NSF Award funds sensor research at Kent State's new Advanced Materials Institute
Credit: Kent State University Many homes today include safety devices like smoke, radon and carbon monoxide detectors to warn us ...
Month: February 2019
Masterswitch discovered in body's immune system
Scientists have discovered a critical part of the body's immune system with potentially major implications for the treatment of some ...
PET imaging agent may allow early measurement of efficacy of breast cancer therapy
Credit: K Salem et al., University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI Physicians may soon have ...
Increase in conservative management of low-risk prostate cancer
Bottom Line: National guidelines in 2010 began advocating conservative management of low-risk prostate cancer with active surveillance or watchful waiting (AS/WW) ...
Low-income boys' inattention in kindergarten associated with lower earnings 30 years later
Disruptive behaviors in childhood are among the most prevalent and costly mental health problems in industrialized countries and are associated ...
Working proteins make good use of frustration
Rice University, Buenos Aires, Heidelberg labs show enzymes need multiple levels of frustration to functionCredit: Maria Feiberger/University of Buenos Aires ...
Researchers examine postpartum hospital readmissions for women with psychiatric conditions
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), gestational diabetes affects an estimated 2 - 10% of pregnancies ...
Scientists discover oldest evidence of mobility on Earth
Fossils dating back 2.1 billion years provide first ever evidence of movement in multicellular organisms Ancient fossils of the first ...
Mosquitoes that carry malaria may have been doing so 100 million years ago
Credit: George Poinar Jr. CORVALLIS, Ore. - The anopheline mosquitoes that carry malaria were present 100 million years ago, new ...
Scientists use machine learning to ID source of Salmonella
Quick identification of animal source key to stopping foodborne illness outbreaksCredit: UGA A team of scientists led by researchers at ...
VA pushing medical research and inventions to private sector
Hundreds of VA inventions available through license agreementsCredit: Eugene Russell/VA The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Monday a ...
Researchers identify brain protein crucial to recovery from stroke
Credit: Steven Graham/University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Feb. 11, 2019 - Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States suffers a ...
Keeping SDGs from being a zero-sum game
Credit: Jordan Noble, Michigan State University Center for System Integration and Sustainability Even as the world gets on the same ...
How your smartphone is affecting your relationship
Smartphones have become a constant companion for many of us. In a recent study by the Pew Research Center, nearly ...
New study shows HPV not likely transmittable through the hand
Researchers seek to answer longstanding debate Commonly known as HPV, Human papillomavirus is a virus that infects the skin and ...
Brazil will have the technology to transplant pig organs into humans
Gene-edited pigs may reduce Brazil's transplant waiting list; still in its initial stages and presented at FAPESP Week London, a ...
Machine learning algorithm helps in the search for new drugs
Researchers have designed a machine learning algorithm for drug discovery which has been shown to be twice as efficient as ...
New tuberculosis drug may shorten treatment time for patients
Washington, DC - February 11, 2019 - A new experimental antibiotic for tuberculosis has been shown to be more effective ...
Study of Arctic fishes reveals the birth of a gene — from 'junk'
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Though separated by a world of ocean, and unrelated to each other, two ...
Research offensive on regenerative fuels
Start of the project 'reFuels -- Re-thinking Fuels' -- State Transport Minister Hermann: 'Fuel Production with the Help of Renewable ...
