In helping smokers quit, cash is king, e-cigarettes strike out
PHILADELPHIA - Free smoking cessation aids, such as nicotine patches and chewing gum, are a staple of many corporate wellness...
Change the face of nanoparticles and you’ll rule chemistry!
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski Change the face of nanoparticles and you'll rule chemistry! Depending on the lighting, the surface...
A promising target in the quest for a 1-million-year-old Antarctic ice core
Credit: Laura Kehrl/University of Washington Ice cores offer a window into the history of Earth's climate. Layers of ice reveal...
Cheeseburger or salad? How music volume impacts your decision
TAMPA, Fla. (May 23, 2018)- Music can be the ultimate mood setter. Faster beats ignite excitement, while slower songs help...
Self-consistency influences how we make decisions
When making decisions, our perception is influenced by judgments we have made in the past as a way of remaining...
Study highlights environmental cost of tearing down Vancouver’s single-family homes
Credit: Credit: David Niddrie Rising property values in Vancouver have resulted in the demolition of an unprecedented number of single-family...
Determining effective methods of irrigation as water becomes increasingly scarce
College Station, Texas--A recent study out of Texas A&M University focused on the practical applications of the global concern that...
Long-term study shows crop rotation decreases greenhouse gas emissions
Many farmers grow corn and soybean in rotation to avoid the continuous corn yield penalty, but now there's another reason...
In the beginning was the phase separation
Credit: Andreas Battenberg / TUM The question of the origin of life remains one of the oldest unanswered scientific questions....
New portable malaria screening instrument developed
Credit: Georgina Cahill for the USC Viterbi School of Engineering According to the World Health Organization, over 216 million people...
Streams may emit more carbon dioxide in a warmer climate
Credit: Theresa Hogue, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Streams and rivers could pump carbon dioxide into the air at...
Rehabilitating lactate: From poison to cure
Credit: Stephen McNally photo, UC Berkeley George Brooks has been trying to reshape thinking about lactate - in the lab,...
Researchers challenge genetic tests for guiding psychiatric treatment
In a paper published in JAMA Psychiatry, McLean Hospital's Program for Neuropsychiatric Research director Bruce M. Cohen, MD, PhD, and...
‘Uniquely human’ muscles have been discovered in apes
Credit: © Rui Diogo Muscles once thought 'uniquely human' have been discovered in several ape species, challenging long-held theories on...
Robotically controlled digital microscope provides new visualization system in operating room
The Department of Neurosurgery at the Mount Sinai Health System is one of the first hospitals in the country to...
Leopoldina-Experts call for stricter approval procedures for plant protection products
The scientists call for more comprehensive approval procedures for pesticides to better control their environmental implications. The authors point out,...
Controlled nano-assembly
DNA, the carrier of genetic information, has become established as a highly useful building material in nanotechnology. One requirement in...
Genetic diversity helps protect against disease
Credit: Reingard Roßberg / IGB So much for survival of the fittest - diversity is the key: a team of...
Orphaned elephants change where they live, in response to poaching and the need for food
Credit: Shifra Goldenberg/ Save the Elephants and Colorado State University Young elephants who have lost either their mothers or the...
Changes to specific MicroRNA involved in development of Lou Gehrig’s disease
A new Tel Aviv University study identifies a previously unknown mechanism involved in the development of Lou Gehrig's disease, or...
