Airports are testing algae-filled bioreactors as a biological alternative to conventional air filtration, targeting the headaches, fatigue, and respiratory irritation collectively known as sick ...

For instance, researchers noticed during the pandemic that people who received the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis—which is not recommended in the U.S. but is commonly used in countries where the ...

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a respiratory virus with no vaccine and no targeted antiviral treatment, is among the respiratory illnesses currently going around in the United States alongside ...

Astronomers have spotted an intriguing cluster of objects in the Kuiper belt, the enormous, donut-shaped region of icy objects beyond the orbit of Neptune. This latest “inner kernel” was identified by ...

The Kuiper belt, a disc of icy rocks on the outermost edges of the solar system, seems to have more structure than we thought. In 2011, researchers found a cluster of objects there on similar orbits ...

Right now, research suggests that more than 35 million Americans are dealing with some sort of chronic lung condition, like asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Research also ...

This Selected Issues Paper reviews Ethiopia’s tax system, highlighting its persistently low tax-to-GDP ratio despite sustained economic growth. It benchmarks Ethiopia’s revenue performance against ...

Over millions of years, the circulatory system evolved from primitive forms into a highly specialized network capable of overcoming time-distance constraints and enhancing diffusion efficiency. This ...

Abstract: This paper introduces SIMSPIRE, a comprehensive simulator of the human respiratory system designed as a versatile tool for simulating various patient conditions. It can be used to model ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Changes in body position are associated with changes in functional residual capacity, elastic recoil pressure, and total lung capacity (TLC). Exponential analysis over the entire ...