UTHSC awarded $1.5 million HRSA grant for sexual assault nurse examiner training
Memphis, Tenn. (June 16, 2021) - The University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Nursing has received a three-year, ...
Study: A quarter of adults don’t want children — and they’re still happy
Parenting is one of life's greatest joys, right? Not for everyone. New research from Michigan State University psychologists examines characteristics ...
Pioneering chemistry approach could lead to more robust soft electronics
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- A new approach to studying conjugated polymers made it possible for an Army-funded research team ...
P-glycoprotein removes Alzheimer’s-associated toxin from the brain
Discovery could lead to new Alzheimer's treatment DALLAS (SMU) -- A team of SMU biological scientists has confirmed that P-glycoprotein ...
Concordia researchers break down the COVID-19 diagnostic arsenal
Hamid Tali and Sana Anbuhi comb the growing pile of literature for the tools and techniques that best detect the ...
How a supermassive black hole originates
UC Riverside-led study points to a seed black hole produced by a dark matter halo collapse RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Supermassive ...
Are zoos inadvertently complicit in wildlife trade? The case of a rare Borneo lizard
Should zoos display legally protected species that have been smuggled out of their range countries? A new study suggests that ...
Advocating reimbursement parity for nurse practitioners
PHILADELPHIA (June 16, 2021) - The current Medicare reimbursement policy for nurse practitioners (NPs) allows NPs to directly bill Medicare ...
The give and take of mega-flares from stars
The long relationships between stars and the planets around them - including the Sun and the Earth - may be ...
Stoneflies: Youth influences adulthood
Evolutionary biologists at the University of Bonn scan 219 species in different particle accelerators In the majority of insects, metamorphosis ...
RUDN University biologist tested the resistance of bioplastics to aggressive environment
RUDN University biologist studied the aggressive impact of environmental factors (water, salts, and ozone) on ultrathin nanofibers of biopolymers. The ...
What factors put Philippine birds at risk of extinction?
The lush forests and more than 7,000 islands of the Philippines hold a rich diversity of life, with 258 bird ...
Researchers uncover unique properties of a promising new superconductor
Material could be used in future quantum computing applications An international team of physicists led by the University of Minnesota ...
Yeast mating — more than meets the eye
Pheromones mediate asymmetric mating behavior in isogamous yeast Researchers from the Max-Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology have discovered a surprising ...
Damage control: Plants juggle genome maintenance and growth by being organized
Researchers from Nara Institute of Science and Technology find that control of the plant hormones cytokinin and auxin help damaged ...
Lies to hide doping in professional sport
Göttingen University sports sociologist analyses false statements from professional cyclists How do top athletes talk about doping when they themselves ...
Osteoporosis: New approach to understanding bone strength pays dividends
Osteoporosis researchers at the UVA School of Medicine have taken a new approach to understanding how our genes determine the ...
Stem cells may hold a key to developing new vaccines against COVID-19
Coronavirus activates a stem cell-mediated defense mechanism that reactivates dormant TB in a mouse model and has implications for developing ...
New super-resolution microscopy method approaches the atomic scale
Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed a computational technique that greatly increases the resolution of atomic force microscopy, a ...
‘Wonder material’ can be used to detect COVID-19 quickly, accurately
Researchers show a graphene-based sensor can detect SARS-CoV-2 Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have successfully used graphene -- ...