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Health

Some patients with long COVID have lasting nerve damage

Pranjal Malewar

Almost all post-COVID neuropathy is linked to a potentially treatable immune dysfunction.

Cells infected with Epstein-Barr
Health

Epstein-Barr virus may be the cause of Multiple sclerosis

Pranjal Malewar

The first study to provide ‘compelling evidence of causality.

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Health

Olive oil consumption lowers the risk of premature death

Pranjal Malewar

Add olive oil to cut the risk of early death.

density of classical trajectories
Technology

New discovery about electron behavior could lead to a superpowered world

Pranjal Malewar

Potential step toward new superconductors.

SARS-CoV-2
Health

Study predicts how SARS-CoV-2 evades vaccines

Pranjal Malewar

Evolving mutations that evade immune defenses.

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AI & Machine Learning

Using AI to identify the risk of atrial fibrillation

Pranjal Malewar

AI-based method predicts risk of atrial fibrillation, helping clinicians protect patients’ heart health.

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Health

Blocking Alzheimer’s hallmark could help ALS patients

Pranjal Malewar

The study suggests Alzheimer’s hallmark as a potential treatment target.

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Health

Baby teeth could tell about a child’s risk of mental health disorders

Pranjal Malewar

Like the rings of a tree, teeth contain growth lines that may reveal clues about childhood experiences.

Harvard University Health Services staff administer COVID-19 vaccinations to members of the Harvard community
Health

Single-shot of the COVID-19 vaccine generates robust immune responses

Pranjal Malewar

One-shot at protection.

Hair Loss
Health

Study finds how chronic stress leads to hair loss

Pranjal Malewar

Harvard study IDs mechanism that regenerates hair follicle stem cells.

Galaxy J0437+2456 is thought to be home to a supermassive, moving black hole
Space

A moving supermassive black hole discovered

Amit Malewar

Blackhole on the move.

The comet that killed dinosaurs
Science

The comet that killed dinosaurs

Pranjal Malewar

The cataclysm that killed the dinosaurs.

A study reported details of neurological injury in COVID-19 patients
Science

A study reported details of neurological injury in COVID-19 patients

Amit Malewar

Specialized scanning furthers understanding of the virus’ potential effects on the brain.

The EASI system delivers ImmunoBait particles into the cells that line the lungs' blood vessels, where they release their chemokine payload
Health

New treatment to treat lung metastasis

Pranjal Malewar

Delivering immune-stimulating nanoparticles to the lungs via red blood cells halts tumor growth in mice.

An enhanced form of liquid biopsy developed for brain tumors
Health

An enhanced form of liquid biopsy developed for brain tumors

Pranjal Malewar

Test is easy to use, quick, low cost, and can follow the course of disease.

An apoptotic cell
Health

COVID-19 survivors have long-lasting immune responses against the virus

Pranjal Malewar

Protection against reinfection.

How the brain organizes information about odors?
Science

How the brain organizes information about odors?

Amit Malewar

A new study provides new insights into the mystery of scent, where scientists describe for the first time how relationships between different odors are...

New test method to detect kidney cancers
Health

New liquid biopsy method to detect kidney cancers

Pranjal Malewar

Around 35 percent of cancers are analyzed simply after they have spread beyond the kidney and are increasingly difficult to treat. Small, early kidney...

A flask of DNA-barcoded spores
Technology

DNA-barcoded microbial spores to trace the origin of objects, agricultural products

Amit Malewar

CDC appraises that every year 48 million people become ill from the foodborne disease, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die. This public health problem calls...

Warmer weather may not slow down the spread of coronavirus
Science

Warmer weather may not slow down the spread of coronavirus

Pranjal Malewar

It is expected that outbreaks of the new coronavirus will wane as temperatures rise. Well, that's not true. Harvard scientists studying the common cold...

Stress trigger gray hair- confirms study
Science

Stress trigger gray hair- confirms study

Amit Malewar

Feel like kids, spouse, work giving you gray hair?

Science

Understanding the developmental conditions of the human spine

Amit Malewar

Backbone of success.

In this illustration, the "Radcliffe Wave" data is overlaid on an image of the Milky Way galaxy. Image from the WorldWide Telescope, courtesy of Alyssa Goodman
Space

Largest gaseous structure ever observed in the Milky Way galaxy

Amit Malewar

The giant in our stars.

Health

An algorithm to predict Alzheimer’s

Pranjal Malewar

MGH team detects disease early using electronic health records.

Papers that use positive words in headlines likelier to be cited
Social Science

Papers that use positive words in headlines likelier to be cited

Pranjal Malewar

The power of positive phrasing.

Inflammatory lesions destroy epithelial cells that function as a barrier between the inside of the gut (lumen) and the rest of the body (left). PATCH is a bioactive material synthesized by engineered probiotic bacteria that helps to maintain gut barrier function, thereby helping to keep bacteria and other particulates in the lumen and ameliorating the symptoms of inflammation (right). Wyss Institute at Harvard University
Health

The living hydrogel can facilitate healing of intestinal wounds

Pranjal Malewar

Probiotic therapy for patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Research suggests men’s ability to recognize famous females depends on their country’s degree of gender equity
Social Science

Gender equality can shape men’s ability to recognize famous females

Pranjal Malewar

Who’s that girl?

Following treatment with an anti-inflammatory drug, the onset of ALS was delayed in a mouse model. ALS affects nerve cells (pictured) in the brain and spinal cord
Health

FDA-approved drug shows promise against the neurodegenerative disease

Pranjal Malewar

Inflammatory processes may play role in ALS.

Consuming diet pills and laxatives linked to eating disorder diagnosis
Health

Consuming diet pills and laxatives linked to eating disorder diagnosis

Pranjal Malewar

A gateway to eating disorders.

Music is universal, suggests a most comprehensive scientific study
Social Science

Music is universal, suggests a most comprehensive scientific study

Pranjal Malewar

Music everywhere.

Recent Stories

Mystery solved: Why foams are leakier than expected

Chemistry

Multilayered materials that work together, like nacre

Invention

Biodegradable fungi allow trash bags to decompose the organic waste

Invention

Scientists crack the mystery of the “orange fur” in cats

Wildlife

Research reveals how Sculpins use microscopic features to stay put

Wildlife