NFL player health: The role of club doctors
How can we ensure that National Football League players receive excellent health care they can trust from providers who are...
Blood test could predict best treatment for lung cancer
A blood test could predict how well small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients will respond to treatment, according to new research*...
Nitrogen-fixing symbiosis is crucial for legume plant microbiome assembly
Credit: Rafal Zgadzaj, Section for Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University New findings from the...
Structure of human astrovirus could lead to antiviral therapies, vaccines
Human astroviruses infect nearly everyone during childhood, causing diarrhea, vomiting, and fever. For most people, it's not a serious disease,...
Teaching excellence framework risks ‘driving a wedge’ between teaching and research
The Physiological Society has released a report following a series of high profile roundtable sessions with senior politicians and academics....
ASM Director of Education Amy Chang named AAAS Fellow
Washington D.C.-- Nov. 21, 2016 -- Amy L. Chang of the American Society for Microbiology has been named a Fellow...
OU professor recognized by AAAS as new fellow
Michael Kaspari, a University of Oklahoma biology professor, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement...
History of cells told through MEMOIR
Credit: Elowitz and Cai Labs/Caltech Researchers have developed a new method for reading the history and "family trees" of cells....
New math tools for new materials
University of Utah mathematician Graeme Milton presents a new tool for understanding how energy waves move through complex materials, opening...
Edison T. Liu of The Jackson Laboratory named 2016 AAAS Fellow
Credit: Jackson Laboratory photo by Jennifer Torrance. Edison T. Liu, M.D. of The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) has been named a...
Vitamin D supplements may benefit children with Autism spectrum disorder
Vitamin D supplementation improved symptoms of autism in a recent trial. Studies have shown an association between the risk of...
Adding higher frequencies helps detect adolescent hearing loss
Adding higher frequencies to the American Academy of Pediatrics hearing test protocol helps detect adolescent hearing loss, according to a...
Greater efforts are needed to encourage patients to report adverse drug reactions
In a review of published studies addressing patients' perceptions and factors influencing their reporting of adverse drug reactions, most patients...
New sensor system predicts heart failure events before they occur
A suite of sensors can predict heart failure events by detecting when a patient's condition is worsening, according to John...
Exercise may not provide benefit over physical therapy after knee replacement
In a randomized trial of patients who underwent total knee replacement as a treatment for osteoarthritis, a group program of...
Fat-free mass index predicts survival in patients with Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Researchers have found that fat-free mass index, but not body mass index, was a significant predictor of survival in patients...
Diet and exercise can improve kidney function in patients with fatty liver disease
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a potentially serious liver condition characterized by excess fat in the liver associated with inflammation and...
New solution for making 2-D nanomaterials
Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials have been made by dissolving layered materials in liquids, according to new UCL-led research. The liquids can...
Watching how plants make oxygen
Credit: Johannes Messinger In a new study, an international team of researchers made significant progress in visualizing the process how...
New clues emerge in 30-year-old superconductor mystery
Credit: Hsieh Lab/Caltech One of the greatest mysteries of experimental physics is how so-called high-temperature superconducting materials work. Despite their...
