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New touch-responsive technology is 100 times thinner than existing touchscreen materials and so pliable it can be rolled up like...

More than 40% of status epilepticus patients suffer adverse outcomes

Mortality risk can be estimated already in the emergency roomCredit: Reetta Kälviäinen A new study published in Seizure gives insight...

Cell-phone-sized device that stimulates nerve in neck may prevent migraine

Credit: Aira Burkhart/West Virginia University If your bank account balance looks nail-bitingly low and you won't get paid for days,...

The regulators active during iron deficiency

Botany: publication in Plant PhysiologyCredit: HHU / Birte Schwarz When a plant is lacking important nutrients, it cannot simply move...

Stanford researchers conduct census of cell surface proteins

Credit: Liqun Luo Stanford scientists have completed the first global census of diverse proteins sprouting tree-like from the outer membrane...

New species of Allosaurus discovered in Utah

Credit: Todd Marshall A remarkable new species of meat-eating dinosaur has been unveiled at the Natural History Museum of Utah....

Marburg virus found in Sierra Leone bats

Credit: Brian Bird/UC Davis One Health Institute Scientists have detected Marburg virus in fruit bats in Sierra Leone, marking the...

Brain-cell helpers powered by norepinephrine during fear-memory formation

Credit: RIKEN A sustained state of vigilance will generate a different type of memory than a momentary startle, and these...

Researchers obtain ‘high-definition’ view of diabetes-related proteins

Credit: University of Birmingham Scientists have examined a key receptor for the first time at high resolution - broadening understanding...

Why eating yogurt may help lessen the risk of breast cancer

Credit: Lancaster University One of the causes of breast cancer may be inflammation triggered by harmful bacteria say researchers. Scientists...

Maglab scientists capture molecular maps of animal tissue with unprecedented detail

Credit: Stephen Bilenky We've all heard, and seen, how a picture paints a thousand words. Now, in a scientific twist...

UTA aerospace engineer exploring possibility of hypersonic passenger, cargo planes

Finding ways to faster flightCredit: UT Arlington The idea of speeding through the atmosphere at many times the speed of...

Weight loss and health improvements with Mediterranean, fasting & paleo diets

Credit: Dr. Michelle Jospe There were some weight loss and health benefits for overweight adults who followed the Mediterranean, Intermittent...

Can weighted vests help maintain bone health when older adults slim down?

Credit: WFU / Ken Bennett Losing weight can be a tricky balance of risks and benefits for older adults: You...

SPR honors Dr. Anna Penn with the Thomas A. Hazinski Distinguished Service Award

Credit: Dr. Anna Penn The Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) is pleased to announce Anna Penn, MD, PhD, as the recipient...

NIAID officials discuss novel Coronavirus that recently emerged in China

Research underway to address latest viral threatCredit: NIAID The new cluster of viral pneumonia cases originating in Wuhan, China, marks...

Making ‘lemonade’: Chance observation leads to study of microbial bloom formation

Credit: Rhys Probyn WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- A scientific discovery often starts with a chance observation made by open minds...

Novel communication between intestinal microbes and developing immune cells in the thymus

Regulation of thymic immune development by intestinal microbes in early lifeCredit: Nitya Jain, PhD, BOSTON - Newborns face unique immunological...

Revealed an alteration related to the loss of effectiveness of a treatment in lung cancer

Credit: Montse Sánchez-Céspedes The Cancer Genetics Group of the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, led by Montse Sánchez-Céspedes, together with...

Researchers expand microchip capability with new 3D inductor technology