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,...
Using artificial intelligence to detect discrimination
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.--A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool for detecting unfair discrimination--such as on the basis of race or gender--has...
Getting to zero malaria cases in zanzibar
Targeting men, seasonal workers could be key to tackling residual cases, study suggests New research led by the Johns Hopkins...
Three USDA scientists win Presidential Early Career Awards
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 10 -- Three USDA scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have been named recipients of the...
Study finds ACOs need a balance of PCPs and specialists to best reduce health care costs
UMass Amherst researchers examined Medicare data from accountable care organizationsCredit: UMass Amherst Accountable care organizations (ACOs), the health care delivery...
Unprecedented display of concern towards unknown monkey offers hope for endangered species
A wild group of endangered Barbary macaques have been observed, for the first time, "consoling" and adopting an injured juvenile...
Researchers identify cancer killing capability of lesser-known immune cells
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have identified, for the first time in oesophageal cancer, the cancer killing capability of a...
Heat, salt, drought: This barley can withstand the challenges of climate change
Credit: MLU / Nadja Sonntag Research for the benefit of food security: A new line of barley achieves good crop...
Did food labeling help hospital employees make healthier cafeteria choices?
What The Study Did: This observational study of nearly 5,700 hospital employees who used the workplace cafeteria reports on whether...
Discovered: A new way to measure the stability of next-generation magnetic fusion devices
Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Scientists seeking to bring to Earth the fusion that powers the sun and stars...
What is cryptosporidium? The pool parasite outbreak causing panic
Cryptosporidiosis outbreaks are on the rise, and children are likely to be the ones dispersing the illness; two University of...
Evaluating risk of death, complications in patients with heart failure after ambulatory, noncardiac
What The Study Did: Veterans Affairs data for 355,121 patients undergoing ambulatory, elective, noncardiac surgery were used to compare the...
Chemical makers oppose new tariffs
In June, chemical manufacturers converged on Washington, D.C., to urge the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to remove...
The path to China’s ‘ecological civilization’ starts with national parks
Credit: Trends in Ecology & Evolution President Xi Jinping staked out China's role as a committed player to tackle the...
How a popular antidepressant drug could rewire the brain
Prozac®, the trade name for the drug fluoxetine, was introduced to the U.S. market for the treatment of depression in...
Maternal obesity linked to childhood cancer
PITTSBURGH, July 10, 2019 - A new study from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and UPMC...
Patients with mental health conditions denied access to ‘best available’ stop smoking treatments
University of Bath press release A new study from researchers at the Universities of Bath and Bristol suggests that doctors...
Researchers determine bacteria structure responsible for traveler's diarrhea
Discovery may aid in advancement of treatments (Boston)--For the first time researchers have deciphered the near-atomic structure of filaments, called...
