New preprint server for the health sciences announced today
A joint collaboration between Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Yale University, and BMJ, medRxiv aims to meet the unique preprint needs...
Brain disorder leaves lasting legacy of disability, study finds
Four out of five people with a hidden brain condition that causes limb weakness or paralysis experience lasting physical difficulties....
New clinical guide helps physicians identify risk, talk with patients about firearm safety and injury
New clinical guide helps physicians identify risk, talk with patients about firearm safety and injuries. Clinicians often feel that they...
Early-life challenges affect how children focus, face the day
Adversity early in life tends to affect a child's executive function skills -- their ability to focus, for example, or...
Research reveals a natural pregnancy hormone could relax a locked-up joint
Researchers at Boston University and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center discover surprising step toward melting away 'frozen shoulder' More than...
It pays to be free: No-cost products garner strong word-of-mouth recommendations
Consumers who get a web-based product or mobile app for free are more likely to give it a word-of-mouth boost...
NSF early career award winner caches in on more memory
University of Arizona researcher will use $500,000 to conduct STEM outreach and make computers more energy-efficientCredit: UA Engineering As a...
Walking speed points to future clinical outcomes for older patients with blood cancers
Slower pace linked to lower survival and increased likelihood of hospitalization; measuring gait speed offers useful tool to better tailor...
NASA estimates heavy Texas and Louisiana rainfall from gulf weather system
Credit: NASA/JAXA, Matt Lammers Earlier in the week, NOAA's National Hurricane Center was monitoring a low-pressure system in the Gulf...
New method for engineering metabolic pathways
Two approaches provide faster way to create complex molecules Cells are incredibly adept at creating complex molecules, like therapeutics, and...
Smaller city effort to aid chronically homeless can be successful
Study finds people placed in permanent housing and use fewer municipal services Creating a municipally funded team to provide intensive...
Recreating embryonic conditions at break sites can help bones heal faster
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania have developed a unique technique that uses...
Nanotechnology treatment shows promise against multiple sclerosis
UCI-led stem cell study sets stage for human testing Irvine, Calif., June 5, 2019 -- A nanotechnology treatment derived from...
Surprising enzymes found in giant ocean viruses
Findings could represent new drug targets for human pathogens A new study led by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution...
Molecular bait can help hydrogels heal wounds
Rice University bioengineers mix injectable scaffolds at room temperature to grow new tissueCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Like fishermen, Rice University...
Replicating fetal bone growth process could help heal large bone defects
Credit: Joel Boerckel To treat large gaps in long bones, like the femur, which result from bone tumor removal or...
World-renowned Lehigh Microscopy School now in its 49th year
Weeklong series of electron microscope courses has top-tier reputation among industry, national labs, and academia The Lehigh Microscopy School has...
A pluralistic approach to thinking about the human microbiome
In "The Conceptual Ecology of the Human Microbiome," published in the June 2019 issue of The Quarterly Review of Biology,...
To see how invading predators change an ecosystem, watch the prey, say researchers
Princeton's Rob Pringle leads a team to study predator-prey relations in the BahamasCredit: Jonathan Losos, Washington University (bottom right) and...
Study: New drug regimens improve outcomes for kidney transplant patients
UC researchers present BEST trial findings at American Transplant CongressCredit: Colleen Kelley/UC College of Medicine CINCINNATI (June 5, 2019) --...
