Study identifies how Enterococcus faecalis bacteria causes antibiotic resistant infection
Genomic study of 1980's outbreak at a Wisconsin hospital may provide targets for better treatment of hospital-acquired infections A new...
Heavy drinkers consuming more than half of all alcohol
Credit: Unsplash La Trobe University researchers have found the heaviest drinking 10 per cent of Australians drink over half the...
Improving quantum computers
For decades, experts have predicted that quantum computers will someday perform difficult tasks, such as simulating complex chemical systems, that...
Gender identity leaves imprint on human brains, Georgia State researchers find
Society's expectations about gender roles alter the human brain at the cellular level, according to a paper published by a...
Modern Midas turns bacterial components into catalysts
Credit: YU Shuhong Solid acid catalysts (SACs) have attracted continuous research interests in past years, as they play a pivotal...
Ribociclib in advanced breast cancer: Survival advantages, but also severe side effects
Overall, added benefit not proven In 2017, the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) already examined...
DePaulU ecologist receives NSF CAREER grant to study dispersal of mycorrhizal fungi
Assistant professor Bala Chaudhary's research to examine microbe traitsCredit: DePaul University/Jamie Moncrief CHICAGO -- Mycorrhizal fungi are among the most...
Russian scientists investigate thermodynamic properties of an energy metabolism stimulator
The results obtained will serve to optimize the transformation of the compound into a pharmaceutical agent A group of researchers...
A light-activated remote control for cells
What if doctors had a remote control that they could use to steer a patient's own cells to a wound...
Hospital deaths after surgery fall after launch of surgical safety checklists in Scotland
Credit: British Journal of Surgery The World Health Organization (WHO) created the Surgical Safety Checklist over a decade ago, in...
Lessons learnt from the drift analysis of MH370 debris
New strategies for tracking of marine objects proposedCredit: Source: C. Kersten, GEOMAR The precise last position of the Boeing 777...
Biosensor ‘bandage’ collects and analyzes sweat
Credit: American Chemical Society Like other biofluids, sweat contains a wealth of information about what's going on inside the body....
Cannabidiol could help deliver medications to the brain
Cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive compound in cannabis, is being touted as beneficial for many health conditions, ranging from anxiety to...
Army researchers identify new way to improve cybersecurity
Credit: U.S. Army Illustration ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (April 17, 2019) - With cybersecurity one of the nation's top security...
Oral immunotherapy safe for preschool-aged children with peanut allergies
Credit: Courtesy Ravinder Dhaliwal New data published this week in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice suggests...
Genome analysis showed common origin of Pskov, Novgorod and Yakutia populations
Scientists for the first time compared complete genome data of different ethnic groups in Russia. Using a special algorithm, they...
Otago global health researchers to tackle tuberculosis in Indonesia
Credit: University of Otago Researchers from the Otago Global Health Institute have secured funding from the e-Asia Joint Research Programme...
Neuron and synapse-mimetic spintronics devices developed
Credit: Aleksandr Kurenkov and Shunsuke Fukami A research group from Tohoku University has developed spintronics devices which are promising for...
Green plastic production made easy
Credit: Kiyotaka Nakajima, Hokkaido University A one-step method enables scalable and more environmentally friendly production of plant-derived plastic monomers, paving...
Tracking global trends in the effectiveness of antibiotic therapy using the Drug Resistance Index
Using a stock-market type index, CDDEP researchers find large disparities in the effectiveness of antibiotic therapies worldwide Washington, DC -...
