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An international team of researchers has carried out the first systematic global review of water reallocation from rural to urban...

The Lancet Planetary Health: Traffic-related air pollution associated with 4 million new cases of childhood asthma every year

Globally, the estimates suggest that there are 170 new cases of traffic pollution-related asthma per 100,000 children every year, and...

University of Arkansas project makes a difference for low-income youth with disabilities

A new report finds that Arkansas PROMISE has succeeded at improving education and career outcomes for participants.Credit: Matt Reynolds A...

New technology to empower Parkinson’s patients

People with Parkinson's could see their care transformed thanks to a new service in the UK involving wearable technologyCredit: Global...

GARDP announces multi-actor partnerships in search of new antibiotics

Discovery efforts will focus on World Health Organization's (WHO) priority pathogens Multi-actor partnership tests natural products and compound libraries for...

Experimental PET scan detects abnormal tau protein in brains of living former NFL players

(Boston)--Using an experimental positron emission tomography (PET) scan, researchers have found elevated amounts of abnormal tau protein in brain regions...

Biochemical switches identified that could be triggered to treat muscle, brain disorders

Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have found that the enzymes ULK1 and ULK2...

Research reveals how the most common ALS mutation dooms cells

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists offer insight into the toxicity at the heart of devastating neurological disordersCredit: St. Jude...

Online virtual world training, interactions empowers kids with social learning deficits

Charisma(TM) shows strong results for children with autism, ADHD, self-worth challengesCredit: Dr. Lara Ashmore After five years of proven success...

Where will flooded fields best replenish groundwater?

A new model based on remote sensing data could help zero in on where water managers can replenish aquifers by...

Is maternal vaccination safe during breastfeeding?

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 10, 2019--In light of the continuing anti-vaccination movement, a provocative...

Living transplant donors need long-term monitoring, too

UCSF researchers recommend creation of national donor registry While organ transplant recipients receive continual care as the end-stage treatment to...

ASHG launches Human Genetics Scholars Initiative

Program to increase, network, mentor, and retain diverse early-career researchers ROCKVILLE, Md. - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)...

Physical activity prepares neurons to regenerate in case of spinal cord injury

A study carried out in mice and rats has identified a molecular pathway related to physical activity that stimulates nerve...

New species of early human found in the Philippines

Credit: Lannon Harley, ANU An international team of researchers have uncovered the remains of a new species of human in...

When do male and female differences appear in the development of beetle horns

Credit: NIBB The male Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus, living on Japan's main island has big horns, which are used...

Dartmouth researchers offer new insights into how maternal immunity impacts neonatal HSV

Findings from a study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, led by David Leib, PhD, professor and chair of...

New center founded to develop more efficient flexible solar cells

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- New organic materials for creating advanced, flexible, light-weight solar cells and electronics for military and civilian...

EPIDEMICS: Exscalate is the world’s most powerful supercomputer

Currently, the platform's performance is being used to identify molecules that are effective in countering the Zika virus The most...

New quantum material could warn of neurological disease