Need to check patient’s jugular venous pressure? There’s an app for that
As telemedicine expands due to COVID-19, a new report suggests doctors can check the jugular vein in heart failure patients ...
Month: July 2020
American Journal of Roentgenology updates from new editor in chief, Andrew B. Rosenkrantz
Immediate changes to AJR, the world's longest continuously published general radiology journal, include author-centered peer review, rapid publication of Online ...
Reducing high school prescription drug abuse through a hybrid prevention program
George Mason University receives funding for Dr. Kenneth W. Griffin to test an evidence-based drug abuse prevention program using hybrid ...
UofM/UTHSC grant competition yields 23 COVID-19 research proposals
Credit: UTHSC Memphis, Tenn. (July 1, 2020) - The University of Memphis (UofM) and the University of Tennessee Health Science ...
Study confirms ultra music festival likely stressful to fish
UM Rosenstiel School researchers found high cortisol levels in toadfish during music festivalCredit: Tony Winton/Key Content, LLC MIAMI--A new study ...
Alarming long-term effects of insecticides weaken ant colonies
Credit: © Daniel Schlaeppi "Ants are one of the most important animal groups on our planet. However, they are also ...
New system combines smartphone videos to create 4D visualizations
Carnegie Mellon approach requires neither studio nor specialized camerasCredit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH--Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have demonstrated that ...
Long-term culture of human pancreatic slices reveals regeneration of beta cells
Breakthrough technology to preserve live pancreatic tissue for at least 10 days provides a window into the organ's ability to ...
Out with the old! Personalized learning the way forward to help every child succeed
New book calls for educational change citing the success of an innovative, bite-size digital learning tool currently benefiting children in ...
NIH funds centers to improve the role of genomics in assessing and managing disease risk
eMERGE Network will support multiple clinical sites and a coordinating center with $75 million over five yearsCredit: Ernesto del Aguila ...
Feeds of the future
University of Göttingen research team investigates the influence of insect and microalgae feeds on meat qualityCredit: Quality of Animal Products, ...
A simpler way to make sensory hearing cells
Credit: Image by Yassan Abdolazimi/Segil Lab/USC Stem Cell Scientists from the USC Stem Cell laboratories of Neil Segil and Justin ...
Laser takes pictures of electrons in crystals
Credit: University of Rostock The researchers used powerful laser flashes to irradiate thin, films of crystalline materials. These laser pulses ...
Simons honored as leading voice in technology policy arena
ACM Policy Award recognizes her contributions to election technology and other areasCredit: Association for Computing Machinery ACM, the Association for ...
Study: 35% of excess deaths in pandemic’s early months tied to causes other than COVID-19
Credit: (Courtesy of JAMA) RICHMOND, Va. (July 1, 2020) -- Since COVID-19's spread to the United States earlier this year, ...
Why memory-forming neurons are vulnerable to Alzheimer’s
Credit: Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience at The Rockefeller University When Alzheimer's disease strikes, the entire brain doesn't crumble ...
CityU’s CRISPR-assisted novel method detects RNA-binding proteins in living cells
Credit: Photo source: DOI number: 10.1038/s41592-020-0866-0 While scientists still don't fully understand the diverse nature of RNA molecules, it is ...
How to bring conservation messaging into wildlife-based tourism
Credit: Joan de la Malla The study states that failing to encourage tourists to do more on behalf of wildlife ...
FAST detects neutral hydrogen emission from extragalactic galaxies for the first time
Credit: CASSACA The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) is the largest telescope with the highest sensitivity in the world. ...
Complexity of human tooth enamel revealed at atomic level in NIH-funded study
Unprecedented details of enamel structure may point to new ways to prevent or halt cavitiesCredit: Karen DeRocher, Northwestern University Scientists ...
