My health: consumers empowered by sharing medical ‘selfies’
Credit: QUT Taking medical 'selfies' and sharing them with a doctor empowers and reassures healthcare consumers, and can improve doctor-patient...
Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative taps Joslin researchers for Human Cell Atlas project
Human Cell Atlas (HCA) is a scientist-led, international effort to map all cells in the human body BOSTON - (June...
Study connects low social engagement to amyloid levels and cognitive decline
Low social engagement may be a marker of cognitive vulnerability in older adults with evidence of changes in the brain...
Two-in-one drug combining Herceptin with chemotherapy keeps women’s breast cancers at bay
Guiding chemotherapy to a tumour by attaching it to the antibody-based target drug Herceptin (trastuzumab) is effective at treating women...
Protein linked to aggressive skin cancer
Almost 300,000 people worldwide develop malignant melanoma each year. The disease is the most serious form of skin cancer and...
Technology allows researchers to see patients’ real-time pain while in the clinic
ANN ARBOR--Many patients, especially those who are anesthetized or emotionally challenged, cannot communicate precisely about their pain. For this reason,...
Using artificial intelligence to deliver personalized radiation therapy
Newly published Cleveland Clinic-led research first to use medical scans to inform dose deliveryCredit: Cleveland Clinic Thursday, June 27, 2019,...
In the drive to decrease low-value care, many don’t assess the right impacts on patients
As health care providers push to reduce low-value care, they should put more emphasis on assessing unintended consequences, listening to...
The birth of a new discipline: Low-energy Visible Light IoT Systems
New ENLIGHT'EM project set to write the next chapter of the LED revolution in the language of ubiquitous networksCredit: ©...
Scientists find thirdhand smoke affects cells in humans
UC Riverside-led study is the first to find an association between thirdhand smoke and gene expression in humansCredit: Stan Lim,...
Women vs. men — Tactical efficiency in football
UEFA promotes study on gender differences in European football with first time usage of position data.Credit: DSHS (German Sport University...
Take two E. coli and call me in the morning
Synthetic bacterial memory circuits enable microbial diagnostics for sensing biomolecules in the gut Millions of people take capsules of probiotics...
Study examines changes in health equity in US over 25 years
Bottom Line: A survey study based on 25 years of data from more than 5.4 million people in the Centers for...
Drone transmits uncompressed 4K video in real time using millimeter wave tech
SECOM and Tokyo Tech complete live test on 5G and beyond networkCredit: Kei Sakaguchi SECOM and Tokyo Institute of Technology...
Researchers look to unlock post-traumatic stress disorder puzzle
A team of Penn State and University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine researchers is attempting to answer a question...
Medically unnecessary ambulance rides soar after ACA expansion
By 2016, two years into the expansion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 17.6 million previously uninsured people around the...
New grant supports promising research in solar energy
UD's Ujjwal Das and collaborators work to improve photovoltage technologyCredit: Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson In their quest to improve...
SpaceX launch puts UMass Lowell research into orbit
Instrument aboard DSX satellite to study 'killer electrons' LOWELL, Mass. - An Air Force satellite launched into orbit this week...
Utrafast magnetism: Electron-phonon interactions examined at BESSY II
Credit: HZB Interactions between electrons and phonons are regarded as the microscopic driving force behind ultrafast magnetization or demagnetization processes...
Prized postdoc works to demystify process behind quark combination
Theorist Andrea Signori wins the 2019 JSA Postdoctoral Prize for work to explain how quarks build particlesCredit: DOE's Jefferson Lab...
