Nanocomponent is a quantum leap for Danish physicists
Credit: Ola Jakup QUANTUM PHYSICS: University of Copenhagen researchers have developed a nanocomponent that emits light particles carrying quantum information....
NUS researchers identified new biomarkers associated with ‘chemobrain’
Credit: National University of Singapore Cognitive impairment associated with cancer, also known as "chemobrain", has gained recognition as a complication...
Quantum gas turns supersolid
Credit: Uni Innsbruck Supersolidity is a paradoxical state where the matter is both crystallized and superfluid. Predicted 50 years ago,...
Scientists create largest collection of coral reef maps ever made
New global atlas offers new way to map coral reefs from spaceCredit: Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation MIAMI--A study...
Thiazide diuretics reduced the risk of fractures in people with Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Raija Törrönen The use of thiazide diuretics was associated with a decreased risk of low energy fractures in people...
Field trial with neonicotinoids: Honeybees are much more robust than bumblebees
Credit: Albin Andersson The insecticide clothianidin affects different species of bees in different ways. While it has no demonstrably negative...
Soft tissue makes coral tougher in the face of climate change
Credit: Raphael Ritson-Williams Climate change and ocean warming threaten coral reefs and disrupt the harmonious relationship between corals and their...
Ten ASU engineering faculty receive the National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Fulton Schools of Engineering faculty members continue record of dynamically solving research challengesCredit: Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Tempe,...
TOS president-elect co-authors study on genetic test for obesity
SILVER SPRING, Md.--President-elect of The Obesity Society (TOS) Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD, FTOS, has co-authored a new study that...
Eating elderberries can help minimize influenza symptoms
Credit: Pixabay Folk medicines and herbal products have been used for millennia to combat a whole range of ailments, at...
Short period of parental sexual contact prior to pregnancy increases offspring risk of schizophrenia
Children may be at a slightly increased risk of schizophrenia when their parents were in sexual contact for less than...
Atomic beams shoot straighter via cascading silicon peashooters
Credit: Georgia Tech / Ella Maru studios work for hire / media handout To a non-physicist, an "atomic beam collimator"...
Number of women who aren’t physically active enough is high and growing
Health care costs lower for women who do exercise enough Using data from a national survey representing more than 19...
Study unravels mystery of antimicrobial frog secretions
Credit: Figure adapted with permission from the front cover of ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2019, 2 (4). Copyright © 2019...
Minor sleep loss can put your job at risk
TAMPA, Fla. (April 23, 2019)- Losing just 16 minutes of sleep could be the difference between a clear-headed day at...
New rules for lung transplants lead to unintended consequences
Higher costs, fewer lungs available for transplant from local donorsCredit: Washington University School of Medicine A donated lung suitable for...
Which car crashes cause traumatic brain injury?
UA researchers are developing a tool to calculate the likelihood of traumatic brain injury after a vehicle collisionCredit: University of...
Scientists discover how ‘superbug’ E. coli clones take over human gut
Credit: University of Birmingham A 'superbug' clone of E. coli has evolved to prevent itself from becoming so dominant that...
How drug-resistant E. coli succeeds as a public health menace
Washington, DC - April 23, 2019 - In a study published this week, an international team of researchers conducted high-resolution...
Study shines light on safety of deworming programs
Washington, DC - April 23, 2019 - A new study has identified no major differences between the microbiomes of people...
