AURORA, Colo. — Olfactory sensory neurons are nasal neurons that make use of hundreds of different types of odorant receptors to analyze odorous chemicals in our external world and send that information to our brain. These neurons have the unusual ability to undergo turnover throughout life – a process understood to happen due to the…
During the current pandemic, we’ve all been advised to protect ourselves from infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 by masking, physical distancing and frequent hand-washing. In the Sept. 17 issue of JAMA Ophthalmology, a research team in China suggests that a fourth defensive measure also might be helpful: eye protection. However, according to…
£1.2 million in government funding will help researchers develop an innovative online programme to improve and personalise care for people with dementia in care homes, which were hard-hit by the COVID-19 crisis. Many of the 400,000 people living in care homes in the UK have dementia, mental health or neuropsychiatric symptoms, and a number of…
WASHINGTON — Top White House officials are blocking strict new federal guidelines for the emergency release of a coronavirus vaccine, objecting to a provision that would almost certainly guarantee that no vaccine could be authorized before the election on Nov. 3, according to people familiar with the approval process. Facing a White House blockade, the…
Two weeks after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took down a statement about airborne transmission of the coronavirus, the agency on Monday replaced it with language citing new evidence that the virus can spread beyond six feet indoors. “These transmissions occurred within enclosed spaces that had inadequate ventilation,” the new guidance said. “Sometimes…
Public health experts had hoped that President Trump, chastened by his own infection with the coronavirus and the cases that have erupted among his staff, would act decisively to persuade his supporters that wearing masks and social distancing were essential to protecting themselves and their loved ones. But instead, tweeting on Monday from the military…
Amanda Adare went from a job at the World Health Organization to running a nonprofit called Dairy in Developing Countries, to help small farmers in places like Kenya and Nicaragua. In 2011, she and her husband, Andrew Adare, bought their own farm, Table Mountain, near Boulder, Colo. A couple of years ago,Ms. Adare began making…
For the autumn or the Thanksgiving table, Paper Trail, a home goods shop in Rhinebeck, N.Y., has introduced what look like pine cones to hold tea lights. They’re actually made of birch twigs, but do the trick. Birch Tea Light Holders, $21 and $28, Paper Trail, 6423 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, N.Y., 845-876-8050, papertrailrhinebeck.com. Follow NYT…
Despite almost daily disclosures of new coronavirus infections among President Trump’s close associates, the White House is making little effort to investigate the scope and source of its outbreak. The White House has decided not to trace the contacts of guests and staff members at the Rose Garden celebration 10 days ago for Judge Amy…
Markus Glocker, the executive chef and partner at Bâtard in Tribeca, offers a concise assortment of baked goods, made by his baker, Luis Cordero. There’s a crusty oval sourdough loaf; another excellent sourdough bread, studded with chunks of blood sausage; a compact brioche loaf, threaded throughout with wild mushroom and shallot purée; generous palmiers; fat…