Month: March 2019

Credit: Pixabay Scientists should stop using the term 'statistically significant' in their research, urges this editorial in a special issue ...

Low-cost and energy efficient recording of biodiversity soundscapes

Scientist unveil low-cost solution for an audio recorder in a wireless sensor network that records the ecosystem's soundsCredit: C.M. Leung ...

Depression in 20s linked to memory loss in 50s, find Sussex psychologists

Credit: Amber John A new large-scale longitudinal study carried out by University of Sussex psychologists has found a clear link ...

Affordable Care Act delivers significant benefits for women

A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine demonstrates the ACA's positive impact on healthcare affordability and access, ...

Childhood adversity linked to higher out-of-pocket health care costs in adulthood

FINDINGS A study has found that out-of-pocket health care spending and medical debt are substantially higher when adults have a ...

Immigrant women more likely to be overweight during pregnancy

A new study in the Journal of Public Health finds that women in Norway from immigrant backgrounds are more likely ...

Research investigates impact of climate change on glacier-fed rivers in Peru

Remote communities in the Peruvian Andes depend on the water from melting glaciers and mountain ecosystems to provide them with ...

Genetics Society of America awards 2019 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal to Daniel Hartl

Prize recognizes outstanding contributions to genetics research throughout careerCredit: Harvard University Daniel Hartl, PhD, of Harvard University is the recipient ...

The Lancet: Experts set out targets to eliminate tuberculosis within a generation

Tuberculosis can be treated, prevented and cured, yet it kills 1.6 million people a year, more people than any other ...

Solving the ‘Catch 22’ of rectal cancer

Credit: Noam Shemesh, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown. Today's standard procedure to treat rectal cancer includes radical surgery to remove ...

New treatment of acute myeloid leukemia achieves remarkable results in a disease formerly with little hope

The prognosis for older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is poor: very few achieve remission and for those that ...

UCLA researchers identify potential new combination treatment for pancreatic cancer

FINDINGS Researchers from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a possible new therapeutic strategy using two types of drug ...

UCI engineers aim to pioneer tissue-engineering approach to TMJ disorders

Solutions have been hampered by past failures, proximity of jaw joint to brain Irvine, Calif., March 20, 2019 - Here's ...

Giant X-ray ‘chimneys’ are exhaust vents for vast energies produced at Milky Way’s center

Study co-authored by UCLA astronomer provides close look at what might be happening in other, more energetic galaxiesCredit: Gabriele Ponti/MPE/INAF ...

Sustainable fisheries and conservation policy

Five-point plan to integrate 220 million recreational fishersCredit: Florian Moellers There are roughly five times as many recreational fishers as ...

NASA tracks Tropical Cyclone Trevor approaching Australia’s Cape York Peninsula

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Cyclone Trevor appeared to have a cloud-filled ...

UIC researchers find hidden proteins in bacteria

Science overturns longstanding assumption Scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a way to identify the beginning ...

New study reshapes understanding of how the brain recovers from injury

Researchers to incorporate data into new, open access platform for exploration of the human brainCredit: Schneider et al. Each year, ...

As if by magic: TGen develops program that lights up cancer-causing mutations

LumosVar -- a name inspired by Harry Potter -- could help physicians provide genomic-based treatments for their patients PHOENIX, Ariz. ...

Generic advice doesn’t help patients drop pounds