Realization of a 20-year-old dream: the International Society of Chinese Health Practices
Credit: UA Health Sciences TUCSON, Ariz. - A chance meeting nearly 20 years ago sparked a dream between two men....
ICARUS has been switched on: Testing has started
Credit: University of Konstanz To analyze global animal movements from space and to understand how large numbers of animals and...
Cells synchronize to release toxins in unison
Credit: Kurt Hickman/Stanford News Service Crouching in the boot-sucking mud of the Baylands Nature Preserve in Palo Alto, Manu Prakash,...
Shingles vaccine safely prevents outbreaks among stem cell transplant patients
The study could offer hope to others with severely compromised immune systems DURHAM, N.C. - A newer form of shingles...
UNH research finds thicker pavement is more cost effective down the road
DURHAM, N.H. - As the summer months heat up, so will the asphalt and other materials used to make roads....
In UK’s third largest city intervention program helps reduce childhood obesity
Credit: Bar-Ilan University Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions, affecting children's health and wellbeing and leading to obesity, heart disease,...
New filter enhances robot vision on 6D pose estimation
Credit: University of Illinois Department of Aeropsace Engineering Robots are good at making identical repetitive movements, such as a simple...
A human liver cell atlas
Scientists discover previously unknown subtypes of liver cells in health and diseaseCredit: MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Grün The...
Study: New cars are safer, but women most likely to suffer injury
Credit: UVA Center for Applied Biomechanics Cars built in the last decade have been shown to be safer than older...
How the mosquito immune system fights off the malaria parasite
Credit: Iowa State University News Service AMES, Iowa - A new study from Iowa State University entomologists describes how mosquitoes...
Robot-ants that can jump, communicate with each other and work together
Credit: EPFL Individually, ants have only so much strength and intelligence. However, as a colony, they can use complex strategies...
Impaired learning linked to family history of Alzheimer’s
A large internet-based study suggests that adults with a close relative with Alzheimer's disease have learning impairments that may be...
Repair of aged tissue can be enhanced by inhibiting signals from neighbouring cells
Credit: Nalle Pentinmikko Researchers at the University of Helsinki have discovered how regenerative capacity of intestinal epithelium declines when we...
Funding for new semiconductor research centre announced
Swansea University to get new Centre for Integrative Semiconductor MaterialsCredit: Stride Treglown A new state-of-the-art facility that will bring together...
July/August 2019 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
Diabetes Patients Experiencing Empathy From Primary Care Practitioners Have Lower Risk of Mortality A United Kingdom study designed to examine...
Origin of life insight: peptides can form without amino acids
Peptides, one of the fundamental building blocks of life, can be formed from the primitive precursors of amino acids under...
Astronomers expand cosmic ‘cheat sheet’ in hunt for life
ITHACA, N.Y. - Using nature's color palette from early Earth, Cornell University astronomers have created a cosmic "cheat sheet" in...
Designer proteins form wires and lattices on mineral surface
Findings lay foundation for engineered nano-scale circuits, sensors and filtersCredit: PNNL RICHLAND, Wash. July 11, 2019 - The goal of...
QMUL and Paragraf awarded £500,000 to explore using Graphene to replace rare metal Indium
Queen Mary University of London and the graphene-device company Paragraf have been awarded £500,000 by Innovate UK to explore using...
Study finds subclinical cardiovascular disease associated with higher fall risk
Findings informative for clinical discussions around primary prevention of CVD and fall interventions in older adults BOSTON - Each year,...
