#Researchers

uché blackstock, md

uche_blackstock

NEW: Black patients with #COVID19 presenting for care were 3 times more likely to be hospitalized than white or Hispanic patients.The disparity remained *even* after accounting for differences in age,

SkShivamThakur

skshivamthakur

You all Should know about @SunilAmbekarM, I am not saying it on behalf of Central university of Haryana but because I know about him very well. Russia recently included him

Jen Heemstra

jenheemstra

Scientific studies have shown that it’s possible to get reinfected with COVID-19, but also that immunity could last for years. How can that be and what does it mean for

Fabio Rojas

fabiorojas

1/ Violent protest often backfires on you. A few observations from a social movements researchers. 2/ On Friday, I reviewed some of the evidence about how violent protest often decreases

Dr. Elana J Fertig

FertigLab

Do you want to attract computational biologists to your project?Do you want to attract computational biologists to your department?With a dozen colleagues around the globe, we present "A field guide

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Some "science journalism": "Virus can hang in the air for days" (researchers aerosolized it in a machine). "Found on surfaces for days." (ahem PCR finding vs. infection risk). N=4 study

Jason Tee

JasonCTee

Ever wondered what GMail, Toyota and sports injury prevention have in common?This is the thrust of our latest review paper, which looks at what we can learn from other industries

NEUROTRANSMITTER

Jesugbemileke

LACTOSE INTOLERANCEThis describes a group of symptoms caused by problems digesting and absorbing lactose.Lactose is the main sugar found in diary products.For lactose to be absorbed by the body, it

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

JACKPOT is the debut book-length work from @MichaelMechanic, the senior editor at @MotherJones. It's a pitiless - but empathic - look at the lives of the (mostly) American super-rich.https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Jackpot/Michae

matt gottsacker

mott_lab_

Some exciting news from my corner of academia: researchers have jailbroken the Oculus Quest 2, Facebook's newest virtual reality headset. Here's a link: https://www.techradar.com/news/hackers-seemingly-jailbreak-oculus-quest-2-vr-he

Stephen Reicher

ReicherStephen

The debate around critiques of the Stanford Prison Experiment is now published in American Psychologist. A key resource for researchers, students and textbook writers!First, Zimbardo & Haney's commentary: https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2020

Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan

UMichCSE

Welcome to the official Twitter for Computer Science and Engineering @UMich!Our previous account, @EECSatMI, is being discontinued. Follow us for news and messages from the CSE division, and follow

alan drummond

alandrummond2

Majority of gun-related deaths in Ontario are suicides, new report showsThey found that 67.6 per cent of deaths linked to guns in the province — a total of 1,842 —

Brett Winton

wintonARK

there are all kinds of interesting puzzles buried in the grail blood test cancer diagnostic paper A reasonable solution to most of them:There is a lot more signal in DNA

Darius Kazemi

tinysubversions

NPR is promoting this article again. Without access to the study we have no way of knowing how "bot" was estimated or measured, we simply have to go on the

ASBMB

ASBMB

Last week, we began a tour of our May issue, which we’re not printing. First, we offered member news: awards, scholarships, new jobs, etc. Then science news: new research in