Small climb in mean temperatures linked to far higher chance of deadly heat waves
Credit: Steve Zylius / UCI Irvine, Calif., June 7, 2017 -- An increase in mean temperature of 0.5 degrees Celsius ...
This week from AGU: Offshore wind turbines vulnerable to Category 5 hurricane gusts
GeoSpace Offshore wind turbines vulnerable to Category 5 hurricane gusts Offshore wind turbines built according to current standards may not ...
Bee buzzes could help determine how to save their decreasing population
Credit: Jennifer Geib, Appalachian State University According to recent studies, declines in wild and managed bee populations threaten the pollination ...
Many good years after heart bypass surgery — but something happens after 10 years
The probability of continuing your life following bypass surgery is close to being the same as for the population in ...
Vanderbilt-led study disputes link between uterine fibroids and miscarriage risk
A 10-year study, led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Katherine Hartmann, M.D., Ph.D., disrupts conventional ...
Advanced analytics to identify risk of potentially inappropriate prescription opioid use
Credit: (UAHS BioCommunications) New prediction tools to help health-care providers identify patients at risk of inappropriate prescription opioid use, while ...
Salk’s Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center partners with imaging giant ZEISS
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--The Salk Institute's Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center and ZEISS announced today a global partnership to accelerate ...
Feared by drug users but hard to avoid, fentanyl takes a mounting toll
Credit: Marshall et. al./Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Fentanyl, a highly potent prescription opioid, has Rhode Island drug users on ...
GW researcher finds centenarians have lower incidence of chronic illness
WASHINGTON (June 7, 2017) -- Centenarians have a lower incidence of chronic illness than those in their 80s and 90s, ...
Don’t rely on smartphone apps to treat back pain
University of Sydney researchers have found that smartphone apps for treating back pain have questionable value as they are generally ...
How cells divide tasks and conquer work
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(June 7, 2017) Despite advances in neuroscience, the brain is still very much a black box--no ...
Seismic CT scan points to rapid uplift of Southern Tibet
Credit: Image courtesy NASA Using seismic data and supercomputers, Rice University geophysicists have conducted a massive seismic CT scan of ...
Cope’s gray treefrogs meet the cocktail party problem
You've been there: Trying to carry on a conversation in a room so noisy that the background chatter threatens to ...
Microbiology: Many forks make light work
New insights into the control of DNA replication and cell division in Corynebacterium glutamicum, a biotechnologically important microorganism, could help ...
The hidden order in DNA diffusion
Credit: © KAUST Anastasia Khrenova A different approach to analyzing the motion of diffusing molecules has helped overturn the long-held ...
Mining cancer data for treatment clues
Credit: Jeremy Goecks, Bassel F. El-Rayes, Shishir K. Maithel, H. Jean Khoury, James Taylor, Michael R. Rossi There is an ...
Tufts University awarded $1 million grant to boost diversity in natural sciences
Credit: Alonso Nichols/Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (June 7, 2017) -- A group of faculty at Tufts University's School of Arts ...
Climate change misconceptions common among teachers, study finds
Recent studies have shown that misconceptions about climate change and the scientific studies that have addressed climate change are pervasive ...
Home blood pressure monitors inaccurate 70 percent of the time: Study
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio Seventy per cent of readings from home blood pressure monitors are unacceptably inaccurate, which could cause serious ...
Russian Polytechnic University among organizers of Russian-Chinese biomedical forum
Credit: Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University On June 6, Forum on Russian-Chinese Biomedical Cooperation was launched at the Zhangjiang ...
