New study highlights unique state of ‘restful alertness’ during transcendental meditation
Credit: Maharishi University of Management The Transcendental Meditation technique is said to lead to a state of "restful alertness," and ...
Keystone Symposia and Volkswagen Foundation begin scientific conference series in Hannover, Germany
SILVERTHORNE, COLORADO, USA - March 22, 2018 - Keystone Symposia, in partnership with the Volkswagen Foundation, is pleased to announce ...
Laser-based system offers continuous monitoring of leaks from oil and gas operations
Credit: Sean Coburn, University of Colorado in Boulder WASHINGTON -- Researchers have conducted the first field tests for a new ...
Mobile ‘dual-comb’ device significantly improves methane leak detection
Credit: Stephanie Sizemore and Ian Coddington/NIST Accurately detecting, locating and quantifying leaks of methane, the main component of natural gas ...
Salivaomics: Saliva extracellular RNA (exRNA) and saliva proteome Wiki
Alexandria, VA, USA - The 47th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR), held in conjunction with ...
Plants really do feed their friends
Credit: Heejung Cho Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley have discovered ...
Oral microbiome and anthropometry changes following caries arrest using silver-nitrate/fluoride-varnish
Alexandria, VA, USA - At the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR), held in conjunction ...
Researchers identify compound to prevent breast cancer cells from activating in brain
Credit: Houston Methodist Researchers at Houston Methodist used computer modeling to find an existing investigational drug compound for leukemia patients ...
Pap test fluids used in gene-based screening test for two gyn cancers
Credit: Johns Hopkins University Cervical fluid samples gathered during routine Papanicolaou (Pap) tests are the basis of a new screening ...
Gene-based test for urine detects, monitors bladder cancer
Credit: eLife Sciences Publication Researchers at The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a test for urine, gathered during ...
Gut bacteria determine speed of tumor growth in pancreatic cancer
The population of bacteria in the pancreas increases more than a thousand fold in patients with pancreatic cancer, and becomes ...
Scientists develop tiny tooth-mounted sensors that can track what you eat
Credit: Fio Omenetto, Ph.D., Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (March 22, 2018) - Monitoring in real time what happens in and ...
Biotech pioneers, Bruce Rittmann and Mark van Loosdrecht, win 2018 Stockholm Water Prize
Credit: Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) By revolutionizing microbiological-based technologies in water and wastewater treatment, Professors Mark van Loosdrecht and ...
Attacking lymphoma at the source
Credit: E. Oricchio/EPFL Non-Hodgkin lymphomas are cancers that affect white blood cells of the immune system called B-lymphocytes or B ...
Electric textile lights a lamp when stretched
Credit: Johan Bodell/Chalmers University of Technology Working up a sweat from carrying a heavy load? That is when the textile ...
An integrated workflow for interaction proteomics — as versatile as the Swiss Army Knife
Credit: Varjosalo Lab Proteins do not function in isolation and their interactions with other proteins define their cellular functions. Therefore, ...
Hip hop music teaches children, parents to recognize stroke and act quickly
DALLAS, March 22, 2018 -- An intervention that uses hip hop music with stroke education lyrics increased stroke awareness for ...
Whether sustained or sporadic, exercise offers same reductions in death risk
DURHAM, N.C. -- For decades, Americans have been inundated with a confusing barrage of messages about how best to counteract ...
Antioxidants and amino acids could play role in the treatment of psychosis
A scientific paper has revealed that some nutrients found in food may help reduce the symptoms of psychotic illness, when ...
Antibiotics often inappropriately prescribed for hospitalized kids, global study suggests
Nearly a third of all antibiotics prescribed for hospitalized children globally were intended to prevent potential infections rather than to ...
