APS and SPR honor Dr. Stella Kourembanas with the 2020 Mary Ellen Avery Award
Credit: Dr. Stella Kourembanas The American Pediatric Society (APS) and the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) are pleased to announce ...
Month: December 2019
Floral foam adds to microplastic pollution problem: Study
Water-absorbing green foam widely used by florists is contributing to the world's microplastic problemCredit: Image: Charlene Trestrail, RMIT University As ...
Castration of men was based on knowledge of the female body
Credit: Linköping University Many men know that benign prostate enlargement can affect their quality of life. The prostate, normally the ...
New laser technique images quantum world in a trillionth of a second
Technique captures a process that commonly causes electrical resistance in materials while, in others, can cause the absence of resistance, ...
New aluminium hydroxide stable at extremely high pressure
Credit: Ehime Univeristy Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe and it plays important roles in the structure, ...
Mone Zaidi, MD, PhD, named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System Mone Zaidi, MD, PhD, Director of the Mount Sinai Bone Program and Professor of Medicine ...
UArizona Health Sciences seeks new way to understand human aging
Dr. Janko Nikolich-Zugich has received a prestigious $4.5 million MERIT Award from the NIH to pursue a new, more promising ...
Otago researchers discover new viral strategy to escape detection
Credit: University of Otago University of Otago researchers have discovered how viruses that specifically kill bacteria can outwit bacteria by ...
FAU and Georgia State partner to assist children and families affected by addiction
US Department of Health and Human Services awards $2.64 million grant to improve outcomes in GeorgiaCredit: Florida Atlantic University About ...
Scientist awarded 2 million to investigate how the brain ‘learns on its feet’
Credit: Alexandre Azinheira You don't usually notice it, but you are, in fact, continuously learning how to walk. It happens ...
Me, me, me! How narcissism changes throughout life
There's hope for today's teensCredit: Photo by Taylor Smith on Unsplash For parents worried that their teenager's narcissism is out ...
Muscle weakness after sepsis linked to mitochondrial dysfunction
New findings may explain why humans experience muscle weakness after sepsis recovery, and suggest the need for novel treatments to ...
Lyme disease claim lines increased 117% from 2007 to 2018
FAIR Health study uncovers geographic, age and gender variationCredit: @FAIRHealth NEW YORK, NY--December 10, 2019--From 2007 to 2018, claim lines ...
Making robots more perceptive
Lehigh University's Nader Motee is investigating ways to improve robots' awareness and decision-making capabilities, with over $1M in grants from ...
Could dark carbon be hiding the true scale of ocean ‘dead zones’?
Credit: Sabine Lengger, University of Plymouth Dead zones within the world's oceans - where there is almost no oxygen to ...
Clemson geneticists identify small molecules that are potential indicators for disease
Credit: Clemson University College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina - A critical question in medicine asks how individual variation in ...
Common genetic link between autism and Tourette’s impairs brain communication
Credit: Lancaster University Lancaster University researchers have discovered, for the first time, how a genetic alteration that increases the risk ...
Research shows ramping up carbon capture could be key to mitigating climate change
Credit: UK Department of Energy & Climate Change As the world gathers in Madrid to discuss how to reduce greenhouse ...
Major grant funds educational outcomes study of New Jersey children with special needs
Drs. Botticello and O'Neill of Kessler Foundation will collaborate with Children's Specialized Hospital to study how the educational experiences of ...
Lactobacillus balances gut microbiome and improves chronic-alcohol-induced liver injury
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 9, 2019--Researchers demonstrated that Lactobacillus rhamnosus can dose-dependently reestablish a ...
