Friday, August 6, 2021

Altcoin Roundup: Hodling Ethereum? Here's how and where to stake your ETH

The overall feel across the cryptocurrency landscape over the past week has been one of bubbling anticipation, with the Ethereum network finally ...

Fact check: CDC didn't say COVID-19 vaccinated are 'superspreaders', vaccines failing

The claim: CDC says vaccines are failing and the vaccinated can be superspreaders · Both vaccinated and unvaccinated can spread the virus.

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Cureus | Artificial Intelligence-Based Application Provides Accurate Medical Triage Advice When ...

Accurate medical triage is essential for improving patient outcomes and efficient healthcare delivery. Patients increasingly rely on artificial intelligence ...

Hillicon Valley: Cryptocurrency clash complicate's infrastructure bill's path forward | FTC hits ...

As the Senate looks to wrap up the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, competing amendments on cryptocurrency regulation are emerging as ...

Ethereum Burns 36% of New Coin Issuance Over 2 Days

Average fees on Ethereum have increased slightly since the upgrade went live on Thursday at 12:33 (UTC), rising from 0.003 ETH to 0.005 ETH. In ...

Ripple (XRP) to soon see DeFi, smart contracts, and federated sidechains | Headlines | News ...

Ripple confirms that federated sidechains are coming. The implementation will vastly increase the use cases of the XRP Ledger, including adding ...

Wayne County health officials urge masking up in indoor public spaces

Wayne County health officials on Friday urged residents to wear masks in public indoor spaces to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus amid rising variant cases. The county, excluding Detroit, has experienced a 60% increase in COVID cases in the last two ...

NASA Mars rover begins collecting rock in search of alien life

NASA's Perseverance rover has begun drilling into the surface of Mars and will collect rock samples to be picked up by future missions for analysis by scientists on Earth.

Unvaccinated people twice as likely to be reinfected with COVID: study

Unvaccinated people are more than twice as likely to be reinfected with COVID-19 as the fully vaccinated, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

Non-profit hopes new donors will give with cryptocurrency option

Cryptocurrency can be volatile, gaining or losing value quickly. That's why as soon as a crypto donation is made, it is converted to dollars immediately. “ ...

More evidence emerges of improving COVID backdrop in UK

Further evidence emerged on Friday to show that the latest outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.K. has eased, with the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 falling across most parts of the country.

Potential COVID-19 medication found among tapeworm drugs

A group of medications long prescribed to treat tapeworm has inspired a compound that shows two-pronged effectiveness against COVID-19 in laboratory studies, according to a new publication appearing online in the journal ACS Infectious Disease.

A microRNA network is the putative mediator of reductive stress in the heart

Last year, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers reported that reductive stress—an imbalance in the normal oxidation/reduction homeostasis—caused pathological changes associated with heart failure in a mouse model. This was a follow-up to their 2018 clinical study that about one in six heart failure patients shows reductive stress.

NYC explores blockchain to reduce deed fraud

New York City's Department of Finance is working to develop a blockchain proof-of-concept that would make data in property documents transparent ...

Do vitamin D supplements offer kidney-related benefits for individuals with high diabetes risk?

A recent clinical trial described in CJASN has examined the potential of vitamin D supplementation for protecting the kidney health of individuals with pre-diabetes.

Trials reveal efficacy and safety of oral drug for treating anemia associated with kidney disease

Pooled results from recent clinical trials indicate that an oral drug called roxadustat is an effective treatment for anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease. The results are published in an upcoming issue of CJASN.

Recycling a cell's energy centers to ward off Parkinson's disease

Scientists have long known that living cells are master recyclers, constantly breaking down old parts and building them back up into new molecular machines. Now, researchers at Gladstone Institutes have taken a closer look at the life cycle of energy-generating cellular power plants—called mitochondria— inside brain cells, and how they might be recycled. They showed that genes associated with Parkinson's disease play key roles in this process.

City of Akron to mandate masks inside its buildings regardless of vaccination status starting Aug. 9

The CDC recommends all individuals, whether vaccinated or unvaccinated, wear a mask or facial covering in public indoor settings with high levels of COVID-19 transmission. Summit County is currently experiencing a high level of COVID-19 infections.

Scientists name new frog-legged beetle fossil for Sir David Attenborough

A new frog-legged beetle species, Pulchritudo attenboroughi, or Attenborough's Beauty, was announced today in the scientific journal Papers in Palaeontology. Frank Krell, Denver Museum of Nature & Science Senior Curator of Entomology, and Francesco Vitali, National Museum of Natural History of Luxembourg Invertebrate Zoology Collections Curator, worked together to identify this new species.

Small fungus formulations could make big difference to protect moose from winter ticks

In the battle to save moose from winter ticks, fungi on small grains of millet could be the ultimate weapon. Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers at the University of Vermont recently produced granular formulations of insect-killing fungi and successfully tested their efficacy against winter tick larvae under laboratory conditions. The team reported their findings in Biocontrol Science and Technology.

Jamestown Canyon virus, another mosquito-borne disease, detected in Kent County mosquito

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Another mosquito-borne disease has been detected in Kent County, but so far only in a tested mosquito. Kent County Health Department leaders issued an advisory Friday, Aug. 6 about the Jamestown Canyon virus after a mosquito, ...

Inside Cryptocurrency - August 6th, 2021

Binance halted derivatives trading in HK / Venezuela to adopt digital bolivar CBDC / Fresh Funding / SEC charged execs at DeFi Money Market.