Higher lead in topsoil boosts probability of cognitive difficulties in 5-year-old boys
Soil contamination has long been recognized as a contributor to lead exposure in people and is now a health concern ...
Month: April 2019
ACM Thacker Breakthrough Award recognizes contributions that shaped cloud computing
Mendel Rosenblum transformed datacenters by reinventing virtual machinesCredit: Courtesy, Stanford University ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today announced that ...
Caregiving not as bad for your health as once thought, study says
For decades, articles in research journals and the popular press alike have reported that being a family caregiver takes a ...
New algorithm optimizes quantum computing problem-solving
A Canadian quantum computer can solve complex problems more efficiently with an algorithm developed in Japan.Credit: Tohoku University Tohoku University ...
New study finds higher C-section infection risk for mothers on Medicaid
More research needed to understand the disparity between public versus private insurance Arlington, VA -- The risk of surgical site ...
Opioid addiction treatment in teens focus of new project
HERSHEY, Pa. -- Substance use disorders continue to rise at alarming rates among adolescents, with opioid abuse contributing to this ...
Neurostimulation for chronic pain, bladder conditions, and movement disorders
Free public event in Sydney, Australia, on May 26, 2019 WHAT: Free public event in Sydney, Australia: "Neurostimulation: An established ...
Long-lived bats could hold secrets to mammal longevity
UMD biologists found four bat lineages that live at least four times longer than similar-sized mammals and revealed new traits ...
Active ingredient of aconite root against peripheral neuropathic pain is identified as neoline
Credit: © Toshiaki Makino The root of Aconitum carmichaeli (Ranunculaceae), is a crude drug used in traditional Chinese or Japanese ...
More than a strip of paint needed to keep cyclists safe
Credit: Monash University Research published in the journal Accident Analysis and Prevention today (Thursday 11 April 2019) shows that marked ...
Ultrasound aligns living cells in bioprinted tissues
Credit: Rohan Shirwaiker, NC State University North Carolina State University researchers have developed a technique to improve the characteristics of ...
Experimental drug delivers one-two punch to vision loss
Experiments show new therapy slows blood vessel leakage associated with diabetic macular edema & macular degenerationCredit: Alexsander Popel In studies ...
Scientists improve cycling performance of Al-based batteries with high areal density cathode
Credit: TANG Yongbing Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are the dominant power source for portable electronics and electric vehicles. However, the relatively ...
Diet rich in animal protein is associated with a greater risk of death
Credit: Raija Törrönen A diet rich in animal protein and meat in particular is not good for the health, a ...
New guideline decreases breast cancer re-operation rates
Patients can avoid added stress and potential surgical complicationsCredit: UBC Okanagan photo A UBC medical student has determined that a ...
Identification of lymph node cells that may play important roles in immune tolerance
Credit: Kanazawa University The thymus is the organ in which T cells*1) differentiate. T cells express various T cell receptors ...
Manipulating the crystallization and assembly of materials in solution by Marangoni flow
Credit: ©Science China Press Solution-based approaches are widely used for crystal growth and material assembly. In the solution-based processes, inherent ...
Half-hearted: New insight into why the heart doesn’t develop properly in some children
Right-sided heart development requires rapid growth of precursor cells; silencing the gene Ccdc117 may impede that growth, leading to abnormal ...
Kidney disease triggers cognitive impairment, even in early stages
The link between brain dysfunction and advanced kidney disease was first noted in 1930, so it is not a new ...
Stability improvement under high efficiency — next stage development of perovskite solar cells
Credit: ©Science China Press With efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) overpassing 23%, to realize their commercialization, the biggest challenge ...
