Could minority-serving hospitals be unfairly penalized by CMS for readmissions?
Credit: Georgetown University WASHINGTON — A new probe into why colorectal surgery patients end up back in the hospital after ...
Month: February 2018
Biodiversity is 3-D
Credit: TSU The species-area relationship (SAC) is a long-time considered pattern in ecology and is discussed in most of academic ...
Buried in ash, ancient Salvadoran village shows images of daily life
A continuing look at a Maya village in El Salvador–frozen in time by a blanket of volcanic ash from 1,400 ...
North Korean nuclear test measured in southwest Germany
Credit: (Photo: KIT, GPI) The recent nuclear test by the regime in North Korea was even measurable in Southwest Germany. ...
Trial suggests way to personalize heart health in diabetes
Credit: @John Soares BOSTON – (Nov. 29, 2017) – Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have taken another step toward solving ...
Artificial intelligence to uncover human biases
Credit: Insilico Medicine Since 2015 artificially-intelligent systems surpassed human accuracy in many tasks including image recognition, voice recognition, autonomous driving ...
Damage-signalling protein shows parallels between plant and human…
ITHACA, NY — A protein that signals tissue damage to the human immune system has a counterpart that plays a ...
Study reveals ways collegiate sports venues can achieve ‘zero waste’
Credit: MU Athletics Officials at collegiate sporting venues have been leading efforts toward zero-waste events with many professional and collegiate ...
Study incorporates ecological processes into Earth system models
BLACKSBURG, Va., Nov. 11, 2015 – A professor in Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment is launching a ...
Great Basin seed study experiment targets rangeland restoration
Credit: Photo by Mike Wolterbeek, University of Nevada, Reno RENO, Nev. – Restoration of rangelands in the Great Basin is ...
Transforming plant cells from generalists to specialists
Credit: Photo by Erin Sparks, Duke University v DURHAM, N.C. — As a growing plant extends its roots into the ...
Common brain changes found in children with autism, ADHD and OCD
TORONTO, July 27, 2016 – A team of Toronto scientists has found similarities in brain impairments in children with autism ...
Double trouble: Invasive insect species overlooked as a result of a shared name
Credit: Rudolf Bryner An invasive leaf-mining moth, feeding on cornelian cherry, has been gradually expanding its distributional range from its ...
Structure of channelrhodopsin determined
Credit: Volkov et al., Science 2017 Optogenetics enables specific nerve cells to be turned on and off using special light-sensitive ...
$20M NSF award to fund research into the role of microorganisms in…
Credit: Walter Dodds, Kansas State University LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas will partner with four other Kansas universities on ...
On-the-go diagnosis of HIV and HCV co-infections
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 12, 2016 – HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are among the leading causes of death ...
Double trouble: Invasive insect species overlooked as a result of a shared name
Credit: Rudolf Bryner An invasive leaf-mining moth, feeding on cornelian cherry, has been gradually expanding its distributional range from its ...
Study reveals genetic basis of quantitative traits and diseases in Japanese
Credit: Osaka University Osaka – Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are an emerging method for scientists to identify genes involved in ...
Ground squirrels use the sun to hide food
Credit: Brittany Sumner, Kalahari Research Centre Jamie Samson and Marta Manser from the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental 1Studies ...
Is there a link between breast milk nutrients, circadian rhythms, and infant health?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Sept. 19, 2017 — The fat content and levels of several ...
