Are women using e-cigarettes during preconception and/or pregnancy?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 16, 2020--A new study of 1,365 racially/ethnically diverse, low-income pregnant ...
Solving the riddle of superbug toxin damage to gut
A powerful Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) collaboration has revealed that a bacterial superbug can prevent stem cells in the ...
Cancer drug with better staying power, reduced toxicity promising in preclinical trial
Credit: iQ Group Global A drug candidate has been found in preclinical trials to stop tumor growth entirely, deliver more ...
Scientists have discovered the origins of the building blocks of life
Rutgers researchers retraced the evolution of enzymes over billions of yearsCredit: Vikas Nanda/Rutgers University Rutgers researchers have discovered the origins ...
Machine learning technique sharpens prediction of material’s mechanical properties
Credit: MIT Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Brown University have developed ...
Coronavirus-infected patients needing emergency surgery: Anesthesia standards
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc,, publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 16, 2020--Physicians describe the standardized procedure of surgical anesthesia for ...
NIH clinical trial of investigational vaccine for COVID-19 begins
Study enrolling Seattle-based healthy adult volunteersCredit: NIH Adults in the Seattle area who are interested in joining this study should ...
APS tip sheet: Origins of matter and antimatter
Study suggests an 'axiogenesis' mechanism for the explanation of the matter to antimatter ratio in the UniverseCredit: Co et al. ...
New low-cost approach detects building deformations with extreme precision in real time
With the ability to detect submillimeter movements in real time, new method could be valuable for monitoring historic structures and ...
New kind of CRISPR technology to target RNA, including RNA viruses like coronavirus
New genetic screening platform using CRISPR technology for targeting thousands of genes in a massively-parallel fashion; accurate and fast method ...
App detects harsh side effect of breast cancer treatment
Credit: LymphaTech / Georgia Tech Some 20 percent of breast cancer survivors will suffer from lymphedema, a potentially severe side ...
Bargain-hunting for biodiversity
New tool pinpoints conservation targetsCredit: Nathan Bendik, City of Austin KNOXVILLE --The best bargains for conserving some of the world's ...
A new strategy for the management of inflammatory pain
Immune cells produce endogenous pain-relieving substancesCredit: Machelska/ Charité A group of researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin has discovered a ...
Unraveling the puzzle of Madagascar’s forest cats
Credit: Michelle Sauther In her 30 years working as a researcher in Madagascar, CU Boulder Anthropology Professor Michelle Sauther has ...
Against overfishing: save the oldies!
Harvest slots protect fish stocks without compromising fisheries yieldCredit: Philipp Czapla Measures against overfishing tend to protect young, immature fish ...
Love rivals risk having offspring with a greater number of harmful mutations
Credit: Mareike Koppik Males that face tougher competition for females risk having offspring with a greater number of harmful mutations ...
Shifts in deep geologic structure may have magnified great 2011 Japan tsunami
Where tectonic plates meet, a change in angleCredit: Adapted from Oryan and Buck, Nature Geoscience 2020 On March 11, 2011, ...
Scientists can now edit multiple genome fragments at a time
CHyMErA: a new tool for simultaneous editing of multple genes and genomic fragmentsCredit: Ernesto del Aguila III, National Human Genome ...
Shining a light on international energy inequality
Credit: Unequal Scenes, @johnny_miller_photography CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN A new study examines energy inequality for income classes across 86 countries, ...
NASA finds Gretel becoming extra-tropical
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite passed over the Southern Pacific Ocean and captured an image of Tropical Storm ...
