Four World Cup gold medals — and a baby
Credit: Frankie Fouganthin - Own work. CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Marit Bjørgen was the most successful cross-country skier...
Fewer injuries in girls’ sports when high schools have athletic trainers
Credit: Lurie Children's Study: Fewer Injuries in Girls' Soccer and Basketball When High Schools Have Athletic Trainers Recurrent injury rates...
Treating dementia with the healing waves of sound
Credit: Hiroaki Shimokawa Ultrasound waves applied to the whole brain improve cognitive dysfunction in mice with conditions simulating vascular dementia...
Former inmates at high risk for opioid overdose following prison release
A recent study in North Carolina found that in the first two weeks after being released from prison, former inmates...
International Conference Brings together world’s leaders in Alzheimer’s and dementia research
The Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2018 will be held July 22-26 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. Each year,...
Cities as study proxies for climate change
Credit: Photo courtesy of Eleanor Lahr and Steve Frank. Cities can serve as useful proxies to study and predict the...
Solar thermal energy will help China cut costs of climate action
Credit: IMAGE@SolarReserve China's power systems operators must invest in renewable energy to meet climate commitments. Wind power and PV are...
Origami-inspired device helps marine biologists study aliens
Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University (NEW YORK, NY) --Scientists have tried to find the safest and most effective ways...
NSF-supported researchers to present new results on hurricanes and other extreme events
Credit: NASA The availability of water from underground aquifers is vital to the basic needs of more than 1.5 billion...
Lake bed reveals details about ancient Earth
Credit: Rice University Sleuthing by a Rice University postdoctoral fellow is part of a new Nature paper that gives credence...
In the ocean’s twilight zone, tiny organisms may have giant effect on Earth’s carbon cycle
Credit: Mike Stukel TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Deep in the ocean's twilight zone, swarms of ravenous single-celled organisms may be altering...
Study finds melanoma biomarkers predicting checkpoint blocker response
Scientists at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center (DF/BWCC) have identified biomarkers in melanoma that could help tailor immunotherapy treatments to...
Identified RNA molecules that regulate action of male hormone in prostate cancer
In most cases of prostate cancer, tumor cell growth is stimulated by the action of male hormones, or androgens, such...
Scientists uncover DNA ‘shield’ w/crucial roles in normal cell division
In immune cells, this is crucial to make antibodies In cancer, mutations in complex could lead to resistance to BRCA-targeting...
Glowing bacteria on deep-sea fish shed light on evolution, ‘third type’ of symbiosis
ITHACA, N.Y. - You may recognize the anglerfish from its dramatic appearance in the hit animated film Finding Nemo, as...
Researchers solve mystery of how ALL enters the central nervous system
Credit: Alisa Weigandt for Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. - A deadly feature of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is its invasion...
Scientists discover a mechanism of drug resistance in breast and ovarian cancer
Credit: Laboratory of Cell Biology and Genetics at The Rockefeller University There is a highly sophisticated way to treat some...
A carcinogen at the gym
Gyms are places people go to get healthier. But nearly half the gyms in the U.S. contain a potentially addictive...
Cancer patients may experience delayed skin effects of anti-PD-1 therapy
PHILADELPHIA - Cancer patients receiving anti-PD-1 therapies who develop lesions, eczema, psoriasis, or other forms of auto-immune diseases affecting the...
Do stress balls or hand holding reduce anxiety during skin cancer surgery?
Bottom Line: Exploring whether hand-holding or squeezing a stress ball would reduce patient anxiety during skin cancer surgery under local...
