CUNY SPH team joins consortium in major effort to reduce opioid overdose deaths in NY
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has awarded $86 million to a consortium of researchers and implementers convened by ...
Being wise is good for your health — review looks at emerging science of wisdom
May 14, 2019 - Can science measure what it means to be wise? A growing body of evidence suggests that ...
New research identifies patterns of tree distribution in African savannas
Understanding the patterns underlying vegetation distribution is vital for creating predictive models to forecast responses of natural systems to global ...
NEOMED receives $500,000 OhioMHAS grant
To collaborate with all Ohio medical schools to tackle pain management and opioid use disorder treatmentCredit: NEOMED ROOTSTOWN, OHIO-- Northeast ...
Escaped pet parrots are now naturalized in 23 US states, study finds
Credit: Jennifer Uehling When Stephen Pruett-Jones, PhD, an ecologist at the University of Chicago, first came to Chicago in 1988, ...
Rice blast fungus study sheds new light on virulence mechanisms of plant pathogenic fungi
Credit: Lianwei Li, Shengpei Zhang, Xinyu Liu, Rui Yu, Xinrui Li, Muxing Liu, Haifeng Zhang, Xiaobo Zheng, Ping Wang, and ...
Cryogenics equipment maker licenses ORNL method for more efficient liquid helium use
Credit: Carlos Jones/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 14, 2019--Advanced Research Systems, Inc., has ...
Analyze this: Space station facility enables rapid biomedical analysis
The Canadian Space Agency has commissioned an innovative biomedical device for an upcoming space station expedition called the Bio-AnalyzerCredit: Canadian ...
Healthy habits could avoid 27% of cancer cases in Brazil
A study by Brazilian researchers in partnership with Harvard estimates the impact of five risk factors on the incidence of ...
Newly identified bacteria-killing protein needs vitamin A to work
Credit: UTSW DALLAS - May 14, 2019 - People who have inadequate vitamin A in their diets are more susceptible ...
McLean receives $13.5 million NIMH grant for translational stress research
The National Institute of Mental Health has awarded a $13.5 million grant to a team of McLean Hospital investigators to ...
Novel study discovers ‘metabolic fingerprint’ to help treat, diagnosis and prevent cervical cancer
Researchers at the University of Arizona have completed the first-of-its-kind study that could aid in the treatment, diagnosis and prevention ...
NIAAA honors Dr. Geoffrey K. Mumford with Senator Harold Hughes Award
Credit: American Psychological Association (APA) Geoffrey K. Mumford, Ph.D., Associate Executive Director for Government Relations in the Science Directorate of ...
Following on from Meltdown and Spectre: Austrian researchers discover new security flaws
Credit: Lunghammer - TU Graz ZombieLoad and Store-to-Leak Forwarding are the names of the new exploits which have just been ...
Implementing a care pathway for spatial neglect to improve stroke outcomes
Stroke researchers strive to close the implementation gap for spatial neglect careCredit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ. May 14, 2019. ...
Children in Quebec are not diagnosed early enough with type 1 diabetes
A study reveals a rise in the number of children presenting a life-threatening complication at diagnosisCredit: McGill University Health Centre ...
Complete removal of tumor reduces risk of recurrence of cancer in dogs
CORVALLIS, Ore. - The relative risk of a recurrence of cancer is reduced by 60% in dogs whose tumors are ...
Immune system discovery could aid quest for stem cell therapies
A discovery of how stem cells are protected from viruses could inform the development of therapies for use in medicine, ...
Is a broadly effective dengue vaccine even possible?
Credit: (c) 2019 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 14, 2019--Dengue is on the rise, with about ...
New Argonne coating could have big implications for lithium batteries
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Coating provides extra layer of protection for battery cathodes. Building a better lithium-ion battery involves addressing ...
