Science

Radiocarbon dating is set to become more accurate than ever after an international team of scientists improved the technique for assessing the age of historical objects. The team of researchers at the universities of Sheffield, Belfast, Bristol, Glasgow, Oxford, St Andrews and Historic England, plus international colleagues, used measurements of …

KANCHANABURI, Thailand (AP) – Researchers in Thailand have already moved through the countryside to catch flags in their caves in an attempt to track down the costly origin of the coronavirus. Early research has already pointed to bats as the source of the virus that has affected more than 20.5 …

In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, face masks have become a necessity, like keys or your wallet – you can’t leave the house without them. For the reusable dust masks popular with so many people, that means a lot of washing. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) …

Jeffrey Collins of the Associated Press has looked at the difficulties on the ground in deciding whether or not to reopen schools – described as an “impossible decision” by one member of the school board He reports that the Rock Hill board of trustees in suburban South Carolina is like …

Anti-Reelin is a therapeutic approach that selectively targets the vascular barrier, thereby blocking infiltration of inflammatory cells, demyelination and consequently paralysis. Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center In an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS), reducing the amount of a protein made in the liver significantly protects against development of the …