Can weekend sleep make up for the detriments of sleep deprivation during the week?
In a recent Journal of Sleep Research study, short, but not long, weekend sleep was associated with an increased risk ...
Predicting relapses in patients with autoimmune vascular disease
Patients with an autoimmune disorder called antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis produce antibodies that damage blood vessels in the body. In ...
Medication-related harm in older adults is common, costly, and preventable
New research indicates that harm from medicines is common in older adults following hospital discharge, and it results in substantial ...
Chemsex linked with increased diagnoses of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections
Chemsex--the use of crystallised methamphetamine, mephedrone, γ-hydroxybutyrate or γ-butyrolactone and to a lesser extent cocaine and ketamine to facilitate sex--has ...
Lifestyle counseling program may reduce risk of certain cancers
A 5-year healthy lifestyle counseling program for adult men was linked with a reduced risk of developing cancers related to ...
Study examines treatment options for women with recurrent ovarian cancer
New research indicates that for women with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer whose cancer has relapsed after surgery, a second surgery ...
Evening use of light-emitting tablets may disrupt healthy sleep
A new Physiological Reports study reveals that evening use of light-emitting tablets can induce delays in desired bedtimes, suppress secretion ...
NIST puts the optical microscope under the microscope to achieve atomic accuracy
Credit: NIST Over the last two decades, scientists have discovered that the optical microscope can be used to detect, track ...
UTIA research continues to advance biofuels, bioenergy and biobased products
Credit: T. Salvador, courtesy UTIA KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Researchers with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture continue to be ...
UTA bioengineer earns AHA grant to study biomechanical influences on cardiac development
Credit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington researcher is working to determine which gene expressions affect the development ...
Magnesium magnificent for plasmonic applications
Credit: Ringe Group/Rice University Rice University researchers have synthesized and isolated plasmonic magnesium nanoparticles that show all the promise of ...
Pigs that digest their nutrients could reduce pork industry’s carbon footprint
Giving pigs the ability to digest more nutrients in their grains could help reduce the pork industry's environmental impact, says ...
Malaria-causing parasite manipulates liver cells to survive
When the malaria-causing Plasmodium parasite first slips into the human bloodstream, injected by the bite of an infected mosquito, it ...
From a model of fluids to the birth of a new field in computational physics
It may sound like the stuff of fairy tales, but in the 1950s two numerical models initially developed as a ...
How Australia got planted
Credit: Courtesy of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network A new study has uncovered when and why the native vegetation that today ...
The gypsum gravity chute: A phytoplankton-elevator to the ocean floor
Tiny gypsum crystals can make phytoplankton so heavy that they rapidly sink, hereby transporting large quantities of carbon to the ...
UNH researchers find invasive seaweed makes fish change their behavior
Credit: Kristin Mello/UNH DURHAM, N.H. - When it comes to finding protection and a safe feeding ground, fish rely on ...
Technique doubles conversion of CO2 to plastic component
Fossil fuels have long been the precursor to plastic, but new research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and European collaborators ...
Two-and-a-half-year expedition ends in world’s most biodiverse protected area
Credit: CREDIT: Milieniusz Spanowicz/Wildlife Conservation Society. LA PAZ, BOLIVIA (May 22, 2018) -- After a two-and-a-half-year expedition through the world's ...
Studies examine effect of testing frequency after treatment, surgery for colorectal cancer
Bottom Line: Two studies and a related editorial examined the effect of more or less frequent follow-up testing after treatment ...
