The hidden order in DNA diffusion
Credit: © KAUST Anastasia Khrenova A different approach to analyzing the motion of diffusing molecules has helped overturn the long-held...
Mining cancer data for treatment clues
Credit: Jeremy Goecks, Bassel F. El-Rayes, Shishir K. Maithel, H. Jean Khoury, James Taylor, Michael R. Rossi There is an...
Climate change misconceptions common among teachers, study finds
Recent studies have shown that misconceptions about climate change and the scientific studies that have addressed climate change are pervasive...
Tufts University awarded $1 million grant to boost diversity in natural sciences
Credit: Alonso Nichols/Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (June 7, 2017) -- A group of faculty at Tufts University's School of Arts...
Home blood pressure monitors inaccurate 70 percent of the time: Study
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio Seventy per cent of readings from home blood pressure monitors are unacceptably inaccurate, which could cause serious...
Russian Polytechnic University among organizers of Russian-Chinese biomedical forum
Credit: Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University On June 6, Forum on Russian-Chinese Biomedical Cooperation was launched at the Zhangjiang...
Retailers charging women more than men for common hair loss medication
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Women pay an average of 40 percent more than men for minoxidil foams - a...
Clinical efficacy & future development of continuous glucose monitoring highlighted in DTT
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 7, 2017--A growing body of data from clinical studies of...
New book on Chromatin Deregulation in Cancer from CSHLPress
Credit: Figure adapted by Meredith Cassuto, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, from the cover of The human genome is packaged into...
Researchers shed light on how our eyes process visual cues
The mystery of how human eyes compute the direction of moving light has been made clearer by scientists at The...
Hospitals that carry out more research are more efficient
Credit: UC3M To assess the cause and effect relationship between clinical and basic research and efficiency in public health centers,...
Prebiotics reduce body fat in overweight children
Bethesda, MD (June 5, 2017) -- There may soon be a new tool in the fight against childhood obesity. Prebiotics...
Michigan heart surgery outcomes improved after Medicaid expansion, study finds
Expanding Medicaid coverage is associated with better outcomes for heart surgery patients, according to a study led by University of...
Many good years after heart bypass surgery — but something happens after ten years
The probability of continuing your life following bypass surgery is close to being the same as for the population in...
Dining hall intervention helped college students choose healthier options
Credit: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Philadelphia, PA, June 7, 2017 - As students transition from high school to...
Red onions pack a cancer-fighting punch, study reveals
The next time you walk down the produce aisle of your grocery store, you may want to reach for red...
A more sustainable way to refine metals
Credit: Michael J. Krause (Western University) A team of chemists in Canada has developed a way to process metals without...
Study finds youth football players have significant differences in head impact exposure
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 7, 2017--A study of 97 youth football players ages 9-13...
Diagnostic radiation exposure safe for children, experts state
RESTON, Va. - In an article published in the June 2017 issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers assert...
3-D-modeling of food residues in 230 million years old fossil feces
Credit: Picture Martin Qvarnstrom Synchrotron scanning can produce high-quality 3D models of well-preserved food residues from fossil faeces. That's the...
