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The developers of AlphaFold will get the chemistry Nobel
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, have discovered a new kind of elephant trunk that can be powered by electrical currents. They found that the trunks of elephants can be controlled using an “electric field” that allows them to spin around in any direction, according to reports. They found that elephants can also…
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The search for long covid treatments takes a big turn
Estimates of how many people have long COVID-19 vary, but it’s been put as high as around 65 million, about the same as the population of France. Steven Deeks, an infectious disease specialist for University of California, San Francisco, said there is no consensus on how to define long Covid. In order to determine that…
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Thousands of academics in California are on strike.
Graduate student employees at the University of California, San Francisco (UC San Francisco) have agreed to vote on a tentative agreement that would end their strike for higher pay and benefits. The workers, who have been on strike for 40 days, voted in favour of the agreement on Friday. The workers are members of the…
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The drugs seem to work for mice without the trip.
A new drug developed at the University of California, San Francisco has been proven to work in a clinical trial of people with treatment-resistant depression. The drug is administered at doses of 25 milligrams per kilogram of body weight. The drug was shown to reduce the effects of a depressive episode by up to two-and-a-half…
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Try putting your head in the freezer.
Short sleep in midlife and old age is linked to higher risk of chronic disease and multimorbidity, a case study by researchers from University of California, San Francisco has revealed. The study also found that poor sleep habits are “ubiquitous” among American adults. About 63% of the participants reported sleeping less than seven hours a…