Apple has unveiled a new version of the Apple Watch that is capable of reading the wearer’s blood oxygen levels via sensors on their wrist. The new feature works by measuring the color of blood flowing through the body to determine levels of oxygen in...
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Coronavirus Live Updates: Wastewater tests helping detect virus in Connecticut
NEW YORK (WABC) — Health officials in Connecticut are concerned about a potential increase of COVID-19 cases after testing the wastewater. There are early indications that an increased amount of virus is entering the Stamford’s wastewater treatment system. The city’s Water Pollution Control Authority has...
Blood tests may detect psychotic disorders years BEFORE they start
Blood test can detect signs of psychotic disorders years BEFORE they start by recognising ‘protein patterns’ linked to conditions like schizophrenia, study claims Researchers in Dublin looked at 133 people at risk of developing the conditions Used machine learning to analyse hundreds of proteins in...
NASA telescope to detect ‘rogue’ planets that don’t orbit stars
NASA speculates there are hundreds of rogue planets hiding all across the galaxy and may actually outnumber the hundreds of billions of stars. These free-floating orbs travel around space unattached to a larger star and an orbital telescope set to launch in 2025 aims to...
Nose cells that help us detect odors are key entryway for coronavirus, new study finds
Is this why COVID-19 patients lose their sense of smell? Nose cells that help us detect odors are key entryway for coronavirus, new study finds Researchers studied nose samples and trachea samples for ACE2, the receptor the coronavirus uses to enter and infect cells Cells...