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Jan102021 by adminNo Comments

Bacteria have internal clocks just like animals and plants, scientists say

Science

Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Biological clocks aren't exclusive to multicellular organisms -- new research suggests bacteria can tell time, too. Internal clocks, or circadian rhythms, help humans, animals and plants keep time, synching various biological processes with day-night changes, as well as seasonal shifts. Advertisement In humans and other animals, the biological clocks ticking inside cells help govern sleep cycles and dictate a variety of cognitive functions. In plants, circadian rhythms control water retention and photosynthesis. Scientists have previously observed circadian rhythms in photosynthetic bacteria, but never before in free-living, non-photosynthetic bacteria -- until now. As reported Friday in the journal Science Advances, researchers identified active circadian rhythms in Baci...

Jan62021 by adminNo Comments

Just 1% of Californians immunized amid slow vaccine rollout

Technology

LOS ANGELES -- The crush of patients with coronavirus is so severe in Los Angeles that on Tuesday they exceeded the normal capacity at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, which serves many Blacks and Latinos in America's largest county.The hospital in the south part of the city, which has a capacity of 131 patients, was treating 215 patients, 135 of them with COVID-19, said Jeff Stout, the interim chief nursing and operating officer.MLK is emblematic of what is happening at hospitals in Los Angeles, where a surge of coronavirus cases has overwhelmed medical staff, created a shortage of oxygen and led to a directive to ambulance crews to stop transporting patients they can’t revive in the field.Stout said the hospital was finalizing its crisis standards of care, which are guidelines ...

Dec242020 by adminNo Comments

Just saving won’t cut it, invest

Finance

Author: Ajit Narasimhan, Chief Marketing OfficerSaving is a habit we're taught at a very young age. In fact, in India, there has been such an emphasis on saving, that a typical household saves between 20-30% of their income each month. But today, savings just aren't enough. There are two reasons why: Consumption has increased at such a rapid pace over the years that we tend to aspire for more. With the advent of plastic money, we have subconsciously started dipping into savings. The rate at which savings grows is insufficient to meet our needs, and even our wants presently. In the future, these things we aspire for will cost even more because of inflation. With inflation in the picture and savings whittling away little by little, how can we secure our financial future? When and ho...

Dec102020 by adminNo Comments

‘We just couldn’t stop writing’: Taylor Swift drops surprise ‘sister album’

Entertainment

Taylor Swift has surprised fans with a brand-new album - just five months after she released her last collection.Announcing her ninth studio album on social media, Swift called it a "sister album" to Folklore and explained that she and her collaborators "just couldn't stop writing songs". The 17-track LP was recorded in the same sessions as her earlier album - which was created during coronavirus lockdown - with collaborators including Bon Iver and Aaron Dessner. I’m elated to tell you that my 9th studio album, and folklore’s sister record, will be out tonight at midnight eastern. It’s called evermore. 📷: Beth Garrabrant pic.twitter.com/xdej7AzJRW— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) December 10, 2020 It will be released at 5am on Friday morning here i...

Nov132020 by adminNo Comments

CDC: Symptom-based screening at U.S. airports found just 9 cases of COVID-19

Health

Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Symptom-based screening programs implemented a U.S. airports at the start of the COVID-19 detected just nine cases of the virus among more than 766,000 travelers, according to data released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During the program, which was in effect from Jan. 17 to Sept. 13, only 298 -- or 0.04% -- of the travelers met the criteria for enhanced screening and just 35 underwent COVID-19 testing, CDC researchers reported. Advertisement The findings suggest that "most infected travelers [went] undetected by symptom-based screening at airports" and were therefore able to unknowingly spread the virus within their "destination communities," they said. "Because ... infection and transmission can occur in the absence of symptoms and because ...