Share this post ✔️ The A&P Professor Science & Education Updates - Issue #56theapprofessor.substack.comCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOther ✔️ The A&P Professor Science & Education Updates - Issue #56Kevin PattonAug 25, 2021Share this post ✔️ The A&P Professor Science & Education Updates - Issue #56theapprofessor.substack.comCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOtherShareLife ScienceSmall aerosol particles spewed while people breathe, talk and sing may contain more coronavirus than larger moisture droplets do. And the coronavirus may be evolving to spread more easily through the air, a new study suggests. But there is also good news: Masks can help.About 85 percent of coronavirus RNA detected in COVID-19 patients’ breath was found in fine aerosol particles less than five micrometers in size, researchers in Singapore report August 6 in Clinical Infectious Diseases. The finding is the latest evidence to suggest that COVID-19 is spread mainly through the air in fine droplets that may stay suspended for hours rather than in larger droplets that quickly fall to the ground and contaminate surfaces.Science sifts through the latest, sometimes murky data on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against the coronavirus variantSummary: Hearing loss was associated with an increased risk of depression in older adults. Those of lower socioeconomic status were twice as likely to report symptoms of depression. However, using hearing aids helped alleviate symptoms of depression.Retrofitting wireless earbuds to detect neural signals and relaying the data back to smartphones via Bluetooth, researchers say the new earEEG system could have multiple applications, including health monitoring.We can’t avoid the virus for the rest of our lives, but we can minimize its impact. In the 1980s, doctors at an English hospital deliberately tried to infect 15 volunteers with a coronavirus.Deep learning takes on protein foldingIn 1972, Anfinsen won a Nobel prize for demonstrating a connection between a protein's amino acid sequence and its three-dimensional structure. Since 1994, scientists have competed in the biannual Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction (CASP) protein-folding challenge.Deep learning methods took center stage at CASP14, with DeepMind's Alphafold2 achieving remarkable accuracy.Teaching & LearningTwo new polls find students overwhelmingly support vaccine and mask mandates at their institutions and are hesitant about returning to normal college life.Where your work meets your life. See more from Ascend here. Last year, the world went into lockdown and our lives changed dramatically. “I’m so tired” was already a status symbol, but burnout and it’s long-lasting impact on our health, has increased.The Anatomy Associations Advisory Committee (comprising of AS, BACA, IAS) have recently revised (04.05.21) Section 6 (Images and Cadaveric Material) of the AAAC Guidelines for Anatomical Examination 2017.TAPP News & NotesMnemonic devices include many strategies to help you remember a lot of facts, especially if they are ordered in a certain sequence. Learn how here!PreviousNext