A surprising opportunity for telehealth in shaping the future of medicine
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - Sept. 1, 2020 - Expanded telehealth services at UT Southwestern have proved effective ...
Awareness raising alone is not enough
Nature conservation policy too rarely succeeds in changing people's behaviourCredit: André Künzelmann/UFZ It is a well-known problem: too rarely do ...
Miniature antenna enables robotic teaming in complex environments
Credit: U.S. Army photo ADELPHI, Md. -- A new, miniature, low-frequency antenna with enhanced bandwidth will enable robust networking among ...
NYUAD study finds gene targets to combat microorganisms binding to underwater surfaces
This study paves the way for the creation of new environmentally-friendly antifouling methodsCredit: NYUAD Abu Dhabi, UAE, September 1, 2020: ...
Misfiring brain cells may cause swallowing woes in children with developmental disorders
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists reveal molecular roots of swallowing disorderCredit: Xin Wang & Anastas Popratiloff/George Washington University Misfiring brain ...
How to weigh a dinosaur
Researchers from the University of New England and Royal Ontario Museum shed new light on long-debated topic of dinosaur weightCredit: ...
Red fox displaces Arctic fox thanks to littering
Trash draws scavengers to places they might not otherwise goCredit: NINA, game camera Animal species that are at home in ...
Monitoring and reporting framework to protect World Heritage Sites from invasive species
A team of international scientists have devised a new monitoring and reporting framework to help protect World Heritage Sites from ...
UH Mānoa researchers predict location of novel candidate for mysterious dark energy
Credit: Volker Springel and the Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics Astronomers have known for two decades that the expansion of the universe ...
New Research Provides Solution for the ‘Dust Bowl Paradox’
Credit: Alan Knapp Almost 100 years ago, there was a strange, slow-motion takeover of the Great Plains. During the Dust ...
Scent-sensing cells have a better way to fight influenza
Olfactory neurons can fight and clear influenza B without being killedCredit: Sebastian Wellford, Moseman Lab, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. - ...
To improve research in underserved communities, train community health workers
Credit: Michigan Medicine Community health workers are an important resource for providing basic health care needs for the community, as ...
Cancer cells take over blood vessels to spread
Credit: Vanesa Silvestri, Ph.D./Johns Hopkins Medicine In laboratory studies, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins University researchers observed ...
An embedded ethics approach for AI development
'Ethics must be part of the development process'Credit: Juli Eberle / TUM The increasing use of AI (artificial intelligence) in ...
Narcolepsy drug did not increase risk of fetal malformation
Credit: Gunilla Sonnebring Modafinil is used to treat conditions such as narcolepsy. Reports have associated the drug with an increased ...
Europe’s largest Solar Telescope GREGOR unveils magnetic details of the Sun
Credit: KIS The Sun is our star and has a profound influence on our planet, life, and civilization. By studying ...
Scientists discover key regulator of neuron function and survival
Preclinical study in Cell Reports points to possible treatment for epileptic seizuresCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Scientists studying neuronal energy ...
Detecting small amounts of virus in early infections
Device could preconcentrate samples from COVID-19 patients in asymptomatic stages of the disease, providing early detection capabilityCredit: Amy Drexelius WASHINGTON, ...
Decorating windows for optimal sound transmission
Optically transparent glass material allows sound to propagate efficiently without any airflow.Credit: Xihan Tan WASHINGTON, September 1, 2020 -- Glass ...
How dangerous are burning electric cars?
Fire experiments in test tunnelCredit: Amstein+ Walthert Progress AG / Empa There' s a loud bang, and then it starts: ...
