Space station project seeks to crystalize the means to counteract nerve poisons
Credit: Video courtesy of NASA/CASIS The microgravity conditions of the International Space Station (ISS) may hold the key to improving...
New light on the secret life of badgers
Previous studies have fuelled the assumption that badgers are a territorial and anti-social species, living in exclusive, tight-knit family groups,...
New tools help surgeons find liver tumors, not nick blood vessels
Credit: Vanderbilt University The liver is a particularly squishy, slippery organ, prone to shifting both deadly tumors and life-preserving blood...
How dolphins inspired a potentially life-saving method for treating trauma victims
Credit: Douglas Levere, University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A physiological process used commonly by mammals like seals and dolphins...
Media registration open for TCT 2017
WHAT: Media registration is open online for TCT 2017 (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics), the annual Scientific Symposium of the Cardiovascular Research...
Team-based model reduces prescription opioid use among patients with chronic pain by 40 percent
BOSTON-- A new, team-based, primary care model is decreasing prescription opioid use among patients with chronic pain by 40 percent,...
Large multi-ethnic study identifies many new genetic markers for lupus
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - July 17, 2017 - Scientists from an international consortium have identified a large number of new genetic...
Material from shellfish delivers a boost to bioassays and medical tests
Credit: Junwei Li/Xiaohu Gao Scientists at the University of Washington have discovered a simple way to raise the accuracy of...
Depression among young teens linked to cannabis use at 18
Credit: UW School of Medicine A study looking at the cumulative effects of depression in youth, found that young people...
DNA tracking tool tips the scales for distinguishing invasive fish
ITHACA, N.Y. - Rather than conduct an aquatic roll call with nets to know which fish reside in a particular...
In baby’s dirty diapers, the clues to baby’s brain development
Credit: UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL - If you're the parent of an infant, diaper duty probably isn't your...
Team develops fast, cheap method to make supercapacitor electrodes
Credit: William Kuykendall UW team develops fast, cheap method to make supercapacitor electrodes for electric cars, high-powered lasers Supercapacitors are...
Key to speeding up carbon sequestration discovered
Credit: Adam Subhas/Caltech Scientists at Caltech and USC have discovered a way to speed up the slow part of the...
New assessment identifies global hotspots for water conflict
CORVALLIS, Ore. - More than 1,400 new dams or water diversion projects are planned or already under construction and many...
Review article discusses potential role, benefits of non-rhizobia bacteria in root nodules of legume
Credit: The American Phytopathological Society St. Paul, Minn. (July 2017)--For many years, it was believed that the only nitrogen-fixing organisms...
Amphibians can become tolerant to pesticides, but at a cost
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY - Amphibians can develop tolerance to pesticides, but this tolerance...
New York orthopaedic surgeon, Thomas Wickiewicz, M.D., inducted into AOSSM Hall of Fame
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA - Thomas Wickiewicz, MD will be inducted into the American Orthopaedic Society...
Standardized policies needed for how and when police interact with trauma patients
Credit: Sara Jacoby PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (July 17, 2017) -Injured people often interact with police and other law enforcement agents before...
Space station project seeks to crystallize the means to counteract nerve poisons
Credit: Video courtesy of NASA/CASIS The microgravity conditions of the International Space Station (ISS) may hold the key to improving...
Medicaid ‘churning’ leads to increased acute care use for patients with major depression
July 17, 2017 - For adult Medicaid beneficiaries with major depression, disruptions in coverage are followed by increases in emergency...
