Month: May 2019

Getting more exercise than normal - or being more sedentary than usual - for one day may be enough to ...

Civil War plant medicines blast drug-resistant bacteria in lab tests

Confederate field hospitals turned to traditional remedies under Union blockadeCredit: Photo by Stephen Nowland, Emory University During the height of ...

A new genetic tool to modify and understand gene function

Credit: CNIC Scientists of the National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) led by Rui Benedito have developed a new genetic ...

A simple, yet versatile, new design for chaotic oscillating circuitry inspired by prime numbers

-Credit: Ludovico Minati Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology have found a simple, yet highly versatile, way to generate "chaotic ...

Long-lived roundworms help identify new anti-aging compounds among the FDA approved drugs

Researchers from Gero, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), and University of ...

The top 25 medical lab tests around the world

A recent study can help governments understand which diagnostic laboratory tests are most important when developing universal health coverage systems. ...

New method could shed light on workers’ historical radiation exposure

Researchers in the UK have developed a new method for evaluating plutonium workers' historical internal radiation exposure in a study ...

First states to expand Medicaid saw larger screening rate increases

Extending rates to non-expansion states would have led to 355,184 additional screenings A new study examining Medicaid expansion and cancer ...

Global study of urban poor links childhood adversity to adolescent violence and depression

Tracing violence in young men to boyhood trauma buttresses conclusion of second, related global analysis of gender equality: that achieving ...

Poor semen quality in Switzerland

Researchers at UNIGE have carried out the first nationwide study on semen quality of young Swiss men -- and their ...

A light matter: Understanding the Raman dance of solids

Quantum interferometry reveals the chosen pathway of coherent phonon generationCredit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology ...

Space travel and your joints

A novel study of joint cartilage and what it could mean for future astronautsCredit: Institute for Biomedical Problems, Moscow DETROIT ...

Early life exposure to nicotine alters neurons, predisposes brain to addiction later

In mouse study, neonatal exposure changed biochemistry of reward circuitry; researchers suggest same mechanism may be at work in humansCredit: ...

NEOMED researcher designs therapeutic intervention to help preterm infants suck, swallow and breathe

Receives $624,518 award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentCredit: Courtesy of NEOMED ROOTSTOWN, ...

World’s first wearable kidney goal of USask-led research team

$250,000 in Canadian federal funding for 'innovative' researchCredit: Daniel Hallen, University of Saskatchewan An artificial portable kidney that patients who ...

What makes a place a home?

New research reveals that ecological factors influences the distribution of lionfish on deep reefsCredit: Alex Chequer Invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans ...

Extreme draining of reservoir aids young salmon and eliminates invasive fish

CORVALLIS, Ore. - A new study finds that the low-cost, extreme draining of a reservoir in Oregon aided downstream migration ...

Ammonium fertilized early life on earth

A team of international scientists--including researchers at the University of St. Andrews, Syracuse University and Royal Holloway, University of London--have ...

Interventions with paclitaxel drug-coated balloons

PCR statement on clinical outcomes after interventions with paclitaxel drug-coated balloons Paris, France, 21 May 2019. This PCR statement on ...

Scientists discover potential breakthrough in the understanding of tumor dormancy