Open refereed paper reveals how to study unstable radioactive nuclei’s dual traits
Radioactive nuclides, found within an atom's core, all share a common feature: they have too many or too few neutrons...
Transcranial direct current stimulation shows promise for depression therapy
LAWRENCE -- Small amounts of electricity similar to the output of a common 9-volt battery could improve life for people...
No willpower required: Families adopt healthy behaviors through trial and error
Credit: CWRU Forgoing a reliance on motivation, families can adopt healthy behaviors--eating better and exercising more--by following a new approach...
Two new lizards with ‘heroic past’ discovered in the Chilean Andes
Credit: Hugo A. Díaz Two new species of lizards have been discovered in the Andean highlands of Southern Chile. Collected...
Winners of the 2016 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards
Consequential stories on important issues in medical research are among the winners of the 2016 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards,...
Louisiana Tech University professor elected to National Academy of Construction
Credit: Louisiana Tech University RUSTON, La. - Dr. Tom Iseley, professor of civil engineering and construction engineering technology and director...
Scientists from the IAC discover a nearby ‘superearth’
Credit: Credit: Gabriel Pérez, SMM (IAC). The PhD student Alejandro Suárez Mascareño, of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)...
New records set up with ‘Screws of Light’
Credit: Copyright: IQOQI Vienna / Robert Fickler Twisted light Time and again, properties of the light surprise the research world....
Fragmentation and Divergence
Underlying the theme of Fragmentation and Divergence discussed in this volume is a major movement of the present so-called postmodern...
Brookhaven Lab to lead and partner on DOE exascale computing projects
Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY--The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Exascale Computing Project (ECP) just awarded $34 million in...
UTSA Commercialization Centers among national awardees of EDA grant funding
AUSTIN, November 15, 2016 - On Tuesday, Nov. 15 at Austin City Hall, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic...
More human-like model of Alzheimer’s better mirrors tangles in the brain
PHILADELPHIA--Tangled up brain fibrils made up of a rogue protein known as tau are the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD)...
Nurse-led monitoring improves the care of patients prescribed mental health medicines
Credit: Swansea University New research has found that nurse-led medicines' monitoring can prevent serious adverse side effects of medicines prescribed...
UK study to help chronic pain sufferers back to work
Researchers from the University of Warwick's Medical School are leading a novel study to explore ways of helping people with...
What makes patients more likely to land back in the hospital? Social factors play key role
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - No patient who just got out of the hospital wants to end up there again soon....
BU faculty member recognized for excellence from the American Heart Association
(Boston)--Philip A. Wolf, MD, professor of neurology and research professor of medicine (epidemiology and preventive medicine) at Boston University School...
Novel method to identify illegal drugs, faster and with greater accuracy
(Boston)--For the identification of illicit drugs in forensic toxicological casework, analysis can be delayed and potentially compromised due to lengthy...
Scientists discover heterospecific mating in spiders
(ZRC SAZU) Researchers from Slovenia and South Africa have discovered heterospecific mating in Nephila spiders, and have published their findings...
Shell-swinging snails knock out predators
Credit: Morii Y. et al., Scientific Reports, November 11, 2016. Until now, snails were thought to protectively withdraw into their...
Bacteriophages cure bacterial infections
Credit: M Skurnik Lab / University of Helsinki "The first targets in the clinical trials of phage therapy could be,...