A new sensor for light, heat and touch
Thermodiffusion assisted pyroelectrics -- Enabling rapid and stable heat and radiation sensingCredit: Thor Balkhed Inspired by the behaviour of natural ...
Historically ‘safer’ tramadol more likely than other opioids to result in prolonged use
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Surgical patients receiving the opioid tramadol have a somewhat higher risk of prolonged use than those receiving ...
Protect protruding teeth from damage and long-term consequences
Credit: The University of Adelaide Children with their first or early adult set of teeth that stick out have an ...
Study: Treats might mask animal intelligence
Credit: Johns Hopkins University/Kuchibhotla Lab Rewards are necessary for learning, but may actually mask true knowledge, finds a new Johns ...
Breakthrough in new material to harness solar power could transform energy
The ultra-high efficiency material called a tandem perovskite solar cell is being developed to help solve the world energy crisis.Credit: ...
Conquering cancer’s infamous KRAS mutation
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - May 14, 2019 - KRAS is one of the most challenging targets ...
How the snail’s shell got its coil
Credit: Dr Hiromi Takahashi of the Kuroda laboratory. If you look at a snail's shell, the chances are it will ...
Preclinical study: Probiotic-derived molecule may suppress fatal brain inflammation
City of Hope scientists explore how swallowing a 'bacterial envelope molecule' may prime your body to fend off viral infections ...
Want to expand your toddler’s vocabulary? Find another child
New OSU and Purdue study to be presented at the 177th Acoustical Society of America meeting in Louisville shows young ...
It’s not just fish, plastic pollution harms the bacteria that help us breathe
Credit: Kevin Krejci Ten per cent of the oxygen we breathe comes from just one kind of bacteria in the ...
Prior eating disorders linked to long-term depression risk for mothers
A history of eating disorders and body image concerns before or during pregnancy are associated with future depressive symptoms among ...
Coffee addicts really do wake up and smell the coffee
Regular coffee drinkers can sniff out even tiny amounts of coffee and are faster at recognising the aroma, compared to ...
Scientists use historical data to create first assessment of human impacts on biodiversity
The way humans use land across the British Isles has changed beyond recognition during the past 8,000 years. But what ...
Ground-breaking 5G-enabled Tourism Experience to be showcased
The University of Bristol's Smart Internet Lab led the team behind the 5G-enabled Tourism Experience Catalyst project that will be ...
The Lancet: Preventative antibiotics after assisted childbirth almost halve maternal infection rate and reduce overall antibiotic use
Large randomised trial indicates that WHO and other national organisations should change antibiotic guidelines for assisted childbirth Giving a single ...
The rich are outliving the poor in both Norway and USA
Inequalities in life expectancy by income in Norway were substantial, and increased between 2005 and 2015, according to a study ...
Detecting dementia’s damaging effects before it’s too late
By studying a rare form of dementia, researchers might have found a way to detect neurodegeneration before brain cells are ...
Grant will create air pollution curriculum in high school
UC Riverside, Riverside schools receive $1.19 million from NSF A grant recently awarded to the Riverside Unified School District and ...
Measuring chromosome imbalance could clarify cancer prognosis
A study of prostate cancer finds 'aneuploid' tumors are more likely to be lethal than tumors with normal chromosome numbersCredit: ...
Brain researchers seek ‘fingerprints’ of severe mental diseases
Functional connectomics of affective and psychotic pathologyCredit: Justin T. Baker, MD, PhD Researchers from McLean Hospital and Yale University have ...
