Physicians who visit patients post-hospitalization give more comprehensive discharge plans
(Boston)-- When resident physicians visit the homes of their former hospital patients they are better able to assess patient needs...
Snake venom treatment investigated as antibiotic alternative for eye infections
An innovative University of Liverpool research project that will investigate whether compounds used to treat snake venom and bee stings...
Using adrenaline in cardiac arrests results in less than 1 percent more people leaving hospital alive
Credit: University of Warwick A clinical trial of the use of adrenaline in cardiac arrests has found that its use...
Sunscreen reduces melanoma risk by 40 per cent in young people
A world-first study led by University of Sydney has found that Australians aged 18-40 years who were regular users of...
Overuse of antibiotics not what the doctor ordered
Credit: QUT With increased use of antibiotics worldwide linked to growing antibiotic resistance, a world-first study co-authored by a QUT...
2018 ESA Regional Policy Award recognizes Representative Walter J. Leger III
Credit: Louisiana House of Representatives Tuesday, July 17, 2018 Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018, the Ecological Society of America (ESA) will...
Study shows 5,000 percent increase in native trees on rat-free palmyra atoll
Credit: Island Conservation New research published in PLOS ONE this week demonstrates dramatic positive benefits for native trees following rat...
$1.54 million NIH grant to identify ways to improve cardiac function in heart failure
Credit: Julie O'Connor, Wayne State University DETROIT - Preventing heart failure is a major challenge in the management of cardiovascular...
Getting to a 75 percent sugar reduction: How researchers discovered sweet spot for Stevia
Credit: Dr. John Fry JULY 17, 2018 (Brussels, Belgium) -- A team of 27 scientists working with a major stevia...
Sap-sucking bugs manipulate their host plants’ metabolism for their own benefit
Credit: Christoph Bru?tting Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany, show for the first time that free-living,...
Study: Childhood abuse linked to greater risk of endometriosis
Credit: Fred Hutch News Service SEATTLE (July 17, 2018) -- A large prospective study has found that sexual and physical...
University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center status renewed
The National Cancer Institute (NCI), the U.S. federal government's principal agency that funds cancer research, has renewed the University of...
Social isolation: Animals that break away from the pack can influence evolution
Credit: Nathan W. Bailey For some animals -- such as beetles, ants, toads, and primates -- short-term social isolation can...
New cost-effective instrument measures molecular dynamics on a picosecond timescale
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 17, 2018 -- Studying the photochemistry, or chemical results of light, has shown that ultraviolet radiation can...
Newly discovered shark species honors female pioneer
Credit: Video courtesy of MarAlliance Eugenie Clark was a pioneer in shark biology, known around the world for her illuminating...
As we get parched, cognition can easily sputter, dehydration study says
Credit: Georgia Tech / Christopher Moore Anyone lost in a desert hallucinating mirages knows that extreme dehydration discombobulates the mind....
Solutions to water challenges reside at the interface
Credit: Institute for Molecular Engineering at Argonne National Laboratory WASHINGTON, D.C., July 17, 2018 -- In response to rising water...
Studies of all PIH proteins in zebrafish reveal distinct roles in axonemal dynein assembly
Credit: Kikkawa lab, The University of Tokyo A research team led by Masahide Kikkawa, a professor of the University of...
The depths of the ocean and gut flora unravel the mystery of microbial genes
(Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)) Surprisingly, the functions of a huge number of microbial genes are still unknown....
Study demonstrates impact of temperature on mitochondrial DNA evolution
Credit: OIST In multicellular organisms, including humans, most DNA is coiled up within the cell's nucleus. A small part, however,...
