to address the considerable challenges of the Anthropocene.

Climate change will alter the position of the Earth's tropical rain belt Posted: 18 Jan 2021 08:31 AM PST Researchers describe future changes to the tropical rain belt with expected climate change. The changes will cause droughts in large sections of the globe, threatening biodiversity and food security.

Inexpensive battery charges rapidly for electric vehicles, reduces range anxiety Posted: 18 Jan 2021 08:31 AM PST Range anxiety, the fear of running out of power before being able to recharge an electric vehicle, may be a thing of the past, according to a team of engineers who are looking at lithium iron phosphate batteries that have a range of 250 miles with the ability to charge in 10 minutes.

A 'super-puff' planet like no other Posted: 18 Jan 2021 08:31 AM PST Astronomers discover that the core mass of exoplanet WASP-107b is much lower than previously thought possible for a gas-giant planet.

Personalized brain stimulation alleviates severe depression symptoms Posted: 18 Jan 2021 08:31 AM PST Targeted neuromodulation tailored to individual patients' distinctive symptoms is an increasingly common way of correcting misfiring brain circuits in people with epilepsy or Parkinson's disease. Now, scientists have demonstrated a novel personalized neuromodulation approach that -- at least in one patient -- was able to provide relief from symptoms of severe treatment-resistant depression within minutes.

New management approach can help avoid species vulnerability or extinction Posted: 18 Jan 2021 08:31 AM PST Research focuses on transient nature of species' and ecosystem stability; illustrates how prepare for possible flips.

Low-carbon policies can be 'balanced' to benefit small firms and average households Posted: 18 Jan 2021 08:31 AM PST A review of ten types of policy used to reduce carbon suggests that some costs fall on those less able to bear them - but it also shows these policies can form the bedrock of a 'green recovery' if specifically designed and used in tandem.

Synthesis of potent antibiotic follows unusual chemical pathway Posted: 18 Jan 2021 08:31 AM PST Images of a protein involved in creating a potent antibiotic reveal the unusual first steps of the antibiotic's synthesis. The improved understanding of the chemistry behind this process could allow researchers to adapt this and similar compounds for use in human medicine.

New computational tool reliably differentiates between cancer and normal cells from single-cell RNA-sequencing data Posted: 18 Jan 2021 08:30 AM PST Researchers have developed a new computational tool to accurately differentiate between cancer cells and normal cells when analyzing large single-cell RNA-sequencing data.

Students returning home may have caused 9,400 secondary COVID-19 infections across UK Posted: 18 Jan 2021 07:35 AM PST A new statistical model suggests that an infected student returning home for Christmas would, on average, have infected just less than one other household member.

Many parents say teens with anxiety, depression may benefit from peer confidants at school Posted: 18 Jan 2021 07:34 AM PST Three-quarters of parents in a new national poll think peers better understand teen challenges, compared to teachers or counselors in the school.

Eliminating microplastics in wastewater directly at the source Posted: 18 Jan 2021 07:34 AM PST A research team has developed a process for the electrolytic treatment of wastewater that degrades microplastics at the source.

Rapid blood test identifies COVID-19 patients at high risk of severe disease Posted: 17 Jan 2021 10:22 AM PST Scientists have shown that a relatively simple and rapid blood test can predict which patients with COVID-19 are at highest risk of severe complications or death. The blood test measures levels of mitochondrial DNA, which normally resides inside the energy factories of cells. Mitochondrial DNA spilling out of cells and into the bloodstream is a sign that a particular type of violent cell death is taking place in the body.

COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil has overwhelmed its health systems, analysis shows Posted: 17 Jan 2021 10:22 AM PST An analysis of the first 250,000 patients admitted to hospital with coronavirus reveals a high mortality and inequities in the quality of healthcare across regions.

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