Hospital deaths after surgery fall after launch of surgical safety checklists in Scotland
Credit: British Journal of Surgery The World Health Organization (WHO) created the Surgical Safety Checklist over a decade ago, in ...
Month: April 2019
Lessons learnt from the drift analysis of MH370 debris
New strategies for tracking of marine objects proposedCredit: Source: C. Kersten, GEOMAR The precise last position of the Boeing 777 ...
Biosensor ‘bandage’ collects and analyzes sweat
Credit: American Chemical Society Like other biofluids, sweat contains a wealth of information about what's going on inside the body. ...
Cannabidiol could help deliver medications to the brain
Cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive compound in cannabis, is being touted as beneficial for many health conditions, ranging from anxiety to ...
Army researchers identify new way to improve cybersecurity
Credit: U.S. Army Illustration ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (April 17, 2019) - With cybersecurity one of the nation's top security ...
Oral immunotherapy safe for preschool-aged children with peanut allergies
Credit: Courtesy Ravinder Dhaliwal New data published this week in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice suggests ...
Genome analysis showed common origin of Pskov, Novgorod and Yakutia populations
Scientists for the first time compared complete genome data of different ethnic groups in Russia. Using a special algorithm, they ...
Otago global health researchers to tackle tuberculosis in Indonesia
Credit: University of Otago Researchers from the Otago Global Health Institute have secured funding from the e-Asia Joint Research Programme ...
Neuron and synapse-mimetic spintronics devices developed
Credit: Aleksandr Kurenkov and Shunsuke Fukami A research group from Tohoku University has developed spintronics devices which are promising for ...
Green plastic production made easy
Credit: Kiyotaka Nakajima, Hokkaido University A one-step method enables scalable and more environmentally friendly production of plant-derived plastic monomers, paving ...
Tracking global trends in the effectiveness of antibiotic therapy using the Drug Resistance Index
Using a stock-market type index, CDDEP researchers find large disparities in the effectiveness of antibiotic therapies worldwide Washington, DC - ...
Small fossils with big applications — the BP Gulf of Mexico time scale
New study published in Geological Society of America Bulletin Boulder, Colo., USA: Geologic time scales are critical to understanding the ...
Cervical cancer is more aggressive when human papillomavirus is not detected
HPV-negative tumors are rare but have a worse prognosisCredit: http://visualsonline.cancer.gov/details.cfm?imageid=2578 Cervical cancer negative for the human papilloma virus (HPV) is ...
Partnering for sustainable wood protection systems
Continuing UTIA research will advance methods for sustainably preserving woodCredit: Photo by K. Keel-Blackmon, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- April ...
Technology automatically senses how Parkinson’s patients respond to medication
Novel approach doesn't require patient or physician engagementCredit: Florida Atlantic University Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive neurological disorder ...
World-record quantum computing result for Sydney teams
Theory group is driving advances in global efforts to build useful machinesCredit: University of Sydney A world-record result in reducing ...
Scientists improve sensitivity and stretchability of room-temperature liquid metal-based sensor
Credit: WANG Lei Scientists have developed a room-temperature liquid metal-based super-stretchable sensor, with the advantages of facile fabrication, low cost, ...
6.6 billion light years away: Neutron stars merger radiance observed
Credit: SHENG Zhenfeng On April 11th, 2019, an international team led by Professor XUE Yongquan from University of Science and ...
Boosting muscle stem cells to treat muscular dystrophy and aging muscles
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - April 17, 2019 - Lying within our muscles are stem cells, invisible ...
Parboiling method reduces inorganic arsenic in rice
Contamination of rice with arsenic is a major problem in some regions of the world with high rice consumption. Now, ...
