Regenstrief, IU study finds assigning hospitalists by unit has both pros and cons
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Researchers from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine have conducted the first time-motion ...
Month: November 2019
Life under extreme conditions at hot springs in the ocean
Credit: Mario Lebrato, Uni Kiel The volcanic island of Kueishantao in northeastern Taiwan is an extreme habitat for marine organisms. ...
Chemists create new route to PHAs: naturally degradable bioplastics
Chemical catalysis for an existing class of biomaterialsCredit: John Eisele/Colorado State University Photography A tide of public momentum is swelling ...
Almost a third of tropical Africa’s flora faces extinction
Credit: IRD - Thomas Couvreur Given the anthropological and climate threats facing nature, the conservation of tropical biodiversity is a ...
Quantum tricks on demand
Max Planck-New York Center for Nonequilibrium Quantum Phenomena inaugurated in New York CityCredit: Asiya Khaki The Max Planck Institute for ...
Structures near airports increase risk of airplane-goose collisions
Credit: Photo by Ryan Askren CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- From mid-November 2015 through February 2016, scientists used GPS transmitters to track ...
Illinois researcher’s theory of pore-scale transport to enable improved flow batteries
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer Redox flow batteries are an emerging technology for electrochemical energy storage that could help enhance the ...
Dmitri Zakharov recognized with the 2019 Chuck Fiori Award
The Microscopy Society of America award -- which honors an outstanding technologist in the physical sciences--recognizes Zakharov's contributions to environmental ...
Does frailty affect outcomes after traumatic spinal cord injury?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 21, 2019--A new study has shown that frailty is an ...
Extremely energetic particles coupled with the violent death of a star for the first time
Credit: Johan Fynbo and Daniele Malesani Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen and DTU Space in Lyngby ...
Study shows lower mortality from induction of labor at 41 weeks
Credit: Photo by Malin Arnesson Inducing labor after 41 instead of 42 full weeks' pregnancy appears to be safer in ...
The simultaneous merging of giant galaxies
Research team discovers three supermassive black holes at the core of one galaxyCredit: P Weilbacher (AIP), NASA, ESA, the Hubble ...
Escher’s angels and demons woodcut predicts how matter deforms
A study published in the prestigious Physical Review LettersCredit: PRL Politecnico di Milano Dutch artist M.C. Escher's most famous drawing, ...
Unraveling gene expression
Credit: Beat Fierz, EPFL The DNA of a single cell is 2-3 meters long end-to-end. To fit and function, DNA ...
Secure data transmission with ultrasound on the mobile phone
St. Pölten UAS develops new method for near-field communicationCredit: St. Pölten UAS The technology is available for free and - ...
Detecting mental and physical stress via smartphone
A study by Politecnico di Milano published in SensorsCredit: Politecnico di Milano Can we use our smartphones without any other ...
A review of single molecule-based electronic devices
Credit: Bingrun Chen In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO, a group of researchers from ...
New translation system for humanitarian assistance
Language barriers impede care for refugees -- New system improves dialog between patients and therapists in psychiatry and psychotherapyCredit: Markus ...
Scientists discover the origin of a microbial infection with lethal effects
Universitat Rovira I Virgili researchers are taking part in this research work that is paving the way to finding effective ...
Protection for pacemakers
Credit: Hylomorph ETH scientists have developed a special protective membrane made of cellulose that significantly reduces the build-up of fibrotic ...
