Appendicitis patients can safely leave hospital the same day of their operations
CHICAGO (November 15, 2016): Patients with acute appendicitis who undergo laparoscopic appendectomy (surgical remove of the appendix) do not experience ...
New LEDs may offer better way to clean water in remote areas
Credit: Image by Brelon J. May, courtesy of The Ohio State University. COLUMBUS, Ohio--For the first time, researchers have created ...
Preventing adolescent substance use may need to start in early childhood
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Research from the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions suggests the approach to preventing alcohol and ...
‘Princess Leia’ brainwaves help sleeping brain store memories
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(November 15, 2016) Every night while you sleep, electrical waves of brain activity circle around each ...
NIH scientists identify potent antibody that neutralizes nearly all HIV strains
WHAT: Scientists from the National Institutes of Health have identified an antibody from an HIV-infected person that potently neutralized 98 ...
New bioinformatic analysis reveals role of proteins in diabetic kidney disease
Credit: UC San Diego Health A new bioinformatic framework developed by researchers at University of California San Diego School of ...
Prescribing drugs for cardiovascular disease prevention in the UK
Drugs such as statins that have the potential to prevent strokes and other types of cardiovascular disease have not been ...
Three brain chemicals affect how we handle uncertainty
Credit: Edvard Munch and Roland Roberts New research has revealed how three important brain signaling chemicals affect the way that ...
PSU receives Grand Challenges Explorations grant
Credit: Portland State University Portland State University announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded ...
Light therapy could save bees from deadly pesticides
Loading video... Credit: UCL Treating bees with light therapy can counteract the harmful effects of neonicotinoid pesticides and improve survival ...
New model reveals adaptations of world’s most abundant ocean microbe
Credit: Tara Clemente, University of Hawaii SOEST Researchers from David Karl's laboratory at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (UHM) ...
Bacteria discovery offers possible new means of controlling crop pest
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A bacterium common in insects has been discovered in a plant-parasitic roundworm, opening up the possibility of ...
New drug beats standard therapy in advanced kidney cancer
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON -- An experimental kidney cancer drug outperformed the standard first-line therapy for patients with metastatic ...
Novel mapping technique targets gene therapy to hibernating heart muscle
, the Official Journal of the European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy, British Society for Gene and Cell Therapy, ...
Consuming violent media linked to 13x surge in violent dreams
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The violent and sexual media you consume during the day may infiltrate your dreams at night, new ...
Flu vaccine’s effectiveness can be improved, new findings suggest
A team of engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin is reporting new findings on how the ...
Once inside a tumor, our immune cells become traitors
New research has found a subset of our immune cells (called regulatory T cells) that are highly abundant in the ...
Experts issue urgent call to action for surgeons on antibiotic overuse
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 15, 2016-Overuse and misuse of antimicrobial agents is an urgent ...
SAGE Publishing and Perusall partner to support digital pedagogy
SAGE Publishing announces a new agreement allowing access to a selection of SAGE textbooks through the award-winning eBook platform and ...
Physicists at Mainz University construct prototype for new component of the ATLAS detector
One of the largest projects being undertaken at the CERN research center near Geneva - the ATLAS Experiment - is ...
