Is more digital support needed for young cancer patients?
There is considerable scope to develop digital resources by means of which teenagers and young adults living with cancer can ...
Taking stock early on is crucial for working late in life
Credit: Malin Arnesson Do you want to keep working until you're 70, or even 75? Then, it's good to give ...
Tennis cheats may be predicted by their moral standards
When top athletes cheat it makes headline news. Retaliating badly to a foul, faking an injury, or deliberately harming an ...
Gene variant protecting against Alzheimer’s disease decreases plasma beta-amyloid levels
New research from the University of Eastern Finland shows that the APP gene variant protecting against Alzheimer's disease significantly decreases ...
UNC/N.C. State spinout company raises $5.8M for ‘smart’ insulin devices
Credit: UNC/ NCSU Joint Biomedical Engineering Program. CHAPEL HILL, NC - Technology invented in a laboratory in the UNC-NC State ...
Penn study details impact of antibiotics, antiseptics on skin microbiomes
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The use of topical antibiotics can dramatically alter communities of bacteria that live on the ...
Diagnosing obesity by mathematically estimating abdominal fat
Credit: SIAM Abdominal obesity, or fat that accumulates around one's stomach and abdomen, has long been considered to pose a ...
Older dads have ‘geekier’ sons
New King's College London research suggests that sons of older fathers are more intelligent, more focused on their interests and ...
Corn better used as food than biofuel, study finds
Credit: Photo by: L. Brian Stauffer Corn is grown not only for food, it is also an important renewable energy ...
New findings reverse hypothesis of GABA neurodevelopment in schizophrenia
Philadelphia, PA, June 20, 2017 - New research by scientists at the University of Pittsburgh provides an unprecedented level of ...
Plant reveals anti-Alzheimer’s compounds
Japanese scientists have developed a method to isolate and identify active compounds in plant medicines, which accurately accounts for drug ...
Ancient skulls shed light on migration in the Roman empire
Credit: NC State University Skeletal evidence shows that, hundreds of years after the Roman Republic conquered most of the Mediterranean ...
New study advances understanding on the treatment of pediatric feeding disorders
A new study suggests the existing drug D-cycloserine may enhance recovery for children during treatment for pediatric feeding disorders, by ...
Simple tactic results in dramatic water conservation, study shows
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Rain or shine has new meaning thanks to an innovative, inexpensive and simple tactic developed by ...
Enhanced photocatalytic activity by Cu2O nanoparticles integrated H2Ti3O7 nanotubes
Credit: NANO Journal Why do we construct nanocomposite for the photocatalytic oxidation desulfurization? Current hydrodesulfurization (HDS) technology is hard to ...
Infections in early life associated with increased risk for Celiac disease
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Infections during infancy are associated with increased risk for gluten ...
Unlock molecular secrets with mobile game BioBlox2-D
Credit: BioBlox BioBlox2D is the result of a collaboration between researchers at Imperial College London and Goldsmiths, University of London. ...
Genetic modifier for Huntington’s disease progression identified
A team led by UCL and Cardiff University researchers has developed a novel measure of disease progression for Huntington's disease, ...
A new adjustable optical microprobe for the analysis and control of deep brain regions
Researchers from the IIT- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Lecce, Italy, and the Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA, have ...
Villous tree model with active contractions for estimating blood flow conditions
Perfusion in the human placenta is an important physiological phenomenon which shows the placental conditions. The magnitude of placental perfusion ...
