Free training manual will help health providers diagnose fetal alcohol syndrome
Pan American Health Organization providing international platform for workbookCredit: University of Nebraska Medical Center Omar Rahman, M.D., director of the...
Cost, distance from hospitals present barriers to surgical care
Rutgers study in Colombia can be used as a model to address health disparities worldwideCredit: Rutgers University A Rutgers-led study...
Rice engineers offer smart, timely ideas for AI bottlenecks
Researchers present energy-saving designs for data-intensive computer processingCredit: Rice University HOUSTON -- (June 11, 2020) -- Rice University researchers have...
Promising path found for COVID-19 therapeutics
Team of UGA scientists building on previous SARS researchCredit: UGA Athens, Ga. - A team of researchers at the University...
Makor computing society releases statement on security for virtual meetings
Credit: Association for Computing Machinery The Association for Computing Machinery's US Technology Policy Committee (USTPC) recently released a new Statement...
Refugee children get better health, nutrition via e-vouchers
Credit: John Hoddinott, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Electronic food vouchers provided young Rohingya children in Bangladeshi refugee camps with...
Researchers model human stem cells to identify degeneration in glaucoma
Credit: IU School of Medicine More than 3 million Americans have glaucoma, a serious eye condition causing vision loss. Using...
Opposition to sexual- and gender-minority rights linked to support for Christian dominance
Credit: Graphic by Michael B. Vincent CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Many Christian and political conservatives in the U.S. support legislation to...
Rice lab turns fluorescent tags into cancer killers
Replacing one atom in molecule gives it the power to destroy tumor cells when light-activatedCredit: Xiao Lab/Rice University HOUSTON -...
Designing new radiotherapy technologies to treat cancer in low and middle-income countries
A new project supported by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) aims to design and develop new radiotherapy technologies...
Army researchers find new ways to test swarming drones
Credit: U.S. Army photo ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- The U.S. Army has implemented a one-of-a-kind outdoor system to test...
How Dashcams help and hinder forensics
Credit: WMG, University of Warwick Dashcams are an important in-car accessory that record car journeys, the footage from them is...
Novel noncovalent bond blocks repulsive odor of isocyanides
Novel noncovalent bond blocks repulsive odor of isocyanides, key reagents in organic synthesisCredit: SPbU The suggested approach makes storage of...
Many children in intensive care may not be getting rehabilitation therapy, study shows
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Adult patients in hospital intensive care units (ICUs) are often given rehabilitation therapy and urged to...
Lightning in a (nano)bottle: new supercapacitor opens door to better wearable electronics
Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Researchers from Skoltech, Aalto University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed a high-performance, low-cost,...
Dopamine signaling allows neural circuits to generate coordinated behaviors
Credit: Flavell Lab/MIT Picower Institute For a nematode worm, a big lawn of the bacteria that it eats is a...
Chemotherapy/immunotherapy combo shows promise for first-line treatment of mesothelioma
Credit: National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health Inoperable malignant pleural mesothelioma, is a rare and aggressive cancer of the...
CABI confirms presence of devastating date pest the red palm weevil on Socotra Island
CABI scientist Dr Arne Witt has led an international team of researchers who have confirmed for the first time the...
Freshly printed magnets
Metal 3D laser printingCredit: Empa It looks quite inconspicuous to the casual beholder, hardly like groundbreaking innovation: a small metallic...
Better reading proficiency linked to fewer youth homicides
Credit: US Department of Education A good education system has long been linked with providing opportunity for people to get...
