A Vaccine against Poison Ivy Misery Is in the Works as Scientists Also Explore New Treatment Paths

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September 20, 2021

Vaccines A Vaccine against Poison Ivy Misery Is in the Works as Scientists Also Explore New Treatment Paths Standard remedies offer little relief for the itchy rash caused by the plant, but researchers have found promising clues in the immune system By Claudia Wallis

Medicine How Music Can Literally Heal the Heart Its structural attributes and physiological effects make it an ideal tool for learning cardiology, studying heart-brain interactions and dispensing neurocardiac therapy By Elaine Chew,Psyche Loui,Grace Leslie,Caroline Palmer,Jonathan Berger,Edward W. Large,Nicolò F. Bernardi,Suzanne Hanser,Julian F. Thayer,Michael A. Casey,Pier D. Lambiase

Fossil Fuels U.S. and E.U. Pledge to Cut Methane Emissions, But Obstacles Abound Chief among them are convincing other countries to sign on and putting specific policies in place By Scott Waldman,Sara Schonhardt,E&E News

Extraterrestrial Life Astronomers Should Be Willing to Look Closer at Weird Objects in the Sky The Galileo Project seeks to train telescopes on unidentified aerial phenomena By Avi Loeb

Medicine Targeted Treatments for Autoimmune Disease Make Progress By aiming at specific genes or cells, researchers can boost effectiveness and reduce side effects By Marla Broadfoot

Diversity In One Life-Changing Moment, This Former Seaman Jumped from Ships to Computer Chips Cybersecurity expert Laeon Israel talks disparities in STEM, "closing the gap" and a life awash in a sea of data By Marlene Stewart

Microbiology Engineered Bacteria Produce a Rainbow of Colors By inserting some genes and knocking down others, scientists solved a core problem in synthetic biology By Maddie Bender

Quantum Physics Is There a Thing, or a Relationship between Things, at the Bottom of Things? Quantum mechanics inspires us to speculate that interactions between entities, not entities in themselves, are fundamental to reality By John Horgan

Toxicology Immigrants in U.S. Detention Exposed to Hazardous Disinfectants Every Day The chemical concentrations exceed EPA limits, and new human studies suggest they could do long-term damage By Matthew Phelan

Vaccines Vaccinate the World before Starting COVID Booster Shots Fewer than 0.5 percent of vaccine doses have been distributed to people living in low-income countries By Soumya Swaminathan,Ana Maria Henao-Restrepo,Mike Ryan

Diversity The Longer Short List Effect How to increase the consideration of female candidates for male-gendered roles By Brian J. Lucas

FROM THE STORE The Math of Everything Galileo said that mathematics is the language of nature. This eBook examines math across disciplines, exploring how math is the backbone connecting the physical, social and economic worlds. From practical questions about the significance of p values and using math to fight gerrymandering to the top theoretical problems in the field, this collection looks at what math reveals about our universe.

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