‘Activist Editor’ Richard Horton of The Lancet receives $100,000 Roux Prize
'Uncompromising commitment to advance health internationally' SEATTLE - Dr. Richard Horton, the "activist editor" of the international medical journal The...
Simple sea anemones not so simple after all
Tube-dwelling anemones have largest mitochondrial genome on recordCredit: Courtesy of Sergio Stampar. COLUMBUS, Ohio - The tube-dwelling anemone is an...
New Cochrane Review investigates the effectiveness of nicotine replacement therapy
New evidence published in the Cochrane Library provides high quality evidence that people who use a combination of nicotine replacement...
Devil rays may have unknown birthing zone
Discovery is good news for conservation, but action is needed to limit fishing during birthing monthsCredit: Leo Chan Gaskins, Duke...
Rare disease gives new insight into regulatory T cell function
An international study led from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden provides new insights into the regulatory T cells' role in protecting...
When is sexting associated with psychological distress among young adults?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 23, 2019--While sending or receiving nude electronic images may not...
New approach for range prediction improves accuracy of proton therapy
Tumor therapy: Today, a new method for more accurate prediction of proton range is introduced into clinical routine for the...
Study: Why unique finches keep their heads of many colors
An underlying selection mechanism prevents one color from dominatingCredit: Copyright Marc Gardner, 2019 Ithaca, NY--There appears to be an underlying...
Pregnant women with type 1 diabetes are at risk of giving birth prematurely
Pregnant women with type 1 diabetes are at increased risk of delivering their baby prematurely. The risk increases as blood...
Premier human-computer interaction conference opens May 4 in Glasgow
ACM CHI showcases tomorrow's technologies New York, NY, April 23, 2019 - The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group...
To test the munchies, researchers offer a choice: chips or an orange?
As cannabis legalization efforts grow, need arises for tailored health education, study authors sayCredit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. --...
WSU researchers see health effects across generations from popular weed killer
'Dramatic increases' in several diseasesCredit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University researchers have found a variety of...
New study compiles gulf of maine seasonal wildlife timing shifts
UMass Amherst, co-authors urge more research attention to fish, mammal, bird seasonal eventsCredit: UMass Amherst/Matt Devine AMHERST, Mass. - Many...
Study: Drugs reprogram genes in breast tumors to prevent endocrine resistance
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Treating breast tumors with two cancer drugs simultaneously may prevent endocrine resistance...
Three-antibiotic cocktail clears ‘persister’ Lyme bacteria in mouse study
Scientists isolate slow-growing variant Lyme bacteria forms that caused severe symptoms, resisted standard single-antibiotic Lyme treatment in the mouse model...
People with happy spouses may live longer
Research suggests that having a happy spouse leads to a longer marriage, and now study results show that it's associated...
NASA catches formation of Tropical Cyclone Kenneth near Aldabra
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Visible satellite imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite revealed the formation of Tropical Storm Kenneth in the Southern...
The buzz about bumble bees isn’t good
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - While many scientists are focused on the decline of honey bees, relatively...
OCR: Modern tool for old texts
Credit: Dresden State and University Library, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.de... Historians and other Humanities' scholars often have to deal with...
Major scientific meeting on sound next month in Louisville
The Acoustical Society of America will gather to reveal and discuss the latest in the science of sound May 13-17,...
