Study suggests home-based telemental health delivers better quality of life for veterans
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina Home-based telemental health for depression is well received by patients and delivers as good...
How to protect your laptop — even when it’s asleep
Montreal, November 23, 2016 -- In the age of WikiLeaks, Russian hacks and increased government surveillance, many computer users are...
Researchers run largest known transparent checkpointing process
A team of researchers led by Jiajun Cao, a PhD candidate in the College of Computer and Information Science (CCIS)...
Ames Laboratory scientists create first intermetallic double salt with platinum
Credit: Ames Laboratory, US Department of Energy Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory are being credited with...
New Neiman Institute study evaluates national trends in enteral access procedures
Reston, VA - According to a new study by the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute, the last two decades...
Suicide rates drop among members of White Mountain Apache tribe
Deaths by suicide among the White Mountain Apache in Arizona dropped by nearly 40 percent between 2006 and 2012 compared...
Aviation enhancements, better biosensors could result from new sensor technology
Credit: Ryan Owens, MU College of Engineering COLUMBIA, Mo. - Piezoelectric sensors measure changes in pressure, acceleration, temperature, strain or...
TGen awarded $200,000 by NVIDIA Foundation to accelerate its technology
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Nov. 23, 2016 -- Faster and more precise information about how best to treat cancer patients should...
Future PM2.5 air pollution over China
Credit: Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy Sciences With rapid industrialization and urbanization over the past decades, China has experienced...
Study shows low-dose chemotherapy regimens could prevent tumor recurrence in some cancers
Credit: Chan et al., 2016 Conventional, high-dose chemotherapy treatments can cause the fibroblast cells surrounding tumors to secrete proteins that...
Climate model predictions are telling a consistent story
Three independent methods of modelling climate change impact on yield display the same bleak tendency: When global temperature increases, wheat...
Compounds produced by phytopathogenic microbes encourage plant growth
A broad range of microorganisms, including phytopathogenic fungi and bacteria, are capable of producing volatile compounds that encourage plant growth,...
Grow more crops at the same time
When you are in the supermarket contemplating which vegetables to buy, nitrogen is hardly the first thing on your mind....
Incoming Regenstrief Institute president Embi named chair-elect of AMIA board of directors
Credit: Ohio State University INDIANAPOLIS -- Peter J. Embi, MD, MS, who joins the Regenstrief Institute as president and CEO...
New Rhein concludes successful investment in Chase Pharmaceuticals via sale to Allergan
CHICAGO - NOVEMBER 22, 2016 - New Rhein Healthcare Investors LLC ("New Rhein"), an investment firm focused on healthcare therapeutics...
Study in rats finds low blood alcohol levels have no effect on total calories consumed
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Laboratory rats will drink alcohol if it's available, and may even...
Screen to beam technology: The rise of haptic interfaces
Credit: Bruno et al. Haptic interfaces have been readily adopted because of their intuitive ease of use and convenience. Obvious...
Electronic tracking of song birds shows roads and urban features influence their choice of gardens
Birds prefer to fly between the gardens of leafy suburban neighbourhoods to visit bird feeders than city terraces or new-build...
DNA influences selection of partners for educational achievement
A study co-led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) has found that people with genes for high educational achievement...
Molecular chameleons reveal bacterial biofilms
(Linköping University) Molecules that change color can be used to follow in real-time how bacteria form a protective biofilm around...