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Traditional Japanese Food May Hold Building Blocks of COVID-19 Treatments
July 23, 2021
Natto, a fermented soybean dish often served for breakfast in Japan, may hold an answer to a modern problem: COVID-19, according to a new study based on cell cultures. Read More News
Thumb-sized Device Sniffs Out Bad Breath
July 23, 2021
Researchers have constructed a portable, thumb-sized device that diagnoses bad breath by quickly "sniffing" exhalations for the gas that makes it stinky—hydrogen sulfide. Read More News
Blood Test Predicts COVID-19 Severity, Could Help with Hospital Triage
July 23, 2021
To measure changes in blood biochemistry that occur with severe COVID-19, the researchers chose attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), which has been tested previously as a COVID-19 diagnostic tool. Read More News
Study Shows Exoskeletons Strain the Brain
July 23, 2021
Exoskeletons may compete with valuable resources in the brain while people work, canceling out the physical benefits of wearing them, a new study suggests. Read More News
New Technology Shows Promise in Detecting, Blocking Grid Cyberattacks
July 23, 2021
Researchers have designed and demonstrated a technology that can block cyberattacks from impacting the nation's electric power grid. Read More News

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